1950s

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1959

1 RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks)
2 DAY OF THE OUTLAW (André de Toth)
3 RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher)
4 ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger)
5 NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock)
6 PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson)
7 THE HORSE SOLDIERS (John Ford)
8 THE CRIMSON KIMONO (Samuel Fuller)
9 IL GENERALE DELLA ROVERE (Roberto Rossellini)
10 NO NAME ON THE BULLET (Jack Arnold)
11 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. CORDELIER (Jean Renoir)
12 OPERATION PETTICOAT (Blake Edwards)
13 VERBOTEN! (Samuel Fuller)
14 FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
15 THE SIGN OF THE LION (Eric Rohmer)
16 PORK CHOP HILL (Lewis Milestone)

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 PARTY GIRL (Nicholas Ray)
8 MON ONCLE (Jacques Tati)
9 NAZARÍN (Luis Buñuel)
10 MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann)
11 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (Orson Welles)
12 BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher)
13 WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray)
14 TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (Joseph H. Lewis)
15 A MOVIE (Bruce Conner)
16 GIDEON'S DAY (John Ford)
17 THE RIFLEMAN: "Duel of Honor" (Joseph H. Lewis) [TV Program]
18 THE QUIET AMERICAN (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
19 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (Roy Baker)
20 THE MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray)
21 SUMMER CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
22 ROCK-A-BYE BABY (Frank Tashlin)
23 THE LINEUP (Don Siegel)
24 ROBIN HOOD DAFFY (Chuck Jones)

1957

1 THRONE OF BLOOD (Akira Kurosawa)
2 MEN IN WAR (Anthony Mann)
3 TIME WITHOUT PITY (Joseph Losey)
4 THE TIN STAR (Anthony Mann)
5 A KING IN NEW YORK (Charles Chaplin)
6 NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Federico Fellini)
7 BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)
8 THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher)
9 NIGHTFALL (Jacques Tourneur)
10 PATHS OF GLORY (Stanley Kubrick)
11 3:10 TO YUMA (Delmer Daves)
12 THREE LITTLE BOPS (Friz Freleng)
13 LETTER FROM SIBERIA (Chris Marker)
14 WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Frank Tashlin)
15 JAMESTOWN BALOOS (Robert Breer)
16 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Alexander Mackendrick)
17 CHINA GATE (Samuel Fuller)
18 FORTY GUNS (Samuel Fuller)
19 NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur)
20 RUN OF THE ARROW (Samuel Fuller)
21 HIDDEN FEAR (Andre de Toth)
22 THE PAJAMA GAME (Stanley Donen and George Abbott)
23 JET PILOT (Josef von Sternberg)
24 A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR (Robert Breer)
25 STEAL WOOL (Chuck Jones)

1956

1 THE SEARCHERS (John Ford)
2 THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Fritz Lang)
4 WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk)
5 THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (Frank Tashlin)
6 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
7 A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson)
8 THE BURMESE HARP (Kon Ichikawa)
9 ATTACK! (Robert Aldrich)
10 THE PAINTER AND THE CITY (Manoel de Oliveira)
11 SUDDEN RAIN (Mikio Naruse)
12 SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (Budd Boetticher)
13 BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray)
14 THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick)
15 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Douglas Sirk)
16 A WIFE'S HEART (Mikio Naruse)
17 HOT BLOOD (Nicholas Ray)
18 GIANT (George Stevens)

1955

1 FLOATING CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse)
2 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT (Orson Welles)
3 NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais)
4 THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)
5 FRENCH CANCAN (Jean Renoir)
6 LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (Howard Hawks)
7 KISS ME DEADLY (Robert Aldrich)
8 DADDY LONG LEGS (Jean Negulesco)
9 ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: "Revenge" (Alfred Hitchcock)
10 I LIVE IN FEAR (Akira Kurosawa)
11 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
12 THE LAST FRONTIER (Anthony Mann)
13 GUYS AND DOLLS (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
14 THE WONDER RING (Stan Brakhage)
15 NEW TALES OF THE TAIRA CLAN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
16 THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Charles Laughton)
17 ONE FROGGY EVENING (Chuck Jones)
18 PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray)
19 ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk)
20 ORSON WELLES' SKETCH BOOK (Orson Welles) [TV series]
21 HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Samuel Fuller)
22 EAST OF EDEN (Elia Kazan)

