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1950s Comedy-drama Movies

Public list by WPS with 173 movies or TV shows/series

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The Miracle of Marcelino(1955)

1h 31min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 104 votes)

Left on the doorstep of a monastery as an infant, Marcelino was raised by the monks. He was well-cared for but lonely and missed having a mother. One day he found a special friend in the forbidden attic, hanging on a cross. A friend that would repay Marcelino's kindness by granting him one heart-felt wish.

Sabrina(1954)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 53min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 527 votes)

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.

Sissi(1955)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 208 votes)

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

There's No Business Like Show Business(1954)

3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

School for Tramps(1955)

3.9/5 (with 21 votes)

Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for giving shelter to tramps. The rest of the family disagrees, because the last one disappointed her. In a story of family situations, funny moments and jealousy, Alberto ends up earning everyone's respect and has a special connection with the oldest daughter, the beautiful Susana, and they fall in love.

Bus Stop(1956)

3.1/5 (with 90 votes)

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.

I Vitelloni(1953)

1h 43min | Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 288 votes)

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Auntie Mame(1958)

3.6/5 (with 42 votes)

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

Limelight(1952)

4.0/5 (with 212 votes)

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Baby Doll(1956)

1h 54min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 52 votes)

Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.

Mister Roberts(1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 3min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family, War
3.6/5 (with 64 votes)

Mr. Roberts is as an officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned Navy ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Hobson's Choice(1954)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 47min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 48 votes)

Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.

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Bellissima(1951)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 95 votes)

Bellissima is a satire of the film industry, and centers on a mother and daughter after the latter attends an audition.

The Rose Tattoo(1955)

1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 29 votes)

A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

Where Chimneys Are Seen(1953)

1h 48min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and insights into, the everyday lives of lower-middle-class people. Based on Rinzo Shiina’s novel of the absurd, the film depicts the lives of two couples against the backdrop of Tokyo’s growing industrialization during the 1950s.

The Million Pound Note(1954)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.

Directed by Ronald Neame - With Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John C. Slater, Bryan Forbes, Jane Griffiths, ...

Cheaper by the Dozen(1950)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 34 votes)

"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.

The Trip Across Paris(1956)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 20min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 112 votes)

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

The Monte Carlo Story(1956)

1h 36min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the gold diggers to turn their attention to a wealthy widower and his daughter. A compulsive gambler who owes several anxious investors a small fortune, Dino has trouble cutting his losses, no matter how bad the losing streak.

Three Coins in the Fountain(1954)

1h 42min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.

The Catered Affair(1956)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

Feed the Kitty(1952)

3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

A bulldog adopts an adorable kitten, but he can't let his owner know.

Directed by Chuck Jones

Shree 420(1955)

4.0/5 (with 7 votes)

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

What's Opera, Doc?(1957)

3.8/5 (with 81 votes)

Bugs is in drag as the Valkyrie Brunhilde, who is pursued by Elmer playing the demigod Siegfried.

Directed by Chuck Jones

The Swan(1956)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 44min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.

Love Nest(1951)

3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.

Last Holiday(1950)

1h 28min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 19 votes)

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.

Illusion Travels by Streetcar(1954)

1h 30min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

The Rising of the Moon(1957)

1h 21min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.

Directed by John Ford - With Cyril Cusack, Noel Purcell, Denis O'Dea, Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Jack MacGowran, ...

Where Is Freedom?(1954)

1h 33min | Drama, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.

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