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alien movies 1950-1959

Comprehensive list of alien and science fiction movies made between 1950-1959. The list includes the alien movie title, year, and the movie director.

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Alien Movies Dated 1950-1959
Alien / SciFi Movie Title Year Director
Alien Orders
...aka Malaya		 1951  
Day the Earth Stood Still, The 1951 Robert Wise
Thing From Another World, The 1951 Christian Nyby
Howard Hawks
Abbott and Costello Go To Mars 1953 Charles Lamont
Brain From Planet Arous, The 1953 Nathan Juran 
Invaders From Mars 1953 William Cameron Menzies
It Came From Outer Space 1953 Jack Arnold
War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin
Killers from Space 1954 W. Lee Wilder
Target Earth 1954 Sherman A. Rose 
This Island Earth 1955 Joseph Newman
Quatermass Xperiment, The 1955 Val Guest
Attack of the Crab Monsters 1956 Roger Corman
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956 Fred E Sears
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Don Siegel
Not of This Earth 1956 Roger Corman
Plan 9 from Outer Space 1956 Edward D. Wood Jr.
Chikyu Boelgun 1957 Inoshiro Honda
Invasion of the Saucer Men
... aka Hell Creatures
... aka Invasion of the Hell Creatures
... aka Invasion of the Saucer-Men
... aka Spacemen Saturday Night		 1957 Edward L. Cahn
Kronos 1957 Frank Parrish
Twenty Million Miles to Earth 1957 Nathan Juran
Quatermass II 1957 Val Guest
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 Nathan Juran
I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958 Gene Fowler Jr.
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
... aka It! The Vampire from Beyond Space
... aka The Terror from Beyond Space,		 1958 Edward L. Cahn
Night of the Blood Beast 1958 Bernard Kowalski.
Space Children, The 1958 Jack Arnold
Trollenberg Terror, The 1958 Quentin Lawrence
War of the Colossal Beast 1958 Bert I. Gordon
Yi guo qing yuan
...aka Love with an Alien		 1958 Keyi Hua
Chang Gen Quan
Angry Red Planet, The 1959 Ib Melchior
Cosmic Man, The 1959 Herbert S. Greene
Invisible Invaders 1959 Edward L. Cahn
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