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Umbrellas' Top 100 Films of the 1950s - Page 2

Until a few years ago I had a feeling that the 50s were a bit of a dead decade for cinema, dominated by cheesy musicals (I'm generally not a big fan of musicals) and with the big studios increasingly playing it safe. While it's still far from my favourite decade on the average, the best films from this period are right up there with the greatest there have ever been, and I'd happily be stuck on a desert island with these top 100 picks (ranked in order of how much I like them, from Vertigo down). At the lower end it was difficult to decide what to put in and leave out - at no. 100 I slipped in Manbait, which might not really be that great a film, but seemed worth throwing in because it's less well known than most of the others and Diana Dors in her prime upends expectations about British cinema of that era.
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The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
42
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
43
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
44
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
45
Rififi (1955)
Rififi (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
46
No Man of Her Own (1950)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
47
Throne of Blood (1957)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
48
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
49
The Lusty Men (1952)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
50
Casque D'Or (1952)
Casque D'Or (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
51
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
52
High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
53
The Naked Spur (1953)
The Naked Spur (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
54
Night Train (1959)
Night Train (1959)
55
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
56
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
57
Cairo Station (1958)
Cairo Station (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
58
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
59
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
60
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
61
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
62
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
63
Limelight (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
64
Thérèse Raquin (1953)
Thérèse Raquin (1953)
65
The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
66
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
67
Moby Dick (1956)
Moby Dick (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
68
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
69
The Tin Star (1957)
The Tin Star (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
70
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
71
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
72
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
73
Imitation of Life (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
74
Umberto D. (1952)
Umberto D. (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
75
Man of the West (1958)
Man of the West (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
76
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
77
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
78
Dracula (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
79
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
80
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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