100 Must See Films From the 1950s
The decade of the 1950s in film involved many significant films. Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. big-scoped films thrived internationally, too, such as Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's historic Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Rashomon. The decade was equally adept at both character and realistic films. The highly noted actors James Stewart, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando were at the peak of their popularity. Stewart, starring in Winchester '73, and Wayne, starring in John Ford's The Searchers, revitalized the western. Brando mastered versatile roles in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront (1954). Director Alfred Hitchcock was at the peak of his craft, with films such as Strangers on a Train (1951), Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo, and North by Northwest. The Bengali Indian director Satyajit Ray, who began his career in the 1950s, was also at the peak of his career during this decade, with films such as The Apu Trilogy.
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