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clydefro's "Top 50 of 1950s"

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. Rear Window (Collector's Edition)  
2. Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
 
3. In a Lonely Place
by Nicholas Ray
 
4. Vertigo  
5. The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection  
6. Ace in the Hole (1951) - Criterion Collection  
7. A Face in the Crowd
by Elia Kazan
 
8. Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
by Robert Bresson
 
9. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
 
10. Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection - 3-Disc Remastered Edition
by Akira Kurosawa
 
11. Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
 
12. Nights of Cabiria - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
13. North By Northwest  
14. Paths of Glory
by Stanley Kubrick
 
15. The Big Heat
by Fritz Lang
 
16. Johnny Guitar
by Nicholas Ray
 
17. Mon Oncle - Criterion Collection  
18. Kiss Me Deadly
by Robert Aldrich
 
19. The Searchers (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
by John Ford
 
20. Winchester '73
by Anthony Mann
 
21. Bob le Flambeur - Criterion Collection  
22.
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Ordet - Criterion Collection
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
 
23. On Dangerous Ground - Authentic Region 1 DVD from Warner Brothers starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond
by Nicholas Ray
 
24. 12 Angry Men  
25.
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Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)  
26. Sweet Smell of Success
by Alexander Mackendrick
 
27. The Wages of Fear - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
28. Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection
by Yasujiro Ozu
 
29. The Night of the Hunter
by Charles Laughton
 
30. Rashomon - Criterion Collection  
31. I Vitelloni - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
 
32. Limelight (2 Disc Special Edition)  
33. Night and the City - Criterion Collection
by Jules Dassin
 
34. Pickpocket - Criterion Collection  
35. Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)  
36. Diabolique - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
37. Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition)
by Wilfred Jackson
 
38. Stalag 17 (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
 
39. All About Eve
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 
40. Sansho the Bailiff - Criterion Collection  
41. Pickup on South Street - Criterion Collection
by Samuel Fuller
 
42.
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The Lusty Men (1952)
by Nicholas Ray
 
43. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo De La Cruz / This Strange Passion (Ensayo de un crimen / El) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]  
44. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Cinema Classics Collection)  
45. Fires on the Plain - Criterion Collection
by Kon Ichikawa
 
46. The Far Country
by Anthony Mann
 
47. All That Heaven Allows - Criterion Collection
by Douglas Sirk
 
48. The Naked Spur  
49. The Man From Laramie
by Anthony Mann
 
50. The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection
by Mikheil Kalatozishvili
 
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Created by clydefro on Jun 05, 2008.