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1959
1 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
2 RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
3 DAY OF THE OUTLAW (André de Toth)
4 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
5 RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
6 THE CRIMSON KIMONO (Samuel Fuller)
7 OPERATION PETTICOAT (Blake Edwards)
8 PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
9 THE HORSE SOLDIERS (John Ford)
10 IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE (Roberto Rossellini)
11 NO NAME ON THE BULLET (Jack Arnold)
12 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. CORDELIER (Jean Renoir)
13 INDIA: MATRI BHUMI (Roberto Rossellini)
14 WHEN ANGELS FALL (Roman Polanski)
15 TWO MEN IN MANHATTAN (Jean-Pierre Melville)
16 VERBOTEN! (Samuel Fuller)
17 FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
18 THE SCARFACE MOB (Phil Karlson)
19 THE SIGN OF THE LION (Eric Rohmer)
20 PORK CHOP HILL (Lewis Milestone)
21 THE LAMP (Roman Polanski)
1958
1 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
3 THE TARNISHED ANGELS (Douglas Sirk)
4 THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Akira Kurosawa)
5 IVAN THE TERRIBLE, PART TWO (Sergei Eisenstein)
6 THE LAST HURRAH (John Ford)
7 THE LINEUP (Don Siegel)
8 PARTY GIRL (Nicholas Ray)
9 MON ONCLE (Jacques Tati)
10 NAZARÍN (Luis Buñuel)
11 MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann)
12 EQUINOX FLOWER (Yasujiro Ozu)
13 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (Orson Welles)
14 BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
15 WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray)
16 TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
17 A MOVIE (Bruce Conner)
18 THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE (Vincente Minnelli)
19 GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD (John Ford)
20 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Roy Baker)
21 THE RIFLEMAN: "Duel of Honor" (Joseph H. Lewis)
22 INVENTION FOR DESTRUCTION (Karel Zeman)
23 THE QUIET AMERICAN (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
24 UNE VIE (Alexandre Astruc)
25 THE MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray)
26 SUMMER CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
27 ROCK-A-BYE BABY (Frank Tashlin)
28 ROBIN HOOD DAFFY (Chuck Jones)
29 LA PREMIÈRE NUIT (Georges Franju)
1957
1 MEN IN WAR (Anthony Mann)
2 TIME WITHOUT PITY (Joseph Losey)
3 LETTER FROM SIBERIA (Chris Marker)
4 FORTY GUNS (Samuel Fuller)
5 GO FLY A KIT (Chuck Jones)
6 A KING IN NEW YORK (Charles Chaplin)
7 THE RIVER'S EDGE (Allan Dwan)
8 JET PILOT (Josef von Sternberg)
9 THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher)
10 THE D.I. (Jack Webb)
11 THE WRESTLER AND THE CLOWN (Boris Barnet)
12 JAMESTOWN BALOOS (Robert Breer)
13 BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)
14 WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Frank Tashlin)
15 NIGHTFALL (Jacques Tourneur)
16 THE TIN STAR (Anthony Mann)
17 PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)
18 RUN OF THE ARROW (Samuel Fuller)
19 HIDDEN FEAR (Andre de Toth)
20 JOE DAKOTA (Richard Bartlett)
21 STEAL WOOL (Chuck Jones)
22 A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR (Robert Breer)
23 NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur)
24 THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)
25 YELLOW CROW (Heinosuke Gosho)
26 CHINA GATE (Samuel Fuller)
27 THE WINGS OF EAGLES (John Ford)
INTERLUDE (Douglas Sirk)
THE BURGLAR (Paul Wendkos)
1956
1 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
2 THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Fritz Lang)
4 STREET OF SHAME (Kenji Mizoguchi)
5 A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)
6 WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
7 THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin)
8 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
9 THE BURMESE HARP (Kon Ichikawa)
10 ATTACK! (Robert Aldrich)
11 BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (Fritz Lang)
12 THE PAINTER AND THE CITY (Manoel de Oliveira)
13 WAR AND PEACE (King Vidor)
14 SUDDEN RAIN (Mikio Naruse)
15 SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (Budd Boetticher)
16 BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
