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01
Red Planet Mars
Red Planet Mars 1952 87 MIN USA NR
DramaScience Fiction

An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.

Dir. Harry Horner United Artists
02
King Dinosaur
King Dinosaur 1955 63 MIN USA NR
AdventureHorrorScience Fiction

In 1960, four American scientists travel to a planet that has just entered Earth's solar system to see if it's able to support an Earth colony. They find an oxygen…

Dir. Bert I. Gordon Zimgor Productions Kaiju
03
Tales of Frankenstein
Tales of Frankenstein 1958 28 MIN UK PG
DramaHorrorScience Fiction

In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try…

Dir. Curt Siodmak Columbia Pictures Television
04
The Black Sleep
The Black Sleep 1956 82 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient,…

Dir. Reginald Le Borg Bel-Air Productions
05
Target Earth
Target Earth 1954 75 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café,…

Dir. Sherman A. Rose Abtcon Pictures
06
Flight To Mars
Flight To Mars 1951 72 MIN USA NR
DramaScience FictionThriller

Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.

Dir. Lesley Selander Monogram Pictures
07
Creature with the Atom Brain
Creature with the Atom Brain 1955 69 MIN USA NR
CrimeHorrorScience Fiction

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike…

Dir. Edward L. Cahn Clover Productions
08
The Monolith Monsters
The Monolith Monsters 1957 77 MIN USA NR
DramaHorrorScience Fiction

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

Dir. John Sherwood Universal International Pictures
09
Kronos
Kronos 1957 78 MIN USA NR
ActionDramaHorror

Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from…

Dir. Kurt Neumann Regal Films
10
When Worlds Collide
When Worlds Collide 1951 83 MIN USA G
ActionScience FictionThriller

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to…

Dir. Rudolph Maté Paramount Pictures
11
The 27th Day
The 27th Day 1957 75 MIN USA NR
Science Fiction

Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three…

Dir. William Asher Romson Productions
12
Destination Moon
Destination Moon 1950 91 MIN USA NR
AdventureDramaScience Fiction

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in…

Dir. Irving Pichel George Pal Productions
13
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet 1956 98 MIN USA G
AdventureScience Fiction

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find…

Dir. Fred M. Wilcox Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Space Sci-Fi
14
War of the Satellites
War of the Satellites 1958 72 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in…

Dir. Roger Corman Allied Artists Pictures
15
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2 1957 85 MIN UK NR
HorrorScience Fiction

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run,…

Dir. Val Guest Hammer Film Productions
16
Battle in Outer Space
Battle in Outer Space 1959 90 MIN JAPAN NR
Science Fiction

In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on Earth, using rays to manipulate gravity and control the minds of…

Dir. Ishirō Honda TOHO
17
The Mysterians
The Mysterians 1957 89 MIN JAPAN NR
ActionDramaScience Fiction

In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by…

Dir. Ishirō Honda TOHO
18
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling 1959 84 MIN UK NR
ComedyCrimeScience Fiction

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he…

Dir. Lance Comfort Hammer Film Productions
19
Beginning of the End
Beginning of the End 1957 73 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on…

Dir. Bert I. Gordon AB-PT Pictures Corp.
20
Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel 1959 76 MIN USA NR
ComedyScience Fiction

The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien…

Dir. David Lowell Rich Columbia Pictures
21
Terror in the Midnight Sun
Terror in the Midnight Sun 1959 73 MIN USA NR
DramaHorrorScience Fiction

Can earth stop the savage onslaught of beast-men from space? Aliens release a furry critter in the wilds of Lapland where it takes a woman captive and threatens a group…

Dir. Virgil W. Vogel Fortunafilm
22
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 127 MIN USA G
AdventureDramaFamily

In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster which attacks ships in the Pacific Ocean and disrupt shipping lanes. Professor Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, board a U.S.…

Dir. Richard Fleischer Walt Disney Productions Cannibalism
7.0 (31,563)
23
The Werewolf
The Werewolf 1956 79 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

A disheveled man in a suit (Ritch) wanders uncertainly down the main street of the small, rural town of Mountaincrest on a winter's night. Looking out of place and…

Dir. Fred F. Sears Clover Productions
5.0 (1,326)
24
The Killer Shrews
The Killer Shrews 1959 69 MIN USA NR
HorrorScience Fiction

Captain Thorne Sherman (James Best) and first mate Rook Griswold ("Judge" Henry Dupree) deliver supplies by boat to a group on a remote island. The group, consisting of…

Dir. Ray Kellogg Hollywood Pictures Corporation Monster
4.0 (4,055)
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