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The Best Films of 1955

by Christopher Beaubien • March 08, 2008 • Start the Discussion!

Ordet (dir. Carl Dreyer)
Marty (dir. Delbert Mann)
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (dir. Jacques Tati)
Bob le Flambeur (dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
Lady and the Tramp (dir. Clyde Geronimi)
Rififi (dir. Jules Dassin)
Rebel Without a Cause (dir. Nicholas Ray)
All That Heaven Allows (dir. Douglas Sirk)
Le Amiche (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)

The Best Films of 1954

by Christopher Beaubien • March 08, 2008 • Start the Discussion!

Seven Samurai (dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Rear Window (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (dir. Jacques Becker)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (dir. Stanley Donen)
La Strada (dir. Federico Fellini)
On the Waterfront (dir. Elia Kazan)
Hobson’s Choice (dir. David Lean)
Twenty-Four Eyes (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)
A Star Is Born (dir. George Cukor)
Dial M for Murder (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

The Best Films of 1953

by Christopher Beaubien • March 08, 2008 • Start the Discussion!

The Earrings of Madame de… (dir. Max Ophuls)
Tokyo Story (dir. Yasujiro Ozu)
The Big Heat (dir. Fritz Lang)
Ugetsu (dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
Beat the Devil (dir. John Huston)
The Band Wagon (dir. Vincente Minnelli)
I Vitelloni (dir. Federico Fellini)
Roman Holiday (dir. William Wyler)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (dir. Howard Hawks)
The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. (dir. Roy Rowland)
Peter Pan (dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske)
Little Fugitive (dir. Ray Ashley)
Calamity Jane (dir. David Butler)

The Best Films of 1952

by Christopher Beaubien • March 08, 2008 • Start the Discussion!

Singin’ in the Rain (dir. Stanley Donen)
Ikiru (dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Forbidden Games (dir. Edward Holzman)
Umberto D. (dir. Vittorio De Sica)
The Importance of Being Earnest (dir. Anthony Asquith)

The Best Films of 1951

by Christopher Beaubien • March 07, 2008 • Start the Discussion!

Ace in the Hole (dir. Billy Wilder)
A Streetcar Named Desire (dir. Elia Kazan)
Strangers on a Train (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (dir. Robert Wise)
The African Queen (dir. John Huston)
A Place in the Sun (dir. George Stevens)
An American in Paris (dir. Vincente Minnelli)