BEST OF THE 50s: FILM

The greatest decade for cinematography in my opinion. Also the decade I wish I was born into








30.               RIO BRAVO

29.                   KANAŁ

28.         IN A LONELY PLACE

27.          THE SEARCHERS

26.    PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET

25.         FORBIDDEN PLANET

24.     ANATOMY OF A MURDER

22.         BIGGER THAN LIFE

22.               LA STRADA

21.   THE CRANES ARE FLYING

20.  ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

19.           A MAN ESCAPED

18.           PATHS OF GLORY

17.         NIGHTS OF CABIRIA

16.       WILD STRAWBERRIES

15.                 VERTIGO

14.                 UGETSU

13.          LOS OLVIDADOS

12.           THE 400 BLOWS

11.           REAR WINDOW

10.                RASHOMON

-tie-10.               IKIRU

9.           THE STEEL HELMET

8.        BALLAD OF A SOLDIER

7.            PATHER PANCHALI

6.              TOKYO STORY

5.

THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...

4.    THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

3.             JOHNNY GUITAR

2.           SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

1.              SEVEN SAMURAI

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recap
1950-1959

1. SEVEN SAMURAI (Kurosawa)
2. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Donen/Kelly)
3. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
4. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Laughton)
5. EARRINGS OF MADAME DE.. (Ophüls)
6. TOKYO STORY (Ozu)
7. PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
8. BALLAD OF A SOLDIER (Chukhray)
9. THE STEEL HELMET (Fuller)
10. RASHOMON (Kurosawa)                                                                           -tie- IKIRU (Kurosawa) 
11. REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock) 
12. THE 400 BLOWS (Truffaut)
13. FORGOTTEN ONES (Buñuel)
14. UGETSU (Mizoguchi)
15. VERTIGO (Hitchcock)
16. WILD STRAWBERRIES (Bergman)
17. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Fellini) 
18. PATHS OF GLORY (Kubrick)
19. A MAN ESCAPED (Bresson)
20. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Sirk)
21. CRANES ARE FLYING (Kalatozov)
22. LA STRADA (Fellini)
23. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
24. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Preminger)
25. FORBIDDEN PLANET (Wilcox)
26. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Fuller)
27. THE SEARCHERS (Ford) 
28. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
29. KANAL (Wajda)
30. RIO BRAVO (Hawks)

I encourage all of you to post your favorite pics of the 50s (or films you think I've shafted) in the comments section below.