clydefro's "Top 50 of 1950s"

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clydefro’s 50 films submitted to the unofficial Criterion Forum’s Lists Project. See here – http://filmjournal.net/clydefro/2007/06/30/top-50-of-1950s/ – for further explanation, justification, and appreciation.

  1. 1.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  2. 2.
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  3. 3.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray
  4. 4.
    Vertigo
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  5. 5.
    The 400 Blows (The Criterion Collection)
    by François Truffaut
  6. 6.
    Ace in the Hole (The Criterion Collection)
    by Billy Wilder
  7. 7.
    A Face in the Crowd
    by Elia Kazan
  8. 8.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson
  9. 9.
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly
  10. 10.
    Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  11. 11.
    Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  13. 13.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  14. 14.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick
  15. 15.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang
  16. 16.
    Johnny Guitar [Region 2]
    by Nicholas Ray
  17. 17.
    Mon Oncle (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Tati
  18. 18.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich
  19. 19.
    The Searchers (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford
  20. 20.
    Winchester '73
    by Anthony Mann
  21. 21.
    Bob le Flambeur (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville
  22. 22.
    Ordet - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  23. 23.
    On Dangerous Ground
    by Ida Lupino
  24. 24.
    12 Angry Men (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Sidney Lumet
  25. 25.
  26. 26.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick
  27. 27.
    The Wages of Fear (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  28. 28.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu
  29. 29.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton
  30. 30.
    Rashomon (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  31. 31.
    I Vitelloni (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini
  32. 32.
    Limelight (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin
  33. 33.
    Night and the City (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  34. 34.
  36. 36.
    Diabolique (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  37. 37.
    Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition)
    by David Hand
  38. 38.
    Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder
  39. 39.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  40. 40.
    Sansho the Bailiff (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kenji Mizoguchi
  41. 41.
    Pickup on South Street (The Criterion Collection)
    by Samuel Fuller
  42. 42.
    The Lusty Men (1952)
    by Nicholas Ray
  45. 45.
    Fires on the Plain - Criterion Collection
    by Kon Ichikawa
  46. 46.
    The Far Country
    by Anthony Mann
  48. 48.
    The Naked Spur
    by Anthony Mann
  49. 49.
    The Man from Laramie
    by Anthony Mann
  50. 50.
    The Cranes are Flying (The Criterion Collection)
    by Mikhail Kalatozov
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Created by clydefro on Jun 05, 2008.
 

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