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100 Greatest 1950-1959 Movies

by jordanhores • Created 7 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
List of best films from 1950 to 1959 of USA. Excluding Disney films and films with mixed, negative or panned reception.
--1984-1956
--M-1951
Between Midnight & Dream1950
Denver & Rio Grande1952
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  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Patricia Medina in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)

    1. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

    19501h 20mApproved
    6.3 (3.2K)
    Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
    DirectorCharles LamontStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPatricia Medina
    --
  • Joanne Dru and Edmond O'Brien in 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

    2. 711 Ocean Drive

    19501h 42mApproved
    6.8 (2.3K)
    An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.
    DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsEdmond O'BrienJoanne DruOtto Kruger
  • Steve Brodie, Wanda Hendrix, Edmond O'Brien, Johnny Sands, and Rudy Vallee in The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)

    3. The Admiral Was a Lady

    19501h 27mApproved
    5.8 (430)
    Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
    DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsEdmond O'BrienWanda HendrixRudy Vallee
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  • All About Eve (1950)

    4. All About Eve

    19502h 18mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (146K)
    A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge Sanders
    --
  • Robert Taylor and John Hodiak in Ambush (1950)

    5. Ambush

    19501h 30mApproved
    6.5 (912)
    In 1878, Ward Kinsman, a prospector and Indian scout, is persuaded by the US Cavalry to find Mary Carlyle, the daughter of a general, who has been taken by Apaches.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsRobert TaylorJohn HodiakArlene Dahl
    --
  • American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)

    6. American Guerrilla in the Philippines

    19501h 45mApproved
    5.9 (1.4K)
    American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsTyrone PowerMicheline PresleTom Ewell
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

    7. Annie Get Your Gun

    19501h 47mApproved77Metascore
    6.8 (5.5K)
    The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
    DirectorsGeorge SidneyBusby BerkeleyStarsBetty HuttonHoward KeelLouis Calhern
    --
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    8. The Asphalt Jungle

    19501h 52mApproved85Metascore
    7.8 (32K)
    A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean Hagen
  • Gordon MacRae and Virginia Mayo in Backfire (1950)

    9. Backfire

    19501h 31mApproved
    6.5 (1.9K)
    While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsViveca LindforsDane ClarkVirginia Mayo
  • Vincent Price, Beulah Bondi, Ellen Drew, Tina Pine, and Vladimir Sokoloff in The Baron of Arizona (1950)

    10. The Baron of Arizona

    19501h 37mApproved
    6.9 (2.7K)
    Master swindler James Reavis painstakingly spends years forging documents and land grants that will make his wife and him undisputed owners of the entire territory of Arizona.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVincent PriceEllen DrewVladimir Sokoloff
    --
  • The Big Lift (1950)

    11. The Big Lift

    19502hApproved
    6.4 (1.9K)
    Experiences of two Air Force sergeants during the 1948 Berlin Airlift.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsMontgomery CliftPaul DouglasCornell Borchers
    --
  • The Black Rose (1950)

    12. The Black Rose

    19502hApproved
    6.2 (2.6K)
    A disinherited 13th Century Saxon nobleman leaves Norman England with an archer friend to seek his fortune in the Far East.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsTyrone PowerOrson WellesCécile Aubry
  • Joan Fontaine in Born to Be Bad (1950)

    13. Born to Be Bad

    19501h 34mApproved
    6.6 (3.2K)
    A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsMel FerrerJoan FontaineRobert Ryan
  • William Holden, Broderick Crawford, and Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950)

    14. Born Yesterday

    19501h 43mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayWilliam HoldenBroderick Crawford
  • The Breaking Point (1950)

    15. The Breaking Point

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.5 (4.9K)
    An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn GarfieldPatricia NealPhyllis Thaxter
  • Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, and Patricia Neal in Bright Leaf (1950)

    16. Bright Leaf

    19501h 50mApproved
    6.7 (1.6K)
    In 1894, Brant Royle shocks the aristocratic tobacco growers of Kingsmont by planning to mass-produce cigarettes.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsGary CooperLauren BacallPatricia Neal
  • James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, and Debra Paget in Broken Arrow (1950)

    17. Broken Arrow

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra Paget
  • Eleanor Parker in Caged (1950)

    18. Caged

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.6 (5.3K)
    A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsEleanor ParkerAgnes MooreheadEllen Corby
  • Celeste Holm and Ronald Colman in Champagne for Caesar (1950)

    19. Champagne for Caesar

    19501h 39mNot Rated
    7.3 (1.4K)
    In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to bankrupt his company.
    DirectorRichard WhorfStarsRonald ColmanCeleste HolmVincent Price
    --
  • Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Walter Baldwin, Betty Barker, Barbara Bates, Patti Brady, Denise Courtemarche, Teddy Driver, Jimmy Hunt, Roddy McCaskill, Carol Nugent, Norman Ollestad, Anthony Sydes, Clifton Webb, and Judy Ann Whaley in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

    20. Cheaper by the Dozen

    19501h 26mApproved
    7.0 (5.9K)
    Myrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children (Clifton Webb), who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsClifton WebbMyrna LoyJeanne Crain
  • Maureen O'Hara and Macdonald Carey in Comanche Territory (1950)

    21. Comanche Territory

    19501h 16mApproved
    5.6 (881)
    White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche in order to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.
    DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyWill Geer
    --
  • Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford in Convicted (1950)

    22. Convicted

    19501h 31mApproved
    6.8 (1.7K)
    A district attorney becomes the warden of a state prison so that he can help a convict he prosecuted because he now believes the sentence to be excessive.
    DirectorHenry LevinStarsGlenn FordBroderick CrawfordMillard Mitchell
    --
  • Cary Grant, José Ferrer, and Paula Raymond in Crisis (1950)

    23. Crisis

    19501h 35mApproved
    6.7 (2K)
    While on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsCary GrantJosé FerrerPaula Raymond
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

    24. Cyrano de Bergerac

    19501h 53mApproved
    7.4 (4.8K)
    The charismatic swordsman-poet and provocateur in 1640s Paris helps a young guardsman woo the woman he loves, complicated by the politics of the nobility and the war with Spain.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsJosé FerrerMala PowersWilliam Prince
    --
  • Gary Cooper and Ruth Roman in Dallas (1950)

    25. Dallas

    19501h 34mApproved
    6.2 (1.7K)
    A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.
    DirectorStuart HeislerStarsGary CooperRuth RomanSteve Cochran

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