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Best Movies of 1950s

Posted by Greg Treadway | Movies & Cinema | Sunday 1 March 2009 5:11 pm

All About Eve (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Harvey (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
The Thing (From Another World) (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Singing in the Rain (1952)
The Quiet Man (1952)
High Noon (1952)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Shane (1953)
The Wild One (1954)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The Searchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Twelve Angry Men (1957)
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Ben Hur (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)