Best movies of the 1950s
262 movies ranked according to 1,009 lists from 202 publishers
Ranks are positions on the all-time list, not a separate vote among 1950s movies.
795
La RondeMax Ophüls1950
818
The Magician1958
819
The Red Badge of Courage1951
820
Horror of DraculaTerence Fisher1958
828
A Night to RememberRoy Ward Baker1958
883
Stalag 17Billy Wilder1953
910
MartyDelbert Mann1955
919
Europa '51Roberto Rossellini1952
928
PyaasaGuru Dutt1957
941
Room at the Top1958
944
Bob le FlambeurJean-Pierre Melville1956
964
The Defiant OnesStanley Kramer1958
968
PicnicJoshua Logan1955
969
HarveyHenry Koster1950
970
Witness for the ProsecutionBilly Wilder1957
992
CinderellaClyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske1950
994
The War of the WorldsByron Haskin1953
996
Father of the Bride1950
998
Black OrpheusMarcel Camus1959
1010
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofRichard Brooks1958
1011
The Thing from Another WorldChristian Nyby1951
1012
The Wild OneLaslo Benedek1953
1063
Man of the WestAnthony Mann1958
1083
Il gridoMichelangelo Antonioni1957
1119
The Crucified LoversKenji Mizoguchi1954
1127
The Man with the Golden ArmOtto Preminger1955
1140
I VitelloniFederico Fellini1953
1152
The Man in the White SuitAlexander Mackendrick1951
1159
The Lovers1958
1176
The Narrow MarginRichard Fleischer1952
1180
Death of a Salesman1951
1182
Panic in the Streets1950
1185
The Men1950
1187
SummertimeDavid Lean1955
1189
The Nun's Story1959
1191
The Big CountryWilliam Wyler1958
1219
The Man Who Knew Too MuchAlfred Hitchcock1956
1221
Early SummerYasujirô Ozu1951
1240
The Blue Lamp1950
1250
Blackboard JungleRichard Brooks1955
1257
Dial M for MurderAlfred Hitchcock1954
1259
Julius Caesar1953
1262
The Browning Version1951
1264
Les Enfants Terribles1950
1271
SabrinaBilly Wilder1954
1273
House of WaxAndré De Toth1953
1409
The Thief1952
1414
I’m All Right, Jack1959
1428
Hobson's Choice1954
1455
The Pajama GameStanley Donen George Abbott1957
1461
ROBINSON CRUSOELuis Buñuel1953
1468
The Bachelor Party1957
1471
Ballad of a SoldierGrigoriy Chukhray1959
1482
The Enforcer1951
1491
Fourteen Hours1951
1494
Mandy1952
1524
A Generation1955
1542
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman1951
1547
Artists and ModelsFrank Tashlin1955
1550
The Incredible Shrinking ManJack Arnold1957
1555
The Naked SpurAnthony Mann1953
1556
Run of the Arrow1957
1557
The Trouble with HarryAlfred Hitchcock1955
1564
The Wrong ManAlfred Hitchcock1956
1567
Baby DollElia Kazan1956
1578
The Flowers of St. FrancisRoberto Rossellini1950
1580
The Tarnished AngelsDouglas Sirk1957
1600
Vitelloni, IFederico Fellini1953
1613
Guys and DollsJoseph L. Mankiewicz1955
1634
Tales of Ugetsu1953
1654
The Court JesterMelvin Frank and Norman Panama1955
1820
Floating CloudsMikio Naruse1955
1895
Pat and Mike1952
1896
Pillow TalkMichael Gordon1959
1897
Party Girl1958
1902
Street of ShameKenji Mizoguchi1956
1906
On the BeachStanley Kramer1959
1909
The Rose Tattoo1955
1912
Rio GrandeJohn Ford1950
1913
Lust for LifeVincente Minnelli1956
1920
The Marrying Kind1952
1921
Look Back in Anger1959
1922
Jailhouse RockRichard Thorpe1957
1925
3:10 to YumaDelmer Daves1957
1932
Moulin Rouge1952
1934
The Man from LaramieAnthony Mann1955
1935
The Member of the WeddingFred Zinnemann1953
1937
Bend of the RiverAnthony Mann1952
1938
Mister RobertsJohn Ford and Mervyn LeRoy1955
1941
Lili1953
1943
Little FugitiveRay Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin1953
1946
Forty GunsSamuel Fuller1957
1947
The Left-Handed Gun1958
1950
Oklahoma!Fred Zinnemann1955
1962
Viva Zapata!1952
1963
Sawdust and TinselIngmar Bergman1953
1964
Dreams1955
1966
Monkey BusinessHoward Hawks1952
1969
Attack!Robert Aldrich1956
1972
Ride LonesomeBudd Boetticher1959
1974
Silk Stockings1957
1975
The Seven Year ItchBilly Wilder1955
1976
Wind Across the EvergladesBudd Schulberg Nicholas Ray1958
1978
Seven Days to Noon1950
1987
South Pacific1958
1990
Come Back, Little Sheba1952
1993
Cry, the Beloved Country1952
1995
The Caine MutinyEdward Dmytryk1954
2002
Mr. Arkadin1955
2010
Executive Suite1954
2011
Annie Get Your Gun1950
2013
Les Mistons1958
2015
The King and IWalter Lang1956
2016
The Cousins1959
2018
Animal FarmJoy Batchelor John Halas1954
2020
Carmen JonesOtto Preminger1954
2026
BELLISSIMALuchino Visconti1951
2027
Kiss Me KateGeorge Sidney1953
2028
High SocietyCharles Walters1956
2032
It Should Happen to YouGeorge Cukor1954
2033
Angel Face1952
2039
I Want to Live!1958
2042
The Girl Can't Help ItFrank Tashlin1956
2045
Friendly PersuasionWilliam Wyler1956
2051
The Phenix City Story1955
2052
The Great Man1956
2053
The Greatest Show on Earth1952
2055
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralJohn Sturges1957
2111
Rancho NotoriousFritz Lang1952
2205
Love in the AfternoonBilly Wilder1957
2329
The Far CountryAnthony Mann1954