Movies by Lists - 71 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1950s (71 [71]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 4D ManA scientist discovers a formula enabling him to pass through solid surfaces, but he also rapidly ages, which forces him to kill humans in order to reverse the aging process by absorbing his victims' energies. | 1959 | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | Action, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.9 (1.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| 20 MIllion Miles To EarthThe first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic. | 1957 | Nathan Juran | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (7.1K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. | 1954 | Richard Fleischer | Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (32.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| 27th Day, TheAliens take five people, give them small capsules which can kill mankind without additional damage, with the understanding they will colonize Earth only if they use the weapons. | 1957 | William Asher | Sci-Fi | 6.2 (1.4K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Abbott And Costello Go To MarsTwo workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures. | 1953 | Charles Lamont | Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 6.0 (3.3K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Abbott And Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeTwo bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England. | 1953 | Charles Lamont | Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (4.6K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Abbott And Costello Meet The Invisible ManTwo bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name. | 1951 | Charles Lamont | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport | 6.8 (5.3K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Angry Red Planet, TheOne of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip. | 1959 | Ib Melchior | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (3.2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Attack of the 50 Foot WomanWhen an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind. | 1958 | Nathan Juran | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.1 (5.4K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Attack of the Crab MonstersScientists become trapped on a shrinking island with intelligent, murderous giant crabs. | 1957 | Roger Corman (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.9 (3.3K votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| Attack Of The Giant LeechesA backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them. | 1959 | Bernard L. Kowalski | Horror, Sci-Fi | 3.7 (4.3K votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Beast From 20,000 FathomsA ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City. | 1953 | Eugène Lourié | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (7.7K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Beast From Haunted CaveA group of gold thieves pull of a heist and flee into the snowy wilderness, only to be pursued by a horrible, spider-like monster. | 1959 | Monte Hellman (*) | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 4.4 (2K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Black Scorpion, TheVolcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City. | 1957 | Edward Ludwig | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.5 (2.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blob, TheAn alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. | 1958 | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (25.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Brain From Planet Arous, TheAn evil alien brain from the planet Arous hijacks the body of an Earth scientist in order to control the Earth. | 1957 | Nathan Juran | Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.2 (1.5K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Bride Of The MonsterA mad doctor attempts to create atomic supermen. | 1955 | Edward D. Wood Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.2 (7.1K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Cat Women of the MoonAstronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights. | 1953 | Arthur Hilton | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 4.0 (1.8K votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Conquest of SpaceAn American-led team of International astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way. | 1955 | Byron Haskin | Sci-Fi | 5.7 (1.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Crawling Eye, TheA series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud. | 1958 | Quentin Lawrence | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.2 (4.1K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Creature From the Black LagoonA strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study. | 1954 | Jack Arnold | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (29.4K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Creature Walks Among Us, TheA scientist captures the Creature and turns him into an air-breather, only for him to escape and start killing. | 1956 | John Sherwood | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (3.5K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Curse of Frankenstein, TheWhile awaiting execution for murder, Baron Victor Frankenstein tells the story of a creature he built and brought to life - only for it to behave not as he intended. | 1957 | Terence Fisher (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (10.8K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Day the Earth Stood Still, TheAn alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. | 1951 | Robert Wise (*) | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (80.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Destination MoonAfter their latest rocket fails, Dr. Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer have to start over again. This time, Gen. Thayer approaches Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that wil | 1950 | Irving Pichel | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.3 (4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Earth vs The Flying SaucersExtraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth. | 1956 | Fred F. Sears | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (7.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Fiend Without a FaceInvisible atomic monsters attack a U.S. Armed Forces base and the local residents. | 1958 | Arthur Crabtree | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (4K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Fly, TheA scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device. | 1958 | Kurt Neumann | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (22.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Forbidden PlanetA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization. | 1956 | Fred M. Wilcox (*) | Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (47.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Giant Behemoth, TheMarine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London. | 1959 | Eugène Lourié | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.7 (2.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Giant Gila MonsterA giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature. | 1959 | Ray Kellogg | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 3.6 (3.8K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla [Gojira]American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. | 1954 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (32.