1950s Movie Rankings
The 100 greatest films released between 1950 and 1959, ranked by critical acclaim, historical significance, and enduring cinematic impact.
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Vertigo β Alfred Hitchcock (1958)β
Seven Samurai β Akira Kurosawa (1954)β
Singin' in the Rain β Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (1952)β
Tokyo Story β YasujirΕ Ozu (1953)β
Sunset Boulevard β Billy Wilder (1950)β
Rear Window β Alfred Hitchcock (1954)β
The Night of the Hunter β Charles Laughton (1955)β
Rashomon β Akira Kurosawa (1950)β
The 400 Blows β FranΓ§ois Truffaut (1959)β
Pather Panchali β Satyajit Ray (1955)β
The Searchers β John Ford (1956)β
Some Like It Hot β Billy Wilder (1959)β
On the Waterfront β Elia Kazan (1954)β
A Streetcar Named Desire β Elia Kazan (1951)β
North by Northwest β Alfred Hitchcock (1959)β
The Seventh Seal β Ingmar Bergman (1957)β
Wild Strawberries β Ingmar Bergman (1957)β
Touch of Evil β Orson Welles (1958)β
12 Angry Men β Sidney Lumet (1957)β
All About Eve β Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)β
Paths of Glory β Stanley Kubrick (1957)β
In a Lonely Place β Nicholas Ray (1950)β
Rebel Without a Cause β Nicholas Ray (1955)β
Ikiru β Akira Kurosawa (1952)β
Throne of Blood β Akira Kurosawa (1957)β
Ugetsu β Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)β
Sansho the Bailiff β Kenji Mizoguchi (1954)β
Ordet β Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)β
A Man Escaped β Robert Bresson (1956)β
Pickpocket β Robert Bresson (1959)β
The Wages of Fear β Henri-Georges Clouzot (1953)β
Les Diaboliques β Henri-Georges Clouzot (1955)β
La Strada β Federico Fellini (1954)β
Nights of Cabiria β Federico Fellini (1957)β
The Bridge on the River Kwai β David Lean (1957)β
Ben-Hur β William Wyler (1959)β
Roman Holiday β William Wyler (1953)β
High Noon β Fred Zinnemann (1952)β
From Here to Eternity β Fred Zinnemann (1953)β
Strangers on a Train β Alfred Hitchcock (1951)β
Dial M for Murder β Alfred Hitchcock (1954)β
The Quiet Man β John Ford (1952)β
Rio Bravo β Howard Hawks (1959)β
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes β Howard Hawks (1953)β
Sweet Smell of Success β Alexander Mackendrick (1957)β
The Ladykillers β Alexander Mackendrick (1955)β
All That Heaven Allows β Douglas Sirk (1955)β
Written on the Wind β Douglas Sirk (1956)β
Imitation of Life β Douglas Sirk (1959)β
Ace in the Hole β Billy Wilder (1951)β
Witness for the Prosecution β Billy Wilder (1957)β
Sabrina β Billy Wilder (1954)β
Stalag 17 β Billy Wilder (1953)β
Shane β George Stevens (1953)β
A Place in the Sun β George Stevens (1951)β
Giant β George Stevens (1956)β
East of Eden β Elia Kazan (1955)β
A Face in the Crowd β Elia Kazan (1957)β
The Big Heat β Fritz Lang (1953)β
The Earrings of Madame de... β Max OphΓΌls (1953)β
La Ronde β Max OphΓΌls (1950)β
Lola MontΓ¨s β Max OphΓΌls (1955)β
The Band Wagon β Vincente Minnelli (1953)β
An American in Paris β Vincente Minnelli (1951)β
Gigi β Vincente Minnelli (1958)β
The Bad and the Beautiful β Vincente Minnelli (1952)β
A Star Is Born β George Cukor (1954)β
Invasion of the Body Snatchers β Don Siegel (1956)β
The Day the Earth Stood Still β Robert Wise (1951)β
The Thing from Another World β Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks (1951)β
Forbidden Planet β Fred M. Wilcox (1956)β
The Incredible Shrinking Man β Jack Arnold (1957)β
Godzilla β IshirΕ Honda (1954)β
Smiles of a Summer Night β Ingmar Bergman (1955)β
Early Summer β YasujirΕ Ozu (1951)β
Floating Weeds β YasujirΕ Ozu (1959)β
Aparajito β Satyajit Ray (1956)β
The World of Apu β Satyajit Ray (1959)β
The Music Room β Satyajit Ray (1958)β
Asphalt Jungle β John Huston (1950)β
The African Queen β John Huston (1951)β
The Killing β Stanley Kubrick (1956)β
Kiss Me Deadly β Robert Aldrich (1955)β
Bigger Than Life β Nicholas Ray (1956)β
Johnny Guitar β Nicholas Ray (1954)β
The Naked Spur β Anthony Mann (1953)β
Winchester '73 β Anthony Mann (1950)β
The Man from Laramie β Anthony Mann (1955)β
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers β Stanley Donen (1954)β
Funny Face β Stanley Donen (1957)β
Elevator to the Gallows β Louis Malle (1958)β
The Lovers β Louis Malle (1958)β
Hiroshima Mon Amour β Alain Resnais (1959)β
Night and Fog β Alain Resnais (1956)β
Mon Oncle β Jacques Tati (1958)β
Mr. Hulot's Holiday β Jacques Tati (1953)β
Umberto D. β Vittorio De Sica (1952)β
Miracle in Milan β Vittorio De Sica (1951)β
Los Olvidados β Luis BuΓ±uel (1950)β
Γl β Luis BuΓ±uel (1953)β