Top 20 films of the 1950's POLL

[Abdrewes]

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What are your favorite films from the 1950's? Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll.

#1 Spot is worth 20 points, #2 is worth 19, etc.


The Results:



1. Vertigo 501
2. Rear Window 445
3. Seven Samurai 417
4. North by Northwest 380
5. The Night of the Hunter 283
6. Sunset Blvd. 281
7. 12 Angry Men 249
8. Paths of Glory 247
9. Touch of Evil 244
10. Singin' in the Rain 226
11. Tokyo Story 218
12. On the Waterfront 209
13. The Searchers 206
14. The Seventh Seal 201
15. Ben-Hur 196
16. The Bridge on the River Kwai 187
17. The 400 Blows 168
18. Diabolique 165
19. The Wages of Fear 154
20. The Killing 152

The Rest:

[Show spoiler]
21. All About Eve 151
22. Strangers on a Train 136
23. High Noon 134
23. Some Like It Hot 134
25. The African Queen 129
26. The Ten Commandments 128
27. The Day the Earth Stood Still 118
28. Rio Bravo 117
29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 116
30. Ikiru 99
31. Rashomon 98
31. Rebel Without a Cause 98
33. Wild Strawberries 95
34. Dial M for Murder 93
35. Godzilla 89
36. A Streetcar Named Desire 82
37. Sweet Smell of Success 78
38. Nights of Cabiria 75
39. Anatomy of a Murder 72
39. The Creature From the Black Lagoon 72
41. Sansho the Bailiff 68
42. Harvey 66
43. Witness for the Prosecution 65
44. The Horror of Dracula 64
45. Rififi 62
46. Roman Holiday 60
46. Throne of Blood 60
48. In a Lonely Place 59
49. The Quiet Man 58
50. The Ladykillers 57
50. Sleeping Beauty 57
The Big Heat 56
Ugetsu Monogatari 56
Elevator to the Gallows 55
Orpheus 54
Kiss Me Deadly 53
Them! 53
A Night to Remember 50
The Asphalt Jungle 49
Giant 49
The Big Country 47
Bob le Flambeur 47
Pather Panchali 46
Hiroshima mon Amour 45
Shane 45
Alice in Wonderland 44
The Hidden Fortress 44
A Man Escaped 44
Curse of Frankenstein 42
Forbidden Planet 42
The Caine Mutiny 40
The Human Condition 37
Night and Fog 37
Summer Interlude 36
Sabrina 35
The Music Room 34
Lady and the Tramp 33
Lola Montès 32
The Fly 30
Mister Roberts 30
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 29
My Son John 29
Ordet 29
Ashes and Diamonds 28
Bad Day at Black Rock 28
The Life of Oharu 28
Stalag 17 28
From Here to Eternity 27
Mon Oncle 27
The War of the Worlds 27
The Earrings of Madame de... 25
Bigger Than Life 24
Funny Face 24
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 24
La Strada 24
I Vitelloni 24
The Man Who Knew Too Much 23
Curse/Night Of The Demon 21
Pickup on South Street 21
Written on the Wind 21
Li'l Abner 20
Guys and Dolls 19
The Importance of Being Earnest 19
The Seven Year Itch 19
The Sun Shines Bright 19
Auntie Mame 18
The King and I 18
The Lavender Hill Mob 18
Smiles of a Summer Night 18
Stars In My Crown 18
The Thing From Another World 18
Ace in the Hole 17
Bell, Book and Candle 17
Quo Vadis 17
South Pacific 17
Suddenly, Last Summer 17
Summer With Monika 17
The World of Apu 17
Abandon Ship 16
Earth vs, the Flying Saucers 16
Gigi 16
House on Haunted Hill 16
State Secret 16
Umberto D. 16
Black Orpheus 15
Fiend without a Face 15
I Live in Fear 15
Johnny Guitar 15
Love in the Afternoon 15
The Naked Spur 15
The Shaggy Dog 15
20 Million Miles to Earth 14
The Defiant Ones 14
Father of the Bride 14
Hell Drivers 14
The Incredible Shrinking Man 14
Los Olvidados 14
Rio Grande 14
Summertime 14
The Trouble With Harry 14
Annie Get Your Gun 13
Breathless 13
The Cranes are Flying 13
Crimson Kimono 13
Night and the City 13
1984 (1956) 12
The Crawling Eye 12
To Catch a Thief 12
3:10 to Yuma 11
The Blob 11
Floating Clouds 11
Good Morning 11
Imitation of Life 11
Pickpocket 11
An Affair to Remember 10
The Bad Seed 10
Il Generale della Rovere 10
Giants and Toys10
Kiss Me Kate 10
1984 (1954) 9
Across The Bridge 9
The Beast from 20000 Fathoms 9
Cinderella 9
Fourteen Hours 9
Gun Crazy 9
The Hound of the Baskervilles 9
Oklahoma! 9
All I Desire 8
The Burmese Harp 8
Calamity Jane 8
Damn Yankees 8
Fires on the Plain 8
Kansas City Confidential 8
Moby Dick 8
The Red Balloon 8
The Wild One 8
The Ballad of Narayama 7
A Face in the Crowd 7
House of Wax 7
Pillow Talk 7
The Quatermass Xperiment 7
The Tarnished Angels 7
Titanic 7
Dementia 6
The Girl Can't Help It 6
It Came From Beneath the Sea 6
Moonfleet 6
Peter Pan 6
Winchester '73. 6
The Bad and the Beautiful 5
Le Beau Serge 5
The Country Girl 5
East of Eden 5
Kanal 5
Picnic 5
Born Yesterday 4
The Catered Affair 4
Crime Wave 4
Floating Weeds 4
Forty Guns 4
The Last Hurrah 4
Old Yeller 4
Othello 4
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 3
23 Paces To Baker Street 3
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T 3
American in Paris 3
Compulsion 3
The Giant Behemoth 3
The Gunfighter 3
It Should Happen to You 3
The Man From Laramie 3
Martin Luther 3
A Raisin in the Sun 3
Seven Men From Now 3
A Star is Born 3
Broken Arrow 2
Carve Her Name with Pride 2
The Fabulous World Of Jules Verne 2
The Magician 2
My Sister Eileen 2
Niagara 2
The Rickshaw Man 2
Around the World in 80 Days 1
Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N. 1
O Drakos 1
Endless Desire 1
The Harder They Fall 1
Invaders From Mars 1
Journey to the Center of the Earth 1
Jubal 1
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1
Monkey Business 1
The Samurai Trilogy 1
Tales of Hoffmann 1
Three Coins in a Fountain 1
X: The Unknown 1

