10: The Ten Commandments 9: Tokyo Story 8: Rear Window 7: Paths of Glory 6: Singin’ in the Rain 5: On the Waterfront 4: Bridge on the River Kwai 3: Ben-Hur 2: Vertigo 1: Seven Samurai
Here is my updated list of the ten best films, I have seen thus far from the 1950s: 10-"No Way Out" (1950) 9-"Othello" (1951) 8-"Carrie" (1952) 7-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) 6-"Paths of Glory" (1957) 5-"Detective Story" (1951) 4-"East of Eden" (1955) 3-"On the Waterfront" (1954) 2-"Julius Caesar" (1953) 1-"Ben-Hur" (1959) Honerable Mentions: "Richard III" (1955), "Not as a Stranger" (1955), "Touch of Evil" (1958), "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959), "Giant" (1956), "All About Eve" (1950) and "Limelight" (1952)
Who are we missing: Strangers on a Train, Rashomon, Umberto D, Wild Strawberries, Kiss Me Deadly, Aparajito, Rio Bravo, which are among my favourites personally. Others that I was shocked to see not make the list include The Seventh Seal, A Streetcar Named Desire, and From Here to Eternity.
This is the only list including Pather Panchali. Actually, people don't include it as they don't know it. It's one of the most precious gems in cinema, but it's hidden (underrated). I'm glad that you've watched it. The other two movies of the Apu trilogy too, are incredible
My Top 10 10. 12 Angry Men 9. The Ten Commandments 8. The Caine Mutiny 7. Rebel Without A Cause 6. The African Queen 5. High Noon 4. Shane 3. Vertigo 2. The Day The Earth Stood Still 1. The Searchers
1.12 Angry Men 2.Rear Window 3.North By Northwest 4.Rashomon 5.Bridge On The River Kwai 6.On The Waterfront 7.Seventh Seal 8.Vertigo 9.Night of The Hunter 10.Seven Samurai
Just great and thank you so much for this list. I have still to discover films of this era; I thought I had seen already some of the best, but still there are treasures to discover. Missing Charly Chaplin's genious films. However, there is a subjective part in the choice of films and the background knowledge which make us to appreciate a film and the emotions procured to each person is so different.
+gallantrycross There are still great movies.People just don't appreciate them as much. King's Speech,Inception,Midnight In Paris,Django Unchained,Les Miserables,Her,Wolf of Wall Street,12 Years A Slave,Birdman,Whiplash,Interstellar,Grand Budapest Hotel,Hateful Eight,Bridge of Spies,Room,Spotlight ....just to name a few of the great movies of this decade
They made some great movies in the 50's because Hollywood realized it had to compete with television. And "Giant" should be a lot closer to number one than it is on that list.
IMHO I would add "sudden fear" with Jack palance and Joan Crawford to that list, lots of twists and turns with great acting. "Suddenly last summer" with the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Cliff, and Niagra with Marilyn Monroe .
There are some omissions. Ingmar Bergman appeared only once: Smiles of a summer night. What about The seventh seal (1957), Wild strawberries (1958), The virgin spring (1959)? Both The seventh seal and Wils strawberries are superior to Smiles of a summer night. A streetcar named desire was not in the list. Why? A place in the sun was not in the list either.
Hello! It is me again!... 16 hours ago I wrote a comment that is WRONG... YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT..."THE BEAUTIFUL - LIMELIGHT- (THE OLD CLOWN AND THE YOUNG DANCER) WAS MADE IN THE FIFTIES... BUONAFORTUNA AND STAY WELL!...
I started out thinking this list had potential. Then things started to break down. Then I saw Creature from the Black Lagoon included and Forbidden Planet not included. Also, there is obviously room for many opinions but leaving out Rashomon is just a sin.
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like I said I get to watch all old movies on cable lots of them love em lizard Taylor received one million dollors for cleoprata she said pay me or no movie now they get billion for stupid acting
CONGRATULATIONS!... FOR THE FIRST TIME THE CHOISE WAS NOT "ONLY AMERICAN MOVIES"... I THINK, ALTHOUG I DO NOT AGREE WITH SOME POSITIONS ( FOR EXAMPLE: VERTIGO IN 1º...) THAT THE PERSON WHO DID THIS CHOICE WAS "HONEST"...I DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS "AMERDICAN"...
