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100 Highest Grossing Films of the 1950s

Here is a breakdown of the top 10 (U.S.) money makers of each year in the 50s decade. My goal is to watch all 100 movies. Won't you join me?
1950 - #1 to #10
1951 - #11 to #20
1952 - #21 to #30
1953 - #31 to #40
1954 - #41 to #50
1955- #51 to #60
1956 - #61 to #70
1957 - #71 to #80
1958 - #81 to #90
1959 - #91 to #100

  • Samson and Delilah

    1

  • King Solomon's Mines

    2

  • Annie Get Your Gun

    3

  • Cheaper by the Dozen

    4

  • Cinderella

    5

  • Born Yesterday

    6

  • Father of the Bride

    7

  • Broken Arrow

    8

  • At War with the Army

    9

  • All About Eve

    10

  • Quo Vadis

    11

  • Show Boat

    12

  • David and Bathsheba

    13

  • The Great Caruso

    14

  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    15

  • The African Queen

    16

  • That's My Boy

    17

  • An American in Paris

    18

  • A Place in the Sun

    19

  • Father's Little Dividend

    20

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    21

  • This Is Cinerama

    22

  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro

    23

  • Hans Christian Andersen

    24

  • Ivanhoe

    25

  • Sailor Beware

    26

  • Moulin Rouge

    27

  • Jumping Jacks

    28

  • The Quiet Man

    29

  • Come Back, Little Sheba

    30

  • The Robe

    31

  • From Here to Eternity

    32

  • Shane

    33

  • How to Marry a Millionaire

    34

  • Peter Pan

    35

  • House of Wax

    36

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    37

  • Salome

    38

  • Mogambo

    39

  • Knights of the Round Table

    40

  • White Christmas

    41

  • The Caine Mutiny

    42

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    43

  • The Glenn Miller Story

    44

  • The Country Girl

    45

  • A Star Is Born

    46

  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    47

  • Rear Window

    48

  • Magnificent Obsession

    49

  • There's No Business Like Show Business

    50

  • Cinerama Holiday

    51

  • Mister Roberts

    52

  • Battle Cry

    53

  • Oklahoma!

    54

  • Guys and Dolls

    55

  • Lady and the Tramp

    56

  • Picnic

    57

  • Not as a Stranger

    58

  • Strategic Air Command

    59

  • The Seven Year Itch

    60

  • The Ten Commandments

    61

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    62

  • Giant

    63

  • Seven Wonders of the World

    64

  • The King and I

    65

  • Trapeze

    66

  • War and Peace

    67

  • High Society

    68

  • The Teahouse of the August Moon

    69

  • The Eddy Duchin Story

    70

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    71

  • Peyton Place

    72

  • Sayonara

    73

  • Search for Paradise

    74

  • Old Yeller

    75

  • Raintree County

    76

  • Island in the Sun

    77

  • A Farewell to Arms

    78

  • Pal Joey

    79

  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    80

  • South Pacific

    81

  • Auntie Mame

    82

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    83

  • No Time for Sergeants

    84

  • Gigi

    85

  • The Vikings

    86

  • The Young Lions

    87

  • The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

    88

  • Some Came Running

    89

  • Indiscreet

    90

  • Ben-Hur

    91

  • The Shaggy Dog

    92

  • Operation Petticoat

    93

  • Some Like It Hot

    94

  • Pillow Talk

    95

  • Imitation of Life

    96

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

    97

  • Rio Bravo

    98

  • The Nun's Story

    99

  • North by Northwest

    100