1950s Film

1950
Jean Cocteau | DisCina
#1
Orpheus
1950
Billy Wilder | Paramount
#2
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Jules Dassin | 20th Century Fox
#3
Night and the City
1950
Roberto Rossellini | RKO
#4
Stromboli
1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 20th Century Fox
#5
All About Eve
1950
Nicholas Ray | Columbia
#6
In a Lonely Place
1950
Anthony Mann | Universal
#7
Winchester '73
1950
Clyde Geronimi, et al | RKO
#8
Cinderella
1950
Jean Renoir | Joseph Burstyn
#9
A Day in the Country
1950
John Ford | Republic
#10
Rio Grande
1950
Robert Hamer | Eagle-Lion Films
#11
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1950
Giuseppe De Santis | Lux
#12
Bitter Rice
1950
John Huston | Loew's
#13
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Jacques Tourneur | MGM
#14
Stars in My Crown
1950
Joseph H. Lewis | United Artists
#15
Gun Crazy
1950
John Ford | RKO
#16
Wagon Master
1950
Anthony Mann | Paramount
#17
The Furies
1950
Samuel Fuller | Lippert
#18
The Baron of Arizona
1950
Hasse Ekman | Terrafilm
#19
Girl with Hyacinths
1950
Ida Lupino | RKO
#20
Outrage
1950
Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 20th Century Fox
#21
No Way Out
1950
Elia Kazan | 20th Century Fox
#22
Panic in the Streets
1950
George Cukor | Columbia
#23
Born Yesterday
1950
Otto Preminger | 20th Century Fox
#24
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Bin Wang & Choui Khoua | Changchun
#25
The White-Haired Girl
1951
Samuel Fuller | Lippert
#1
The Steel Helmet
1951
Akira Kurosawa | RKO
#2
Rashomon
1951
Elia Kazan | Warner Bros.
#3
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell | Lopert
#4
The Tales of Hoffman
1951
Robert Wise | 20th Century Fox
#5
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
Alfred Hitchcock | Warner Bros.
#6
Strangers on a Train
1951
Billy Wilder | Paramount
#7
Ace in the Hole
1951
Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks | RKO
#8
The Thing from Another World
1951
Jean Renoir | United Artists
#9
The River
1951
Nicholas Ray & Ida Lupino | RKO
#10
On Dangerous Ground
1951
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#11
Early Summer
1951
Vittorio De Sica | Joseph Burstyn
#12
Miracle in Milan
1951
Joseph Losey | United Artists
#13
The Prowler
1951
Isidore Isou | Films M.-G. Guillemin
#14
Venom and Eternity
1951
John Huston | United Artists
#15
The African Queen
1951
Charles Crichton | Universal
#16
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Albert Lewin | MGM
#17
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
Mikio Naruse | Tôhô
#18
Repast
1951
Vincent Minnelli | MGM
#19
An American in Paris
1951
Anthony Asquith | Universal
#20
The Browning Version
1951
Alberto Gout | Azteca Films
#21
Aventurera
1951
Clyde Geronimi, et al | RKO
#22
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Sacha Guitry | Gaumont
#23
Poison
1951
George Stevens | Paramount
#24
A Place in the Sun
1951
John Berry | United Artists
#25
He Ran All the Way
1952
Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly | Loew's
#1
Singin' in the Rain
1952
Charles Chaplin | United Artists
#2
Limelight
1952
Kenji Mizoguchi | Tôhô
#3
The Life of Oharu
1952
Roberto Rossellini | Joseph Burstyn
#4
The Flowers of St. Francis
1952
John Ford | Republic
#5
The Quiet Man
1952
Nicholas Ray | RKO
#6
The Lusty Men
1952
Vincent Minnelli | MGM
#7
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Jean-Pierre Melville | Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley
#8
Les Enfants Terrible
1952
Fritz Lang | RKO
#9
Clash by Night
1952
Fred Zinnemann | United Artists
#10
High Noon
1952
Luis Buñuel | Azteca
#11
The Young and the Damned
1952