Ivanhoe didnot deserve to be in the list. Liz Taylor looked the most beautiful in her entire career n it was a classic glamorous movie with supporting caste of Eva Gabour n the gorgeous youmg Roger Moore who looked as beautiful as Liz. Based on F Scott Fitzerlands life the only sore point was an outdated over the hill funny looking hero Van Johnson Uv left our Quo Vadis n Streetcar named Desire far better than most im yr list
To Catch A Thief, High Society, The Pride And The Passion, Twelve O'clock High, The Young Philadelphians, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, And God Created Woman, The King And I, The Three Faces Of Eve, Witness For The Prosecution, The Vikings, = not one of these made the list. Vertigo is not even Hitchcock's best movie of the decade. East Of Eden to be ranked above Some Like It Hot is a joke.
I appreciate your inclusion of several of the many great Japanese movies of the time but I think you ignored a number of the best of them such as Rashomon. Also unfortunate is the chronic overrating of Vertigo.
I wrote that I few years ago, and deeply regret it to be honest. I guess I was disappointed that certain movies like 12 Angry Men and On the Waterfront were lower on the list, but after watching the movies that were ranked higher than them, like the incredible Tokyo Story, I regret saying that this list sucks, cause that’s not true at all, in fact, it’s the polar opposite, it’s a fantastic ranking for these excellent movies.
Vertigo numero uno? OOO --- I don't think so. The least best of Hitchcock's best is maybe worth a number, 000, I don't know -- maybe something like -- not even on the list.
10: The Ten Commandments
9: Tokyo Story
8: Rear Window
7: Paths of Glory
6: Singin’ in the Rain
5: On the Waterfront
4: Bridge on the River Kwai
3: Ben-Hur
2: Vertigo
1: Seven Samurai
Here is my updated list of the ten best films, I have seen thus far from the 1950s:
10-"No Way Out" (1950)
9-"Othello" (1951)
8-"Carrie" (1952)
7-"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
6-"Paths of Glory" (1957)
5-"Detective Story" (1951)
4-"East of Eden" (1955)
3-"On the Waterfront" (1954)
2-"Julius Caesar" (1953)
1-"Ben-Hur" (1959)
Honerable Mentions:
"Richard III" (1955), "Not as a Stranger" (1955), "Touch of Evil" (1958), "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959), "Giant" (1956), "All About Eve" (1950) and "Limelight" (1952)
I think you should watch Pather Panchali, Seven Samurai, Vertigo, Singing in the Rain, Aparajito, Rashomon - all these.
However your list isn't bad.
Who are we missing: Strangers on a Train, Rashomon, Umberto D, Wild Strawberries, Kiss Me Deadly, Aparajito, Rio Bravo, which are among my favourites personally. Others that I was shocked to see not make the list include The Seventh Seal, A Streetcar Named Desire, and From Here to Eternity.
I would add Auntie Mame
ABALLAM3 Not every movie can make the list
@@marcusfairweather9432 okay but all these are very good movies
Quite disappointed A Streetcar Named Desire isn't in there, easily one of the best five of the decade!
This is the only list including Pather Panchali. Actually, people don't include it as they don't know it. It's one of the most precious gems in cinema, but it's hidden (underrated). I'm glad that you've watched it.
The other two movies of the Apu trilogy too, are incredible
I just love all movies. I love them all. I definitely will not whinge.
My Top 10
10. 12 Angry Men
9. The Ten Commandments
8. The Caine Mutiny
7. Rebel Without A Cause
6. The African Queen
5. High Noon
4. Shane
3. Vertigo
2. The Day The Earth Stood Still
1. The Searchers
I searched videos for best 1950s movies after watching The Ten Commandments
1.12 Angry Men
2.Rear Window
3.North By Northwest
4.Rashomon
5.Bridge On The River Kwai
6.On The Waterfront
7.Seventh Seal
8.Vertigo
9.Night of The Hunter
10.Seven Samurai
I like your list better!
