[Beckford]

Had my list of 50's faves all ready in case you went there. Once we get into the 40's and 50's you're in my home territory. So please forgive the length of the honorable mentions. It could have gone on a lot longer.

My Personal Favorites

1. GUN CRAZY(‘50-Joseph H. Lewis) Peggy Cummins, John Dall
2. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS(‘51-Vincente Minnelli) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron,
3. THE BAND WAGON(‘53-Vincente Minnelli) Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse
4. CALAMITY JANE(‘53-David Butler) Doris Day, Howard Keel
5. DANGEROUS WHEN WET(’53-Charles Walters) Esther Williams
6. SHANE(‘53-George Stevens) Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Brandon de Wilde
7. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER(’55-Charles Laughton) Robert Mitchum
8. THE BELLE OF NEW YORK(‘52-Charles Walters) Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen
9. ROCKETSHIP X-M(‘50-Kurt Neumann) Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen
10. BACK FROM ETERNITY(’56-John Farrow) Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg
11. OTHELLO(‘52-Orson Welles) Orson Welles, Michael MacLiammoir
12. THUNDER IN THE EAST(‘53-Charles Vidor) Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr
13. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS(’56-Cecil B. De Mille) Charlton Heston
14. THE SEARCHERS(’56-John Ford) John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter
15. DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK(’52-Roy Ward Baker) Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark
16. SEVEN MEN FROM NOW(’56-Budd Boetticher) Randolph Scott
17. THE VIKINGS(’58-Richard Fleischer) Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis
18. RIVER OF NO RETURN(’54-Otto Preminger) Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum
19. THIS ISLAND EARTH(55-Joseph M. Newman) Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow
20. GIVE A GIRL A BREAK(‘53-Stanley Donen) Marge & Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds
21. JIVARO(‘54-Edward Ludwig) Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming
22. WESTWARD THE WOMEN(‘51-William Wellman) Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel
23. CAGED!('50-John Cromwell) Eleanor Parker, Hope Emerson
24. IL LADRO DI VENEZIA('50-John Brahm) Maria Montez, Paul Christian
25. LAND OF THE PHARAOHS('55-Howard Hawks) Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins

Honorable mention (chronological)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE(‘50-John Huston)
GONE TO EARTH(’50-Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
LAST HOLIDAY(’50-Henry Cass)
MYSTERY STREET(‘50-John Sturges)
NO WAY OUT(’50-Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
PRELUDE TO FAME(’50-Fergus McDonell)
SHADOW ON THE WALL(’50-Patrick Jackson)
STROMBOLI(’50-Roberto Rossellini)
SUNSET BOULEVARD(’50-Billy Wilder)
THREE LITTLE WORDS(’50-Richard Thorpe)
TREASURE ISLAND('50-Byron Haskin)
TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE(’50-Roy Rowland)
WAGON MASTER(‘50-John Ford)
WHERE DANGER LIVES(‘50-John Farrow)
WINCHESTER ‘73(‘50-Anthony Mann)
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN(’51-Charles Lamont)
THE LAST OUTPOST(‘51-Lewis R. Foster)
DETECTIVE STORY(‘51-William Wyler)
FLAME OF ARABY('51-Charles Lamont)
POOL OF LONDON(’51-Basil Dearden)
THE PROWLER('51-Joseph Losey)
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE(’51-John Huston)
RICH, YOUNG AND PRETTY(’51-Norman Taurog)
STORM WARNING(’51-Stuart Heisler)
AARON SLICK FROM PUNKIN CRICK(Paramount-Claude Binyon)
ALADDIN AND HIS LAMP(’52-Lew Landers)
THE BRIGAND(’52-Phil Karlson)
BWANA DEVIL(’52-Arch Oboler)
HIGH NOON('52-Fred Zinnemann)
RED PLANET MARS(’52-Harry Horner)
EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS(’52-Robert Z. Leonard)
FORBIDDEN GAMES(’52-Rene Clement)
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL/(’52-Douglas Sirk)
HONG KONG(’52-Lewis R. Foster)
HUNTED(‘52-Charles Crichton)
LA REGINA DI SABA(’52-Pietro Francisci)
LE PLAISIR(’52-Max Ophuls)
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING('52-Fred Zinnemann)
THE MERRY WIDOW(’52-Curtis Bernhardt)
THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD(‘52-Ken Annakin)
ABBOTT & COSTELLO GO TO MARS(’53-Charles Lamont)
THE BIG HEAT('53-Fritz Lang)
THE DIAMOND QUEEN('53-John Brahm)
THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE(‘53-Henry Levin)
LA RED(‘53-Emilio Rodriguez)
MEET MR. LUCIFER(’53-Anthony Pelissier)
NEVER LET ME GO(‘53-Delmer Daves)
NIAGARA(‘53-Henry Hathaway)
SERPENT OF THE NILE(‘53-William Castle)
THE SQUARE RING(’53-Basil Dearden)
TITANIC(‘53-Jean Negulesco)
UGETSU MONOGATARI('53-Kenji Mizoguchi)
THE BATTLE OF ROGUE RIVER(’54-William Castle)
ELEPHANT WALK('54-William Dieterle)
FAST AND LOOSE(’54-Gordon Parry)
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG(’54-Lewis Gilbert)
THE SILVER CHALICE(’54-Victor Saville)
LA STRADA(’54-Federico Fellini)
THE NAKED JUNGLE(’54-Byron Haskin)
SECRET OF THE INCAS(’54-Jerry Hopper)
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS(’54-Walter Lang)
THE BIG COMBO('55-Joseph H. Lewis)
CAST A DARK SHADOW(’55-Lewis Gilbert)
JUPITER’S DARLING(’55-George Sidney)
OKLAHOMA!('55-Fred Zinnemann)
THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT(’55-Val Guest)
THREE FOR THE SHOW(’55-Henry Levin)
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US(’56-John Sherwood)
DECISION AT SUNDOWN(’56-Budd Boetticher)
GERVAISE(’56-Rene Clement)
HELEN OF TROY(’56-Robert Wise)
THE KILLING('56-Stanley Kubrick)
THE KING AND FOUR QUEENS(’56-Raoul Walsh)
TIME TABLE(’56-Mark Stevens)
THE BLACK SCORPION('57-Edward Ludwig)
BOY ON A DOLPHIN(’57-Jean Negulesco)
THE BURGLAR('57-Paul Wendkos)
GUNSIGHT RIDGE(’57-Francis D. Lyon)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN(’57-Jack Arnold)
LET’S BE HAPPY(’57-Henry Levin)
THE MONOLITH MONSTERS(’57-John Sherwood)
NIGHT OF THE DEMON('57-Jacques Tourneur)
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY(’57-Roy Ward Baker)
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS(’57-Jack Lee)
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN(’58-Nathan Juran)
THE BIG COUNTRY(’58-William Wyler)
BONJOUR TRISTESSE(’58-Otto Preminger)
THE CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN(’58-Paul Wendkos)
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS(’58-Louis Malle)
THE GIRL MOST LIKELY(’58-Mitchell Leisen)
I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE(’58-Gene Fowler Jr)
MURDER BY CONTRACT(’58-Irving Lerner)
TOUCH OF EVIL(’58-Orson Welles)
VERTIGO(’58-Alfred Hitchcock)
BEN-HUR(’59-William Wyler)
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH(’59-Henry Levin)
LE LEGIONI DI CLEOPATRA(’59-Vittorio Cottafavi)
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT(’59-Delbert Mann)
NO NAME ON THE BULLET(’59-Jack Arnold)
RIDE LONESOME(’59-Budd Boetticher)