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Theme: Films of 1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

8 April 200111 February 2020

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Meet the Mummy

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon
Category: Horror

The Beast With a Million Eyes (1955)

23 September 202012 October 2022

Rating: ★★½

Alien Invader/Animals Amok

Director: David Kramarsky
Actors: Paul Birch, Dick Sargent, Chester Conklin
Category: Science Fiction

Bride of the Monster (1955)

2 May 20038 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mad Scientist/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Harvey B. Dunn, George Becwar
Category: Horror

Conquest of Space (1955)

1 June 19996 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Expedition to Mars

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Benson Fong, …
Category: Science Fiction

Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)

15 November 201829 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Atomically-Revived Zombies

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Richard Denning, S. John Launer, Angela Stevens, Michael Granger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cult of the Cobra (1955)

1 April 199931 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Snake Transformation Cult

Director: Francis D. Lyon
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Jack Kelly, …
Category: Horror

Day the World Ended (1955)

5 September 200228 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

After the Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Mike Connors, Paul Birch, …
Category: Science Fiction

Les Diaboliques (1955)

9 April 20028 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Michel Serrault
Category: Horror

The Glass Slipper (1955)

25 August 200210 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Cinderella Adaptation

Director: Charles Walters
Actors: Leslie Caron, Estelle Winwood, Keenan Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, …
Category: Fantasy

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

8 May 199917 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Giant Atomic Octopus

Director: Robert Gordon
Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)

30 July 201522 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Journey Through Prehistory

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Science Fiction

Jungle Moon Men (1955)

11 June 200522 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Jungle Adventure/Immortal Queen

Director: Charles S. Gould
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Helene Stanton, Bill Henry, …
Category: Fantasy

King Dinosaur (1955)

9 June 202130 October 2024

Rating: ★½

Planet of Dinosaurs

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Douglas Henderson, Bill Bryant, Marvin Miller
Category: Science Fiction

Lady and the Tramp (1955)

1 November 199918 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation/Talking Animals

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Verna Felton, Peggy Lee
Category: Fantasy

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

6 January 200119 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Children Pursued by Psycho Preacher

Director: Charles Laughton
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves, …
Category: Horror

Ordet (1955)

20 December 201715 March 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Religion and Miracles

Director: Carl Dreyer
Category: Fantasy

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)

3 February 200625 November 2024

Rating: ★

Atomic Sea Monster

Director: Dan Milner
Actors: Kent Taylor, Kathy Downs, Michael Whalen
Category: Science Fiction

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

2 February 200122 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mutating Astronaut

Director: Val Guest
Actors: Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, Thora Hird, Gordon Jackson
Category: Science Fiction

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

23 February 200128 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

The Creature from the Black Lagoon Sequel

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva
Category: Science Fiction

Tarantula (1955)

31 May 200126 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giant Spider

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Nestor Paiva, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955)

20 June 200229 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Harold D. Schuster
Actors: Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter van Eyck, Jack Elam, …
Category: Fantasy

This Island Earth (1955)

9 August 200019 October 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Abduction into an Alien War

Director: Joseph Newman
Actors: Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, …
Category: Science Fiction

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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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