20 Movies of the 1950s

[bob]

20 Movies of the 1950s that you think well of ---

There are a lot of fantastic film from the 1950s, too much to only limit your list to 10. 


here are mine in no real order:

1 Seven Samurai (1954)
2 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
3 All About Eve (1950)
4 On the Waterfront (1954)
5 North by Northwest (1959)
6 The Killing (1956)
7 Paths of Glory (1957)
8 Godzilla (1954)
9 Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10 The Wages of Fear (1953)
11 Ikiru (1952)
12 12  Angry Men (1957)
13 Some Like it Hot (1959)
14 The Searachers (1956)
15 Rashomon (1950)
16 Ben-Hur (1959)
17 Invasion of the Body Snatchers  (1956)
18 The Blob (1958)
19 Tokyo Story (1953)
20 Stalag 17 (1953)

honorable mentions:

Cinderella (1950)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
High Noon (1952)
Peter Pan (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Lady and the Tramp (1954)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Glen or Glenda (1953)

[Rev. Powell]

I like the 60s and 70s better, but I'll play along.

TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957)
THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
REAR WINDOW (1954)
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
VERTIGO (1958)
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
RASHOMON (1950)
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953)
TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)
THE KILLING (1956)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
LA STRADA (1954)
STALAG 17 (1953)
ORPHEUS (1950)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
CURSE OF THE DEMON (1957)
BABY DOLL (1956)

[ralfy]

The Apu Trilogy

Ordet

Wages of Fear

La Strada

Throne of Blood

The Human Condition (with the last film entering the next decade)

The Seventh Seal

Tokyo Story

The Golden Coach

The 400 Blows

Additional:

Wild Strawberries

Singin' in the Rain

The Lavender Hill Mob

Nights of Cabiria

The Seven Samurai

The Burmese Harp

L'Avventura

Sansho the Bailiff

Othello

Ikiru

La Dolce Vita

Floating Weeds

[RCMerchant]

1. ON THE WATERFRONT
2. the KILLING
3. SUNSET BOULEVARD
4. TOUCH OF EVIL
5. REAR WINDOW
6. PATHS OF GLORY
7. GODZILLA
8. the DEFIANT ONES
9. the CAINE MUTINY
10. D.O.A.
11. the WILD ONE
12. the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
13. THEM!
14. VERTIGO
15. DIABOLIQUE
16. GUN CRAZY
17. WAR OF THE WORLDS
18. the 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
19.  REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
20. GIANT

[Allhallowsday]

20?  Plus more?    

...
La Dolce Vita
...

Great films on your list... isn't LA DOLCE VITA 1960? 

[Allhallowsday]

GOJIRA (1953)
LES QUATRE CENT COUPS (THE 400 BLOWS - 1959)
JEUX INTERDITS (FORBIDDEN GAMES - 1952)
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
REAR WINDOW (1954)
VERTIGO (1958)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957)
BEN HUR (1959)
THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) 
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
14. LA STRADA (1954)
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (1957)
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)

[Ticonderoga 64]

1) The Thing From Another World(1951)
2) Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954)
3) House Of Wax(1953)
4) Gojira(1954)
5) On the Beach(1959)
6) Bad Day At Black Rock(1955)
7) The Quatermass Xperiment(1955)
8) The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
9) Horror Of Dracula(1958)
10) Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
11) The Fly(1958)
12) Incredible Shrinking Man(1957)
13) Forbidden Planet(1956)
14) Them!(1954)
15) A Night To Remember(1958)
16) Invasion Of the Body Snatchers(1956)
17) Night Of the Demon(1957)
18) Curse Of Frankenstein(1957)
19) War Of the Worlds(1953)
20) House On Haunted Hill(1959)

[Allhallowsday]

1) The Thing From Another World(1951)
2) Creature From the Black Lagoon(1954)
3) House Of Wax(1953)
4) Gojira(1954)
5) On the Beach(1959)
6) Bad Day At Black Rock(1955)
7) The Quatermass Xperiment(1955)
8) The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
9) Horror Of Dracula(1958)
10) Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
11) The Fly(1958)
12) Incredible Shrinking Man(1957)
13) Forbidden Planet(1956)
14) Them!(1954)
15) A Night To Remember(1958)
16) Invasion Of the Body Snatchers(1956)
17) Night Of the Demon(1957)
18) Curse Of Frankenstein(1957)
19) War Of the Worlds(1953)
20) House On Haunted Hill(1959)

I think that HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL is sh!t, the rest are great.