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Top 100 Classic Movies of the 1950’s | Decade: |
| Rank | Title | Cast | Score |
| 1 . | The Band Wagon (1953) | Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray | 9.92 |
| 2 . | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft | 9.52 |
| 3 . | The African Queen (1951) | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull | 9.21 |
| 4 . | North by Northwest (1959) | Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis | 9.19 |
| 5 . | Alice in Wonderland (1951) | Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna | 9.15 |
| 6 . | All About Eve (1950) | Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm | 9.07 |
| 7 . | Rear Window (1954) | James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter | 8.96 |
| 8 . | Ben-Hur (1959) | Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd | 8.57 |
| 9 . | Born Yesterday (1950) | Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John | 8.42 |
| 10 . | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell | 8.04 |
| 11 . | Funny Face (1957) | Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Virginia Gibson, Ruta Lee | 8.04 |
| 12 . | Vertigo (1958) | James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore | 8.02 |
| 13 . | The Barefoot Contessa (1954) | Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Valentina Cortese | 7.86 |
| 14 . | Sunset Boulevard (1950) | William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson | 7.78 |
| 15 . | Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen | 7.68 |
| 16 . | Auntie Mame (1958) | Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark | 7.56 |
| 17 . | Bus Stop (1956) | Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field | 7.55 |
| 18 . | On the Waterfront (1954) | Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger | 7.44 |
| 19 . | Bell, Book and Candle (1958) | James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs | 7.44 |
| 20 . | An Affair to Remember (1957) | Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Fortunio Bonanova | 7.35 |
| 21 . | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) | Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid | 7.17 |
| 22 . | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) | William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa | 7.16 |
| 23 . | The Seven Year Itch (1955) | Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts | 6.98 |
| 24 . | Dial M for Murder (1954) | Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams | 6.97 |
| 25 . | Roman Holiday (1953) | Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power | 6.87 |
| 26 . | Pillow Talk (1959) | Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter | 6.85 |
| 27 . | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | Finlay Currie, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Basil Sydney | 6.84 |
| 28 . | To Catch a Thief (1955) | Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams | 6.67 |
| 29 . | How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) | Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne | 6.63 |
| 30 . | Harvey (1950) | James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake | 6.52 |
| 31 . | An American in Paris (1951) | Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Gu?tary | 6.50 |
| 32 . | The Quiet Man (1952) | John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond | 6.44 |
| 33 . | Desk Set (1957) | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell | 6.30 |
| 34 . | Stalag 17 (1953) | William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss | 6.30 |
| 35 . | Mogambo (1953) | Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden | 6.20 |
| 36 . | Sabrina (1954) | Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Walter Hampden | 6.19 |
| 37 . | The Asphalt Jungle (1950) | Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore | 6.16 |
| 38 . | Monkey Business (1952) | Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe | 6.15 |
| 39 . | Mister Roberts (1955) | Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon | 6.13 |
| 40 . | White Christmas (1954) | Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera- Ellen | 6.13 |
| 41 . | The Searchers (1956) | John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond | 6.11 |
| 42 . | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles | 6.09 |
| 43 . | Strangers on a Train (1951) | Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll | 6.09 |
| 44 . | Operation Petticoat (1959) | Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill | 6.07 |
| 45 . | Cinderella (1950) | Verna Felton, James MacDonald, Don Barclay, June Foray | 6.05 |
| 46 . | Gigi (1958) | Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold | 6.01 |
| 47 . | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Tommy Rall | 5.97 |
| 48 . | Ace in the Hole (1951) | Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall | 5.97 |
| 49 . | People Will Talk (1951) | Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn | 5.97 |
| 50 . | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell | 5.93 |
| 51 . | The Pajama Game (1957) | Doris Day, John Raitt | 5.88 |
| 52 . | Houseboat (1958) | Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino | 5.84 |
| 53 . | Calamity Jane (1953) | Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson | 5.83 |
| 54 . | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe | 5.83 |
| 55 . | Annie Get Your Gun (1950) | Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish | 5.79 |
| 56 . | A Hole in the Head (1959) | Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones | 5.74 |
| 57 . | Father of the Bride (1950) | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor | 5.71 |
| 58 . | Silk Stockings (1957) | Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Peter Lorre, George Tobias | 5.69 |
| 59 . | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara | 5.67 |
| 60 . | Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) | Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger | 5.66 |
| 61 . | The Big Country (1958) | Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston | 5.65 |
| 62 . | By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) | Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp | 5.61 |
| 63 . | The King and I (1956) | Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson | 5.61 |
| 64 . | Royal Wedding (1951) | Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Keenan Wynn | 5.60 |
| 65 . | In a Lonely Place (1950) | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid | 5.56 |
| 66 . | Show Boat (1951) | Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown | 5.56 |
| 67 . | High Noon (1952) | Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges | 5.45 |
| 68 . | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz | 5.42 |
| 69 . | House on Haunted Hill (1959) | Vincent Price, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Elisha Cook Jr. | 5.40 |
| 70 . | Beat the Devil (1953) | Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley | 5.37 |
| 71 . | On the Beach (1959) | Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins | 5.37 |
| 72 . | The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) | Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef | 5.37 |
| 73 . | Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) | Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno | 5.34 |
| 74 . | Indiscreet (1958) | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Phyllis Calvert, Megs Jenkins | 5.34 |
| 75 . | A Star is Born (1954) | Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford | 5.34 |
| 76 . | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden | 5.34 |
| 77 . | The Ten Commandments (1956) | Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson | 5.34 |
| 78 . | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed | 5.32 |
| 79 . | The Sun Also Rises (1957) | Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn | 5.31 |
| 80 . | Damn Yankees (1958) | Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Russ Brown | 5.29 |
| 81 . | Father's Little Dividend (1951) | Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor | 5.29 |
| 82 . | Anastasia (1956) | Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff | 5.28 |
| 83 . | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester | 5.24 |
| 84 . | Belles on their Toes (1952) | Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter | 5.19 |
| 85 . | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen, Taylor Holmes | 5.13 |
| 86 . | Above and Beyond (1952) | Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating | 5.12 |
| 87 . | The Belle of New York (1952) | Fred Astaire, Vera- Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn | 5.12 |
| 88 . | The Big Heat (1953) | Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin | 5.12 |
| 89 . | High Society (1956) | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm | 5.12 |
| 90 . | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan | 5.12 |
| 91 . | No Man of Her Own (1950) (1950) | Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger | 5.12 |
| 92 . | The Long, Long Trailer (1953) | Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn | 5.08 |
| 93 . | Pat and Mike (1952) | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray, George Mathews | 5.06 |
| 94 . | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens | 5.05 |
| 95 . | Gidget (1959) | Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell | 5.03 |
| 96 . | Brigadoon (1954) | Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones | 5.00 |
| 97 . | Ivanhoe (1952) | Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders | 5.00 |
| 98 . | Touch of Evil (1958) | Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia | 5.00 |
| 99 . | The Bad Seed (1956) | Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart | 4.97 |
| 100 . | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) | Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart | 4.94 |
This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.