Kaneto Shindo | Hokusei
#12
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Jacques Tati | Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley
#13
Jour de Fete
1952
Rene Clement | Times
#14
Forbidden Games
1952
Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell | Snader
#15
The Small Back Room
1952
Howard Hawks | RKO
#16
The Big Sky
1952
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#17
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Jacques Becker | DisCina
#18
Casque d'Or
1952
Alexander Mackendrick | Universal
#19
The Man in the White Suit
1952
Howard Hawks | 20th Century Fox
#20
Monkey Business
1952
King Vidor | 20th Century Fox
#21
Ruby Gentry
1952
Henry King | 20th Century Fox
#22
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
Alf Sjoberg | Trans Global
#23
Miss Julie
1952
Leo McCarey | Paramount
#24
My Son John
1952
Richard Fleischer | RKO
#25
The Narrow Margin
1953
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#1
Tokyo Story
1953
Fritz Lang | Columbia
#2
The Big Heat
1953
Ida Lupino | Filmmakers Releasing
#3
The Bigamist
1953
Samuel Fuller | 20th Century Fox
#4
Pickup on South Street
1953
Vincent Minnelli | MGM
#5
The Band Wagon
1953
Anthony Mann | MGM
#6
The Naked Spur
1953
William Wyler | Paramount
#7
Roman Holiday
1953
Roy Rowland | Columbia
#8
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
1953
Howard Hawks | 20th Century Fox
#9
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
Otto Preminger | RKO
#10
Angel Face
1953
George Stevens | Paramount
#11
Shane
1953
Fred Zinnemann | Columbia
#12
From Here to Eternity
1953
Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin | Joseph Burstyn
#13
Little Fugitive
1953
Ida Lupino | RKO
#14
The Hitch-Hiker
1953
John Ford | Republic
#15
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
Jack Arnold | Universal
#16
It Came from Outer Space
1953
Kenji Mizoguchi | Daiei
#17
A Geisha
1953
Byron Haskin | Paramount
#18
The War of the Worlds
1953
Andre de Toth | Warner Bros.
#19
House of Wax
1953
Jacques Becker | Cinédis
#20
Rue de l'Estrapade
1953
Roman Vinaly Barreto | Argentina Sono
#21
The Black Vampire
1953
John Huston | United Artists
#22
Beat the Devil
1953
Kinuyo Tanaka | Shintoho
#23
Love Letter
1953
Luis Garcia Berlanga | Mercurio
#24
Welcome, Mr. Marshall
1953
George C. Stoney | Georgia Department of Public Health
#25
All My Babies
1954
Max Ophuls | Arlan
#1
The Earrings of Madame de...
1954
Alfred Hitchcock | Paramount
#2
Rear Window
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi | Daiei
#3
Ugetsu
1954
Robert Bresson | Brandon
#4
Diary of a Country Priest
1954
Ishirô Honda | Tôhô
#5
Godzilla
1954
Nicholas Ray | Republic
#6
Johnny Guitar
1954
Elia Kazan | Columbia
#7
On the Waterfront
1954
George Cukor | Warner Bros.
#8
A Star is Born
1954
Max Ophuls | Commercial
#9
La Ronde
1954
Mikio Naruse | Tôhô
#10
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Josef von Sternberg | Arias
#11
Anatahan
1954
Kenji Mizoguchi | Daiei
#12
The Crucified Lovers
1954
Max Ophuls | Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley
#13
Le Plaisir
1954
Jacques Tati | GBD International
#14
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
1954
Keisuke Kinoshita | Shôchiku
#15
Twenty-four Eyes
1954
Douglas Sirk | Universal
#16
Magnificent Obsession
1954
Roberto Rossellini | I.F.E.
#17
Europa '51
1954
Don Siegel | Allied Artists
#18
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
Teinosuki Kinugasa | Edward Harrison
#19
Gate of Hell
1954
Jean Renoir | I.F.E.
#20
The Golden Coach
1954
Jack Arnold | Universal
#21
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954
Alfred Hitchcock | Warner Bros.
