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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts
** WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology (1953)
** WesternAnimation/CanvasBackDuck (1953)
** WesternAnimation/DonaldInMathmagicLand (1959)
** WesternAnimation/GrandCanyonscope (1954)
** WesternAnimation/HowToBeADetective (1952)
** WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion (1952)
** WesternAnimation/MotorMania (1950)
** WesternAnimation/NoahsArk (1959)
** WesternAnimation/NoHunting (1955)
** WesternAnimation/OutOnALimb (1950)
** WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan (1958)
** WesternAnimation/{{Pigs Is Pigs|1954}} (1954)
** WesternAnimation/RuggedBear (1953)

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* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts
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** WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology "WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology" (1953)
** WesternAnimation/CanvasBackDuck "WesternAnimation/CanvasBackDuck" (1953)
** WesternAnimation/DonaldInMathmagicLand "WesternAnimation/DonaldInMathmagicLand" (1959)
** WesternAnimation/GrandCanyonscope "WesternAnimation/GrandCanyonscope" (1954)
** WesternAnimation/HowToBeADetective "WesternAnimation/HowToBeADetective" (1952)
** WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion "WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion" (1952)
** WesternAnimation/MotorMania "WesternAnimation/MotorMania' (1950)
** WesternAnimation/NoahsArk "WesternAnimation/NoahsArk' (1959)
** WesternAnimation/NoHunting "WesternAnimation/NoHunting' (1955)
** WesternAnimation/OutOnALimb "WesternAnimation/OutOnALimb" (1950)
** WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan "WesternAnimation/PaulBunyan" (1958)
** WesternAnimation/{{Pigs "WesternAnimation/{{Pigs Is Pigs|1954}} Pigs|1954}}" (1954)
** WesternAnimation/RuggedBear (1953)"WesternAnimation/RuggedBear" (1953)
** "WesternAnimation/TwoChipsAndAMiss" (1952)

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** ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' (1954) -- Created the "kaiju" genre of Japanese film.

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** ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' (1954) -- Created the "kaiju" genre of Japanese film.(1954)



* ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}'' -- A man claims he sees an invisible six-foot tall rabbit

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* ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}'' -- A man claims he sees an invisible six-foot tall rabbit''Theatre/{{Harvey}}''



* ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' -- An aging has-been takes a young man as her lover and wants to take over his life

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* ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' -- An aging has-been takes a young man as her lover and wants to take over his life''Film/SunsetBoulevard''



* ''Film/{{Othello|1951}}'' -- Creator/OrsonWelles version

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* ''Film/{{Othello|1951}}'' -- Creator/OrsonWelles version''Film/{{Othello|1951}}''



* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' - [[LargeHam STELLLLLAAAAA! STELLLLLA!]]

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* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' - [[LargeHam STELLLLLAAAAA! STELLLLLA!]]''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''



* ''Film/HighNoon'' -- Possibly the most famous movie [[TheWestern Western]].

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* ''Film/HighNoon'' -- Possibly the most famous movie [[TheWestern Western]].''Film/HighNoon''



* ''Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda'' -- Stewart Granger version

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* ''Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda'' -- Stewart Granger version''Film/ThePrisonerOfZenda''



* ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' -- Leading contender for "greatest musical ever" that [[CallBack calls back]] to the first "talkies."

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* ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' -- Leading contender for "greatest musical ever" that [[CallBack calls back]] to the first "talkies."''Film/SinginInTheRain''



* ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'' -- Creator/DrSeuss's only live-action film, an early cult movie.

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* ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT'' -- Creator/DrSeuss's only live-action film, an early cult movie.''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT''



* ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'' -- directed by Creator/EdWood

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* ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'' -- directed by Creator/EdWood''Film/GlenOrGlenda''



* ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace'' -- Early subversion of the [[AlienInvasion "alien invaders"]] genre.

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* ''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace'' -- Early subversion of the [[AlienInvasion "alien invaders"]] genre.''Film/ItCameFromOuterSpace''



* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1953}}'' -- adaptation starring Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/JamesMason

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* ''Film/{{Julius Caesar|1953}}'' -- adaptation starring Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/JamesMasonCaesar|1953}}''



* ''Film/{{Godzilla|1954}}''



* ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' - "I could'a been a contenda. I coulda been somebody."

