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Best of the 1950’s

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  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

    1. Singin' in the Rain

    19521h 43mG99Metascore
    8.3 (273K)
    A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
    DirectorsStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie Reynolds
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    2. The Bridge on the River Kwai

    19572h 41mPG88Metascore
    8.1 (243K)
    British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack Hawkins
  • Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen in White Christmas (1954)

    3. White Christmas

    19542hApproved56Metascore
    7.5 (55K)
    A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBing CrosbyDanny KayeRosemary Clooney
  • Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy, Judith Evelyn, and Harry Landers in Rear Window (1954)

    4. Rear Window

    19541h 52mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (548K)
    A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell Corey
  • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    5. Sunset Boulevard

    19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
    8.4 (250K)
    A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von Stroheim
  • Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

    6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    19581h 48mApproved84Metascore
    7.9 (55K)
    Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminally ill father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl Ives
  • Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Mitzi Gaynor, Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, and Johnnie Ray in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

    7. There's No Business Like Show Business

    19541h 57mApproved
    6.4 (7K)
    Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsEthel MermanMarilyn MonroeDonald O'Connor
  • Ben-Hur (1959)

    8. Ben-Hur

    19593h 32mG90Metascore
    8.1 (264K)
    A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen Boyd
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    9. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (361K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason
  • Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday (1953)

    10. Roman Holiday

    19531h 58mApproved78Metascore
    8.0 (154K)
    A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie Albert
  • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

    11. Anatomy of a Murder

    19592h 41mApproved95Metascore
    8.0 (75K)
    An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth and will he win his case?
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJames StewartLee RemickBen Gazzara
  • East of Eden (1955)

    12. East of Eden

    19551h 58mPG72Metascore
    7.8 (50K)
    Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsJames DeanRaymond MasseyJulie Harris
  • Vertigo (1958)

    13. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (446K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)

    14. Pillow Talk

    19591h 42mApproved73Metascore
    7.4 (20K)
    An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony Randall
  • Mel Blanc, Sterling Holloway, Heather Angel, Kathryn Beaumont, Lucille Bliss, Jerry Colonna, Pinto Colvig, Verna Felton, Larry Grey, Richard Haydn, Joseph Kearns, Bill Lee, Queenie Leonard, Doris Lloyd, Tommy Luske, James MacDonald, Marni Nixon, J. Pat O'Malley, Thurl Ravenscroft, Max Smith, Bill Thompson, Dink Trout, Ed Wynn, Norma Zimmer, The Mellowmen Quartet, and Bob Hamlin in Alice in Wonderland (1951)

    15. Alice in Wonderland

    19511h 15mApproved68Metascore
    7.3 (161K)
    Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
    DirectorsClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsKathryn BeaumontEd WynnRichard Haydn
  • Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief (1955)

    16. To Catch a Thief

    19551h 46mPG82Metascore
    7.4 (84K)
    A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantGrace KellyJessie Royce Landis
  • Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae in Oklahoma! (1955)

    17. Oklahoma!

    19552h 25mG74Metascore
    7.0 (15K)
    In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene Nelson
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)

    18. The Ten Commandments

    19563h 40mG
    7.9 (82K)
    Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne Baxter
  • Doris Day and James Stewart in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    19. The Man Who Knew Too Much

    19562hPG76Metascore
    7.4 (73K)
    An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartDoris DayBrenda de Banzie
  • James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Corey Allen in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    20. Rebel Without a Cause

    19551h 51mPG-1389Metascore
    7.6 (101K)
    A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames DeanNatalie WoodSal Mineo
  • Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay (1951)

    20. On Moonlight Bay

    19511h 35mApproved65Metascore
    6.9 (3.2K)
    During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDoris DayGordon MacRaeJack Smith
  • Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom in Richard III (1955)

    23. Richard III

    19552h 41mNot Rated88Metascore
    7.3 (5.6K)
    A tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
    DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierCedric HardwickeNicholas Hannen
  • Gregory Peck in Moby Dick (1956)

    23. Moby Dick

    19561h 56mApproved78Metascore
    7.3 (23K)
    The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo Genn
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)

    25. South Pacific

    19582h 37mApproved
    6.8 (11K)
    On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
    DirectorJoshua LoganStarsRossano BrazziMitzi GaynorJohn Kerr
  • Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong in High Society (1956)

    25. High Society

    19561h 51mApproved65Metascore
    6.9 (18K)
    With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
    DirectorCharles WaltersStarsBing CrosbyGrace KellyFrank Sinatra

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