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10 Best Movies Like The 50's

If you loved The 50's, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Adjuster

The Adjuster

1991★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords....

#2
Summer of '42

Summer of '42

1971★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the marr...

#3
Women in Love

Women in Love

1969★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophica...

#4
Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven

2002★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society....

#5
Making Love

Making Love

1982★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men....

#6
Sand Dollar Cove

Sand Dollar Cove

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The 50's for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Real estate development project manager Elli is sent by her company to the quaint, seaside Connecticut town of Sand Dollar Cove to acquire the beachfront property they’ve chosen as...

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