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* ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' - "I could'a been a contenda. I coulda been somebody."''Film/OnTheWaterfront''



* ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (''Shichinin no samurai'') -- Akira Kurosawa's ''{{chanbara}}'' classic, which spawned ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|1960}}'' and others.

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* ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (''Shichinin no samurai'') -- Akira Kurosawa's ''{{chanbara}}'' classic, which spawned ''Film/{{The Magnificent Seven|1960}}'' and others.samurai'')



* ''Film/{{Them}}'' -- Along with ''Godzilla'', introduced the durable "rampaging mutant animals" genre.

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* ''Film/{{Them}}'' -- Along with ''Godzilla'', introduced the durable "rampaging mutant animals" genre.''Film/{{Them}}''



* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock''-- Where Spencer Tracy is a one-armed badass.

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* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock''-- Where Spencer Tracy is a one-armed badass.''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock''



* ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain''



* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' -- Examines the danger of unlimited power without responsibility. Or control.

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* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' -- Examines the danger of unlimited power without responsibility. Or control.''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''



* ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]'' -- The American edit of the 1954 film, which would end up being released in Japan as well.



* ''Film/IlyaMuromets'' -- Known outside Russia best as ''The Sword and the Dragon''.

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* ''Film/IlyaMuromets'' -- Known outside Russia best as ''The Sword and the Dragon''.''Film/IlyaMuromets''



* ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' -- Classic {{Toku}} film directed by [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Ishiro Honda]]

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* ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' -- Classic {{Toku}} film directed by [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Ishiro Honda]]''Film/{{Rodan}}''



* ''Film/TheSearchers'' -- If you have been to film school, you have seen this.

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* ''Film/TheSearchers'' -- If you have been to film school, you have seen this. ''Film/TheSearchers''



* ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' -- One of those films that is so grand in scale and sweeping in effects that they couldn't afford to make it today.

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* ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' -- One of those films that is so grand in scale and sweeping in effects that they couldn't afford to make it today.''Film/TheTenCommandments1956''



* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' -- A man's future hangs in the balance as 12 jurors decide whether he lives or dies.

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* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' -- A man's future hangs in the balance as 12 jurors decide whether he lives or dies.''Film/TwelveAngryMen''



* ''Film/TheBarrettsOfWimpoleStreet'' -- Remake of the 1934 film, by the same director.

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* ''Film/TheBarrettsOfWimpoleStreet'' -- Remake of the 1934 film, by the same director.''Film/TheBarrettsOfWimpoleStreet''



* ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' -- A great story, completely different from what really happened.

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* ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' -- A great story, completely different from what really happened.''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''



* ''Film/TheDayCalledX'' - CBS tv movie dramatization of the evacuation of Portland in the face of a Soviet nuclear attack.

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* ''Film/TheDayCalledX'' - CBS tv movie dramatization of the evacuation of Portland in the face of a Soviet nuclear attack.''Film/TheDayCalledX''



* ''Film/TheGiantClaw'' -- Earth is attacked by a '''Giant Antimatter Space Buzzard'''.

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* ''Film/TheGiantClaw'' -- Earth is attacked by a '''Giant Antimatter Space Buzzard'''.''Film/TheGiantClaw''



* ''Film/TheMysterians'' - An alien invasion movie from Toho.

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* ''Film/TheMysterians'' - An alien invasion movie from Toho.''Film/TheMysterians''



* ''Literature/OldYeller'' -- One of the classic {{Tear Jerker}}s of many a childhood.

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* ''Literature/OldYeller'' -- One of the classic {{Tear Jerker}}s of many a childhood.''Literature/OldYeller''



* ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'' %%(Adapted from the stage musical)

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* ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame'' %%(Adapted from the stage musical)''Theatre/ThePajamaGame''



* ''Film/{{Gigi}}'' -- The film sometimes regarded as one of the greatest Creator/{{MGM}} musical ever made.

