Best Ever Films of The 50's [Poll] [Closed]

[Mercury]

[Norman Bates]

[Mercury]

[Hayden]

[mostlymor]

Here's my ten cents worth:

1. Paths Of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
2. Wages Of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
3. The Human Condition Part I: No Greater Love (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
4. The Human Condition Part II: Road To Eternity (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
5. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1955)
6. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
7. In A Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
8. A Touch Of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
9. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
10. Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955)

11. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
12. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)
13. Singin’ In The Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952)
14. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
15. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
16. The Goddess (John Cromwell, 1957)
17. Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955)
18. On The Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
19. East Of Eden (Elia Kazan, 1955)
20. Rebel Without A Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)

21. Love In The Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957)
22. The Spirit Of St. Louis (Billy Wilder, 1957)
23. Witness For The Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
24. Twelve Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
25. Stage Struck (Sidney Lumet, 1958)
26. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
27. Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu, 1959)
28. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1958)
29. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
30. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

31. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
32. The Tales Of Hoffman (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1951)
33. The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951)
34. The Ladykillers (Alexander MacKendrick, 1955)
35. Sweet Smell Of Success (Alexander MacKendrick, 1957)
36. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
37. Some Came Running (Vincente Minelli, 1958)
38. From Here To Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, 1953)
39. Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder, 1953)
40. Bridge On The River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)

41. The Dam Busters (Michael Anderson, 1955)
42. Moonfleet (Fritz Lang, 1955)
43. Night Of The Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
44. The African Queen (John Huston, 1951)
45. Beat The Devil (John Huston, 1953)
46. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
47. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
48. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
49. High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1951)
50. Shane (George Stevens, 1953)

51. A Place In The Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
52. Giant (George Stevens, 1955)
53. The Old Man And The Sea (John Sturges, 1958)
54. North By Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
55. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
56. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
57. Sabrina (Billy Wilder, 1954)
58. Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1955)
59. The Band Wagon (Vincente Minelli, 1953)
60. The Bad & The Beautiful (Vincente Minelli, 1952)

61. Lust For Life (Vincente Minelli, 1955)
62. The Picasso Mystery (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1956)
63. The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
64. Orphee (Jean Cocteau, 1950)
65. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)
66. Bob Le Flambeur (Jean-Pierre Melville)
67. Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954)
68. Casque D’Or (Jacques Becker, 1952)
69. The Golden Coach (Jean Renoir, 1952)
70. La Ronde (Max Ophuls, 1950)

71. Senso (Luchino Visconti, 1954)
72. Voyage To Italy (Roberto Rosselini, 1954)
73. Miracle In Milan (Vittorio De Sica, 1951)
74. Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica, 1952)
75. I Vitelloni (Federico Fellini, 1953)
76. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)
77. Nights Of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957)
78. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)
79. Aparajito (Satyajit Ray, 1956)
80. The World Of Apu (Satyajit Ray, 1957)

The Jimmy Stewart Tribute Section:

81. Winchester ’73 (Anthony Mann, 1950)
82. Broken Arrow (Anthony Mann, 1950)
83. Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
84. No Highway In The Sky (Henry Koster, 1951)
85. The Greatest Show On Earth (Cecil B. DeMile, 1952)
86. Bend Of The River (Anthony Mann, 1952)
87. The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann, 1953)
88. Thunder Bay (Anthony Mann, 1953)
89. The Glenn Miller Story (Anthony Mann, 1954)
90. The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954)

91. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
92. The Man From Laramie (Anthony Mann, 1955)
93. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956)
94. Anatomy Of A Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)
95. The Man With The Golden Arm (Otto Preminger, 1955)
96. A King In New York (Charles Chaplin, 1957)
97. Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 1952)
98. The Next Voice You Hear (William A. Wellman, 1950)
99. The Long, Long Trailer (Vincente Minelli, 1953)
100. Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, 1959)

As ever - May the best film win!

[Norman Bates]

[badseed]

Loving the showing The Seventh Seal has made thusfar. I've seen a lot of people on the internet who don't consider it top tier Bergman (perhaps due to it being his most famous film while not being the technical marvel that Wild Strawberries and Persona are - thematically it's as good as anything he's done and that's saying a lot). Still working on my list but it'll no doubt make my top 5 as well.

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list incoming soon. Expect Bresson to get quite the nod...

[Mercury]

@Mostlymor - awesome list, but question: are you ranking them based off how much you like each individual film or just placing all the films of a director next to each other? I ask cuz that may slightly affect point distribution on the poll. Just curious...??
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[badseed]

1. The Seventh Seal (1957)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. Wild Strawberries (1957)
5. Pather Panchali (1955)
6. Ikiru (1952)
7. Seven Samurai (1954)
8. Rashomon (1950)
9. The Wages of Fear (1953)
10. The 400 Blows (1959)

11. Paths of Glory (1957)
12. La Strada (1954)
13. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
14. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
15. All About Eve (1950)
16. A Man Escaped (1956)
17. The Searchers (1956)
18. Umberto D (1952)
19. Touch of Evil (1958)
20. Night and Fog (1955)

21. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
22. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
23. Early Summer (1951)
24. On the Waterfront (1954)
25. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
26. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
27. Diabolique (1955)
28. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
29. Kanal (1957)
30. Ugetsu (1953)

31. In a Lonely Place (1950)
32. Ace in the Hole (1951)
33. The World of Apu (1959)
34. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
35. North By Northwest (1959)
36. The Life of Oharu (1952)
37. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
38. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
39. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
40. Nights of Cabiria (1957)

41. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
42. Los Olvidados (1950)
43. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
44. Ordet (1955)
45. Some Like it Hot (1959)
46. Aparajito (1956)
47. Rear Window (1954)
48. The Big Heat (1953)
49. Pickpocket (1959)
50. Mon Oncle (1958)

51. The Red Balloon (1956)
52. The Ladykillers (1955)
53. Throne of Blood (1957)
54. The Killing (1956)
55. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
56. Strangers on a Train (1951)
57. Rififi (1955)
58. Floating Weeds (1959)
59. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
60. A Star is Born (1954)

61. Limelight (1952)
62. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
63. The Music Room (1958)
64. Death of a Cyclist (1955)
65. 12 Angry Men (1957)
66. Equinox Flower (1958)
67. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
68. Harvey (1950)
69. 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
70. Horror of Dracula (1958)

71. The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
72. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
73. Johnny Guitar (1954)
74. I Vitelloni (1953)
75. Rio Bravo (1959)
76. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
77. A Place in the Sun (1951)
78. The African Queen (1951)
79. Forbidden Games (1952)
80. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

81. Summer with Monika (1953)
82. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
83. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
84. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
85. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
86. Winchester '73 (1950)
87. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
88. East of Eden (1955)
89. Early Spring (1956)
90. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

91. Night and the City (1950)
92. Tokyo Twilight (1957)
93. Orpheus (1950)
94. Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
95. Gun Crazy (1950)
96. Othello (1952)
97. Imitation of Life (1959)
98. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
99. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
100. The Magician (1958)

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