Top 15 Sci-Fi Movies of the 1950s - how do yours compare?

[John Cole]

Fortunately, I got to see many of these movies when I was still a kid, so their affect on me registers still. In fact, the first time I remember going to a movie theater was to see a double feature of The Fly and The Alligator People when I was five or six. (I think walking out of the theater and being blinded by the August sun changed me forever.) Invaders From Mars and Forbidden Planet have always been favorites. And, I agree with your opinion of War of the Worlds, which along with The Day the Earth Stood Still look great on DVD.

I think, though, The Blob is a glaring omission. (Criterion also has The Blob on DVD.) And, I'd include On the Beach or The World, the Flesh, and the Devil since these films seem important within the time period.

[diebitter]

The Blob? A little too much horror for my list. Great theme song tho [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

On The Beach - haven't seen, so can't comment on whether it should have been in the list. And I thought it was 1960s...

[John Cole]

On the Beach appeared in '59. BTW, have you seen Monolith Monsters? Some people seem to like it, but I thought it incredibly dumb as a kid. I might also put Journey to the Center of the Earth on my list--even though it might be a genre bender.

[diebitter]

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On the Beach appeared in '59. BTW, have you seen Monolith Monsters? Some people seem to like it, but I thought it incredibly dumb as a kid.

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wow! I thought I was a 50's scifi buff, but never heard of it. But written by the guy who directed 'The Incredible Shrinking Man', and starrring the lead from the same.... I gotta see this soon.

Thanks [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]