The most interesting films of the 50s I've seen (with ratings, out of...guess...****)
Submitted by 1922 on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 08:44
Tags:
Masterpiece (****)
- 12 Angry Men (1956) (Lumet)
- East of Eden (1955) (Kazan)
- Rear Window (1954) (Hitchcock)
Great (***1/2)
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) (Laughton)
- Rebel without a Cause (1955) (Ray)
- Vertigo (1958) (Hitchcock)
Very Good (***)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1956) (Lean)
- Dial M for Murder (1954) (Hitchcock)
- Dracula (1958) (Fisher)
- The Ladykillers (1955) (Mackendrick)
- The Living Desert (1954) (Algar)
- The Man who Knew too Much (1956) (Hitchcock)
- On the Waterfront (1954) (Kazan)
- The Seventh Seal (1957) (Bergman)
- Smultronstället/ Wild Strawberries (1956) (Bergman)
- War and Peace (1956) (Vidor) *
Good (**1/2)
- Moby Dick (1956) (Huston) *
- North by Northwest (1959) (Hitchcock) *
- The Quiet Man (1952) (Ford) *
- Pillow Talk (1959) (Gordon)
- Rio Bravo (1959) (Hawks) *
- River of No Return (1954) (Preminger)
- Some Like It Hot (1959) (Wilder) *
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (Kazan)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (Wilder)
Average (**)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (Anderson)
- Ben-Hur (1959) (Wyler) *
- Cinderella (1950) (Jackson, Luske, Geronimi)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) (De Mille) *
Something went wrong... (*1/2)
Not convincing (*)
- Rio Grande (1950) (Ford) *
Awful (1/2)
- Sissi (1955) (Marischka)
Urghhh!!!(°)
Films I really need to see
- Strangers on a Train (on VHS)
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Quo vadis? (missed it on TV)
- A Place in the Sun
- High Noon
- The African Queen
- Singin' in the Rain
- From Here to Eternity
- La Strada
- Giant
- Bad Day at Black Rock (seen a LONG time ago)
- The Seven Year Itch (seen a LONG time ago)
- The Searchers (ditto)
- Paths of Glory
- Touch of Evil
- To Catch a Thief (will see it next sunday)
- Les 400 coups
- Les Diaboliques
Films with an asterisk: films I have to see once again to assure more accurate ratings