1. 12 Angry Men
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, Joseph Sweeney, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden
Plot: One man on a jury stands alone in a case in which most are initially convinced one way but one by one may be convinced another way.
2. Rear Window
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
Plot: A man confined to a wheel chair (James Stewart), has nothing to do except spy on his neighbors. As time goes on, he is convinced they have committed murder.
3. Seven Samurai, The ( Shichinin no samurai )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
Plot: A village under attack recruits seven warriors to try and protect their
village.
4. Vertigo
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Ellen Corby, Henry Jones
Plot: A man with Vertigo investigates his old friend's wife to discover that she may be the cause of his vertigo.
5. North by Northwest
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis
Plot: A advertising exec is chased cross country while he tries to clear his
name in a government mistake. In the end, he can't tell who is on his
side.
6. Rashômon
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda
Plot: A crime is told from four different points of view, through different people - but which version is the truth?
7. Sunset Boulevard
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Nancy Olson, Erich von Stroheim, Jack Webb, Fred Clark
Plot: A screenwriter is desperate for a job, when he finds himself in front of a
legendary silent film era movie star. He writes script for her, but will
it be good enough to make him famous? Or does he even want to be famous?
8. Paths of Glory
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Richard Anderson, Wayne Morris
Plot: During World War I, soldiers refuse to fight as it appears certain death. The superior military decides to make an example out of them while one man (Douglas) defends them.
9. All About Eve
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill
Plot: A young lady begins working for an aging stage actress in which she eventually becomes the star.
10. On the Waterfront
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Pat Henning
Plot: A man who is now dock help, used to be a great boxer. As he quarrels with the union bosses
