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Top 20 Films of the 1950s

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Rear Window Report Abuse
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly.
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A Streetcar Named Desire Report Abuse
Directed by Elia Kazan and featuring Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Report Abuse
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman.
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On the Waterfront Report Abuse
Best Picture and Best Actor (Brando), 1954. Directed by Elia Kazan the cast includes arlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger. Mind-blowing.
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Giant Report Abuse
Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean
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All About Eve Report Abuse
Best Picture, 1950.
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Rebel Without A Cause Report Abuse
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12 Angry Men Report Abuse
Directed by Sidney Lumet, the cast includes Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, E. G. Marshall, and Ed Begley.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai Report Abuse
Best Picture, 1957. Cast includes William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. Directed by David Lean.
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Some Like It Hot Report Abuse
Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon
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Sunset Boulevard Report Abuse
Nominated for 11 Academy Awards (won 3), featuring William Holden and Gloria Swanson.
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Ben-Hur Report Abuse
Best Picture and Best Actor (Charlton Heston), 1959.
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High Noon Report Abuse
with Gary Cooper (Best Actor, 1952)
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Marty Report Abuse
Best PIcture and Best Actor, 1955.
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Roman Holiday Report Abuse
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.
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The Caine Mutiny Report Abuse
With Humphrey Bogart.
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North by Northwest Report Abuse
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
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An American in Paris Report Abuse
Vintage Gene Kelly
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From Here to Eternity Report Abuse
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
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Around the World in 80 Days Report Abuse
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The Searchers Report Abuse
Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne.
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