Top 26 Drama Movies Editor's Choice from 1950

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. See more about Sunset Boulevard / IMDB / YouTube

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime. Info on The Third Man / IMDB / YouTube

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends. Find out about All About Eve / IMDB / YouTube

A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows. Learn about Harvey / IMDB / YouTube

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts. Info on In a Lonely Place / IMDB / YouTube

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. Check out The Rules of the Game / IMDB / YouTube

A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel. See more about The Asphalt Jungle / IMDB / YouTube

A cowboy's obsession with a stolen rifle leads to a bullet-ridden odyssey through the American West. Find out about Winchester '73 / IMDB / YouTube

A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years. Read about Rio Grande / IMDB / YouTube

A tough-as-nails general takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape. Find out about Twelve O'Clock High / IMDB / YouTube

A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter. Get info on Night and the City / IMDB / YouTube

Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree. Info on Gun Crazy / IMDB / YouTube

Frank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why. More about D.O.A. / IMDB / YouTube

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld. Details on Orpheus / IMDB / YouTube

The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding. Explore Father of the Bride / IMDB / YouTube

While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for. Info on Born Yesterday / IMDB / YouTube

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline. More about Sands of Iwo Jima / IMDB / YouTube

Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him? Check out Where the Sidewalk Ends / IMDB / YouTube

Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory. Info on Broken Arrow / IMDB / YouTube

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver. Info on Treasure Island / IMDB / YouTube

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. Learn about Samson and Delilah / IMDB / YouTube

A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. Check out Panic in the Streets / IMDB / YouTube

Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli. Info on Stromboli / IMDB / YouTube

True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944. Look into Battleground / IMDB / YouTube

An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket. Check out Force of Evil / IMDB / YouTube

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day. Read about A Day in the Country / IMDB / YouTube