Highest Graded Films from the 1950s

(98) Strangers on a Train (1951) review
(97) Room at the Top (1959) review
(96) A Star Is Born (1954) review
(95) Singin' in the Rain (1952) review
(95) A Night to Remember (1958) review
(94) Ikiru (1952) review
(92) Rear Window (1954) review
(91) High Noon (1952) review
(90) All About Eve (1950) review
(90) Throne of Blood (1957) review
(89) The Seven Samurai (1954) review
(86) On the Waterfront (1954) review
(86) Monkey Business (1952) review
(85) Touch of Evil (1958) review
(84) Carrie (1952) review
(84) The Young Lions (1958) review
(84) Paths of Glory (1957) review
(83) Mon Oncle (1958) review
(83) The Quiet Man (1952) review
(83) The Killing (1956) review
(82) Winchester '73 (1950) review
(82) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) review
(82) Julius Caesar (1953) review
(82) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) review
(82) A Christmas Carol (1951) review
(81) Elephant Walk (1954) review
(81) East of Eden (1955) review
(80) The Cranes are Flying (1957) review
(80) The Hidden Fortress (1958) review
(79) The Searchers (1956) review
(78) Carousel (1956) review
(77) Lili (1953) review
(77) Rashomon (1950) review
(77) The Gunfighter (1950) review
(76) Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) review
(75) The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) review
(75) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) review
(75) Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) review
(75) The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955) review
(74) Ace in the Hole (1951) review
(74) A Face in the Crowd (1957) review
(74) The Browning Version (1951) review
(74) Anastasia (1956) review
(74) Cinderella (1950) review
(74) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) review
(74) Look Back in Anger (1959) review
(73) North by Northwest (1959) review
(73) The Big Sky (1952) review
(73) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) review
(73) A Place in the Sun (1951) review
(73) Shane (1953) review
(73) Tokyo Story (1953) review
(73) Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) review
(73) Diary of a Country Priest (1951) review
(73) Jailhouse Rock (1957) review
(73) Alice in Wonderland (1951) review
(73) Senso (1954) review
(72) Dreamboat (1952) review
(72) Marty (1955) review
(72) Season of Passion (1959) review
(72) The 400 Blows (1959) review
(71) You Never Can Tell (1951) review
(71) The Caine Mutiny (1954) review
(71) No Time for Sergeants (1958) review
(71) So Long at the Fair (1950) review
(71) The Holly and the Ivy (1952) review
(70) Roman Holiday (1953) review
(70) I Confess (1953) review
(69) The Wrong Man (1956) review
(69) Othello (1952) review
(69) The Last Hurrah (1958)
(69) The Band Wagon (1953) review
(69) Gigi (1958) review
(69) The Left Handed Gun (1958) review
(69) Ordet (1955) review
(69) The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) review
(69) Forbidden Games (1952) review
(69) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) review
(69) Never Open That Door (1952) review
(68) Rio Grande (1950) review
(68) The Battle of the Sexes (1959) review
(68) The Quiet American (1958) review
(68) The King and I (1956) review
(68) Don't Touch the Loot (1954) review
(68) The Wages of Fear (1953) review
(67) Auntie Mame (1958) review
(67) Stalag 17 (1953) review
(67) The Asphalt Jungle (1950) review
(67) The Steel Helmet (1951) review
(67) Caged (1950) review
(67) Night and the City (1950) review
(67) Bob le flambeur (1956) review
(67) The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) review
(66) From Here to Eternity (1953) review
(66) The Thing from Another World (1951) review
(66) Diabolique (1955) review
(66) 12 Angry Men (1957) review
(66) Beau Brummell (1954) review
(66) I Live in Fear (1955) review
(66) Los Olvidados (1950) review
(66) Guys and Dolls (1955) review
(66) Richard III (1955) review
(66) Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) review
(65) Rio Bravo (1959) review
(65) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) review
(65) The Three Faces of Eve (1957) review
(65) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) review
(65) The Indian Fighter (1955) review
(65) House of Pleasure (1952) review
(65) Viva Zapata! (1952) review
(65) Bend of the River (1952) review
(65) Bell, Book and Candle (1958) review
(65) The Lower Depths (1957) review
(64) Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
(64) The Bad and The Beautiful (1952) review
(64) Sabrina (1954) review
(64) The Seven Year Itch (1955) review
(64) Umberto D (1952) review
(64) Kanal (1957) review
(64) The Sea Around Us (1953) review
(63) The Chaplin Revue (1959)
(63) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) review
(63) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) review
(63) Another Man's Poison (1951) review
(63) The African Queen (1951) review
(63) Ballad of a Soldier (1959) review
(63) The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) review
(63) The Idiot (1951) review
(62) Operation Petticoat (1959) review
(62) The Seventh Seal (1957) review
(62) Orpheus (1950) review
(62) Floating Weeds (1959) review
(62) A Man Escaped (1956) review
(62) Night of the Demon (1957) review
(61) Love in the Afternoon (1957) review
(61) Sunset Blvd. (1950) review
(61) Brigadoon (1954) review
(61) Moulin Rouge (1952) review
(61) The Wild One (1953) review
(61) The Big Country (1958) review
(61) Pather Panchali (1955) review
(61) Patterns (1956) review
(60) Lady and the Tramp (1955) review
(60) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) review
(60) Rififi (1955) review
(60) Broken Lance (1954) review
(60) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) review
(60) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) review
(60) Night of the Hunter (1955) review
(60) Pickpocket (1959) review
(60) Le Notti Bianche (1957) review
(60) Limelight (1952) review
(60) The Naked Spur (1953) review
(60) Clash by Night (1952) review
(60) Scandal (1950) review
(59) The Ladykillers (1955) review
(59) Imitation of Life (1959) review
(59) Compulsion (1959) review
(58) An American in Paris (1951) review
(58) Oklahoma! (1955) review
(58) Some Like It Hot (1959) review
(58) No Way Out (1950) review
(58) Rebel Without a Cause (1955) review
(58) Ben-Hur (1959) review
(58) The Red Badge of Courage (1951) review
(58) Ugetsu (1953) review
(57) Sabrina (1954) review
(57) Pork Chop Hill (1959)
(57) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
(57) The Devil's Disciple (1959) review
(57) Houseboat (1958)
(57) Peyton Place (1957)
(57) Pickup on South Street (1953) review
(57) The Nun's Story (1959) review
(57) Wild Strawberries (1957) review
(57) Fires on the Plain (1959) review
(57) Elevator to the Gallows (1958) review
(57) The Life of Oharu (1952) review
(56) Angels in the Outfield (1951)
(56) The Men (1950)
(56) tom thumb (1958)
(56) Gate of Hell (1953) review
(56) Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) review
(56) I Want to Live! (1958) review
(56) Hobson's Choice (1954) review
(56) The Tin Star (1957) review
(56) In a Lonely Place (1950) review
(55) Country Girl (1954) review
(55) The Mouse That Roared (1959) review
(55) I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) review
(55) Lust for Life (1956) review
(55) The Tender Trap (1955) review
(55) The Story of Three Loves (1953) review
(55) The Music Room (1958) review
(55) Scaramouche (1952) review
(55) Baby Doll (1956) review
(55) O. Henry's Full House (1952) review
(55) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) review
(55) Dial M for Murder (1954) review
(55) Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) review
(55) Black Orpheus (1959) review
(54) The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) review
(54) Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
(54) Vertigo (1958) review
(54) Mister Roberts (1955)
(54) The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) review
(54) Pal Joey (1957) review
(54) Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958) review
(54) Blackboard Jungle (1955) review
(54) To Catch a Thief (1955) review
(54) Young Bess (1953) review
(54) The Long Gray Line (1955) review
(53) The River (1951) review
(53) Johnny Guitar (1954) review
(53) Funny Face (1957) review
(53) Mogambo (1953) review
(53) The Harder They Fall (1956) review
(53) La Strada (1954) review
(53) Sansho the Bailiff (1954) review
(53) Friendly Persuasion (1956) review
(53) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) review
(53) The War of the Worlds (1953) review
(53) The Country Girl (1954) review
(53) Desk Set (1957) review
(52) To Hell and Back (1955) review
(52) Forbidden Planet (1956) review
(52) Niagara (1953) review
(52) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
(52) Samurai 1 (1954)
(52) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) review
(52) Hondo (1953) review
(52) Father of the Bride (1950) review
(52) Separate Tables (1958) review
(52) The Man from Laramie (1955) review
(52) Nights of Cabiria (1957) review
(51) Sawdust and Tinsel (AKA The Naked Night, Sunset of a Clown) (1953) review
(51) Kiss Me Kate (1953)
(51) Born Yesterday (1950) review
(51) Pillow Talk (1959) review
(51) Journey to Italy (1954) review
(51) Ivanhoe (1952) review
(51) Picnic (1955) review
(50) Soldier of Fortune (1955) review
(51) The Young Philadelphians (1959) review
(50) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) review
(50) Love Me or Leave Me (1955) review
(50) The Cruel Sea (1953)
(50) Giant (1956) review
(50) Carmen Jones (1954) review
(50) tom thumb (1958) review
(50) Royal Wedding (1950) review
(49) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) review
(49) Les Girls (1957)
(49) The Narrow Margin (1952) review
(49) The Defiant Ones (1958) review
(48) High Society (1956) review
(48) The Crimson Pirate (1952) review
(48) Harvey (1950) review
(47) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)
(47) Edge of the City (1957) review
(47) Kim (1950) review
(47) Stars in My Crown (1950) review
(47) A Hole in the Head (1959) review
(47) Interrupted Melody (1955) review
(47) On the Beach (1959) review
(47) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) review
(45) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
(45) The Court Jester (1956) review
(45) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) review
(45) The Rose Tattoo (1955) review
(44) Sayonara (1957)
(44) His Kind of Woman (1951)
(44) Kiss Me Deadly (1955) review
(43) The Tarnished Angels (1958) review
(43) The Blob (1958) review
(43) The Barefoot Contessa (1954) review
(43) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) review
(42) The Desperate Hours (1955)
(42) Thunder Road (1958) review
(42) Tight Spot (1955) review
(41) Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
(41) Suddenly (1954)
(40) Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
(35) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) review
(35) Salt of the Earth (1954) review

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