17 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Douglas Sirk)
18 THE LIEUTENANT WORE SKIRTS (Frank Tashlin)
19 A WIFE'S HEART (Mikio Naruse)
20 HOT BLOOD (Nicholas Ray)
21 THE BRASS LEGEND (Gerd Oswald)
1955
1 FLOATING CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
2 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (Orson Welles)
3 A LAWLESS STREET (Joseph H. Lewis)
4 NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)
5 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)
6 FRENCH CANCAN (Jean Renoir)
7 DADDY LONG LEGS (Jean Negulesco)
8 ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: "Revenge" (Alfred Hitchcock)
9 RUN FOR COVER (Nicholas Ray)
10 MOONFLEET (Fritz Lang)
11 THE TENDER TRAP (Charles Walters)
12 I LIVE IN FEAR (Akira Kurosawa)
13 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
14 THE LAST FRONTIER (Anthony Mann)
15 GUYS AND DOLLS (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
16 THE WONDER RING (Stan Brakhage)
17 VIOLENT SATURDAY (Richard Fleischer)
18 KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich)
19 NEW TALES OF THE TAIRA CLAN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
20 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton)
21 ONE FROGGY EVENING (Chuck Jones)
22 STRANGER ON HORSEBACK (Jacques Tourneur)
23 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
24 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
25 ORSON WELLES' SKETCH BOOK (Orson Welles)
26 DIABOLIQUE (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
THE LONG GRAY LINE (John Ford)
LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (Howard Hawks)
THE GLASS SLIPPER (Charles Walters)
HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Samuel Fuller)
EAST OF EDEN (Elia Kazan)
1954
1 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
2 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk)
4 SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi)
5 DAWN AT SOCORRO (George Sherman)
6 LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Mikio Naruse)
7 DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Richard Quine)
8 A STAR IS BORN (George Cukor)
9 THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
10 SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse)
11 CRIME WAVE (André De Toth)
12 THE PURPLE PLAIN (Robert Parrish)
13 THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Kenji Mizoguchi)
14 WORLD FOR RANSOM (Robert Aldrich)
15 CARMEN JONES (Otto Preminger)
16 THE RAID (Hugo Fregonese)
17 SABRINA (Billy Wilder)
18 THE BOUNTY HUNTER (André De Toth)
19 DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock)
20 DEVIL MAY HARE (Robert McKimson)
RIDING SHOTGUN (André de Toth)
1953
1 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
2 VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
3 GLEN OR GLENDA? (Edward D. Wood, Jr.)
4 THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
5 ALL I DESIRE (Douglas Sirk)
6 DRAGNET: "The Big Thief" (Jack Webb)
7 THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli)
8 M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (Jacques Tati)
9 DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones)
10 THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. (Roy Rowland)
11 OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER (Mikio Naruse)
12 DRAGNET: "The Big Frank" (Jack Webb)
13 THUNDER OVER THE PLAINS (André De Toth)
14 UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
15 THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT (John Ford)
16 WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Heinosuke Gosho)
17 WIFE (Mikio Naruse)
18 THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (Josef von Sternberg)
19 THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Max Ophüls)
20 THE MAN BETWEEN (Carol Reed)
21 DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24½TH CENTURY (Chuck Jones)
22 THE NAKED SPUR (Anthony Mann)
22 DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK! (Chuck Jones)
24 MUCH ADO ABOUT NUTTING (Chuck Jones)
25 THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (André De Toth)
26 THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO (Budd Boetticher)
27 HUSBAND AND WIFE (Mikio Naruse)
28 SAADIA (Albert Lewin)
29 NIAGARA (Henry Hathaway)
30 CRY OF THE HUNTED (Joseph H. Lewis)
31 DANGEROUS WHEN WET (Charles Walters)
32 TORCH SONG (Charles Walters)
