Thursday, July 14, 2005
My top 100 films of the 1950s
1. Vertigo
2. Sansho the Bailiff
3. Rear Window
4. All About Eve
5. The Searchers
6. Ugetsu
7. In a Lonely Place
8. Nights of Cabiria
9. A Man Escaped
10. The Seven Samurai
11. Singin’ in the Rain
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
13. Umberto D
14. The World of Apu
15. Sunset Blvd.
16. The 400 Blows
17. The Night of the Hunter
18. Touch of Evil
19. Los Olvidados
20. Les Enfants terribles
21. Wages of Fear
22. On the Waterfront
23. Sweet Smell of Success
24. North by Northwest
25. Pather Panchali
26. Hiroshima, mon amour
27. The Big Heat
28. A Star is Born
29. The Cranes are Flying
30. Ashes and Diamonds
31. Strangers on a Train
32. Rebel Without a Cause
33. A Place in the Sun
34. The Killing
35. The Bad and the Beautiful
36. Rio Bravo
37. Wild Strawberries
38. Night and Fog
39. Kiss Me Deadly
40. The Naked Spur
41. Paths of Glory
42. 12 Angry Men
43. El
44. The Human Condition I
45. Rififi
46. The Importance of Being Earnest
47. Life of Oharu
48. Les Diaboliques
49. Johnny Guitar
50. The River
51. Rashomon
52. The Band Wagon
53. Written on the Wind
54. Winchester ‘73
55. Attack!
56. Madame de…
57. Nazarin
58. Fires on the Plain
59. Night and the City
60. A Streetcare Named Desire
61. The Human Condition II
62. Elevator to the Gallows
63. Bob le flambeur
64. Ride Lonesome
65. Pickup on South Street
66. Smiles of a Summer Night
67. M
68. Tokyo Story
69. The Man from Laramie
70. Some Like It Hot
71. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moore of Venice
72. The Gunfighter
73. Senso
74. Lust for Life
75. A Night to Remember
76. The Far Country
77. Rio Grande
78. The Bridge on the River Kwai
79. The Day the Earth Stood Still
80. The Hidden Fortress
81. Kansas City Confidential
82. Dial M for Murder
83. The Seventh Seal
84. Scaramouche (New: 10/17/05)
85. D.O.A.
86. The Ladykillers
87. The Man Who Knew Too Much
88. Aparajito
89. A Face in the Crowd
90. Hobson’s Choice
91. Diary of a Country Priest
92. Bend of the River
93. 3:10 to Yuma
94. Anatomy of a Murder
95. High Noon
96. Eyes Without a Face
97. Throne of Blood
98. White Nights
99. The Crimson Pirate
100. The Narrow Margin
2. Sansho the Bailiff
3. Rear Window
4. All About Eve
5. The Searchers
6. Ugetsu
7. In a Lonely Place
8. Nights of Cabiria
9. A Man Escaped
10. The Seven Samurai
11. Singin’ in the Rain
12. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
13. Umberto D
14. The World of Apu
15. Sunset Blvd.
16. The 400 Blows
17. The Night of the Hunter
18. Touch of Evil
19. Los Olvidados
20. Les Enfants terribles
21. Wages of Fear
22. On the Waterfront
23. Sweet Smell of Success
24. North by Northwest
25. Pather Panchali
26. Hiroshima, mon amour
27. The Big Heat
28. A Star is Born
29. The Cranes are Flying
30. Ashes and Diamonds
31. Strangers on a Train
32. Rebel Without a Cause
33. A Place in the Sun
34. The Killing
35. The Bad and the Beautiful
36. Rio Bravo
37. Wild Strawberries
38. Night and Fog
39. Kiss Me Deadly
40. The Naked Spur
41. Paths of Glory
42. 12 Angry Men
43. El
44. The Human Condition I
45. Rififi
46. The Importance of Being Earnest
47. Life of Oharu
48. Les Diaboliques
49. Johnny Guitar
50. The River
51. Rashomon
52. The Band Wagon
53. Written on the Wind
54. Winchester ‘73
55. Attack!
56. Madame de…
57. Nazarin
58. Fires on the Plain
59. Night and the City
60. A Streetcare Named Desire
61. The Human Condition II
62. Elevator to the Gallows
63. Bob le flambeur
64. Ride Lonesome
65. Pickup on South Street
66. Smiles of a Summer Night
67. M
68. Tokyo Story
69. The Man from Laramie
70. Some Like It Hot
71. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moore of Venice
72. The Gunfighter
73. Senso
74. Lust for Life
75. A Night to Remember
76. The Far Country
77. Rio Grande
78. The Bridge on the River Kwai
79. The Day the Earth Stood Still
80. The Hidden Fortress
81. Kansas City Confidential
82. Dial M for Murder
83. The Seventh Seal
84. Scaramouche (New: 10/17/05)
85. D.O.A.
86. The Ladykillers
87. The Man Who Knew Too Much
88. Aparajito
89. A Face in the Crowd
90. Hobson’s Choice
91. Diary of a Country Priest
92. Bend of the River
93. 3:10 to Yuma
94. Anatomy of a Murder
95. High Noon
96. Eyes Without a Face
97. Throne of Blood
98. White Nights
99. The Crimson Pirate
100. The Narrow Margin
