Best of the Decade
1 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
2 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby)
3 RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
4 FLOATING CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
5 VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock)
6 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
7 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
8 TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
9 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (Orson Welles)
10 DAY OF THE OUTLAW (André de Toth)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
1954
1 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
8 TOUCH OF EVIL (Orson Welles)
9 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (Orson Welles)
10 DAY OF THE OUTLAW (André de Toth)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
1954
1 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