My List:

1. Tokyo Story
2. Vertigo
3. Singing in the Rain
4. Ikiru
5. Bridge on River Kwai
6. Lola Montes
7. The Music Room
8. All about Eve
9. Night and Fog
10. Sunset Boulevard
11. Hiroshima mon Amour
12. Umberto D.
13. Ordet
14. Rashomon
15. Madame De.
16. In a Lonely Place
17. On the Waterfront
18. Ugetsu Monogatari
19. Night of the Hunter
20. Touch of Evil

[Judex]

I'm pretty sure Eyes Without a Face is 1960.

I could easily fill 10 places with Kenji Mizoguchi films.

[MifuneFan]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Ben-Hur
3. The Ten Commandments
4. The Searchers
5. Vertigo
6. 12 Angry Men
7. Gojira/Godzilla
8. Rio Bravo
9. Tokyo Story
10.. Paths of Glory
11. On the Waterfront
12. The Hidden Fortress
13. Sunset Blvd.
14. The Day the Earth Stood Still
15. Touch of Evil
16. North by Northwest
17. Floating Weeds (Ukigusa)
18. Giant
19. Witness for the Prosecution
20. All about Eve

This is a near impossible task. The 50's had so many great movies, and it's hard to really rank them. I'm sure my ranking aove would change with my mood. I tried to mix it up a little, as I could easily fill it up with many of Kurosawa's and Hitchcock's work

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Judex

I'm pretty sure Eyes Without a Face is 1960.

I could easily fill 10 places with Kenji Mizoguchi films.

You're right. It was released on March 1960.

[The Great Owl]

The Great Owl's Top 20 Films of the 1950s

1. Rear Window
2. Vertigo
3. North by Northwest
4. The Night of the Hunter
5. The Wages of Fear
6. Strangers on a Train
7. 12 Angry Men
8. Diabolique
9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
10. Seven Samurai
11. Bob Le Flambeur
12. Rio Bravo
13. The Searchers
14. To Catch a Thief
15. The Big Heat
16. Dial M for Murder
17. High Noon
18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
19. On the Waterfront
20. Creature from the Black Lagoon


This was a tough list, and I'm leaving out twice as many great movies as I've included.

[Scottie]

Something along the lines of this (there may be a few that will switch, but it's generally this order).

