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Best Movies of the '50s

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Top 100 movies of the 50s decade rated on FilmAffinity

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12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men

1957

Sidney Lumet

Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden ...

8.7

74,972
2

Witness for the Prosecution Witness for the Prosecution

1957

Billy Wilder

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton ...

8.6

47,376
3

Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard

1950

Billy Wilder

William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim ...

8.5

49,028
4

Paths of Glory Paths of Glory

1957

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou ...

8.4

58,769
5

All About Eve All About Eve

1950

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders ...

8.4

37,268
6

Seven Samurai Seven Samurai

1954

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba ...

8.4

44,629
7

Los olvidados Los olvidados

1950

Luis Buñuel

Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alfonso Mejía ...

8.3

15,431
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Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot

1959

Billy Wilder

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis ...

8.3

85,247
9

To Live To Live

1952

Akira Kurosawa

Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyôko Seki ...

8.3

12,952
10

Sansho the Bailiff Sansho the Bailiff

1954

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayaki, Kyôko Kagawa ...

8.2

6,553
11

North by Northwest North by Northwest

1959

Alfred Hitchcock

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason ...

8.2

72,410
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Limelight Limelight

1952

Charles Chaplin

Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce ...

8.2

14,605
13

Tokyo Story Tokyo Story

1953

Yasujirō Ozu

Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara ...

8.2

13,616
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Vertigo Vertigo

1958

Alfred Hitchcock

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Henry Jones ...

8.2

74,353
15

Ordet (The Word) Ordet (The Word)

1955

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye ...

8.2

12,491
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Rear Window Rear Window

1954

Alfred Hitchcock

James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter ...

8.2

80,691
17

The World of Apu The World of Apu

1959

Satyajit Ray

Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty ...

8.2

4,698
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Pather Panchali Pather Panchali

1955

Satyajit Ray

Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Uma Das Gupta ...

8.2

6,883
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Nights of Cabiria Nights of Cabiria

1957

Federico Fellini

Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Amedeo Nazzari ...

8.2

9,656
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Dial M for Murder Dial M for Murder

1954

Alfred Hitchcock

Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings ...

8.2

30,508
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Touch of Evil Touch of Evil

1958

Orson Welles

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles ...

8.1

32,018
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A Man Escaped A Man Escaped

1956

Robert Bresson

François Leterrier, Roland Monod, Charles Le Clainche ...

8.1

9,945
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Ugetsu monogatari Ugetsu monogatari

1953

Kenji Mizoguchi

Machiko Kyô, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka ...

8.1

10,399
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La Strada La Strada

1954

Federico Fellini

Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart ...

8.1

14,013
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Aparajito (The Unvanquished) Aparajito (The Unvanquished)

1956

Satyajit Ray

Kali Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Pinaki Sengupta ...

8.1

4,509
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Umberto D. Umberto D.

1952

Vittorio De Sica

Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari ...

8.1

8,840
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The Big Heat The Big Heat

1953

Fritz Lang

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin ...

8.1

12,547
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Singin' in the Rain Singin' in the Rain

1952

Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly, Donald O´Connor, Debbie Reynolds ...

8.1

50,570
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The Wages of Fear The Wages of Fear

1953

H.G. Clouzot

Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Véra Clouzot ...

8.1

11,014
30

The Night of the Hunter The Night of the Hunter

1955

Charles Laughton

Robert Mitchum, Billy Chapin, Sally Ann Bruce ...

8.1

33,494

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Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima Ghost of Tsushima

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United States

2020

8.1

754

Historias de fútbol

Historias de fútbol Historias de fútbol

Chile

1997

6.2

319

Cold Blooded Beast

Cold Blooded Beast Cold Blooded Beast

Italy

1971

4.0

159

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted Palace The Haunted Palace

United States

1963

6.4

1,474

Ozzy Osbourne: Dreamer (Music Video)

Ozzy Osbourne: Dreamer Ozzy Osbourne: Dreamer

music video

United States

2002

5.6

76

Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (TV)

Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection

animationTV

Japan

2001

6.4

44

Untitled Call of Duty Film

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2028

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Spain

2013

4.9

23

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United Kingdom

2019

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Dial a Prayer Dial a Prayer

United States

2015

4.6

25

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