Top 10 Sci Fi Movies of the 1950s countdown

[@mybachhertzbaud3074]

Vincent should have received a special oscar for the voice that defined sci-fi/horror for decades.🤔

[@sharonhughes588]

I saw them all....multiple times....and still love every one of them! Thanks for reminding!

[@FredFlix]

Just saw this. You're welcome, Sharon.

[@oobrocks]

This should be highlighted :)

[@davidfrehlini968]

Thank you Fred. These are the movies and the Monsters we sure learned to LOVE. God Bless.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, David.

[@luisreyes1963]

The best in 50's Sci-fi motion pictures! Thanks, FredFlix...🛸👽

[@hermanmunster4886]

Great Top Ten but I agree with Randy Rossi, "It, The Terror from Beyond Space" should have made the list. That was a scary movie. The original Alien, if you ask me! I also liked Target Earth, Day the World Ended, and Invaders from Mars, but you can only put so many on a top 10 list. Your pick, War of the World's will always be number one on my list also!

[@dougbrowne9890]

Thank you for making this and all your other videos Fred. Today, my favorite hockey player died. His name is Mike Bossy. I am heartbroken. Your videos have helped me get through the day, lifting my heart up, with things I love. Thanks again Fred.

[@randyrossi4640]

I want to thank you for putting this together. One of the scariest sci-fi movies, I saw was" It, The Terror from Beyond Space". I think it should have made this list.

[@RSEFX]

Big fan of this film. It/IT was the scariest film i saw as a kid in the 50's. Very intense and surprisingly brutal monster, as unstoppable as the TERMINATOR...an alien terminator!

[@badcarbon7624]

Seen them all too, although not in the theater. My ranking of the top five would be. 5. The Fly. Novel plot device. Its use of a "TransPorter" as the catalyst was really ahead of it's time. One of the best twist endings in any film. "Helllp Meee!" My sister had nightmares for days after we watched it together on Chiller Theatre. Didn't keep me up all night after watching it. Nope Nope not at all. 4: When Worlds Collide. Again another head of its time premise. Which with George Pals production standards made it really stand out. We lived in New Jersey across from New York City so it's well done destruction scene hit close to home. I've always been a animal lover so I remember being so relieved they saved the dog. 3: The Thing. Thank you for listing this neglected classic. What's Funny is I just watched it last week for the first time since the 60s when it scared the s**t out of me. I thought it held up well with a surprisingly intelligent screenplay. The Carpenter remake is fun and a cult classic but if you haven't seen the original its worth a watch. I found it on KZbin. 2: The last two were tough for me as both are true classics but I will say George Pals War of the Worlds. I first saw it at the age of 10 when our local Movie Theatre ran it as a free Holloween event something that they also did at Christmas. No other film before or since scared me quite like this one. My grandfather was a member of our towns rescue squad. For years after seeing the welcoming trio being burned to ash any time he was called out to an emergency I was certain that this time it a would be aliens landing who would do the same to him. Oddly the other scene that got to me was a short shot of a car driving with a flat tire during the evacuation of the city I own the DVD even after all these years it still scares the kids more then Spielberg's. 5: finally Forbidden Planet. The best script the best effects and the Robot. All that and a great twist ending Sorry for the long post. Love your channel Looking forward to your next

[@marcusreed3841]

Seen them all many times...love them and many others. Back when sci-fi movies held a special wonder and horror.

[@valholladay2116]

There IS an advantage to being an old man. I had the opportunity and pleasure to have seen every one of these films in a theatre in the year they were released. I even experienced watching, "IT, Came From Outer Spade" in 3-D. Not the psudo-3-D or today but real 3-D shown using two projectors and viewed with polarized glasses. I concur with you choice of the Top 10 but would have placed "The Thing" in the #1 spot. I saw it when I was 10 years old and had never been nor have I ever since been so scared shitless.

