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Theme: Films of 1952

Beauties of the Night (1952)

27 May 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Daydreamer’s Fantasies

Director: Rene Clair
Actors: Gerard Phillipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida
Category: Fantasy

Beware, My Lovely (1952)

8 June 199913 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mentally Disturbed Handyman Psycho-Thriller

Director: Harry Horner
Actors: Robert Ryan, Ida Lupino
Category: Horror

The Black Castle (1952)

17 February 201526 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Mad Aristocrat

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, Michael Pate, …
Category: Horror

Castle in the Air (1952)

8 June 20238 June 2023

Rating: ★★½

Haunted Castle Comedy

Director: Henry Cass
Actors: David Tomlinson, Margaret Rutherford, Brian Oulton
Category: Fantasy

The Crimson Pirate (1952)

8 December 200028 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Pirate Swashbuckler with Anachronistic Inventions

Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Leslie Bradley, …
Category: Fantasy

Ghost Ship (1952)

1 April 200318 October 2024

Rating: ★

Haunted Yacht

Director: Vernon Sewell
Actors: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, Hugh Latimer, …
Category: Horror

Glen or Glenda? (1952)

1 November 20023 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Surreal Transvestitism “Documentary”/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Edward D. Wood Jr, Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot
Category: Fantasy

Invasion USA (1952)

28 July 201313 November 2024

Rating: ★

Communist Invasion of the USA

Director: Alfred E. Green
Actors: Gerald Mohr, Dan O'Herlihy, Peggie Castle, Robert Bice
Category: Science Fiction

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

25 March 202018 November 2021

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Enact Fairytale

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer
Category: Fantasy

Monkey Business (1952)

22 July 201513 May 2024

Rating: ★★

Formula That Causes People to Revert to Adolescence Comedy

Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

22 March 201217 February 2021

Rating: ★

British Comedy/Mad Scientist

Director: John Gilling
Actors: Arthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi, Dora Bryan, Philip Leaver, …
Category: Horror

Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

23 February 200827 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Serial/Rocket Backpack Hero vs Alien Invaders

Director: Fred C. Brannon
Actors: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, Peter Brocco, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Planet Mars (1952)

11 January 200230 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Radio Messages from God on Mars

Director: Harry Horner
Actors: Peter Graves, Marvin Miller, Morris Ankrum
Category: Science Fiction

The Sniper (1952)

12 January 200110 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Sniper

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Arthur Franz, Richard Kiley, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr, …
Category: Horror

The Sound Barrier (1952)

2 February 200328 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Quest to Break the Sound Barrier

Director: David Lean
Actors: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan’s Savage Fury (1952)

10 April 201927 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Cy Endfield
Actors: Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles
Category: Fantasy

Without Warning! (1952)

11 February 200716 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Psycho

Director: Arnold Laven
Actors: Adam Williams, Edward Binns, Angela Stevens, Byron Kane, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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