#22
Dial M for Murder
1954
Herbert J. Biberman | Independent
#23
Salt of the Earth
1954
Allan Dwan | RKO
#24
Silver Lode
1954
Richard Quine | Columbia
#25
Drive a Crooked Road
1955
Henri-Georges Clouzot | DCA
#1
The Wages of Fear
1955
Kenji Mizoguchi | Daiei
#2
Sansho the Baliff
1955
Douglas Sirk | Universal
#3
All that Heaven Allows
1955
Vittorio De Sica | Joseph Burstyn
#4
Umberto D
1955
Charles Laughton | United Artists
#5
Night of the Hunter
1955
Roberto Rossellini | Fine Arts
#6
Journey to Italy
1955
Mikio Naruse | Tôhô
#7
Floating Clouds
1955
Robert Aldrich | United Artists
#8
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Max Ophuls | Gamma
#9
Lola Montes
1955
Nicholas Ray | Warner Bros.
#10
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Luis Buñuel | Omnifilms
#11
El
1955
Henri-Georges Clouzot | UMPO
#12
Diabolique
1955
Frank Tashlin | Paramount
#13
Artists and Models
1955
Orson Welles | Chamartin
#14
Mr. Arkadin
1955
Luchino Visconti | Lux
#15
Senso
1955
Anthony Mann | Columbia
#16
The Man from Laramie
1955
John Ford | Columbia
#17
The Long Gray Line
1955
Hiroshi Inagaki | Fine Arts
#18
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1955
Michelangelo Antonioni | Titanus
#19
Le Amiche
1955
John Sturges | MGM
#20
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Allan Dwan | RKO
#21
Tennessee's Partner
1955
Orson Welles | United Artists
#22
Othello
1955
Fritz Lang | MGM
#23
Moonfleet
1955
Stanley Donen | MGM
#24
It's Always Fair Weather
1955
Phil Karlson | United Artists
#25
The Phenix City Story
1956
Akira Kurosawa | Columbia
#1
Seven Samurai
1956
John Ford | Warner Bros.
#2
The Searchers
1956
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#3
Early Spring
1956
Jules Dassin | UMPO
#4
Rififi
1956
Don Siegel | Allied Artists
#5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Akira Kurosawa | Brandon
#6
Ikiru
1956
Raj Kapoor | J.H. Hoffberg
#7
Awaara
1956
Ko Nakahira | Topaz
#8
Crazed Fruit
1956
Vincente Minnelli | MGM
#9
Tea and Sympathy
1956
Douglas Sirk | Universal
#10
Written on the Wind
1956
Jean Renoir | UMPO
#11
French Cancan
1956
Kon Ichikawa | Nikkatsu
#12
The Burmese Harp
1956
Nicholas Ray | 20th Century Fox
#13
Bigger than Life
1956
Fred M. Wilcox | MGM
#14
Forbidden Planet
1956
Federico Fellini | Trans Lux
#15
La Strada
1956
Stanley Kubrick | United Artists
#16
The Killing
1956
Mikio Naruse | Tôhô
#17
Flowing
1956
Nikos Koundouros | Athens Film Company
#18
The Ogre of Athens
1956
Ingmar Bergman | Times
#19
Sawdust and Tinsel
1956
Budd Boetticher | Warner Bros.
#20
Seven Men from Now
1956
Kenji Mizoguchi | Buena VIsta
#21
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
1956
Luis Buñuel | Cinédis
#22
Death in the Garden
1956
Agnes Varda | Cine-Tamaris
#23
La Point-Courte
1956
Cecil B. DeMille | Paramount
#24
The Ten Commandments
1956
Louis Malle & Jacques-Yves Cousteau | Columbia
#25
The Silent World
1957
Carl Theodor Dreyer | Kingsley-International
#1
Ordet
1957
Sidney Lumet | United Artists
#2
12 Angry Men
1957
Robert Bresson | Continental
#3
A Man Escaped
1957
Stanley Kubrick | United Artists
#4
Paths of Glory
1957
David Lean | Columbia
#5
A Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Guru Dutt | Guru Dutt Films Ltd.
#6
Pyaasa
1957
Alexander Mackendrick | United Artists
#7
Sweet Smell of Success
1957
Budd Boetticher | Columbia
#8
The Tall T
1957
Federico Fellini | Lopert
#9
Nights of Cabiria
1957
Elia Kazan | Warner Bros.
#10
A Face in the Crowd
1957
Mehboob Khan | Mehboob Productions
#11
Mother India
1957
Delmer Daves | Columbia
#12
3:10 to Yuma
1957
Yuzo Kawashima | Nikkatsu
#13
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
Charlie Chaplin | Archway
14.
