100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1950s

1. Vertigo (1958)
2. The Searchers (1956)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5. Tokyo Story (1953)
6. Rashomon (1950)
7. Touch of Evil (1958)
8. Some Like It Hot (1959)
9. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
10. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
11. Rear Window (1954)
12. The Four Hundred Blows (1959)
13. Ordet (1955)
14. The Seventh Seal (1957)
15. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
16. La Strada (1954)
17. Wild Strawberries (1957)
18. North by Northwest (1959)
19. Rio Bravo (1959)
20. Pather Panchali (1955)
21. All About Eve (1950)
22. Ikiru (1952)
23. Pickpocket (1959)
24. Madame de... (1953)
25. Sansho Dayu (1954)
26. On the Waterfront (1954)
27. Viaggio in Italia (1954)
28. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
29. Los Olvidados (1950)
30. Umberto D. (1952)
31. A Man Escaped (1956)
32. The Band Wagon (1953)
33. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
34. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
35. Paths of Glory (1957)
36. The Quiet Man (1952)
37. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
38. The River (1951)
39. The World of Apu (1959)
40. The Music Room (1958)
41. Throne of Blood (1957)
42. Written on the Wind (1956)
43. Johnny Guitar (1954)
44. The Wages of Fear (1953)
45. High Noon (1952)
46. Night and Fog (1955)
47. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
48. Imitation of Life (1959)
49. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
50. A Star Is Born (1954)
51. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
52. Orpheus (1950)
53. The Life of Oharu (1952)
54. Shane (1953)
55. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
56. Lola Montes (1955)
57. The African Queen (1951)
58. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
59. Le Plaisir (1952)
60. Senso (1954)
61. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
62. Casque d'Or (1952)
63. Floating Clouds (1955)
64. In a Lonely Place (1950)
65. Miracle in Milan (1951)
66. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
67. Strangers on a Train (1951)
68. The Killing (1956)
69. 12 Angry Men (1957)
70. Mon Oncle (1958)
71. Some Came Running (1958)
72. Ace in the Hole (1951)
73. Ben-Hur (1959)
74. El (1953)
75. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
76. Aparajito (1956)
77. I Vitelloni (1953)
78. The Big Heat (1953)
79. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
80. Shadows (1959)
81. Forbidden Games (1952)
82. Gun Crazy (1950)
83. Bigger Than Life (1956)
84. Early Summer (1951)
85. East of Eden (1955)
86. Pickup on South Street (1953)
87. Pyaasa (1957)
88. An Affair to Remember (1957)
89. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
90. Les Diaboliques (1955)
91. Saint Francis, God's Jester (1950)
92. Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
93. Stromboli (1950)
94. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
95. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
96. Bob le Flambeur (1956)
97. Limelight (1952)
98. The Red Balloon (1956)
99. A Place in the Sun (1951)
100. Un Chant d'Amour (1950)