IMDb's 1950s Top 50
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In the period following WWII when most of the films were idealized with conventional portrayals of men and women, young people wanted new and exciting symbols of rebellion. Hollywood responded to audience demands through the rise of the anti-hero and anti-heroines, with Marlon Brando, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe being the main stars. Studios tried to counter the rise of television through all sorts of (mostly failed) inventions like 3-D, Smell-O-Vision, and cinerama. Risks were taken with lavish, overstated, spectacular epics and musicals.
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12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Ningen no jôken
1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 12 top lists Check -
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Ningen no jôken
1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity, in 12 top lists Check -
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Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
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Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957, in 11 top lists Check -
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Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check -
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Apur Sansar
1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Ikiru
1952, in 25 top lists Check -
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Letyat zhuravli
1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check -
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Pyaasa
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
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Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...
1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Face in the Crowd
1957, in 14 top lists Check -
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Pather Panchali
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
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Umberto D.
1952, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Aparajito
1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check -
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Ballada o soldate
1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 15 top lists Check -
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Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 27 top lists Check -
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Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check -
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Scrooge
1951 — a.k.a. A Christmas Carol, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
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Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
1958 — a.k.a. The Hidden Fortress, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le notti di Cabiria
1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria, in 19 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check -
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Saikaku ichidai onna
1952 — a.k.a. The Life of Oharu, in 12 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô boshoku
1957 — a.k.a. Tokyo Twilight, in 5 top lists Check -
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Bakushû
1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer, in 9 top lists Check -
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La grande guerra
1959 — a.k.a. The Great War, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 35 top lists Check -
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Rio Bravo
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check
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