The best movies of the 1950s
The top 3 according to 41 votes from people: Vertigo (1958) · Rear Window (1954) · Sunset Boulevard (1950). (Updated Sep 5, 2022.)
The decade of Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Ford and Wilder: from Vertigo and Seven Samurai to Sunset Boulevard and Los Olvidados. The films at the top of the rankings of Diariocrítico and Cinéfilos Frustrados.
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Top 15
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1
Vertigo (1958)
Alfred Hitchcock: an acrophobic detective obsessed with a woman.
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2
Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock: a photographer with a broken leg spies on his neighbours.
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3
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Billy Wilder: a forgotten silent star and a broke screenwriter.
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4
All About Eve (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Bette Davis and an over-ambitious aspiring actress.
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5
Ikiru (1952)
Akira Kurosawa: a bureaucrat with cancer looks for meaning in his life.
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6
Tokyo Story (1953)
Yasujirō Ozu: elderly parents visit their children in Tokyo.
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7
The Searchers (1956)
John Ford: John Wayne spends years searching for his kidnapped niece.
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8
Rashomon (1950)
Akira Kurosawa: a crime told by four witnesses who don't agree.
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9
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sidney Lumet: a jury and a reasonable doubt.
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10
Ugetsu (1953)
Kenji Mizoguchi: two peasants chase fortune during civil war.
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11
Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick: a court martial in the First World War.
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12
Los Olvidados (1950)
Luis Buñuel: street children in Mexico City.
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13
Seven Samurai (1954)
Akira Kurosawa: farmers hire seven samurai against bandits.
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14
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly: Hollywood moves from silent films to talkies.
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15
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles: police corruption on the Mexican border.
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16
North by Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock: Cary Grant mistaken for a spy.
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17
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Ingmar Bergman: a knight plays chess with Death.
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