List of thriller films of the 1950s

A list of thriller films released in the 1950s.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
1950
Armored Car Robbery	Richard Fleischer	Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman	United States	Crime thriller[1]
The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston	Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore	United States	Crime thriller[2]
The Killer That Stalked New York	Earl McEvoy	Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William Bishop	United States	Crime thriller[3]
The Man Who Cheated Himself	Felix E. Feist	Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt	United States	Psychological thriller[4]
Mystery Street	John Sturges	Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett	United States	[5]
Panic in the Streets	Elia Kazan	Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes	United States	[6]
Seven Days to Noon	John Boulting, Roy Boulting	Barry Jones, Olive Sloane	United Kingdom	[7]
Side Street	Anthony Mann	Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig	United States	Crime thriller[8]
Stage Fright	Alfred Hitchcock	Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding	United States	[9]
Where Danger Lives	John Farrow	Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains	United States	[10]
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Otto Preminger	Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill	United States	[11]
Woman on the Run	Norman Foster	Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith	United States	[12]
1951
Cause for Alarm!	Tay Garnett	Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling	United States	[13]
Fourteen Hours	Henry Hathaway	Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes	United States	[14]
Strangers on a Train	Alfred Hitchcock	Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman	United States	[15]
1952
Don't Bother to Knock	Roy Ward Baker	Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft	United States	[16]
The Narrow Margin	Richard Fleischer	Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Geberl	United States	[17]
Sudden Fear	David Miller	Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame	United States	[18]
Without Warning!	Arnold Laven	Adam Williams, Meg Randall	France United States	[19]
1953
The Big Heat	Fritz Lang	Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame	United States	[20]
The Hitch-Hiker	Ida Lupino	Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman	United States	[21]
The Limping Man	Cy Raker Endfield	Lloyd Bridges	United Kingdom	Crime thriller[22]
Vicki	Harry Horner	Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid	United States	[23]
The Wages of Fear	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Yves Montand, Charles Vanel	France Italy	[24]
1954
Les Diaboliques	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse	France	[25]
Dial M for Murder	Alfred Hitchcock	Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings	United States	[26]
Rear Window	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Grace Kelly	United States	[27]
Witness to Murder	Roy Rowland	Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill	United States	[28]
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock	John Sturges	Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis	United States	[29]
Cast a Dark Shadow	Lewis Gilbert	Dirk Bogarde, Mona Washbourne, Margaret Lockwood	United Kingdom	[30]
The Desperate Hours	William Wyler	Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy	United States	[31]
Killer's Kiss	Stanley Kubrick	Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane	United States	[32]
A Kiss Before Dying	Gerd Oswald	Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Joanne Woodward	United States	[33]
Kiss Me Deadly	Robert Aldrich	Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart	United States	[34]
Mr. Arkadin	Orson Welles	Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling, Patricia Medina	France Spain United Kingdom	Psychological thriller[35]
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish	United States	[36]
Rififi	Jules Dassin	Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel	France	Crime thriller[37]
1956
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick	Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor	United States	Crime thriller[38]
The Man Who Knew Too Much	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Doris Day	United States	[39]
Please Murder Me	Peter Godfrey	Madge Blake, Raymond Burr	United States	[40]
While the City Sleeps	Fritz Lang	Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming	United States	[41]
1957
The Devil Strikes at Night	Robert Siodmak	Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Claus Holm	Germany
Les Espions	Henri-Georges Clouzot	Curd Jürgens, Véra Clouzot, Gerard Sety	France Italy	Psychological thriller[42]
Quatermass 2	Val Guest	Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sid James	United Kingdom United States	[43]
1958
Elevator to the Gallows	Louis Malle	Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly	France	[44]
It Happened in Broad Daylight	Ladislao Vajda	Heinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Michel Simon	Switzerland Germany Spain
The Quiet American	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude Dauphin	United States	[45]
Touch of Evil	Orson Welles	Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles	United States	Psychological thriller[46]
Vertigo	Alfred Hitchcock	James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes	United States	Psychological thriller[47]
1959
Jack the Ripper	Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker	Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowall	United Kingdom	[48]
Night Train	Jerzy Kawalerowicz	Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielowna, Zbigniew Cybulski	Poland	Psychological thriller[49]
North by Northwest	Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint	United States	[50]
The Testament of Dr. Cordelier	Jean Renoir	Jean-Louis Barrault, Jean Topart, Michel Vitold	France	[51]

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