Top 50: 1950's

By: Trolley Freak

My favourite 50 in chronological order…

Rear Window (1954)

Results Table:

Akira Kurosawa – 6 films (Rashômon, The Idiot, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne Of Blood, The Hidden Fortress)

Ikiru (1952)

Kenji Mizoguchi – 5 films (The Life Of Oharu, Ugetsu, The Crucified Lovers, Sansho The Bailiff, Street Of Shame)

Ugetsu (1953)

Billy Wilder – 4 films (Sunset Boulevard, Ace In The Hole, Stalag 17, Some Like It Hot)

Stalag 17 (1953)

Yasujirô Ozu – 4 films (Early Summer, Tokyo Story, Tokyo Twilight, Floating Weeds)

Tokyo Story (1953)

Alfred Hitchcock – 4 films (Strangers On A Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest)

Vertigo (1958)

Douglas Sirk – 4 films (All That Heaven Allows, Written On The Wind, A Time To Love And A Time To Die, Imitation Of Life)

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Henri-Georges Clouzot – 2 films (The Wages Of Fear, Diabolique)

Diabolique (1955)

Nicholas Ray – 1 film (In A Lonely Place)
John Huston – 1 film (The African Queen)
Jean Renoir – 1 film (The River)
Jacques Becker – 1 film (Casque d’Or)
Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly – 1 film (Singin’ In The Rain)
Vittorio De Sica – 1 film (Umberto D.)

Umberto D. (1952)

Luis Buñuel – 1 film (El)
William A. Wellman – 1 film (Track Of The Cat)
Kon Ichikawa – 1 film (The Heart)
Mikio Naruse – 1 film (Floating Clouds)
Max Ophüls – 1 film (Lola Montès)

Lola Montès (1955)

Charles Laughton – 1 film (The Night Of The Hunter)
Jules Dassin – 1 film (Rififi)
Ingmar Bergman – 1 film (Smiles Of A Summer Night)
Don Siegel – 1 film (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers)
Robert Bresson – 1 film (A Man Escaped)

Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955)

John Ford – 1 film (The Searchers)
Alexander Mackendrick – 1 film (Sweet Smell Of Success)
Sidney Lumet – 1 film (Twelve Angry Men)
Satyajit Ray – 1 film (The Music Room)
Orson Welles – 1 film (Touch Of Evil)