# The best romance films of the 1950s

The Cranes Are Flying, Floating Clouds, Sunset Boulevard, Imitation of Life, A Place in the Sun and All That Heaven Allows: the 1950s romance films rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

- 9 votes · 15 items
- Feb 3, 2023 · paolo_amatriciana
- https://even.best/en/l/4789/the-best-romance-films-of-the-1950s

## Top 15

1. **Imitation of Life (1959)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Douglas Sirk.
2. **The Cranes Are Flying (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Michail Kalatozov.
3. **Sunset Boulevard (1950)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Billy Wilder.
4. **Some Like It Hot (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Billy Wilder.
5. **All That Heaven Allows (1955)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Douglas Sirk.
6. **On the Waterfront (1954)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Elia Kazan.
7. **Othello (1951)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Orson Welles.
8. **Floating Clouds (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mikio Naruse.
9. **A Place in the Sun (1951)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — George Stevens.
10. **Orpheus (1950)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jean Cocteau.
11. **Some Came Running (1958)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vincente Minnelli.
12. **The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Max Ophüls.
13. **Written on the Wind (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Douglas Sirk.
14. **An Affair to Remember (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Leo McCarey.
15. **East of Eden (1955)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Elia Kazan.

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