11. Some Like It Hot
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Nehemiah Persoff
Plot: When two men run from a murder, they disguise themselves as women, only to
find themselves in more trouble when the both fall for the same girl, who
only knows them as women.
12. Seventh Seal, The ( Det Sjunde inseglet )
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Fantasy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Inga Landgre, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Plot: During the black plague a man is introduced to the Grim Reaper where he questions the existence of God and life in general.
13. Singin' in the Rain
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse, Jean Hagen
Plot: Silent film actors and "singers" are trying to make the transition to "talkies" when one of them can't sing well, but no one seems to tell her.
14. The Bridge on the River Kwai
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Lean
Actors: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Heihachiro Okawa, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald
Plot: In a P.O.W. camp stationed in Japan during WWII, a Colonel (Guinness) convinces a Japenese General to build a bridge his way, which drives the Colonel insane.
15. The Night of the Hunter
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Laughton
Actors: Robert Mitchum, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, Peter Graves
Plot: Two young children who are basically left alone meet a killer posing as a preacher who is after their stack of their father's cash.
16. Ben-Hur
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Finlay Currie
Plot: A Prince is accused of a crime he didn't commit and is betrayed by the
ones he knows as he is sent into slavery. He rises through the ranks all
while plotting his revenge.
17. Strangers on a Train
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ruth Roman, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Kasey Rogers
Plot: A man develops a theory of how complete strangers can get away with murder, and tells a tennis star of his intentions. Who will go through with what?
18. Ikiru
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari
Plot: A dedicated old man is an official in the Public Affair division. For the very first time in 30 years of service he skips work to check on a health condition. His distant relationship with his son, along with that of a waiter and also a colleague, will change his perception of life and priorities.
19. Dial M for Murder
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Patrick Allen
Plot: A man develops the perfect plan to kill his wife. When it fails, he is left with his alternate plan...
20. The Killing
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Vince Edwards, Coleen Gray, Jay C. Flippen, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor
Plot: A group of men try to knock off a horse track in an elaborate plan to make them all rich when something goes wrong.
