Best Movies/TV Shows of the 1950s

100 titles that travel well across time — a personal watchlist for best movies/tv shows of the 1950s.

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1 12 Angry Men(1957)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
2 Shichinin no samuraiaka Seven Samurai(1954)
Movie | Action, Drama | Japan | Japanese
3 Rear Window(1954)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English
4 Singin' in the Rain(1952)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
5 Le salaire de la peuraka The Wages of Fear(1953)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | France, Italy | French, English
6 Rashomon(1950)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Japan | Japanese
7 Tokyo monogatariaka Tokyo Story(1953)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
8 Sunset Boulevard(1950)
Movie | Drama, Film-Noir | USA | English
9 North by Northwest(1959)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English, French
10 Smultronstalletaka Wild Strawberries(1957)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
11 Ikiru(1952)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese, Latin
12 The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
13 Pather Panchali(1955)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
14 Det sjunde insegletaka The Seventh Seal(1957)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Sweden | Swedish, Latin
15 Vertigo(1958)
Movie | Mystery, Romance | USA | English
16 Some Like It Hot(1959)
Movie | Comedy, Music | USA | English, French
17 Paths of Glory(1957)
Movie | Drama, War | USA | English, German
18 Apur Sansaraka The World of Apu(1959)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
19 The Twilight Zone(1959)
TV | Drama, Fantasy | USA | English
20 Aparajito(1956)
Movie | Drama | India | Bengali
21 Pyaasaaka Thirst(1957)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
22 Mother India(1957)
Movie | Action, Comedy | India | Hindi
23 Ben-Hur(1959)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
24 La strada(1954)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian
25 Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, German
26 Dial M for Murder(1954)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
27 Strangers on a Train(1951)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, French
28 On the Waterfront(1954)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Latin
29 Les diaboliquesaka Diabolique(1955)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French, English
30 All About Eve(1950)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, French
31 Les quatre cents coupsaka The 400 Blows(1959)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French, English
32 A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Movie | Drama | USA | English, Spanish
33 Le notti di Cabiriaaka Nights of Cabiria(1957)
Movie | Drama | Italy, France | Italian, Latin
34 Un condamne a mort s'est echappe ou Le vent souffle ou il veutaka A Man Escaped(1956)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | France | French, German
35 Du rififi chez les hommesaka Rififi(1955)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French, Italian
36 Kakushi-toride no san-akuninaka The Hidden Fortress(1958)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Japan | Japanese
37 Roman Holiday(1953)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Italian
38 Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Movie | Drama, Mystery | USA | English
39 Maya Bazaaraka Mayabazar(1957)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Telugu, Tamil
40 Do Bigha Zamin(1953)
Movie | Drama | India | Hindi
41 I Love Lucy(1951)
TV | Comedy | USA | English, Spanish
42 Do Ankhen Barah Haath(1957)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | India | Hindi
43 Awaara(1951)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
44 Nuit et brouillardaka Night and Fog(1956)
Movie | Documentary, Short | France | French
45 Umberto D.(1952)
Movie | Drama | Italy | Italian
46 Ugetsu monogatariaka Ugetsu(1953)
Movie | Drama, Fantasy | Japan | Japanese
47 Letyat zhuravliaka The Cranes Are Flying(1957)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Russia | Russian
48 Kumonosu-joaka Throne of Blood(1957)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
49 High Noon(1952)
Movie | Drama, Thriller | USA | English, Spanish
50 Ordet(1955)
Movie | Drama | Denmark | Danish
51 The Searchers(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Western | USA | English, Navajo
52 Sansho dayuaka Sansho the Bailiff(1954)
Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
53 The Night of the Hunter(1955)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
54 Touch of Evil(1958)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
55 Cinderella(1950)
Movie | Animation, Family | USA | English
56 The Killing(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
57 Rio Bravo(1959)
Movie | Western | USA | English, Spanish
58 Jalsagharaka The Music Room(1958)
Movie | Drama, Music | India | Bengali, English
59 Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)
TV | Crime, Drama | USA | English
60 Shree 420(1955)
Movie | Comedy, Crime | India | Hindi
61 Kaagaz Ke Phoolaka Paper Flowers(1959)
Movie | Drama, Romance | India | Hindi
62 Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi(1958)
Movie | Comedy, Musical | India | Hindi
63 Los olvidadosaka The Young and the Damned(1950)
Movie | Crime, Drama | Mexico | Spanish
64 I vitelloni(1953)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Italy, France | Italian
65 Hiroshima mon amour(1959)
Movie | Drama, Romance | France, Japan | French, Japanese
66 Ascenseur pour l'echafaudaka Elevator to the Gallows(1958)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French, German
67 Le ballon rougeaka The Red Balloon(1956)
Movie | Short, Comedy | France | French
68 Mon oncleaka My Uncle(1958)
Movie | Comedy | France, Italy | French
69 The African Queen(1951)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | UK, USA | English, German
70 Lady and the Tramp(1955)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
71 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
72 The Ten Commandments(1956)
Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
73 Rebel Without a Cause(1955)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
74 The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951)
Movie | Drama, Sci-Fi | USA | English, French
75 Stalag 17(1953)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, German
76 Sleeping Beauty(1959)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
77 Formula 1(1950)
TV | Action, Comedy | France, UK | English
78 Naya Daur(1957)
Movie | Action, Drama | India | Hindi
79 Missamma(1955)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Telugu
80 Devdas(1955)
Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Hindi
81 Jagte Rahoaka Stay Alert(1956)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | India | Hindi
82 Gojiraaka Godzilla(1954)
Movie | Horror, Sci-Fi | Japan | Japanese, German
83 Jeux interditsaka Forbidden Games(1952)
Movie | Drama, War | France | French
84 Ballada o soldateaka Ballad of a Soldier(1959)
Movie | Drama, Romance | Russia | Russian, Ukrainian
85 Sabrina(1954)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, French
86 Harvey(1950)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Spanish
87 The Man Who Knew Too Much(1956)
Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, Arabic
88 Peter Pan(1953)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English, American Sign
89 From Here to Eternity(1953)
Movie | Drama, Romance | USA | English
90 Alice in Wonderland(1951)
Movie | Animation, Adventure | USA | English
91 Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956)
Movie | Drama, Horror | USA | English
92 East of Eden(1955)
Movie | Drama | USA | English
93 Pathala Bhairavi(1951)
Movie | Action, Adventure | India | Tamil, Telugu
94 Madhumati(1958)
Movie | Fantasy, Musical | India | Hindi
95 Bakushuaka Early Summer(1951)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | Japan | Japanese, English
96 Pickpocket(1959)
Movie | Crime, Drama | France | French
97 Sommarnattens leendeaka Smiles of a Summer Night(1955)
Movie | Comedy, Romance | Sweden | Swedish
98 The Quiet Man(1952)
Movie | Comedy, Drama | USA | English, Irish Gaelic
99 Shane(1953)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English
100 Giant(1956)
Movie | Drama, Western | USA | English, Spanish

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