1954

1 REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock)
2 SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa)
3 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Douglas Sirk)
4 SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi)
5 LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Mikio Naruse)
6 JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
7 A STAR IS BORN (George Cukor)
8 SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse)
9 CRIME WAVE (André De Toth)
10 THE PURPLE PLAIN (Robert Parrish)
11 SENSO (Luchino Visconti)
12 CARMEN JONES (Otto Preminger)
13 RIDING SHOTGUN (André De Toth)
14 DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock)
15 DEVIL MAY HARE (Robert McKimson)

1953

1 M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (Jacques Tati)
2 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller)
3 VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini)
4 GLEN OR GLENDA? (Edward D. Wood, Jr.)
5 DRAGNET: "The Big Thief" (Jack Webb)
6 THE BAND WAGON (Vincente Minnelli)
7 DUCK AMUCK (Chuck Jones)
8 THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. (Roy Rowland)
9 WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Heinosuke Gosho)
10 OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER (Mikio Naruse)
11 DRAGNET: "The Big Frank" (Jack Webb)
12 UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
13 THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT (John Ford)
14 WIFE (Mikio Naruse)
15 THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (Josef von Sternberg)
16 THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Max Ophüls)
17 DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24½TH CENTURY (Chuck Jones)
18 THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang)
19 THE NAKED SPUR (Anthony Mann)
20 DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK! (Chuck Jones)
21 ALL I DESIRE (Douglas Sirk)
22 THE STRANGER WORE A GUN (André De Toth)
23 THE MAN FROM THE ALAMO (Budd Boetticher)
24 HUSBAND AND WIFE (Mikio Naruse)

1952

1 PARK ROW (Samuel Fuller)
2 ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray)
3 OTHELLO (Orson Welles)
4 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
5 BEND OF THE RIVER (Anthony Mann)
6 CASQUE D'OR (Jacques Becker)
7 LAST OF THE COMANCHES (André De Toth)
8 CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Zoltan Korda)
9 HIGH NOON (Fred Zinnemann)
10 FEED THE KITTY (Chuck Jones)
11 THE NARROW MARGIN (Richard Fleischer)
12 THE GOLDEN COACH (Jean Renoir)
13 LIMELIGHT (Charles Chaplin)
14 SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (André De Toth)
15 MY SON JOHN (Leo McCarey)
16 THE MARRYING KIND (George Cukor)
17 MOTHER (Mikio Naruse)
18 WATER, WATER EVERY HARE (Chuck Jones)
19 DRAGNET: "The Big September Man" (Jack Webb)
20 THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
21 THE QUIET MAN (John Ford)
22 LIGHTNING (Mikio Naruse)
23 MOULIN ROUGE (John Huston)
24 KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (Phil Karlson)

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 STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock)
5 M (Joseph Losey)
6 FIXED BAYONETS! (Samuel Fuller)
7 MISS JULIE (Alf Sjoberg)
8 APACHE DRUMS (Hugo Fregonese)
9 THE STEEL HELMET (Samuel Fuller)
10 REPAST (Mikio Naruse)
11 ROYAL WEDDING (Stanley Donen)
12 THE RIVER (Jean Renoir)
13 HIS KIND OF WOMAN (Richard Fleischer and John Farrow)
14 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Robert Wise)
15 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackendrick)
16 DRIP-ALONG DAFFY (Chuck Jones)
17 WEARING OF THE GRIN (Chuck Jones)
18 EARLY TO BET (Robert McKimson)

1950

1 IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
2 GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
3 TRY AND GET ME! (Cy Endfield)
4 DEVIL'S DOORWAY (Anthony Mann)
5 SIDE STREET (Anthony Mann)
6 RABBIT OF SEVILLE (Chuck Jones)
7 THE MUNEKATA SISTERS (Yasujiro Ozu)
8 AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (Fritz Lang)
9 WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME (John Ford)
10 WAGON MASTER (John Ford)
11 BORN TO BE BAD (Nicholas Ray)
12 THE LAWLESS (Joseph Losey)
13 HILLBILLY HARE (Robert McKimson)
14 NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin)
15 LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Buñuel)
16 WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann)
17 GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
18 STARS IN MY CROWN (Jacques Tourneur)
19 RIO GRANDE (John Ford)
20 SUNSET BLVD. (Billy Wilder)
21 RABBIT MOON (Kenneth Anger)
22 RASHOMON (Akira Kurosawa)
23 THE DUCKSTERS (Chuck Jones)
24 THE FURIES (Anthony Mann)
25 STROMBOLI (Roberto Rossellini)
26 STAGE FRIGHT (Alfred Hitchcock)

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