Just great and thank you so much for this list. I have still to discover films of this era; I thought I had seen already some of the best, but still there are treasures to discover. Missing Charly Chaplin's genious films.
However, there is a subjective part in the choice of films and the background knowledge which make us to appreciate a film and the emotions procured to each person is so different.
They made a lot of good movies in the 1950's. Now all we have is Junk Cinema.
gallantrycross Got that right.
+mengutimur seems lazier , but gone girl and therory of everything was great , cinderella manged to be sweet movie fun and intot he woods was greta
+gallantrycross There are still great movies.People just don't appreciate them as much.
King's Speech,Inception,Midnight In Paris,Django Unchained,Les Miserables,Her,Wolf of Wall Street,12 Years A Slave,Birdman,Whiplash,Interstellar,Grand Budapest Hotel,Hateful Eight,Bridge of Spies,Room,Spotlight ....just to name a few of the great movies of this decade
You are so right. I only watch these old movies, do not even like the new ones and so I never watch them?
99% of the movies today are junk. They are just made for the idiots of today who don't know what a good movie really is.
They made some great movies in the 50's because Hollywood realized it had to compete with television. And "Giant" should be a lot closer to number one than it is on that list.
Giant is my favorite.
Vertigo is my favourite Hitchcock film. Great to see at the No. 1 spot!
what happend to movie picnic in that caregory
PSYCHO IS HIS BEST WORK
North by northwest is easily the best Hitchcock movie of all time!!
I JUST SAW THIS NOW... AFTER 4 YEARS BUT I LIKED ...IS A CHOICE PERSONAL... I RESPECT THAT...
IMHO I would add "sudden fear" with Jack palance and Joan Crawford to that list, lots of twists and turns with great acting. "Suddenly last summer" with the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Cliff, and Niagra with Marilyn Monroe .
Great list! Only complaint.... what about "Picnic"?
Thanks for this compact list with many favorites and many we will have to see for the first time.
Top 50 Movies of the 1960s:
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A lovely montage - really masterfully executed!
I noticed Dial M for Murder did not make the list, you should check it out if you haven’t seen it yet!
Interesting list. I would add “King Creole” (1958)
Great stuff. Could use some Rashomon and Floating Clouds but glad to see Tokyo Story, Pather Panchali, and both Mizoguchi films on there.
Right on! with "Tokyo Story" ... wish "The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice" was on the list too!
thanks again for your help
should've had Gigi on here. The film won a record-breaking Academy Awards in 1959!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) East of Eden 2) Rebel Without a Cause All I'm sayin'.
how could you miss out 'A Streetcar Named Desire' 1951
There are some omissions. Ingmar Bergman appeared only once: Smiles of a summer night. What about The seventh seal (1957), Wild strawberries (1958), The virgin spring (1959)? Both The seventh seal and Wils strawberries are superior to Smiles of a summer night. A streetcar named desire was not in the list. Why? A place in the sun was not in the list either.
Streetcar named desire is better than all that heaven allows
Where are: A streetcar named desire, The seventh seal, Wild strawberries?
Yes!
Oh that music is sublime, what is it?
Where are the top star movies like Susan Hayward, Jennifer Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ban Johnson, William Holden, Montgomery Cliff, etc
Could someone please tell me who composed this music? It sounds so familiar but I can't remember who or what.
+RosietheRiveter11 Symphony No.5 in B flat Op.100
Nice list. Too bad Limelight wasn't in it
I AM SORRY BUT "THAT GLORIOUS,MASTERPIECE MOVIE -LIME LIGHT" WAS NOT MADE IN THE FIFTIES...
Hello! It is me again!... 16 hours ago I wrote a comment that is WRONG... YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT..."THE BEAUTIFUL - LIMELIGHT- (THE OLD CLOWN AND THE YOUNG DANCER) WAS MADE IN THE FIFTIES... BUONAFORTUNA AND STAY WELL!...
bridge on the river kwai should have in top 3 easily.
