The best crime films of the 1950s
The top 3 according to 1,166 votes from people: Rear Window (1954) · Los Olvidados (1950) · North by Northwest (1959). (Updated Jan 25, 2023.)
Rear Window, North by Northwest, Los Olvidados, Dial M for Murder, Night and the City, On the Waterfront and Anatomy of a Murder: the 1950s crime films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.
Top 15
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1
Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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2
Los Olvidados (1950)
Luis Buñuel.
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3
North by Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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4
Night and the City (1950)
Jules Dassin.
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5
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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6
M (1951)
Joseph Losey.
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7
The Big Heat (1953)
Fritz Lang.
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8
On the Waterfront (1954)
Elia Kazan.
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9
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Otto Preminger.
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10
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston.
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11
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Otto Preminger.
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12
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock.
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13
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Billy Wilder.
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14
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Samuel Fuller.
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15
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nicholas Ray.
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Comments (3)
Nice to see Los Olvidados here, Buñuel's Mexican period gets overlooked so often.
Night and the City deserves way more attention. Richard Widmark running through London at night is pure noir.
In a Lonely Place might be Bogart's best performance, and it's barely a crime film really.