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

  12. 13.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  13. 14.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

  14. 15.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  15. 16.
    Johnny Guitar [Region 2]
    by Nicholas Ray

  16. 17.
    Mon Oncle (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jacques Tati

  17. 18.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich

  18. 19.
    The Searchers (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

  19. 20.
    Winchester '73
    by Anthony Mann

  20. 21.
    Bob le Flambeur (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville

  21. 22.
    Ordet - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

  22. 23.
    On Dangerous Ground
    by Ida Lupino

  23. 24.
    12 Angry Men (50th Anniversary Edition)
    by Sidney Lumet

  24. 25.

  25. 26.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick

  26. 28.
    Tokyo Story (The Criterion Collection)
    by Yasujirô Ozu

  27. 29.
    The Night of the Hunter
    by Charles Laughton

  28. 30.

  29. 31.
    I Vitelloni (The Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

  30. 32.
    Limelight (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

  31. 33.
    Night and the City (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin

  32. 34.

  33. 36.
    Diabolique (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

  34. 37.
    Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition)
    by Clyde Geronimi

  35. 38.
    Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

  36. 39.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  37. 42.
    The Lusty Men (1952)
    by Nicholas Ray

  38. 45.
    Fires on the Plain - Criterion Collection
    by Kon Ichikawa

  39. 46.
    The Far Country
    by Anthony Mann

  40. 48.
    The Naked Spur
    by Anthony Mann

  41. 49.
    The Man from Laramie
    by Anthony Mann

  42. 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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