Criterionforums List Project: The 1950s (2007)


  1. Tokyo Story (1953)
  2. Vertigo (1958)
  3. Rear Window (1954)
  4. Seven Samurai (1954)
  5. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  6. Touch of Evil (1958)
  7. A Man Escaped (1956)
  8. Early Summer (1951)
  9. Ordet (1955)
  10. Sansho Dayu (1954)
  11. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  12. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
  13. The Searchers (1956)
  14. North by Northwest (1959)
  15. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
  16. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
  17. The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
  18. Rashomon (1950)
  19. Pickpocket (1959)
  20. Wild Strawberries (1957)
  21. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
  22. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  23. Paths of Glory (1957)
  24. Madame de... (1953)
  25. The Band Wagon (1953)
  26. The Life of Oharu (1952)
  27. Rio Bravo (1959)
  28. Sound of the Mountain (1954)
  29. Mon Oncle (1958)
  30. Los Olvidados (1950)
  31. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  32. The Seventh Seal (1957)
  33. Ikiru (1952)
  34. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  35. In a Lonely Place (1950)
  36. Orpheus (1950)
  37. The Big Heat (1953)
  38. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
  39. Umberto D. (1952)
  40. Pickup on South Street (1953)
  41. Shadows (1959)
  42. Street of Shame (1956)
  43. La Strada (1954)
  44. Night and Fog (1955)
  45. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  46. Gun Crazy (1950)
  47. Othello (1952)
  48. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  49. Pather Panchali (1955)
  50. Confidential Report (1955)
  51. Bob le Flambeur (1956)
  52. The Killing (1956)
  53. Tokyo Twilight (1957)
  54. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  55. Repast (1951)
  56. All About Eve (1950)
  57. Viaggio in Italia (1954)
  58. Anatahan (1953)
  59. Casque d'Or (1952)
  60. Ace in the Hole (1951)
  61. Good Morning (1959)
  62. Throne of Blood (1957)
  63. Eaux d'Artifice (1953)
  64. Le Plaisir (1952)
  65. Imitation of Life (1959)
  66. Rififi (1955)
  67. Man of the West (1958)
  68. Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
  69. Fires on the Plain (1959)
  70. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  71. Johnny Guitar (1954)
  72. The River (1951)
  73. The Wages of Fear (1953)
  74. Les Diaboliques (1955)
  75. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  76. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955)
  77. Floating Weeds (1959)
  78. The Indian Tomb (1959)
    The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
  79. Flowing (1956)
  80. The White Sheik (1952)
  81. The Flavour of Green Tea over Rice (1952)
  82. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  83. Early Spring (1956)
  84. On the Waterfront (1954)
  85. Winchester '73 (1950)
  86. Forbidden Games (1952)
  87. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
  88. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
  89. The Burmese Harp (1956)
  90. The Lusty Men (1952)
  91. The Naked Spur (1953)
  92. Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
  93. Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
  94. Night of the Demon (1957)
  95. The Music Room (1958)
  96. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
  97. Night and the City (1950)
  98. A Star Is Born (1954)
  99. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  100. Kanal (1957)