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
    by John Huston

  2. 2.
    Rashomon (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  3. 3.
    Winchester '73
    by Anthony Mann

  4. 4.
    Rio Grande
    by John Ford

  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. 10.
    A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Elia Kazan

  10. 11.
    Strangers on a Train (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  11. 12.
    The Lavender Hill Mob
    by Charles Crichton

  12. 13.
    Pandora and The Flying Dutchman
    by Albert Lewin

  13. 14.
    African Queen [Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn]
    by John Huston

  14. 15.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  15. 16.
    An American in Paris
    by Vincente Minnelli

  16. 17.
    A Place in the Sun
    by George Stevens

  17. 18.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

  18. 19.
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

  19. 20.
    Forbidden Games (The Criterion Collection)
    by René Clément

  20. 21.
    Angel Face
    by Otto Preminger

  21. 22.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly

  22. 23.
    Ikiru (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa

  23. 24.
    Europa '51
    by Roberto Rossellini

  24. 25.
    The Bad and the Beautiful
    by Vincente Minnelli

  25. 26.
    The Big Sky (1952)
    by Howard Hawks

  26. 27.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

  27. 28.
    Umberto D. (The Criterion Collection)
    by Vittorio De Sica

  28. 29.
    The Golden Coach - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

  29. 30.
    The Bigamist
    by Ida Lupino

  30. 31.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Richard Schickel

  31. 32.
    The Earrings of Madame de... [Region 2]
    by Max Ophüls

  32. 33.
    From Here to Eternity
    by Fred Zinnemann

  33. 34.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu

  34. 35.
    Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
    by William Wyler

  35. 36.
    The Wages of Fear (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

  36. 37.
    The Naked Spur
    by Anthony Mann

  37. 38.
    Pickup on South Street (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller

  38. 39.
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    by Howard Hawks

  39. 40.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  40. 41.
    M. Hulot's Holiday (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Tati

  41. 43.
    Ugetsu (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

  42. 44.
    Shane
    by George Stevens

  43. 45.
    Beat the Devil
    by John Huston

  44. 46.
    Johnny Guitar [Region 2]
    by Nicholas Ray

  45. 47.
    On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
    by Elia Kazan

  46. 48.
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  47. 50.
    Animal Farm
    by John Halas

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Created by jriekse on Sep 22, 2007.
 

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Senso — 2 years ago

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




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