1950 in film

The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

• January 13 – Three weeks after its world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City, Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah is released nationally in the United States. The film is a massive commercial success and wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards.
• February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film Cinderella debuts. The film was the most successful the studio has made since Dumbo, and saved the studio from four million dollars in debt.
• July 19 – Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film Treasure Island debuts.

US unless stated

• Atom Man vs. Superman, starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Lyle Talbot
• Cody of the Pony Express
• Desperadoes of the West, starring Tom Keene
• Flying Disc Man from Mars, starring Walter Reed and Lois Collier
• The Invisible Monster, starring Richard Webb and Aline Towne
• The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt
• Pirates of the High Seas, starring Buster Crabbe

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1952)
• Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
• Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
• Popeye (1933–1957)
• The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
• Donald Duck (1936–1956)
• Pluto (1937–1951)
• Goofy (1939–1953)
• Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
• Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
• Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
• Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
• Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
• Noveltoons (1943–1967)

• January 24 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor
• January 30 – Trinidad Silva, American comedian and character actor (d. 1988)
• February 5 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor, voice actor, singer and puppeteer
• February 12 – Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
• February 18
  • Cybill Shepherd, American actress
  • John Hughes, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• February 22 – Julie Walters, English actress
• February 25 – Neil Jordan, Irish director
• March 11 – Jerry Zucker, director and producer
• March 13 – William H. Macy, actor
• March 18 – Brad Dourif, actor
• March 20 – William Hurt, actor
• March 26
  • Martin Short, Canadian comedian and actor
  • Alan Silvestri, American film composer and conductor
• March 30 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor
• April 4 – Christine Lahti, actress
• April 13 – Ron Perlman, actor
• April 16 – David Graf, American actor
• April 22 – Thierry Zéno, Belgian director (d. 2017)
• April 20 – Jay Leno, American comedian, actor, writer, producer and late-night television host
• April 29 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director
• May 8 – Robert Mugge, American director and producer
• May 12 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
• May 22 – Peter Wildman, Canadian actor
• June 6 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian director (d. 2015)
• June 8 – Kathy Baker, American actress
• June 13 – Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
• June 19 – Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• June 24 – Nancy Allen, American actress
• June 25 – Thomas Jefferson Byrd, American actor (d. 2020)
• August 12 – Jim Beaver, American actor
• August 13 – Jane Carr, English actress
• September 7 – Julie Kavner, American film and television actress, voice actress and comedian
• September 11 – Amy Madigan, American actress
• September 21 – Bill Murray, American actor and comedian
• September 28 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
• October 1 – Randy Quaid, American actor
• October 17 – Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
• October 18 – Om Puri, Indian actor
• October 31 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
• November 13 – Jules Sylvester, British wild animal trainer, actor and television presenter
• November 28 – Ed Harris, American actor
• December 10 – Gregg Berger, American voice actor
• December 13 – Wendie Malick, American-Canadian actress and former fashion model

• January 2 – Emil Jannings, 65, Swiss-born German actor, The Blue Angel, The Last Laugh
• January 12 – John M. Stahl, 63, American film director and producer, Leave Her to Heaven, Imitation of Life
• January 22 – Corinne Luchaire, 28, French actress, Prison Without Bars, Conflict
• March 10 – Marguerite De La Motte, 47, American actress, The Mark of Zorro, The Iron Mask
• March 18 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, 74, American writer, creator of Tarzan
• March 25 – Frank Buck, 66, American actor and animal expert, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Africa Screams
• April 7 – Walter Huston, 67, American Academy Award-winning actor, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dodsworth
• May 1 – Ernst Laemmle, 49, German director and screenwriter, The Phantom of the Opera, The Palm Beach Story
• June 22 – Jane Cowl, 66, American actress, No Man of Her Own, Payment on Demand
• July 17 – Antonie Nedošinská, 65, Czech actress, Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní, Capek's Tales
• September 13 – Sara Allgood, 69, Irish actress, How Green Was My Valley, The Lodger
• October 23 – Al Jolson, 64, Lithuanian-born American actor, singer, entertainer, The Jazz Singer, Rhapsody in Blue, The Singing Fool
• October 29 – Maurice Costello, 73, American actor, Du Barry Was a Lady, Tin Pan Alley
• December 4 – James Kevin McGuinness, 56, Irish-American producer and screenwriter, Madame X, Rio Grande
• December 28 – William Garwood, 66, American silent-film actor and director, The Cowboy Millionaire, Proxy Husband

• Marlon Brando – The Men
• Carol Channing – Paid in Full
• Richard Crenna – Let's Dance
• Tippi Hedren – The Petty Girl
• Piper Laurie – Louisa
• Sophia Loren – Totò Tarzan
• Rita Moreno – So Young, So Bad
• Jack Palance – Panic in the Streets
• Peter Sellers – The Black Rose
• Robert Wagner – The Happy Years