01. All About Eve
02. 12 Angry Men
03. Vertigo
04. Rear Window
05. Diabolique
06. The Night Of The Hunter
07. The Trouble With Harry
08. On The Waterfront
09. A Man Escaped
10. The 400 Blows
11. The Killing
12. The African Queen
13. Dial M For Murder
14. Bigger Than Life
15. Anatomy Of A Murder
16. Alice In Wonderland
17. The Wages Of Fear
18. Harvey
19. Rashômon
20. The Big Heat

Other Films That I've Seen That Did Not Make The List

[Show spoiler]An Affair To Remember
The Blob
Cinderella
High Noon
Kiss Me Deadly
Lady And The Tramp
The Man Who Knew Too Much
North By Northwest
Old Yeller
Paths Of Glory
Peter Pan
The Seventh Seal
Sleeping Beauty
Strangers On A Train
Sweet Smell Of Success
To Catch A Thief

Films That I Own From The 1950s But Have Not Seen Yet (Excludes Pre-Orders)

[Show spoiler]3:10 To Yuma
Ace In The Hole (DVD)
Ballad Of Narayama
Le Beau Serge
Bell, Book, And Candle
Black Orpheus
Bridge On The River Kwai
Bus Stop
By Brakhage: An Anthology
Les Cousins
Creature From The Black Lagoon
Diary Of Anna Frank
Earrings Of Madame De...
Enforcer
Gate Of Hell
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Godzilla
How To Marry A Millionaire
Jubal
Letter Never Sent
Life Of Oharu
Lola Montes
Magician
Music Room
Niagra
Night And Fog (DVD)
Night To Remember
Orpheus
Richard III
River Of No Return
Samurai Trilogy
Sansho The Bailiff
Senso
Seven Samurai
Seven Year Itch
Smiles Of A Summer Night
Some Like It Hot
Streetcar Named Desire
Summer Interlude
Summer With Monika
Sunset Boulevard
There's No Business Like Show Business
Umberto D.
Wild Strawberries

[dsman71]

Godzilla
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rear Window
Them
Fiend without a Face
7th Voyage of Sinbad
Curse of Frankenstein
The Crawling Eye
12 Angry Men
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Beast from 20000 Fathoms
The African Queen
The Quatermass Experiment
Anatomy of A Murder
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The War of the Worlds
The Giant Behemoth
Kiss Me Deadly
Journey to the Center of the Earth

There are so many to choose from, and Im a big monster movie and horror fan
Honorable mention :
An Affair to Remember
The Beast from 20000 Fathoms
The Bad Seed
The Fly
The Thing from Another World
X the Unknown
Strangers on a Train
Some Like it Hot
It Came From Beneath the Sea
It Came from Outer Space
It Conquered the World
It the Terror from Beyond Space

[cinemaphile]

ugh... once again I'll have to sit this one out. I keep hitting a wall after about 8 or 9 titles. Really scraping to find enough that I like. Just not very many good films in the 50's (or 40's) in my opinion.

I guess I should start now looking at 60's lists. That one might come closer, and I'm sure 70's and beyond I have plenty.

[Musicguy]

1 Li'l Abner (Sentimental Reasons)
2 Mister Roberts
3 Auntie Mame
4 The Big Country
5 Twelve Angry Men
6 A Streetcar Named Desire
7 Gigi
8 Annie Get Your Gun
9 Anatomy of a Murder
10 Bridge on the River Kwai
11 Kiss Me Kate
12 Oklahoma!
13 Damn Yankees
14 Funny Face
15 Orpheus (Cocteua)
16 Sabrina
17 Born Yesterday
18 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
19 My Sister Eileen
20 Roman Holiday

[Abdrewes]

Scott, nows the best time to check some of those out I've got a few unseen Olive 1950's titles, but I don't expect them to even come close to my top picks.

[Show spoiler]Cyrano De Bergerac
The File on Thelma Jordan
Crashout
China Gate

[30hertzrumble]

This was a hard m'f'ing list. I was shocked at five I had to leave off. My apologies to House of Wax, Rififi, Bob le Fambeur, and a couple Hitchcocks.