What about italians, Fellini, Visconti?
Ans the Barefoot countessa?
I AGREE 100% WITH YOU... WHAT ABOUT ROSSELLINI? AND OTHERS MOVIES FROM I. BERGMAN? AND MIZOGUSHI?
The French "New Wave" cinema of the 50's, while much heralded at the time seems very pedantic today.
Rear Window and North by Northwest are better than Vertigo
no!
Yes they are.
Vertigo is the 2nd most overrated movie of alltime.
@@stevemcnary7963 That might be true. Certainly way overrated.
No!
Shane no 1 for me always.
Pauline McConville the greatest
I started out thinking this list had potential. Then things started to break down. Then I saw Creature from the Black Lagoon included and Forbidden Planet not included. Also, there is obviously room for many opinions but leaving out Rashomon is just a sin.
Duh....I may be wrong, but didn't The Ten Commandments come out in 57?
To say movies like Creature from the Black Lagoon is superior to African Queen or that Roman Holiday is better than All About Eve is absurd
Creature IS "B" ....at least x me
yes
Hi. Im Searching the name of an old movie for researchers who experimented with the Earth Excavator (drill), they went into the earth and began their adventure with strange place and creatures.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959) with James Mason and Diane Baker
Where's Spartacus ? And An American In Paris ? .
Mario Cisneros "Spartacus" was released in 1960.
like I said I get to watch all old movies on cable lots of them love em lizard Taylor received one million dollors for cleoprata she said pay me or no movie now they get billion for stupid acting
what happend to the movie .picnic in that caregory?
Who picks the top movies?
some like it hot deserves to be under the top three.
What about Gone With The Wind?
Made in 1939.
And then Nosferatu??
CONGRATULATIONS!... FOR THE FIRST TIME THE CHOISE WAS NOT "ONLY AMERICAN MOVIES"... I THINK, ALTHOUG I DO NOT AGREE WITH SOME POSITIONS ( FOR EXAMPLE: VERTIGO IN 1º...) THAT THE PERSON WHO DID THIS CHOICE WAS "HONEST"...I DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS "AMERDICAN"...
Ivanhoe didnot deserve to be in the list. Liz Taylor looked the most beautiful in her entire career n it was a classic glamorous movie with supporting caste of Eva Gabour n the gorgeous youmg Roger Moore who looked as beautiful as Liz. Based on F
Scott Fitzerlands life the only sore point was an outdated over the hill funny looking hero Van Johnson
Uv left our Quo Vadis n Streetcar named Desire far better than most im yr list
sunset boulevard is only numbgbher 10 nights of cabiria is not even an on the list and singin in the rain was all the way down at #7
I typed liz not lizard sorry
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Tokyo Story????????
To Catch A Thief, High Society, The Pride And The Passion, Twelve O'clock High, The Young Philadelphians, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, And God Created Woman, The King And I, The Three Faces Of Eve, Witness For The Prosecution, The Vikings, = not one of these made the list.
Vertigo is not even Hitchcock's best movie of the decade. East Of Eden to be ranked above Some Like It Hot is a joke.
BRAVO!!!YOU HIT THE TARGET! !!
I appreciate your inclusion of several of the many great Japanese movies of the time but I think you ignored a number of the best of them such as Rashomon. Also unfortunate is the chronic overrating of Vertigo.
*#GetSavedby**#JesusChrist*
Worst list that I have seen
That's just mean. Why write such a thing?
I wrote that I few years ago, and deeply regret it to be honest. I guess I was disappointed that certain movies like 12 Angry Men and On the Waterfront were lower on the list, but after watching the movies that were ranked higher than them, like the incredible Tokyo Story, I regret saying that this list sucks, cause that’s not true at all, in fact, it’s the polar opposite, it’s a fantastic ranking for these excellent movies.
Vertigo numero uno? OOO --- I don't think so. The least best of Hitchcock's best is maybe worth a number, 000, I don't know -- maybe something like -- not even on the list.
agreed
Vertigo the most psychological and personal of Hitchock's great contribution to cinematic art.