The Best Adventure Movies of the 1950s

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1

The Hidden Fortress

1958  •  Akira Kurosawa  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Costume Adventure  •  Foreign Language Film

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The African Queen

1951  •  John Huston  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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Forbidden Planet

1956  •  Fred M. Wilcox  •  Rated G

Action  •  Adventure  •  Based-on-Shakespeare

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The Ten Commandments

1956  •  Cecil B. DeMille  •  Rated G

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Drama

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Peter Pan

1953  •  Clyde Geronimi  •  Rated G

Adventure  •  Animation  •  Family

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The Red Balloon

1956  •  Albert Lamorisse  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Family  •  Family-Oriented Adventure

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The Caine Mutiny

1954  •  Edward Dmytryk  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Courtroom Drama  •  Drama

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954  •  Jack Arnold  •  Rated G

Adventure  •  Horror  •  Jungle Film

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The Court Jester

1956  •  Melvin Frank, Norman Panama  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Adventure Comedy  •  Comedy

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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

1958  •  Nathan Juran  •  Rated G

Action  •  Adventure  •  Family

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Moby Dick

1956  •  John Huston  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Based-on-19th-Century-Literature

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A Christmas Carol

1951  •  Brian Desmond Hurst  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Based-on-19th-Century-Literature  •  Drama

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Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto

1954  •  Hiroshi Inagaki  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Adventure Drama  •  Based-on-a-True-Story

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The Vikings

1958  •  Richard Fleischer  •  Not Rated

Action  •  Adventure

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Treasure Island

1950  •  Byron Haskin  •  Rated PG

Adventure  •  Based-on-19th-Century-Literature  •  Costume Adventure

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The Crimson Pirate

1952  •  Robert Siodmak  •  Not Rated

Adventure  •  Swashbuckler  •  Adventure Comedy

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