1952
1 OTHELLO (Orson Welles)
2 THE QUIET MAN (John Ford)
3 THE BIG SKY (Howard Hawks)
4 CARSON CITY (André De Toth)
5 CASQUE D'OR (Jacques Becker)
6 LAST OF THE COMANCHES (André De Toth)
7 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
8 GOING! GOING! GOSH! (Chuck Jones)
9 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Zoltan Korda)
10 FEED THE KITTY (Chuck Jones)
11 PARK ROW (Samuel Fuller)
12 THE NARROW MARGIN (Richard Fleischer)
13 THE GOLDEN COACH (Jean Renoir)
14 LIMELIGHT (Charles Chaplin)
15 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (André De Toth)
16 MY SON JOHN (Leo McCarey)
17 THE MARRYING KIND (George Cukor)
18 RANCHO NOTORIOUS (Fritz Lang)
19 O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE: "The Ransom of Red Chief" (Howard Hawks)
20 KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (Phil Karlson)
21 THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (Henry King)
22 DESPERATE SEARCH (Joseph H. Lewis)
23 DIPLOMATIC COURIER (Henry Hathaway)
24 MOTHER (Mikio Naruse)
25 WATER, WATER EVERY HARE (Chuck Jones)
26 DRAGNET: "The Big September Man" (Jack Webb)
27 THE LIFE OF OHARU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
28 THE IRON MISTRESS (Gordon Douglas)
29 THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
30 LIGHTNING (Mikio Naruse)
31 RETREAT, HELL! (Joseph H. Lewis)
32 RABBIT SEASONING (Chuck Jones)
1951
1 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby)
2 LA POISON (Sacha Guitry)
3 DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Robert Bresson)
4 M (Joseph Losey)
5 THE TALL TARGET (Anthony Mann)
6 FIXED BAYONETS! (Samuel Fuller)
7 MISS JULIE (Alf Sjoberg)
8 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackendrick)
9 APACHE DRUMS (Hugo Fregonese)
10 THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)
11 CIRCLE OF DANGER (Jacques Tourneur)
12 ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray)
13 REPAST (Mikio Naruse)
14 ROYAL WEDDING (Stanley Donen)
15 HIS KIND OF WOMAN (Richard Fleischer and John Farrow)
16 THE MOB (Robert Parrish)
17 PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (Albert Lewin)
18 WESTWARD THE WOMEN (William A. Wellman)
19 THE STRANGE DOOR (Joseph Pevney)
20 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Robert Wise)
21 ST. BENNY THE DIP (Edgar G. Ulmer)
22 DRIP-ALONG DAFFY (Chuck Jones)
23 THE RIVER (Jean Renoir)
24 WEARING OF THE GRIN (Chuck Jones)
25 EARLY TO BET (Robert McKimson)
26 PRESENTATION, OR CHARLOTTE AND HER STEAK (Eric Rohmer)
TEXAS CARNIVAL (Charles Walters)
OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS (Carol Reed)
CHOW HOUND (Chuck Jones)
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
1950
1 GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
2 TRY AND GET ME! (Cy Endfield)
3 DEVIL'S DOORWAY (Anthony Mann)
4 SIDE STREET (Anthony Mann)
5 WAGON MASTER (John Ford)
6 RABBIT OF SEVILLE (Chuck Jones)
7 THE MUNEKATA SISTERS (Yasujiro Ozu)
8 SURRENDER (Allan Dwan)
9 A LADY WITHOUT PASSPORT (Joseph H. Lewis)
10 AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (Fritz Lang)
11 WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann)
12 WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (Otto Preminger)
13 WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME (John Ford)
14 BORN TO BE BAD (Nicholas Ray)
15 ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
16 KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE (Gordon Douglas)
17 HILLBILLY HARE (Robert McKimson)
18 SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder)
19 NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin)
20 LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Buñuel)
21 RIO GRANDE (John Ford)
22 DARK CITY (William Dieterle)
23 GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
24 STARS IN MY CROWN (Jacques Tourneur)
25 THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON (Robert Siodmak)
26 RABBIT'S MOON (Kenneth Anger)
27 RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
28 THE DUCKSTERS (Chuck Jones)
29 711 OCEAN DRIVE (Joseph M. Newman)
30 THE FURIES (Anthony Mann)
31 STROMBOLI (Roberto Rossellini)
32 STAGE FRIGHT (Alfred Hitchcock)
33 STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (Michelangelo Antonioni)
34 THE GUNFIGHTER (Henry King)
35 COMANCHE TERRITORY (George Sherman)
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