[@robertromero8692]

I have the 3D Blu Ray of It Came From Outer Space :)

[@RSEFX]

I'd made the spoiling "mistake" of reading WHO GOES THERE after which i formed very frighteningly intense ideas about what a film based on it would be before I actually saw THE THING. I liked it but was very disappointed. Where was the human duplication concept, the very heart of the story? And why just a bald guy as the "scary" alien? But well-done character interplay and mood.

[@danielwarner7572]

What no Invaders from Mars, Them! or I married a Monster from Outer Space?

[@rodneydowney2561]

Invaders from Mars, Earth v Flying Saucers, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Tarantula, Them, It Came from Beneath the Sea

[@patrickodell7151954]

Great selection, love them and proud to say I have seen them all!

[@keithnaylor1981]

Fantastic video!!! Getting all the trailers together is an amazing job well done. All featured are great movies, though my top three would be: 3. This Island Earth 2. The War of the Worlds 1. FORBIDDEN PLANET

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Keith.

[@paulhawk8277]

Great movies.....still watch them....ill sit there and watch a black and white movie🍿🍿....and dont even realize it after the first couple minutes....its my old school kicking in....😊

[@bb22602]

As always, well done, Fred! And I agree with your #1. I loved just about every George Pal movie ever (too bad about Doc Savage, though).

[@lloydmckay3241]

The Day the Earth Stood Still is very good. And Them. Both all around great films.

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

A great list, but "THEM!" should be on it somewhere.

[@mrambler4235]

MisterMasterShafter1 One of the best of any decade.

[@lloydmckay3241]

Probably the best giant monster movie of the era.

[@NodDisciple1]

Yup. I think Gojira/Godzilla be on it too. Unusually bleak and dark for a 50s flick w/ giant monsters.

[@23pamolson]

as I was watching, I'm thinking "he must include Forbidden Planet", and you didn't dissapoint!

[@thedreadtyger]

These are the greats, the movies that made us think and wonder and dream.

[@larrydavis3645]

I saw all these films on tv except "War of the Worlds" rerelease in a theater. Did you consider the film "Them"?

[@badbobbybadbobbyb5889]

All were damn good movies, I still love to watch them.

[@herbbluntman2287]

A good list but personally, I would have gone for George Pal's "Conquest of Space" instead of "The Incredible Shrinking Man" and if you look closely at my icon, I think you can tell which movie I think should be at #1.

[@lloydmckay3241]

Forbidden Planet.

[@louisbrugnoni7639]

Incredible Shrinking Man was a great movie! That fight with the spider was amazing!

[@WimGrundy]

The genres within the genre: 1. MAN TRANSFORMED (The Fly; The Incredible Shrinking Man; The Creeping Unknown; The Colossus of New York) 2. EARTH'S APOCALYPSE (When Worlds Collide; On The Beach; FIVE; The World, The Flesh and The Devil; The Day the World Ended) 3. BENIGN INVADER(s) FROM ... (It Came from Outer Space; The Day The Earth Stood Still) 4. ALIEN WORLD'S APOCALYPSE (This Island Earth, Forbidden Planet; Rocketship X-M; Devil Girl From Mars) 5. HOSTILE INVADER(s) FROM ... (Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Quatermass 2; The Thing, The War of The Worlds; Earth vs The Flying Saucers; Target: Earth!) 6. MAN-IN-SUIT MONSTER(s) ... (The Creature From the Black Lagoon; IT! The Terror Beyond Space; Any Paul Blaisdell suitmonsters) 7. ATOMIC MONSTER(s) ... (THEM!; Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; Godzilla; Fiend Without A Face) 8. TIME TRAVEL (World Without End; Terror From The Year 5000) 9. SPACE OPERA (Destination Moon; Conquest of Space; Battle in Outer Space; Satellite in The Sky; Angry Red Planet; Journey to the 7th Planet; Fire Maidens of Outer Space) 10. TECHNOLOGY AMOK (GOG; The Invisible Boy; The Twonky; 11. *JULES VERNE (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Journey to the Center of The Earth; The Fabulous World of Jules Verne; From The Earth to The Moon) *Yes, Verne is a pioneer, so he gets his own genre!

