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Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Cinerama, as well as gimmicks like 3-D film.
Similar to spy films, the heist or caper film included worldly settings and hi-tech gadgets, as in the original Ocean's Eleven (1960), Topkapi (1964) or The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). The spaghetti westerns (made in Italy and Spain), were typified by Clint Eastwood films, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965) or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ...
Steven Spielberg has directed a record four films to end the year as the highest-grossing in the U.S. This is a listing of the highest-grossing films by year, based on their United States box-office gross. The films are listed by in-year release, rather than the gross they accumulated during a calendar year. [1]
This period is sometimes described as the 'classic' or 'golden' era of science fiction theate. With at least 204 sci-fi films produced, it holds the record for the largest number of science fiction produced per decade. Much of the production was in a low-budget form, targeted at a teenage audience. Many were formulaic, gimmicky, comic-book ...
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1950 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
Title Director Cast Genre Note The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Delbert Mann: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Shirley Knight, Angela Lansbury: Drama: Warner Bros.; from William Inge play
The Big Gamble: Richard Fleischer: Stephen Boyd, Juliette Gréco: United States [87] Captain Fracasse: Pierre Gaspard-Huit: Jean Marais, Gérard Barray, Geneviève Grad, Louis de Funès: France Italy [88] Capitani di ventura: Angelo Dorigo: Mario Petri, Gérard Landry, Paul Muller: Italy [89] [90] El Cid: Anthony Mann