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* ''Film/{{Gigi}}'' -- The film sometimes regarded as one of the greatest Creator/{{MGM}} musical ever made.''Film/{{Gigi}}''



* ''Film/{{Hercules|1958}}'' -- At the head of the "Sand and Sandal" genre

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* ''Film/{{Hercules|1958}}'' -- At the head of the "Sand and Sandal" genre''Film/{{Hercules|1958}}''



* ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' -- Film/HammerHorror's first take on the eponymous count.

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* ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' -- Film/HammerHorror's first take on the eponymous count.''Film/HorrorOfDracula''



* ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' -- Commonly cited as the "worst movie ever made".

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* ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' -- Commonly cited as the "worst movie ever made".''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''



* ''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable'' - A giant monster movie from the same people who made Godzilla.

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* ''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable'' - A giant monster movie from the same people who made Godzilla.''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable''



* ''Film/BattleInOuterSpace'' -- Creator/{{Toho}}'s second entry in the space opera "trilogy".
* ''{{Film/Ben Hur|1959}}'' -- The most famous version of the story.

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* ''Film/BattleInOuterSpace'' -- Creator/{{Toho}}'s second entry in the space opera "trilogy".
''Film/BattleInOuterSpace''
* ''{{Film/Ben Hur|1959}}'' -- The most famous version of the story.Hur|1959}}''



* ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' -- The first of over 30 German Film/EdgarWallaceFilms.

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* ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' -- The first of over 30 German Film/EdgarWallaceFilms.Maske''



* ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill|1959}}'' -- The Creator/WilliamCastle original.

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* ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill|1959}}'' -- The Creator/WilliamCastle original.Hill|1959}}''



* ''Film/RioBravo'' -- Creator/JohnWayne actually does act in this movie, but he's upstaged by the old man's dialogue. And Dean Martin.

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* ''Film/RioBravo'' -- Creator/JohnWayne actually does act in this movie, but he's upstaged by the old man's dialogue. And Dean Martin.''Film/RioBravo''



* ''Film/{{Sterne}}'' -- [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany East German]] film. English title is ''Stars''.

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* ''Film/{{Sterne}}'' -- [[UsefulNotes/EastGermany East German]] film. English title is ''Stars''.''Film/{{Sterne}}''



* "Animation/TheGoatMusician" (1954) -- short animated film from the Soviet Union.

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* "Animation/TheGoatMusician" (1954) -- short animated film from the Soviet Union.(1954)



** "WesternAnimation/RabbitRampage" (1955) - reworking "Duck Amuck" but with Bugs Bunny as the victim instead of Daffy Duck

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** "WesternAnimation/RabbitRampage" (1955) - reworking "Duck Amuck" but with Bugs Bunny as the victim instead of Daffy Duck(1955)



* "Animation/OMistoNaSlunci" (1959), first European animated short to get an Oscar nomination

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* "Animation/OMistoNaSlunci" (1959), first European animated short to get an Oscar nomination(1959)



* "WesternAnimation/{{Shhhhhh}}" (1955) - Tex Avery's last theatrical short

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* "WesternAnimation/{{Shhhhhh}}" (1955) - Tex Avery's last theatrical short(1955)



* ''Film/DisneylandDream'' (1956) -- live-action home movie of a family's trip to Disneyland

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* ''Film/DisneylandDream'' (1956) -- live-action home movie of a family's trip to Disneyland(1956)



* Film/TheThreeStooges -- Their final shorts, post-Curly

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* Film/TheThreeStooges -- Their final shorts, post-Curly
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* ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes''

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* ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes''''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''
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* ''Film/BhowaniJunction''
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* ''Film/{{The Raid|1954}}''
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** ''[[Film/CuckooOnAChooChoo Cuckoo on a Choo Choo]]'' (1952)
** ''[[Film/GoofOnTheRoof Goof on the Roof]]'' (1953)
** ''Film/BlunderBoys'' (1955)
** ''Film/HusbandsBeware'' (1956)
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* ''Film/{{Quicksand}}''

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* ''Film/{{Five}}''

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