1. Harvey
2. Vertigo
3. Rio Bravo
4. Mon Oncle
5. Rear Window
6. Throne of Blood
7. The Horror of Dracula
8. On the Waterfront
9. Anatomy of a Murder
10. The Seventh Seal
11. Them!
12. Dial M for Murder
13. I Vitelloni
14. A Man Escaped
15. Ladykillers
16. Night of the Hunter
17. North by Northwest
18. Seven Samurai
19. Winchester 73
20. Singin' in the Rain

[Andrew13]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Diabolique
3. Sansho the Bailiff
4. The Seventh Seal
5. The Wages of Fear
6. North by Northwest
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Wild Strawberries
9. Anatomy of a Murder
10. Vertigo
11. Rashomon
12. Paths of Glory
13. Strangers on a Train
14. Sweet Smell of Success
15. The 400 Blows
16. On the Waterfront
17. 12 Angry Men
18. Summer with Monika
19. Summer Interlude
20. The Killing

[jetthead]

I have a general idea of the films for this poll, it's just the ordering that I have to contemplate. Thus, it may change a bit over the next month.

Films by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock make up half my list.

01) Vertigo (1958)
02) Seven Samurai (1954)
03) Rear Window (1954)
04) The Big Heat (1953)
05) Touch of Evil (1958)
06) North by Northwest (1959)
07) The Searchers (1956)
08) The Night of the Hunter (1955)
09) Rashômon (1950)
10) On the Waterfront (1954)
11) The African Queen (1951)
12) High Noon (1952)
13) Singin' in the Rain (1952)
14) The Quiet Man (1952)
15) The Hidden Fortress (1958)
16) Throne of Blood (1957)
17) Rio Bravo (1959)
18) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1954)
19) Niagara (1953)
20) Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

[kpkelley]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. The Seventh Seal
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai
5. Some Like it Hot
6. Sleeping Beauty
7. All About Eve
8. The Ten Commandments
9. Ben-Hur
10. North by Northwest
11. Wild Strawberries
12. The Night of the Hunter
13. Fires on the Plain
14. Anatomy of a Murder
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still
16. Nights of Cabiria
17. The Wages of Fear
18. American in Paris
19. The Searchers
20. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Scott, nows the best time to check some of those out I've got a few unseen Olive 1950's titles, but I don't expect them to even come close to my top picks.

[Show spoiler]Cyrano De Bergerac
The File on Thelma Jordan
Crashout
China Gate

I feel ya haha

[Gerby]

1. Rear Window
2. Night Of The Hunter
3. North By Northwest
4. The Ladykillers
5. Abandon Ship
6. The Naked Spur
7. Hell Drivers
8. Touch Of Evil
9. Paths Of Glory
10. A Man Escaped
11. The Wages Of Fear
12. Across The Bridge
13. The Lavender Hill Mob
14. Curse/Night Of The Demon
15. Diabolique
16. Rio Bravo
17. 3:10 To Yuma
18. 23 Paces To Baker Street
19. The Fabulous World Of Jules Verne
20. Invaders From Mars

This was such a hard decade to whittle down to 20!
Honourable Mentions:
Sunset Boulevard
Some Like It Hot
Ace In The Hole
Man Of The West
Winchester '73
A Face In the Crowd
Bad Day At Black Rock
Edge Of The City
7 Men From Now
Creature From The Black Lagoon

[Chrysagon]

1. Sunset Blvd.
2. Ben-Hur
3. Seven Samurai
4. The Ten Commandments
5. Orpheus (Cocteau)
6. Singin' in the Rain
7. Vertigo
8. On the Waterfront
9. A Streecar Named Desire
10. 12 Angry Men
11. The Searchers
12. Rashômon
13. The Day the Earth Stood Still
14. North by Northwest
15. All About Eve
16. The African Queen
17. High Noon
18. The Big Country
19. The Seven Year Itch
20. Roman Holiday

[Abdrewes]

Some phenomenal westerns there, Gerby. Did you consider 'Ride Lonesome'? That's my favorite western from the decade.

[Gerby]

I've not actually seen 'Ride Lonesome'...I will check it out

Edit - actually I'm lying I have seen it, it's on the Budd Boetticher box set, just can't remember it well enough. I liked 'The Tall T' the most from that box set.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

1. Seven Samurai
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. The Seventh Seal
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai
5. Some Like it Hot
6. Sleeping Beauty
7. All About Eve
8. The Ten Commandments
9. Ben-Hur
10. North by Northwest
11. Wild Strawberries
12. The Night of the Hunter
13. Fires on the Plain
14. Anatomy of a Murder
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still
16. Nights of Cabiria
17. The Wages of Fear
18. American in Paris
19. The Searchers
20. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

+1 for Nights of Cabiria. I should have included that one too. I wish that would come out on Blu-ray, it's probably my favorite Fellini film.