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Best Horror Movies of the 1950s

Horror films released 1950–1959, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 Diabolique (1955) · ★ 7.9 · 1,139 votes · 1h 58m · thriller, drama, horror

   The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become inc…

2. 
   #2 Godzilla (1954) · ★ 7.6 · 1,170 votes · 1h 36m · thriller, horror, science-fiction

   Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than im…

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   #3 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) · ★ 7.5 · 1,232 votes · 1h 20m · thriller, horror, science-fiction

   A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.…

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   #4 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) · ★ 7.5 · 588 votes · 1h 21m · fantasy, adventure, horror

   A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wildern…

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   #5 Dracula (1958) · ★ 7.3 · 734 votes · 1h 22m · horror

   After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect…

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   #6 The Fly (1958) · ★ 7.0 · 623 votes · 1h 34m · drama, horror, science-fiction

   Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explain…

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   #7 Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) · ★ 6.8 · 884 votes · 1h 19m · adventure, horror, science-fiction

   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, a…

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   #8 The Thing from Another World (1951) · ★ 6.7 · 712 votes · 1h 27m · drama, horror, science-fiction

   Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.…

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   #9 House on Haunted Hill (1959) · ★ 6.7 · 635 votes · 1h 15m · horror, mystery

   Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for p…

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    #10 The Blob (1958) · ★ 6.2 · 682 votes · 1h 22m · horror, science-fiction

    A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs every…

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    #11 Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) · ★ 4.2 · 626 votes · 1h 18m · horror, science-fiction

    In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect…

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