A list of American films released in 1950.
Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony on March 29, 1951, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The winner of the Best Motion Picture category was Twentieth Century-Fox's All About Eve.
The other four nominated pictures were Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines and Sunset Boulevard.
All About Eve was nominated for 14 Oscars, beating the previous record of Gone with the Wind (13).
Newcomer Judy Holliday won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of showgirl mistress Billie Dawn in the film version of the play Born Yesterday, a role which she had originated on Broadway. Other Best Actress nominees for that year were Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for All About Eve, Eleanor Parker for Caged and Gloria Swanson for Sunset Boulevard.
José Ferrer won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as the title character in the film version of the 1946 Broadway play, Cyrano de Bergerac, a role which he had played on Broadway. Other nominees that year were Louis Calhern for The Magnificent Yankee, William Holden for Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart for Harvey and Spencer Tracy for Father of the Bride.
The 8th Golden Globe Awards also honored the best films of 1950. That year's Golden Globes also marked the first time that the Best Actor and Actress categories were split into Musical or Comedy or Drama. However, Best Picture remained a single category until the 9th Golden Globe Awards, when it too was split into two categories. Ferrer won the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama, for Cyrano de Bergerac, while Fred Astaire won Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Three Little Words. Swanson won Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama for Sunset Boulevard, while Holliday won for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Born Yesterday. Sunset Boulevard won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.
1950 also saw the film debut of several future stars, such as Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Piper Laurie and Debbie Reynolds.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Killed Geronimo | Western | Eagle-Lion | ||
| I Shot Billy the Kid | Western | Lippert | ||
| I Was a Shoplifter | Universal | |||
| I'll Get By | Musical | 20th Century Fox | ||
| In a Lonely Place | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Jeff Donnell | Columbia | ||
| Indian Territory | Western | Columbia | ||
| The Iroquois Trail | Western | United Artists | ||
| It's a Small World | Drama | Eagle-Lion | ||
| The Jackie Robinson Story | Eagle-Lion. | |||
| The Jackpot | Comedy | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Jiggs and Maggie Out West | Comedy | Monogram | ||
| Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance | Comedy | Monogram | ||
| Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle | Comedy | Monogram | ||
| Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Comedy | Monogram | ||
| Johnny One-Eye | United Artists | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Frontier | Western | Republic | ||
| On the Isle of Samoa | Adventure | Columbia | ||
| Once a Thief | United Artists | |||
| One Too Many | Drama | Independent | ||
| One Way Street | Universal | |||
| Operation Haylift | Drama | |||
| Our Very Own | Drama | RKO | ||
| Outcast of Black Mesa | Ray Nazarro | Western | Columbia | |
| Outlaw Gold | Wallace Fox | Western | Monogram | |
| Outlaws of Texas | Western | Monogram | ||
| Outrage | Ida Lupino | RKO | ||
| The Outriders | Western | MGM | ||
| Outside the Wall | Universal | |||
| Over the Border | Western | Monogram | ||
| Paid in Full | Drama | Paramount | ||
| Pagan Love Song | Musical | MGM | ||
| The Palomino | Western | Columbia | ||
| Panic in the Streets | 20th Century Fox. Shot in New Orleans | |||
| Peggy | Comedy | Universal | ||
| Perfect Strangers | Drama | Warner Bros. | ||
| The Petty Girl | Romantic comedy | Columbia | ||
| Please Believe Me | Romantic comedy | MGM | ||
| Prehistoric Women | Science Fiction | Eagle-Lion. Remade in 1967 | ||
| Pretty Baby | Comedy | Warner Bros. | ||
| Prisoners in Petticoats | Crime | Republic | ||
| Pygmy Island | Adventure | Columbia | ||
| Quicksand | United Artists | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under Mexicali Stars | Western | Republic | ||
| Under My Skin | Drama | 20th Century Fox | ||
| Undercover Girl | Film noir | Universal | ||
| The Underworld Story | Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm | United Artists | ||
| Union Station | Rudolph Maté | Paramount | ||
| Unmasked | Crime | Republic | ||
| The Vanishing Westerner | Western | Republic | ||
| Vendetta | Historical Crime | RKO | ||
| The Vicious Years | Crime | Film Classics | ||
| Vigilante Hideout | Western | Republic | ||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crime of Korea | War | Korean War propaganda | ||
| The Hollywood Ten | Documentary | |||
| Documentary | Oscar winner | |||
| Why Korea? | Edmund Reek | Joe King (narrator) | Documentary | Oscar winner |
| With These Hands | Documentary | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atom Man vs. Superman | Serial | Columbia | |||
| Cody of the Pony Express | Serial | ||||
| Desperadoes of the West | Serial | ||||
| Flying Disc Man from Mars | Adventure | Serial | |||
| The Invisible Monster | Adventure | Republic Serial | |||
| Pirates of the High Seas | Universal | ||||
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Ball Bunny | Animation | |||
| Big House Bunny | Animation | |||
| Boobs in the Woods | Animation | |||
| The Brave Engineer | Animation | Disney
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| Bushy Hare | Animation | |||
| Canary Row | Animation | |||
| Cue Ball Cat | Animation | |||
| A Date with Your Family | Edward G. Simmel | Ralph Hodges | ||
| Dopey Dicks | Comedy short | |||
| The Ducksters | Looney Tunes | Animation | ||
| A Fractured Leghorn | Animation | |||
| The Framed Cat | Animation | |||
| Golden Yeggs | Animation | |||
| Grandad of Races | Oscar for Best Short (1 Reel) | |||
| Hillbilly Hare | Animation | |||
| Homeless Hare | Looney Tunes | Animation | ||
| Hugs and Mugs | Jules White | Comedy short | Columbia | |
| Hurdy-Gurdy Hare | Animation | |||
| In Beaver Valley | Oscar for Best Short (2 Reels) | |||
| Jerry and the Lion | Animation | |||
| Jerry's Cousin | Animation | |||
| Little Quacker | Animation | |||
| Love at First Bite | Comedy short | |||
| Motor Mania | Animation | Disney | ||
| Mutiny on the Bunny | Animation | |||
| Pop 'im Pop | Animation | |||
| Punchy Cowpunchers | Comedy | |||
| Puny Express | Animation | |||
| Rabbit of Seville | Animation | |||
| Rabbit's Moon | Kenneth Anger | Animation | ||
| Safety Second | Animation | |||
| Saturday Evening Puss | Animation | |||
| The Scarlet Pumpernickel | Looney Tunes | Animation | ||
| Self-Made Maids | Comedy | |||
| Slaphappy Sleuths | Comedy | |||
| A Snitch in Time | Comedy | |||
| The Stairs | Short | Oscar nominee | ||
| Strife with Father | Animation | |||
| Studio Stoops | Comedy | |||
| Sugar Chile Robinson | ||||
| Texas Tom | Tom and Jerry | Animation | ||
| Three Hams on Rye | Comedy | |||
| Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl | Animation | |||
| What's Up, Doc? | Animation | |||
| The Wizard of Oz (TV special) | Adaptation using puppets | |||