Top 10 Films of the 1950s

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Here are my picks for the 10 best of the 50's:

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Seven Samurai
3. Vertigo
4. North By North West
5. Sunset Boulevard
6. Rear Window
7. The 400 Blows
8. Tokyo Story
9. Hidden Fortress
10. Rashomon

Honourable Mentions:
- The Searchers
- Touch of Evil
- Throne of Blood
- Dial M for Murder
- Some Like It Hot
- Rio Bravo
- The Killing
- Paths of Glory
- Night of the Hunter
- Roman Holiday

Also looking at the other lists there I have been reminded of some films I really need to get round to seeing like Ikiru and La Strada.



“Hell will hold no surprises for you.”
1. A Streetcar Named Desire
2. The Ten Commandments
3. Harvey
4. Touch of Evil
5. The Night of the Hunter
6. On the Waterfront
7. East of Eden
8. North by Northwest
9. Rear Window
10. Rebel Without A Cause



My favorite films from 1950 (in no particular order)
1. Sunset Boulevard
2. Harvey
3. Strangers on a Train
4. Rear Window
5. Vertigo
6. A Star is Born
7. Dial M for Murder
8. The King and I
9. The Diary of Anne Frank
10. Vertigo



I'm kind of surprised that I'm not in this thread yet. I'm going to bump it, since it is so far back, and then work my list up. I will then start going through these to prepare for the future 50's list.