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Godzilla Raids AgainFishing scout-pilots are startled to discover a new monster named Anguirus alongside a second Godzilla. The monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan can only brace for tragedy and relive the horror of Godzilla once more. | 1955 | Motoyoshi Oda, Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (6.6K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| I Married a Monster from Outer SpaceAliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him. | 1958 | Gene Fowler Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (2.7K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| I Was a Teenage FrankensteinProfessor Frankenstein creates a hulking teenager from the body of an accident victim; his "creation" awakens and goes on a killing spree. | 1957 | Herbert L. Strock | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.3 (920 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| I Was a Teenage WerewolfA hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf. | 1957 | Gene Fowler Jr. | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.2 (2.6K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Incredible Shrinking Man, TheWhen Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. | 1957 | Jack Arnold | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (17.6K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Invaders From MarsA young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings. | 1953 | William Cameron Menzies | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.4 (7.7K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Invasion of the Body SnatchersA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. | 1956 | Don Siegel (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.7 (48.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| It Came From Beneath The SeaA giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast. | 1955 | Robert Gordon | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.0 (5.5K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| It Came from Outer SpaceA spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely. | 1953 | Jack Arnold | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (9.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| It Conquered the WorldA well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results. | 1956 | Roger Corman (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.0 (2.4K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| It! The Terror From Beyond SpaceThe first manned expedition to Mars is decimated by an unknown life form which stows away on the rescue ship. | 1958 | Edward L. Cahn | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.1 (5.5K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Journey to The Center Of The EarthAn Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center. | 1959 | Henry Levin | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (17.1K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Killer Shrews, TheOn an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane. | 1959 | Ray Kellogg | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.1 (4.9K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| KronosAliens from another world send a huge robotic accumulator to invade the Earth and absorb all energy it comes in contact with. | 1957 | Kurt Neumann | Action, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi | 5.7 (1.8K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Lost ContinentMajor Joe Nolan heads a rescue mission in the South Pacific to recover a downed atomic rocket. The crew crash lands on a mysterious island, and spends much time rock-climbing. | 1951 | Sam Newfield | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 3.3 (1.5K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Man from Planet X, TheAs a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions. | 1951 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.8 (2.7K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Man in The White Suit , TheAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons. | 1951 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.3 (9.6K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Could Cheat Death, TheA centenarian artist and scientist in 1890 Paris maintains his youth and health by periodically replacing a gland with that of a living person. | 1959 | Terence Fisher (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Monster That Challenged The World, TheGiant mollusk monsters attack California. | 1957 | Arnold Laven | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.8 (2.6K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| On the BeachAfter a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. | 1959 | Stanley Kramer (*) | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (12.8K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Plan 9 from Outer SpaceEvil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger. | 1957 | Edward D. Wood Jr. | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.0 (38K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Quatermass 2Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up. | 1957 | Val Guest | Sci-Fi, Horror | 6.9 (3.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Quatermass Xperiment, TheProfessor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate. | 1955 | Val Guest | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.7 (6K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Queen of Outer SpaceAmerican astronauts are drawn by a mysterious force to the planet Venus, which they find to be inhabited only by beautiful women and their despotic queen. | 1958 | Edward Bernds | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 4.7 (2.1K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Red Planet MarsAn American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions. | 1952 | Harry Horner | Drama, Sci-Fi | 4.9 (1.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Return of the FlyPhilippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own. | 1959 | Edward Bernds | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (4.6K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Revenge Of The CreatureMen capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes. | 1955 | Jack Arnold | Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.7 (6K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Robot MonsterThe monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter. | 1953 | Phil Tucker | Comedy, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi | 3.0 (4.9K votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| RodanA mining engineer investigates the death of his fellow coworkers and discovers prehistoric nymphs emerging from the mines. As he heads deeper into the mines, he makes a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creat | 1956 | Ishirô Honda | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| TarantulaA spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants. | 1955 | Jack Arnold | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (9.5K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Them!The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. | 1954 | Gordon Douglas | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.2 (21.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Thing From Another World, TheScientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost. | 1951 | Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Horror, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (29.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| This Island EarthAliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war. | 1955 | Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 5.9 (9.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Tingler, TheAn obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host. | 1959 | William Castle | Horror | 6.7 (8K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| War of the Worlds, TheA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion. | 1953 | Byron Haskin | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (34.8K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Wasp Woman, TheThe head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences. | 1959 | Roger Corman (*) | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4.8 (4.6K votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| When Worlds CollideAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home. | 1951 | Rudolph Maté | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (7.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| World Without EndAstronauts returning from a voyage to Mars are caught in a time warp and are propelled into a post-Apocalyptic Earth populated by mutants. | 1956 | Edward Bernds | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi | 5.9 (2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| X The UnknownA radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village. | 1956 | Leslie Norman, Joseph Losey | Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.2 (2.8K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |