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) High Noon (1952) review
(92) Rear Window (1954) review
(91) Throne of Blood (1957) review
(89) All About Eve (1950) review
(86) A Christmas Carol (1951) review
(86) The Young Lions (1958) review
(85) Monkey Business (1952) review
(85) Touch of Evil (1958) review
(85) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) review
(84) The Seven Samurai (1954) review
(84) Carrie (1952) review
(83) Mon Oncle (1958) review
(82) The Quiet Man (1952) review
(82) On the Waterfront (1954) review
(82) Winchester '73 (1950) review
(82) The Hidden Fortress (1958)
(82) Paths of Glory (1957) review
(81) Elephant Walk (1954) review
(81) East of Eden (1955) review
(80) The Killing (1956) review
(80) Carousel (1956) review
(80) Julius Caesar (1953) review
(79) The Searchers (1956) review
(78) The Gunfighter (1950) review
(77) Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) review
(77) Lili (1953) review
(77) Cinderella (1950) review
(76) Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) review
(75) Rashomon (1950) review
(75) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) review
(75) The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) review
(74) Jailhouse Rock (1957) review
(74) The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
(74) Ace in the Hole (1951) review
(74) A Face in the Crowd (1957) review
(74) The Browning Version (1951) review
(73) Anastasia (1956) 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
(72) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) review
(72) Dreamboat (1952) review
(72) Marty (1955) review
(72) Season of Passion (1959) review
(72) The 400 Blows (1959) review
(72) No Time for Sergeants (1958) review
(71) You Never Can Tell (1951) review
(71) The Cranes are Flying (1957) review
(71) Clash by Night (1952)
(71) The Caine Mutiny (1954) review
(70) Alice in Wonderland (1951) review
(70) The Night of the Hunter (1955) review
(70) The Wrong Man (1956) review
(70) Roman Holiday (1953) review
(70) I Confess (1953) 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
(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
(67) 12 Angry Men (1957) review
(67) Auntie Mame (1958) review
(67) Bend of the River (1952) 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) Another Man's Poison (1951) review
(66) From Here to Eternity (1953) review
(66) Rio Bravo (1959) review
(66) The Tin Star (1957)
(66) The Wages of Fear (1953)
(66) The Thing from Another World (1951) review
(66) Diabolique (1955) review
(66) Beau Brummell (1954) review
(66) I Live in Fear (1955) review
(65) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) review
(65) The Three Faces of Eve (1957) review
(65) The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) review
(65) The African Queen (1951) review
(65) Guys and Dolls (1955) review
(65) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) review
(65) The Indian Fighter (1955) review
(65) House of Pleasure (1952) 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
(63) The Chaplin Revue (1959)
(63) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) review
(63) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) review
(62) The Story of Three Loves (1953)
(62) Operation Petticoat (1959) review
(62) The Seventh Seal (1957) review
(62) Orpheus (1950) review
(61) Lady and the Tramp (1955) 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
(60) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) review
(60) Ben-Hur (1959) review
(60) Compulsion (1959) review
(60) The Crimson Pirate (1952) 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
(59) Scaramouche (1952) review
(59) The Ladykillers (1955) review
(59) Imitation of Life (1959) review
(58) The Naked Spur (1953) 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
(57) Sabrina (1954) review
(57) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) review
(57) Black Orpheus (1959) review
(57) Pork Chop Hill (1959)
(57) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
(57) The Devil's Disciple (1959)
(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
(56) Harvey (1950) review
(56) La Strada (1954) review
(56) Dial M for Murder (1954) 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
(55) Country Girl (1954) review
(55) Ivanhoe (1952)
(55) The Mouse That Roared (1959) review
(55) I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) review
(55) Lust for Life (1956) review
(54) The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) review
(54) Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
(54) Vertigo (1958) review
(54) The Tender Trap (1955) review
(54) Forbidden Planet (1956)
(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) Ugetsu (1953)
(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
(52) To Hell and Back (1955) review
(52) Niagara (1953) review
(52) The War of the Worlds (1953) review
(52) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
(52) Carmen Jones (1954)
(52) Samurai 1 (1954)
(52) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) review
(52) Hondo (1953) review
(52) Father of the Bride (1950) review
(52) In a Lonely Place (1950) review
(52) Separate Tables (1958) review
(52) The Man from Laramie (1955) 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
(50) Soldier of Fortune (1955)
(50) 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) Desk Set (1957)
(50) Giant (1956) review
(49) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) review
(49) Les Girls (1957)
(49) Picnic (1955)
(49) The Narrow Margin (1952) review
(49) The Defiant Ones (1958) review
(48) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
(48) High Society (1956) review
(47) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)
(47) Edge of the City (1957)
(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
(45) Baby Doll (1956) review
(45) Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
(45) Royal Wedding (1951)
(45) The Court Jester (1956) review
(45) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) review
(44) Sayonara (1957)
(44) Friendly Persuasion (1956) review
(44) His Kind of Woman (1951)
(44) The Rose Tattoo (1955)
(44) Kiss Me Deadly (1955) review
(43) The Tarnished Angels (1958) review
(43) The Blob (1958) review
(43) The Barefoot Contessa (1954) review
(42) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
(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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