List of Armenian films of the 1950s

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This is a list of films released in the 1950s produced in Armenia SSR or directed by Armenians or about Armenia or Armenians, ordered by year of release.

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1950
The Girl of Ararat Valley Hamo Beknazarian Avet Avetisyan
Gen (G. Shahnazaryan)
S. Kevorkov
Soviet Armenia Hamo Beknazarian
Levon Isahakyan
Erazm Karamyan		Documentary
The Second Caravan Hamo Beknazarian Ruben Simonov Unfinished.
1951
1952
Waters of SevanLaert Vagharshyan
Grigori Melik-Avakyan		DocumentaryA short.
1953
1954
The Secret of a Mountain LakeA. RowG. Gabrielyan
Ye. Harutyunyan
V. Danielyan
1955
Новоселье (The New House) Hamo Beknazarian Nazira Alieva
Nelya Ataullaeva
Shukur Burkhanov 		Drama
Ghosts Leave the Peaks Stepan Kevorkov
Erazm Karamyan		S. Sosyan
V. Yutujyan
V. Papazyan
TrifleGrigori Melik-AvakyanL. Dovyatlan
M. Kostanyan
H. Harutyunyan		A short.
Ոսկե ցլիկ (Golden Bull Calf)Moko HakobyanGurgen Gabrielyan
Ashot Nersisyan
Myra Paronikyan		ComedyA short.
Looking for the Addressee Yuri Yerznkyan
S. Sosyan
L. Shagalova
Khor Abrahamyan		Comedy
1956
Visiting the GroomLaert Vagharshyan Hrachia Nersisyan
A. Asryan
T. Saryan		A short.
The Heart SingsGrigori Melik-AvagyanA. Aydinyan
Hrachia Nersisyan
V. Papazyan
Along the Path of ThunderStepan Kevorkov
Erazm Karamyan		V. Medvedev
G. Suprunova
G. Janibekyan
Պատվի համար (For Honor)Artashes Hay-Artyan Hrachia Nersisyan
Avet Avetisyan
Varduhi Varderesyan 		Drama
Captives of Hovazadzor Yuri Yerznkyan O. Buniatyan
G. Khazhakyan
A. Nersisyan		Adventure
When Friends are with YouG. Sarkisov
Z. Atanesyan
A. Nersisyan
1957
On Whom Life SmilesLevon IsahakyanM. Simonyan
L. Hovhannisyan
L. Tukhikyan
Անձամբ ճանաչում եմ (Personally Known, Knowing in Person or Kamo)Erazm Karamyan
Stepan Kevorkov		Boris Smirnov
Maria Pastukhova
Gurgen Tonunts		ActionFirst part of a trilogy about the Armenian revolutionary Simon Ter-Petrosyan.
Մոր սիրտը (Mother's Heart)Grigori Melik-Avakyan Varduhi Varderesyan
H. Harutyunyan
R. Mikaelyan		Drama
1958
Առաջին սիրո երգը (The Song of the First Love) Yuri Yerznkyan
Laert Vagharshyan		 Khoren Abrahamyan
Hrachia Nersisyan
Vagharsh Vagharshyan		Romantic musical
Ինչու է աղմկում գետը (What's All the Noise of the River About?)Grigori Melik-Avakyan Hrachia Nersisyan
Avet Avetisyan
Frunze Dovlatyan 		Drama
Իմ ընկերոջ մասին (About My Friend) Yuri Yerznkyan Khoren Abrahamyan
Yulian Panich
Tatyana Piletskaya 		Drama
1959
CollapseG. SarkisovT. Kokova
Khor. Abrahamyan
I. Hayriyan
A Jump Over the PrecipiceLevon IsahakyanB. Nersisyan
G. Janibekyan
V. Varderesyan
Նրա երևակայությունը (Her Fantasy / Sober Wine) Stepan Kevorkov Elvira Brunovskaya
L. Shirinyan
A. Soghomonyan		Comedy
01-99 Amasi Martirosyan Mher Mkrtchyan
Murad Kostanyan
Arman Kotikyan		ComedyA short film.
Strange TraceZhirayr Avetsiyan Khoren Abrahamyan
G. Ashughyan
M. Manukyan

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