1950s Releases Seen/To See

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  • Displayed by year of release (according to IMDB) in approximate order of preference/interest. Suggestions are always welcome.
  • 1950 Seen

  • Rashomon
  • Los Olvidados
  • Sunset Blvd.
  • Winchester ‘73
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • All About Eve
  • Cinderella
  • 1950 To See

  • Scandal
  • Harvey
  • Stage Fright
  • Variety Lights
  • Champagne for Caesar
  • In a Lonely Place
  • King Solomon’s Mines
  • The Happiest Days of Your Life
  • Father of the Bride
  • Caged
  • La Ronde
  • The Men
  • Born Yesterday
  • D.O.A.
  • Panic in the Streets
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • The Flowers of St. Francis
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Beauty and the Devil
  • No Way Out
  • Rio Grande
  • The Gunfighter
  • Last Holiday
  • The Glass Menagerie
  • Stromboli
  • Les enfants terribles
  • Cheaper by the Dozen
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • Kon-Tiki
  • 1951 Seen

  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • The African Queen
  • The River
  • A Place in the Sun
  • An American In Paris
  • 1951 To See

  • Strangers on a Train
  • Diary of a Country Priest
  • The Idiot
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • The Lavender Hill Mob
  • Early Summer
  • The Big Carnival
  • Miracle in Milan
  • The Enforcer
  • The Browning Version
  • Awaara
  • The Man in the White Suit
  • Detective Story
  • Bellissima
  • Scrooge
  • The Thing From Another World
  • People Will Talk
  • Death of a Salesman
  • Quo Vadis
  • When Worlds Collide
  • The Red Badge of Courage
  • Show Boat
  • Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
  • 1952 Seen

  • Ikiru
  • High Noon
  • Singin’ in the Rain
  • 1952 To See

  • Umberto D.
  • Limelight
  • The Quiet Man
  • Othello
  • The Greatest Show on Earth
  • The Bad and the Beautiful
  • Monkey Business
  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Forbidden Games
  • Pat and Mike
  • Ivanhoe
  • Viva Zapata!
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier
  • Le Plaisir
  • Angel Face
  • The Narrow Margin
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro
  • Europa ‘51
  • The Big Sky
  • The Crimson Pirate
  • 1953 Seen

  • Julius Caesar
  • Tokyo Story
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • Roman Holiday
  • From Here to Eternity
  • Peter Pan
  • Shane
  • 1953 To See

  • Ugetsu monogotari
  • Stalag 17
  • The Wages of Fear
  • The Big Heat
  • I Vitelloni
  • El
  • The Wild One
  • I Confess
  • The War of the Worlds
  • Pickup on South Street
  • Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
  • The Golden Coach
  • Viaggio in Italia
  • The Glenn Miller Story
  • The Earrings of Madame de…
  • Houdini
  • Kiss Me Kate
  • Niagara
  • The Bandwagon
  • Beat the Devil
  • How to Marry a Millionaire
  • The Robe
  • 1954 Seen

  • Rear Window
  • Seven Samurai
  • On the Waterfront
  • La Strada
  • Animal Farm
  • White Christmas
  • Senso
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • 1954 To See

  • Dial M for Murder
  • Sansho the Bailiff
  • Sabrina
  • The Caine Mutiny
  • Gojira
  • Johnny Guitar
  • Them!
  • Salt of the Earth
  • A Star is Born
  • Hobson’s Choice
  • The Barefoot Contessa
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • Brigadoon
  • Carmen Jones
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • 1955 Seen

  • Pather Panchali
  • Guys and Dolls
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • Smiles of a Summer Night
  • Blackboard Jungle
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • All That Heaven Allows
  • 1955 To See

  • To Catch a Thief
  • The Seven Year Itch
  • Diabolique
  • Killer’s Kiss
  • The Ladykillers
  • Lady and the Tramp
  • I Live in Fear
  • The Trouble with Harry
  • Mister Roberts
  • Ordet
  • Rififi
  • Night and Fog
  • Bob le flambeur
  • Marty
  • Richard III
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • East of Eden
  • Oklahoma!
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • The Desperate Hours
  • The Man from Laramie
  • Artists and Models
  • 1956 Seen

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • The Searchers
  • The Killing
  • The Wrong Man
  • The King and I
  • Giant
  • Around the World in 80 Days
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • All That Heaven Allows
  • 1956 To See

  • The Ten Commandments
  • Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island
  • The Court Jester
  • Written on the Wind
  • Forbidden Planet
  • Moby Dick
  • High Society
  • Lust for Life
  • 1984
  • …And God Created Woman
  • The Burmese Harp
  • Bus Stop
  • Bigger Than Life
  • A Man Escaped
  • The Harder They Fall
  • Baby Doll
  • Carousel
  • 1957 Seen

  • Throne of Blood
  • 12 Angry Men
  • The Bridge Over the River Kwai
  • Desk Set
  • Mother India
  • The Seventh Seal
  • Old Yeller
  • 1957 To See

  • Paths of Glory
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • Aparajito
  • Witness for the Prosecution
  • Wild Strawberries
  • The Lower Depths
  • Love in the Afternoon
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • Kanal
  • The Cranes are Flying
  • A Face in the Crowd
  • Sayonara
  • An Affair to Remember
  • Mother India
  • The Incredible Shrinking Man
  • A King in New York
  • Funny Face
  • Jailhouse Rock
  • The Spirit of St. Louis
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  • 1958 Seen

  • Touch of Evil
  • The Hidden Fortress
  • Vertigo
  • Ivan the Terrible, Part II
  • Some Came Running
  • 1958 To See

  • Jalsaghar
  • Mon oncle
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • A Night to Remember
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street
  • The Young Lions
  • Elevator to the Gallows
  • The Magician
  • Ashes and Diamonds
  • The Vikings
  • The Fly
  • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
  • Indiscreet
  • South Pacific
  • Dracula
  • The Long Hot Summer
  • Damn Yankees
  • Separate Tables
  • The Big Country
  • Gigi
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Run Silent Run Deep
  • The Horse’s Mouth
  • 1959 Seen

  • North by Northwest
  • Ben-Hur
  • Anatomy of a Murder
  • The 400 Blows
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Rio Bravo
  • Compulsion
  • Imitation of Life
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • 1959 To See

  • The World of Apu
  • Black Orpheus
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space
  • On the Beach
  • Pork Chop Hill
  • Floating Weeds
  • Ballad of a Soldier
  • Good Morning
  • Room at the Top
  • Hiroshima mon amour
  • The Mouse That Roared
  • Pickpocket
  • Operation Petticoat
  • Suddenly, Last Summer
  • Nazarin
  • Shadows
  • The Nun’s Story
  • Pillow Talk
  • Porgy and Bess

Sure that you want to see Plan 9?

Of course. I just have to know why it has such a dubious reputation.

Yeah, I mean that was surely the reason why I wanted to see it too. (But believe me it is so bad it is not even funny.)