[@23pamolson]

and before I watch more, and thank you, I remember a movie that had a giant eye with tentacles, scared the heck out of me on tv when I was young

[@luisreyes1963]

That would be The Crawling Eye (1963).

[@MadMatt1984]

The day the earth stood still is my favorite

[@robertromero8692]

I would have ordered them differently, but gotta hand it to you, great list.

[@Mistralok]

Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still But he told us where we stand And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear Claude Raines was the invisible man Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong They got caught in a celluloid jam Then at a deadly pace IT came from outer space And this is how the message ran Science fiction Double feature Dr. X will build a creature See androids fighting Brad and Janet Ann Francis stars in Forbidden Planet Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show. I knew Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel When Tarantula took to the hills And I really got hot when I saw Janet Scott Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes And passing them used lots of skills But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a Science fiction Double feature Dr. X will build a creature See androids fighting Brad and Janet Ann Francis stars in Forbidden Planet Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show. I wanna go, oh-oh, to the late night double feature picture show. By R.K.O., oh-oh, at the late night double feature picture show. In the back row at the late night double feature picture show.

[@lloydmckay3241]

Wow that could be the lyrics for a number in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Fit right in if they every do a remake. Good one.

[@louisaloi9178]

They're OUT THERE in the Outer Limits🌌

[@wjrs5]

‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ is the greatest B movie of all time and is possibly in the top 100 of all movies.

[@FredFlix]

I think it is.

[@hankaustin7091]

how in the world did I miss THIS gem!?!?!?

[@23pamolson]

For it's time, I want to say The Incredible Shrinking Man was masterful

[@lloydmckay3241]

FredFlix: Where were you 60 years ago. might be more accurate. as time goes by.

[@Sheri451]

It Came From Outer Space was one of the movies he's shown. But not in 3 D. The Incredible Shrinking Man was on too.Invasion Of The Body Snatchers was the movie that Zach Galligan was watching in Gremlins wasn't it?

[@gunslingr45]

You only had 10 so no Tarantula or even better THEM!

[@milescoburn1845]

Great list! I would only swap out "It Came From Outer Space" with "Earth vs The Flying Saucers" or maybe "It! The Terror from Beyond Space".

[@NodDisciple1]

Do Ed Wood Movies ever make any of your lists? I know they're infamous for being awful, but I love them so much.

[@sandysexton6570]

My favourite is “The invasion of the body snatchers.”

[@tsf5-productions]

"The Fly" ~ 'Mildred! Get me that flyswatter! I'll take care of that green eyed booger!' "It Came from Outer Space" (in 3-D, mind you) "The Incredible Shrinking Man" - Now that one I liked because of the special effects that were used. Don't take it for granted...it can happen to you...or so some say. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" - Now that's a good one...the remake with Donald Sutherland is a bit better (made in the 1970's). "Forbidden Planet" - one of the best of this batch of the Top 10 in my opinion. I loved "Robbie-the-Robot". Wish I had one...kind of like TV's "Lost in Space" robot that Dr. Smith hated but Will Robinson loved. "The Day the Earth Stood Still"...still powerful after all these years since 1951. The music soundtrack is composed by Bernard Herrmann who did a lot of movies in his lifetime. "The Thing" - yeah, I remember that "Thing". It's okay. "The War of the Worlds" - definitely a good sci-fi flick. The effects were great.

[@jimmyr54701]

I'm sorry I never got to see them in 3-D. They were great anyway.

[@RSEFX]

THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, QUATERMASS 2 , 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA or "1984" ---any one of these I'd swap for WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.

[@jonathanleslie9100]

good list, but '20,000 leagues under the sea" should be on it.

[@23pamolson]

Wait, in World's Collide, the man in the wheelchair looks like the actor from a Twilight Zone episode, about his making a bet about not speaking for a year

[@RSEFX]

It wasn't. The man is the very well-known character actor John Hoyt who played in many sf and horror films, as well as many movies and tv shows in general. He was the original "Bones" for the first STAR TREK pilot. Has a very good part in ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, really the only good thing in that movie.

