Avatar
Added by Stehako

on 21 Oct 2009 12:02

 
7
836 Views   No comments

Best Film Direction - 1950s

Sort by: Showing 36 items
Average listal rating (886 ratings) 9  
1. Alfred Hitchcock

#1

Vertigo (1958)

#2

North By Northwest (1959)

#7

Rear Window (1954)

#18

Strangers on a Train (1951)

#23

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

#28

Dial 'M' for Murder (1954)

#39

The Wrong Man (1956)

#42

To Catch a Thief (1955)

#50

The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (306 ratings) 9  
2. Akira Kurosawa

#3

Seven Samurai (1956)

#15

Rashomon (1950)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (38 ratings) 7.6  
3. George Stevens

#4

A Place in the Sun (1951)

#38

Giant (1956)

#61

Shane (1953)

#82

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (124 ratings) 8.5  
4. David Lean

#5

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (205 ratings) 8.2  
5. Sidney Lumet

#6

"12 Angry Men" (1957)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (230 ratings) 8.9  
6. Billy Wilder

#8

Stalag 17 (1953)

#12

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

#25

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

#33

Some Like it Hot (1959)

#47

Sabrina (1954)

#56

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

#69

Love in the Afternoon (1957)

#90

The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (308 ratings) 8.7  
7. Orson Welles

#9

Touch of Evil (1958)

#65

Othello (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (209 ratings) 8.9  
8. Federico Fellini

#10

La Strada (1954)

#49

Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Stehako's rating:

#11

All About Eve (1950)

#24

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

#53

Guys and Dolls (1955)

#77

5 Fingers (1952)

#81

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (115 ratings) 8.4  
10. Howard Hawks

#13

The Big Sky (1952)

#34

Rio Bravo (1959)

#67

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

#85

Monkey Business (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (143 ratings) 8.4  
11. John Ford

#14

Mogambo (1953)

#30

The Quiet Man (1952)

#35

The Searchers (1956)

#54

Mister Roberts (1955)

#66

Rio Grande (1950)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (46 ratings) 7.7  
12. Vincente Minnelli

#16

Lust for Life (1956)

#31

An American in Paris (1951)

#76

Some Came Running (1958)

#79

Brigadoon (1954)

#89

Gigi (1958)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (175 ratings) 8.3  
13. John Huston

#17

Asphalt Jungle (1950)

#46

Moby Dick (1956)

#55

Moulin Rouge (1952)

#80

The African Queen (1951)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (102 ratings) 8.4  
14. Elia Kazan

#19

On the Waterfront (1953)

#37

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

#63

East of Eden (1955)

#75

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

#88

Viva Zapata! (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (86 ratings) 8.1  
15. William Wyler

#20

The Big Country (1958)

#48

Ben-Hur (1959)

#60

Roman Holiday (1953)

#86

Detective Story (1951)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (41 ratings) 8.2  
16. Otto Preminger

#21

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

#59

The Moon is Blue (1953)

#83

Carmen Jones (1954)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (42 ratings) 8.1  
17. Fred Zinnemann

#22

From Here to Eternity (1953)

#74

High Noon (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (184 ratings) 8.6  
18. François Truffaut

#26

The 400 Blows (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (53 ratings) 7.3  
19. Stanley Donen
and Gene Kelly

#27

Singin' in the Rain (1952)


#44

Funny Face (1957)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (41 ratings) 7.7  
20. Cecil B. DeMille

#29

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

#68

The Ten Commandments (1956)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (511 ratings) 8.9  
21. Charles Chaplin

#32

Limelight (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (96 ratings) 8.1  
22. George Cukor

#36

Les Girls (1957)

#62

A Star is Born (1954)

#87

Born Yesterday (1950)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (24 ratings) 7.9  
23. King Vidor

#40

War and Peace (1956)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (5 ratings) 6.6  
24. George Seaton

#41

The Country Girl (1954)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (36 ratings) 8.4  
25. Mario Monicelli

#43

The Great War (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (41 ratings) 8.2  
26. Carol Reed

#45

The Third Man (1950)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (305 ratings) 9.1  
27. Ingmar Bergman

#51

Wild Strawberries (1958)

#73

The Seventh Seal (1957)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (47 ratings) 8.3  
28. Jacques Tati

#52

Mon Oncle (1958)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (152 ratings) 8.6  
29. Frank Capra

#57

A Hole in the Head (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (62 ratings) 9  
30. Yasujiro Ozu

#58

Tokyo Story (1953)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (36 ratings) 8.9  
31. Roberto Rossellini

#64

Stromboli (1950)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (64 ratings) 8.3  
32. Alain Resnais

#70

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (13 ratings) 7.4  
33. Alexander Mackendrick

#71

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (12 ratings) 7.1  
34. Henry King

#72

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (33 ratings) 7.4  
35. Stanley Kramer

#78

On the Beach (1959)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (8 ratings) 5.6  
36. Charles Walters

#84

High Society (1956)
Stehako's rating:



The top 90 works of the decade based on the direction by some of the most influential directors ever!

Added to




Related lists

Best Film Direction - 1940s
28 item list by Stehako
8 votes
Best Art Direction(2000-2012)
12 item list by Dragon Knight
6 votes 1 comment
Best Film Direction (1900-1929)
20 item list by Stehako
8 votes
Best Film Direction - 1990s
91 item list by Stehako
6 votes
Best of 1950s
17 item list by mannapuuro
1 votes
Some of the Best Art Direction
20 item list by SpG
26 votes 5 comments
Best Film Direction - 1960s
42 item list by Stehako
9 votes 2 comments
Best Film Direction - 1930s
26 item list by Stehako
3 votes 1 comment
Gloria Grahame film list (1940s-1950s)
26 item list by BeemerNYC
9 votes 1 comment
Best Film Direction - 1970s
46 item list by Stehako
6 votes

View more top voted lists
Join listal and create your own lists and much more

People who voted for this also voted for

Academy Award For Best Original Song
AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - 2005
Republic Movie Serials
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
Britain's Best Sitcom (the BBC's top 100)
Alien Beings (Vicious) - Cult Flicks & Trash Pics
Heist Films



Login or Signup to post a comment