1950s
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Odds Against Tomorrow
director: Robert Wise actor: Robert Ryan / Harry Belafonte
other title: Strategia di una rapina / Wenig Chancen für morgen
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
The Big Heat (1953) TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
The Big Heat
director: Fritz Lang actor: Glenn Ford / Gloria Grahame
other title: Il grande caldo / Jeg er loven
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
In a Lonely Place (1950) TMDB
In a Lonely Place
director: Nicholas Ray actor: Humphrey Bogart / Gloria Grahame
other title: Il diritto di uccidere / Matar ou Não Matar
A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Revenge of the Creature (1955) TMDB
Revenge of the Creature
director: Jack Arnold actor: John Agar / Lori Nelson
other title: La vendetta del mostro / Uhyrets hævn
In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy (1958) TMDB IMDb WikiData
La momia azteca contra el robot humano
director: Rafael Portillo actor: Ramón Gay / Rosita Arenas
other title: Il terrore viene d'oltretomba / Die Azteken-Mumie gegen den Menschen-Roboter
A mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries old living mummy.
June 29, 2025 watched
Despite being a brief 64 minutes, it still feels like this could have been cut another 20 minutes, and the promised "robot"-(more like a cyborg)-on-mummy action was only a few minutes at the very end.

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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Curse of Frankenstein
director: Terence Fisher actor: Peter Cushing / Hazel Court
other title: La maschera di Frankenstein / Frankensteins forbandelse
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Tobor the Great (1954) NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Tobor the Great
director: Lee Sholem actor: Charles Drake / Karin Booth
other title: Tobor - Il re dei robot / Le maitre du monde
To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Devil Girl from Mars
director: David MacDonald actor: Patricia Laffan / Hugh McDermott
other title: La martienne diabolique / La diabla de Marte
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.
Forbidden Planet (1956) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
Forbidden Planet
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Fred M. Wilcox actor: Walter Pidgeon / Anne Francis
other title: Il pianeta proibito / Kampen på dødskloden
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
May 26, 2025 watched
I thought it would be cheesy, but it actually maintained a great atmosphere of suspense, thanks not only to the interesting story and wonderful cast, but also to the still spooky fully-electronic score.
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) TMDB NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Creature from the Black Lagoon
6.0 (5 ratings) director: Jack Arnold actor: Richard Carlson / Julie Adams
other title: Il mostro della laguna nera / Uhyret fra den sorte lagune
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
director: Howard Hawks actor: Jane Russell / Marilyn Monroe
other title: Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde / Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
The Angry Red Planet (1959) IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
The Angry Red Planet
director: Ib Melchior actor: Gerald Mohr / Naura Hayden
other title: Marte Distruggerà la Terra! / Den vrede planet
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
Sept. 22, 2025 watched
A movie that, like a great artist, steals from others (The Blob, Godzilla, Forbidden Planet etc). But great art, it ain't.

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