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Theme: Films of 1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

18 March 20038 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Victorian Submarine Inventor/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas
Category: Science Fiction

Animal Farm (1954)

14 December 20006 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Animal Social Satire

Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Actors: Maurice Denham, Gordon Heath
Category: Fantasy

The Atomic Kid (1954)

6 March 200121 September 2019

Rating: ★½

Radioactive Man Comedy

Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, Elaine Davis, Hal March, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

18 March 202518 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Idiots Meet the Monsters

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, John Dehner, …
Category: Horror

Brigadoon (1954)

6 September 19999 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Musical/Timeslipped Village

Director: Vincente Minelli
Actors: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Barry Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

5 January 200020 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Prehistoric Monster

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Nestor Paiva, …
Category: Science Fiction

Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

24 December 201321 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Female Alien Invader

Director: David MacDonald
Actors: Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla (1954)

16 December 20018 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Giant Atomic Monster

Director: Ishiro Honda, Terry Morse
Actors: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gog (1954)

19 May 202119 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Machinery at a Space Laboratory Tries to Kill People

Director: Herbert L. Strock
Actors: Richard Egan, Herbert Marshall, John Wengraf, Philip Van Zandt, …
Category: Science Fiction

An Inspector Calls (1954)

9 June 200310 November 2021

Rating: ★★½

Mysterious Police Inspector/Morality Play

Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Alistair Sim, Arthur Young, Brian Worth, Bryan Forbes
Category: Fantasy

Mad About Men (1954)

20 November 202420 November 2024

Rating: ★★½

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: Glynis Johns, Margaret Rutherford, Donald Sinden, Dora Bryan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mad Magician (1954)

7 September 200111 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Psycho Stage Magician

Director: John Brahm
Actors: Vincent Price, Eva Gabor, Mary Murphy, Donald Randolph, …
Category: Horror

Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)

15 December 200716 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Atomic Sea Monster

Director: Wyott Ordung
Actors: Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Jonathan Haze
Category: Science Fiction

The Naked Jungle (1954)

5 July 200311 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Ant Takeover

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, William Conrad, Abraham Sofaer
Category: Horror

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

22 December 20154 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Trained Killer Ape

Director: Roy Del Ruth
Actors: Karl Malden, Steve Forrest, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, …
Category: Horror

Riders to the Stars (1954)

2 May 200028 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Space Launch

Director: Richard Carlson
Actors: William Lundigan, Richard Carlson, Martha Hyer, Herbert Marshall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stranger from Venus (1954)

26 August 201128 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Alien Visitor

Director: Burt Balaban
Actors: Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Willoughby Gray, Arthur Young
Category: Science Fiction

Target Earth (1954)

6 June 200910 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion

Director: Sherman A. Rose
Actors: Kathleen Crowley, Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Richard Reeves, …
Category: Science Fiction

Them! (1954)

18 April 200026 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Giant Atomic Ants

Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ulysses (1954)

14 March 20231 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Greek Myth Adventure

Director: Mario Camerini
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podesta
Category: Fantasy

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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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