1950 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesCaged United States Crime, drama Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson, Betty Garde, Sheila MacRae, Lee Patrick, Jane Darwell Parker plays a woman sent to prison for attempted armed robbery. In prison, she meets several lesbian characters.Darren, p. 38In a Lonely Place United States Drama, film-noir Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid, Art Smith, Martha Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, William Ching, Steven Geray, Hadda Brooks Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes France a.k.a. A Song of LoveYoung Man with a Horn United States Drama Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez, Jerome Cowan, Mary Beth Hughes, Nestor Paiva, Walter Reed Based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy Baker, which itself is based on the life of Bix Beiderbecke; an example of film noir with Bacall playing a central female character who is bisexual. Girl with Hyacinths Sweden Film-noir, crime, Drama Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Anders Ek, Birgit Tengroth, Marianne Lofgren, Gösta Cederlund, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Keve Hjelm, Anne-Marie Brunius
1951 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesOlivia France Drama Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly, Marina de Berg, Lesly Meynard, Danièle Delorme, Rina Rhéty, Tania Soucault, Elly Norden, Nadine Olivier a.k.a. The Pit of Loneliness; based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy BussyStrangers on a Train United States Film-noir, crime, mystery Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith
1953 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesCalamity Jane United States Musical, comedy Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Francis McDonald, Monte Montague, Bess Flowers Explores an alleged romance between American frontierswoman of the same name and Wild Bill Hickok Glen or Glenda United States Drama Ed Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi Gentlemen Prefer Blondes United States Musical, comedy Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, George Winslow, Steven Geray Based on the musical of the same name by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, which itself is based on Loos' novel of the same name I VitelloniFederico FelliniItalyDrama, comedyAlberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste
1954 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesAdam is EveRené GaveauFranceComedyMichèle Carvel, Jean Carmet, Thérèse Dorny, Mireille Perrey, Antoine Balpêtré, Anouk FerjacLead's name is sometimes listed as Micheline CarvelAir of Paris FranceItaly Drama Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre Implicit homosexuality in the relation between the characters played by Lesaffre and Gabin Huis clos France Drama Arletty, Gaby Sylvia, Frank Villard, Yves Deniaud, Nicole Courcel, Danièle Delorme, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Chabassol, Arlette Thomas a.k.a. No Exit; co-written by Jean-Paul Sartre, based on his stage play of the same name Johnny Guitar United States Western Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson, Paul Fix, Rhys Williams, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh Based on the novel of the same name by Roy ChanslorMiss Hanafi Fatin Abdel Wahab Egypt Comedy Ismail Yassine (credited as Ismail Yasseen) a.k.a. El Anesa Hanafy; based on an actual news article
1955 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesRebel Without a Cause United States Drama James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper Homosexual subtextThe Big Combo United States Crime Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace Implicit homosexual relationship between two hitmen
1956 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesTea and Sympathy United States Drama Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erikson, Edward Andrews Screenplay by Robert Anderson, based on his stage play of the same name
1957 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesDifferent from You and Me West Germany Drama Christian Wolff, Paula Wessely, Paul Dahlke, Hans Nielsen a.k.a. Anders als du und ich (censored version title) / Das dritte Geschlecht (original title) / Bewildered Youth / The Third Sex (American alternative titles)
1958 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesCat on a Hot Tin Roof United States Drama Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor Based on the play on the same name by Tennessee Williams; homosexual subtextLes Tricheurs FranceItaly Drama Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Dany Saval Mädchen in Uniform West GermanyFrance Drama Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda Co-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her play of the same name
1959 Title Director Country Genre Cast NotesBen-Hur United States Action, drama Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe Based on the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew WallaceCome Dance with MeMichel BoisrondFranceDrama, crimeBrigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Darío Moreno, Serge GainsbourgBased on the novel The Blonde Died Dancing by Kelley RoosCompulsion United States Crime, drama Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman Based on the novel of the same name by Meyer Levin Hidden Homicide United Kingdom Crime, drama Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, James Kenney Based on the novel Death at Shinglestrand by Paul Capon Pillow Talk United States Romance, comedy Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter Some Like It Hot United States Romance, comedy Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Suddenly, Last Summer United States Drama, horror Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift Based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams
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