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Top Films of the 1950s

My top 100 films from 1950 - 1959.

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  • Seven Samurai

    1

  • 12 Angry Men

    2

  • Tokyo Story

    3

  • Ugetsu

    4

  • Pather Panchali

    5

  • Vertigo

    6

  • Ikiru

    7

  • Touch of Evil

    8

  • Wild Strawberries

    9

  • Paths of Glory

    10

  • Sansho the Bailiff

    11

  • Sunset Boulevard

    12

  • Rashomon

    13

  • The Life of Oharu

    14

  • Hiroshima Mon Amour

    15

  • Rear Window

    16

  • Apur Sansar

    17

  • North by Northwest

    18

  • La Strada

    19

  • Araya

    20

  • Singin' in the Rain

    21

  • The Cranes Are Flying

    22

  • Nights of Cabiria

    23

  • The Young and the Damned

    24

  • The Searchers

    25

  • Some Like It Hot

    26

  • Early Summer

    27

  • Aparajito

    28

  • Pyaasa

    29

  • All About Eve

    30

  • Throne of Blood

    31

  • The Hidden Fortress

    32

  • Awaara

    33

  • The Music Room

    34

  • A Story from Chikamatsu

    35

  • Dial M for Murder

    36

  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

    37

  • Godzilla

    38

  • Sawdust and Tinsel

    39

  • The Idiot

    40

  • The Ladykillers

    41

  • The Seventh Seal

    42

  • The 400 Blows

    43

  • Floating Weeds

    44

  • Tokyo Twilight

    45

  • Street of Shame

    46

  • Johnny Guitar

    47

  • Pickpocket

    48

  • A Man Escaped

    49

  • The Night of the Hunter

    50

  • On the Waterfront

    51

  • The Wages of Fear

    52

  • Miss Oyu

    53

  • The Killing

    54

  • The Tales of Hoffmann

    55

  • The Woman in the Rumor

    56

  • The Lower Depths

    57

  • Brink of Life

    58

  • A Geisha

    59

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    60

  • Good Morning

    61

  • Summer with Monika

    62

  • High Noon

    63

  • Rio Bravo

    64

  • I Vitelloni

    65

  • Diary of a Country Priest

    66

  • Diabolique

    67

  • To Catch a Thief

    68

  • Early Spring

    69

  • Limelight

    70

  • The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    71

  • The Magician

    72

  • Hobson's Choice

    73

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    74

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    75

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    76

  • Journey to Italy

    77

  • After the Curfew

    78

  • Dementia

    79

  • Room at the Top

    80

  • Strangers on a Train

    81

  • Gun Crazy

    82

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still

    83

  • The Wrong Man

    84

  • The Lady of Musashino

    85

  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    86

  • Madhumati

    87

  • Princess Yang Kwei-fei

    88

  • Devdas

    89

  • I Live in Fear

    90

  • The Big Combo

    91

  • The Fly

    92

  • Cairo Station

    93

  • Ace in the Hole

    94

  • Othello

    95

  • Yesterday's Enemy

    96

  • Portrait of Madame Yuki

    97

  • Taira Clan Saga

    98

  • There Will Be No Leave Today

    99

  • Killer's Kiss

    100