[@magarac99]

Any love for "Krpnos"

[@strangerintown3676]

Great list, to bad that Earth vs the Flying Saucers, ( my favorite ) also Kronos, & The Monolith Monsters couldn't find their way into your list.

[@FredFlix]

Those are good movies but not in the 10 best.

[@2011littlejohn1]

I thought the best of these was Forbidden Planet following The Day The Earth Stood Still and I felt it was a seminal movie regarding today's sci fi. I can't understand why The Thing ......was above this in choice. War Of The Worlds should have been set in the period Wells wrote it in. Nobody's ever tried doing that yet except for the music album.

[@RSEFX]

There have been several movie/tv versions of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS set in Victorian or early Edwardian times. BBC did a mini-series a few years back, and there have been others.

[@randyacuna3248]

I would have replaced forbidden planet because I find that movie slow and boring, just all talk and added 1953s Invaders from Mars. A film from a child's point of view , with solid acting plus using on a low budget solid imagination and set design due to the director. A wonderful score and great camerawork and beautiful color. The only downfall is the used of stock footage of the army. Truly original.

[@schallrd1]

4:02 POV of my first date.

[@stargate6951]

The Fly was in color ?!?!??

[@FredFlix]

Yes, though the sequel wasn't.

[@stargate6951]

@@FredFlix So, is it in color on the double DVD ??

[@FredFlix]

@@stargate6951 The original "The Fly" (1958) is in color, anytime, anywhere.

[@jaywalker1233]

and in Blu-ray high definition

[@jaywalker1233]

and in Blu-ray HD

[@ladamyre1]

Second should be "The Day the Earth Stood Still" because it has Patricia O'Neal. "Forbidden Planet" should be number one because it has Anne Francis in a bathing suit.

[@schallrd1]

5:20 the first viagra commercial.

[@iseeyourollen2041]

Ah yes 20th century sci-fi.

[@oobrocks]

Imo War / Worlds no1 Forbidden Planet no2 The Day no3 Them no4

[@danielyoung6630]

VANCOUVER B.C. IN LORD TENNYSON PUBLIC SCHOOL!

[@jptang1701]

Fred.....I was getting ready to bash you so badddddd............if War of Worlds wasn't number 1.......LOL!!

[@FredFlix]

I wouldn't let you down.

[@johnthacker5246]

"THE FLY" the original not that ghastly remake, was a horror movie masquerading as science Fiction. The scientist AND his wife both paid a terrible price for the scientist's mistake. Read the book "THE BODY SNATCHERS" by Jack Finney. It is far better than either movie!!

[@lloydmckay3241]

Cool.

[@diamonddog257]

kids : There is a difference between ' Hard Science'....'Speculative Fiction'....'Fantasy/Horror' ; A true 'sci-fi' movie is rare....... Creature from the Black Lagoon was an archetype for this whole genre .... did this channel not include it because it was not pure sci-fi ? ---And there is even a difference between the colour and B+W movies ....... I like the B+W better .... -and original plots are more impressive than re-hash of classics like Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds ....... .......... so naturally... [sigh] ..... the #1 movie on this list should be 'KRONOS' 1958.

[@23pamolson]

Klaatu Barada Nickto

[@jerryshunk7152]

QUATREMASS 2 AKA ENEMY FROM SPACE/// THE BLOB & INVADERS FROM MARS. WERE BETTER THAN HALF OF THESE ENTRIES.

[@jeffteyrosado9966]

Ppl repent please

[@klipkultur2951]

Forbidden is dumb and empty, Body Snatchers will always be scary. (the two versions are real good)

[@robertromero8692]

Totally disagree with you about Forbidden Planet. It's a classic example of great hard science fiction, with superb production values, a fine script, one of the GREAT movie robots, and a technological concept that provokes a lot of thought.