A King in New York
1957
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#15
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Jack Arnold | Universal
#16
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957
Yasuzo Masumura | Daiei Studios
#17
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
Douglas Sirk | Universal
#18
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Frank Tashlin | 20th Century Fox
#19
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
Richard Thorpe | MGM
#20
Jailhouse Rock
1957
Ingmar Bergman | Rank Film Distributors of America
#21
Smiles of a Summer Night
1957
Erik Blomberg | Coronet
#22
The White Reindeer
1957
Samuel Fuller | 20th Century Fox
#23
Forty Guns
1957
Lionel Rogosin | Film Representations, Inc.
#24
On the Bowery
1957
Terence Fisher | Warner Bros.
#25
The Curse of Frankenstein
1958
Alfred Hitchcock | Paramount
#1
Vertigo
1958
Satyajit Ray | Edward Harrison
#2
Pather Panchali
1958
Ingmar Bergman | Janus
#3
The Seventh Seal
1958
Jean Rouch | Films du Jeudi
#4
I, a Negro
1958
Orson Welles | Universal International
#5
Touch of Evil
1958
Jacques Tati | Continental
#6
Mon Oncle
1958
Vincente Minnelli | MGM
#7
Some Came Running
1958
Anthony Mann | United Artists
#8
Man of the West
1958
Yasuzo Masumura | Daiei Studios
#9
Giants and Toys
1958
Stan Brakhage | Film-Makers' Cooperative
#10
Anticipation of the Night
1958
Yasujirô Ozu | Shôchiku
#11
Equinox Flower
1958
Jacques Tourneur | Columbia
#12
Curse of the Demon
1958
Roy Ward Baker | Rank
#13
A Night to Remember
1958
Richard Brooks | MGM
#14
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
Juan Antonio Bardem | Janus
#15
Death of a Cyclist
1958
Otto Preminger | Columbia
#16
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
Richard Quine | Columbia
#17
Bell, Book, and Candle
1958
Budd Boetticher
#18
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958
Phil Karlson | Columbia
#19
Gunman's Walk
1958
Shin Sang-ok | Seoul Film
#20
A Flower in Hell
1958
Mario Monicelli | Lux
#21
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958
Nicholas Ray | Columbia
#22
Bitter Victory
1958
Tadeusz Konwicki | KADR
#23
The Last Day of Summer
1958
Don Siegel | Columbia
#24
The Lineup
1958
Chris Marker
#25
Letter From Siberia
1959
François Truffaut | Zenith
#1
The 400 Blows
1959
Ingmar Bergman | Janus
#2
Wild Strawberries
1959
Howard Hawks | Warner Bros.
#3
Rio Bravo
1959
Alfred Hitchcock | MGM
#4
North by Northwest
1959
William Wyler
#5
Ben-Hur
1959
Marcel Camus | Lopert
#6
Black Orpheus
1959
Douglas Sirk | Universal
#7
Imitation of Life
1959
Yasujiro Ozu | Daiei
#8
Floating Weeds
1959
Billy Wilder | United Artists
#9
Some Like It Hot
1959
Masaki Kobayashi | Brandon Films
#10
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Sergei Eisenstein | Janus
#11
Ivan the Terrible, Part II
1959
Ed Wood | Valiant
#12
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
Claude Chabrol | United Motion Pictures Organization
#13
Le Beau Serge
1959
Satyajit Ray |Edward Harrison
#14
Aparajito
1959
Kenji Mizoguchi | Edward Harrison
#15
Street of Shame
1959
Otto Preminger | Columbia
#16
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Guru Dutt | Ajanta
#17
Kagaaz Ke Phool
1959
Jacques Becker | United Motion Pictures Organization
#18
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1959
Andre De Toth | United Artists
#19
Day of the Outlaw
1959
John Cassavetes | British Lion
#20
Shadows
1959
Margot Benacerraf | Caroni Films
#21
Araya
1959
Michael Gordon | Universal
#22
Pillow Talk
1959
William Castle | Allied Artists
#23
House on Haunted Hill
1959
Clyde Geronimi & Various Directors | Buena Vista
#24
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Ranald MacDougall | MGM
#25
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil