The Top 50 Movies of the 1950s

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The Top 50 Movies of the 1950s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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9 Ikiru 1952 Akira Kurosawa NR -
15 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock PG -
26 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa NR -
36 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton NR -
38 North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock NR -
44 Rashômon 1950 Akira Kurosawa NR -
51 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot NR -
54 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet NR -
55 Paths of Glory 1957 Stanley Kubrick NR -
62 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock PG -
63 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles NR -
76 Tokyo Story 1953 Yasujirô Ozu NR -
83 The 400 Blows 1959 François Truffaut NR -
86 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman NR -
87 The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman NR -
88 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder NR -
90 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder NR -
93 Strangers on a Train 1951 Alfred Hitchcock PG -
97 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan NR -
104 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray NR -
108 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa NR -
109 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 Alexander Mackendrick NR -
113 All About Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz NR -
138 The Searchers 1956 John Ford NR -
140 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot NR -
141 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger NR -
154 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick NR -
155 Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin NR -
157 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks NR -
176 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder NR -
182 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder NR -
193 The Hidden Fortress 1958 Akira Kurosawa NR -
204 Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock NR -
207 Ugetsu 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi NR -
215 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 David Lean PG -
225 High Noon 1952 Fred Zinnemann NR -
231 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly NR -
246 A Face in the Crowd 1957 Elia Kazan NR -
247 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler NR -
250 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder PG13 -
266 Sansho the Bailiff 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi NR -
267 A Man Escaped 1956 Robert Bresson NR -
278 Nights of Cabiria 1957 Federico Fellini NR -
319 La Strada 1954 Federico Fellini NR -
324 Harvey 1950 Henry Koster NR -
352 Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray PG13 -
367 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang NR -
369 Umberto D. 1952 Vittorio De Sica NR -
379 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan NR -
393 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock NR -

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