Top Movies of 1950s


The top movies of 1950s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

201. Les miserables

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Robert Newton, Sylvia Sidney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester
Plot: Adaptation of the novel by Victor Hugo in which ex-convict Jean Valjean vows to change his life after a bishop shows him a kind act but the obsessive Inspector Javert, who believes in law over everything else, does not give up his pursuit.

202. Somebody Up There Likes Me

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Harold J. Stone

203. Westward the Women

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Julie Bishop, Lenore Lonergan
Plot: This film covers the journey of a 150 women traveling from Chicago to
California in the 1850's to meet their newly acquired future husbands.
They face a lot of struggles along the way, but become stronger through
the adversity.

204. Magician, The ( Ansiktet )

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson

205. French Cancan

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix, Anna Amendola, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Dora Doll

206. Desk Set

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Gig Young, Dina Merrill, Joan Blondell, Sue Randall
Plot: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy clash over a new computer that will take over the Reference department

207. The Enemy Below

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dick Powell
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins, Kurt Kreuger

208. Bob le flambeur

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Roger Duchesne, André Garet, Gérard Buhr, Guy Decomble

209. Sayonara

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joshua Logan
Actors: Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka, Ricardo Montalban, James Garner

210. D.O.A.

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Lynn Baggett, William Ching

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