1950s top movies
In the period following WWII when most of the films were idealized with conventional portrayals of men and women, young people wanted new and exciting symbols of rebellion. Hollywood responded to audience demands through the rise of the anti-hero and anti-heroines, with Marlon Brando, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe being the main stars. Studios tried to counter the rise of television through all sorts of (mostly failed) inventions like 3-D, Smell-O-Vision, and cinerama. Risks were taken with lavish, overstated, spectacular epics and musicals. — filmsite.org 50s intro
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12 Angry Men
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. The Seven Samurai - 3 -Check More options
Rear Window
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard - 5 -Check More options
North by Northwest
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Paths of Glory
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Vertigo
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
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All About Eve
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. In the Woods - 11 -Check More options
Singin' in the Rain
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Some Like It Hot
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Touch of Evil
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On the Waterfront
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Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal - 16 -Check More options
Witness for the Prosecution
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear - 18 -Check More options
Le notti di Cabiria
1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria - 19 -Check More options
Strangers on a Train
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. The Fiends - 21 -Check More options
High Noon
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Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries - 23 -Check More options
Umberto D.
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Ben-Hur
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Ace in the Hole
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The Night of the Hunter
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The Killing
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Sweet Smell of Success
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Ikiru
1952 — a.k.a. Doomed - 30 -Check More options
Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Legend of Bailiff Sansho - 31 -Check More options
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned - 32 +1Check More options
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 - 33 -1Check More options
Bienvenido Mister Marshall
1953 — a.k.a. Welcome Mr. Marshall - 34 +2Check More options
Stalag 17
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La strada
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Harvey
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Du rififi chez les hommes
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Dial M for Murder
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East of Eden
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows - 41 -Check More options
A Streetcar Named Desire
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Ugetsu monogatari
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Saikaku ichidai onna
1952 — a.k.a. Diary of Oharu - 44 -Check More options
Kumonosu jô
1957 — a.k.a. Macbeth - 45 -Check More options
The African Queen
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Nobi
1959 — a.k.a. Fires on the Plain - 47 -1Check More options
Roman Holiday
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Biruma no tategoto
1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp - 49 -1Check More options
The Caine Mutiny
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The Browning Version
1951
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lots of good movies from this decade.
Best decade for movies in my opinion.
11 and 12.
So many great comedies and musicals from the 50's - where are they?