Best Movies of the 1950s
The 1950s were widescreen ambition and simmering anxiety - epics and musicals up front, paranoia and rebellion underneath. Hitchcock at his peak, Kurosawa reshaping world cinema, and Hollywood at full power, ranked by rating. Find where the decade's best are streaming now.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Vertigo (1958)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Ikiru (1952)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
All About Eve (1950)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Rashomon (1950)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
La Strada (1954)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Searchers (1956)
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Limelight (1952)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Great War (1959)
Sabrina (1954)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The African Queen (1952)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Peter Pan (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Forbidden Games (1952)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Cinderella (1950)
Shane (1953)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Marty (1955)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Bellissima (1952)
Dracula (1958)
The Quiet Man (1952)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Scrooge (1951)
Early Summer (1951)
The Band of Honest Men (1956)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
White Christmas (1954)