1001 Movies to See Before You Die (1950s)

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This list is drawn from Steven Jay Schneider’s 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. There is a complete list available, but I got tired of it changing every year when the new edition came out. Given that none of the new editions have deleted a film before the 1980s, this list should stand awhile.

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  1. 1.
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    The Asphalt Jungle

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  3. 3.
    Winchester '73
    by Anthony Mann

  4. 4.
    Rio Grande

  5. 5.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  6. 6.
    Sunset Blvd - 1950
    by Billy Wilder

  7. 8.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray

  8. 9.
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    Ace in the Hole
    by Billy Wilder

  9. 11.
    Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  10. 12.
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    by Charles Crichton

  11. 13.
    Pandora and The Flying Dutchman
    by Albert Lewin

  12. 14.
    African Queen [Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn]
    by John Huston

  13. 15.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  14. 16.
    An American in Paris

  15. 17.
    A Place in the Sun
    by George Stevens

  16. 18.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

  17. 19.
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

  18. 21.
    Angel Face
    by Otto Preminger

  19. 22.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly

  20. 23.
    Ikiru (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  21. 24.
    Europa '51
    by Roberto Rossellini

  22. 25.
    The Bad and the Beautiful

  23. 26.
    The Big Sky (1952)
    by Howard Hawks

  24. 27.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)

  25. 28.
    Umberto D. (The Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica

  26. 29.
    The Golden Coach - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

  27. 30.
    The Bigamist
    by Ida Lupino

  28. 31.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Richard Schickel

  29. 32.
    Madame De... [PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Max Ophüls

  30. 33.
    From Here to Eternity
    by Fred Zinnemann

  31. 34.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu

  32. 35.
    Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
    by William Wyler

  33. 37.
    The Naked Spur
    by Anthony Mann

  34. 39.
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

  35. 40.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  36. 41.
    M. Hulot's Holiday (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Tati

  37. 43.
    Ugetsu (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  38. 44.
    Shane

  39. 45.
    Beat the Devil
    by John Huston

  40. 46.
    Johnny Guitar [Region 2]
    by Nicholas Ray

  41. 47.
    On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
    by Elia Kazan

  42. 48.
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  43. 50.
    Animal Farm
    by John Halas

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Created by jriekse on Sep 22, 2007.
 

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Senso — 1 year ago

Replaced “Black Angel” with Visconti’s “Senso”.




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