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Criteria: These Greatest Movies of the 1950s are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.

Edited By: Tim, pauldrach, ManPerson, Bruno, Luuk

1. Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954)
2. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
3. Singin' in the Rain - Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (1952)
4. Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
5. Rashōmon - Akira Kurosawa (1950)
6. The Searchers - John Ford (1956)
7. 12 Angry Men - Sidney Lumet​​​​​​​ (1957)
8. Some Like It Hot - Billy Wilder (1959)
9. North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
10. The 400 Blows - François Truffaut (1959)
11. Tokyo Story - Yasujirō Ozu (1953)
12. Sunset Blvd. - Billy Wilder (1950)
13. Pather Panchali - Satyajit Ray​​​​​​​ (1955)
14. On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
15. The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean (1957)
16. Ben-Hur - William Wyler (1959)
17. The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1957)
18. All About Eve - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1950)
19. High Noon - Fred Zinnemann (1952)
20. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
21. A Streetcar Named Desire - Elia Kazan (1951)
22. La strada - Federico Fellini (1954)
23. Rebel Without a Cause - Nicholas Ray (1955)
24. Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick​​​​​​​ (1957)
25. Rio Bravo - Howard Hawks (1959)
26. The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton​​​​​​​ (1955)
27. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel​​​​​​​ (1956)
28. Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1957)
29. Godzilla - Ishirō Honda​​​​​​​ (1954)
30. Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa (1952)
31. Ugetsu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)
32. Roman Holiday - William Wyler (1953)
33. The Wages of Fear - Henri-Georges Clouzot​​​​​​​ (1953)
34. The Asphalt Jungle - John Huston (1950)
35. Hiroshima mon amour - Alain Resnais​​​​​​​ (1959)
36. The Ten Commandments - Cecil B. DeMille (1956)
37. Shane - George Stevens (1953)
38. Les diaboliques - Henri-Georges Clouzot​​​​​​​ (1955)
39. A Man Escaped - Robert Bresson (1956)
40. Anatomy of a Murder - Otto Preminger (1959)
41. Sanshō the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954)
42. From Here to Eternity - Fred Zinnemann (1953)
43. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Richard Brooks (1958)
44. The African Queen - John Huston (1951)
45. Strangers on a Train - Alfred Hitchcock (1951)
46. Sweet Smell of Success - Alexander Mackendrick (1957)
47. Imitation of Life - Douglas Sirk (1959)
48. Los olvidados - Luis Buñuel (1950)
49. The Quiet Man - John Ford (1952)
50. Elevator to the Gallows - Louis Malle​​​​​​​ (1958)
51. An American in Paris - Vincente Minnelli (1951)
52. The Day the Earth Stood Still - Robert Wise (1951)
53. Dracula - Terence Fisher (1958)
54. Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa (1957)
55. Nights of Cabiria - Federico Fellini (1957)
56. Rififi - Jules Dassin (1955)
57. Night and Fog - Alain Resnais​​​​​​​ (1956)
58. East of Eden - Elia Kazan (1955)
59. Forbidden Planet - Fred M. Wilcox (1956)
60. In a Lonely Place - Nicholas Ray (1950)
61. Kiss Me Deadly - Robert Aldrich (1955)
62. Ordet - Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)
63. Pickpocket - Robert Bresson (1959)
64. A Star Is Born - George Cukor (1954)
65. Mr. Hulot's Holiday - Jacques Tati (1953)
66. Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray (1954)
67. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Richard Fleischer (1954)
68. Ashes and Diamonds - Andrzej Wajda​​​​​​​ (1958)
69. The World of Apu - Satyajit Ray (1959)
70. Umberto D. - Vittorio De Sica (1952)
71. Witness for the Prosecution - Billy Wilder (1957)
72. The Band Wagon - Vincente Minnelli (1953)
73. The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953)
74. I vitelloni - Federico Fellini (1953)
75. Gun Crazy - Joseph H. Lewis (1950)
76. Orpheus - Jean Cocteau (1950)
77. Journey to Italy - Roberto Rossellini (1954)
78. The Caine Mutiny - Edward Dmytryk (1954)
79. Diary of a Country Priest - Robert Bresson (1951)
80. All That Heaven Allows - Douglas Sirk (1955)
81. The Killing - Stanley Kubrick​​​​​​​ (1956)
82. Mon oncle - Jacques Tati (1958)
83. Shadows - John Cassavetes (1959)
84. The Defiant Ones - Stanley Kramer​​​​​​​ (1958)
85. The Hidden Fortress - Akira Kurosawa (1958)
86. The Earrings of Madame de... - Max Ophüls (1953)
87. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Howard Hawks (1953)
88. Stalag 17 - Billy Wilder (1953)
89. A Place in the Sun - George Stevens (1951)
90. The Bad and the Beautiful - Vincente Minnelli (1952)
91. Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951)
92. Cinderella - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske (1950)
93. The Thing from Another World - Christian Nyby (1951)
94. Aparajito - Satyajit Ray (1956)
95. Mother India - Mehboob Khan​​​​​​​ (1957)
96. The Incredible Shrinking Man - Jack Arnold​​​​​​​ (1957)
97. The Cranes Are Flying - Mikhail Kalatozov (1957)
98. Winchester '73 - Anthony Mann (1950)
99. Forbidden Games - René Clément​​​​​​​ (1952)
100. Awaara - Raj Kapoor (1951)
101. Harvey - Henry Koster (1950)
102. House of Wax - André De Toth (1953)
103. The War of the Worlds - Byron Haskin​​​​​​​ (1953)
104. The Life of Oharu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1952)
105. Pickup on South Street - Samuel Fuller​​​​​​​ (1953)
106. Night and the City - Jules Dassin (1950)
107. Duck Amuck - Chuck Jones (1953)
108. Written on the Wind - Douglas Sirk (1956)
109. The Ladykillers - Alexander Mackendrick (1955)
110. Giant - George Stevens (1956)
111. Pillow Talk - Michael Gordon (1959)
112. The Wild One - László Benedek (1953)
113. Little Fugitive - Ray Ashley​​​​​​​, Morris Engel​​​​​​​ & Ruth Orkin​​​​​​​ (1953)
114. Gigi - Vincente Minnelli (1958)
115. Marty - Delbert Mann​​​​​​​ (1955)
116. Blackboard Jungle - Richard Brooks (1955)
117. Limelight - Charles Chaplin (1952)
118. Big Deal on Madonna Street - Mario Monicelli (1958)
119. The River - Jean Renoir (1951)
120. Vera Cruz - Robert Aldrich​​​​​​​ (1954)
121. Black Orpheus - Marcel Camus (1959)
122. Room at the Top - Jack Clayton (1959)
123. Born Yesterday - George Cukor (1950)
124. Miracle in Milan - Vittorio De Sica (1951)
125. Casque d'or - Jacques Becker (1952)
126. Early Summer - Yasujirō Ozu (1951)
127. The Lavender Hill Mob - Charles Crichton (1951)
128. Alice in Wonderland - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske (1951)
129. Some Came Running - Vincente Minnelli (1958)
130. The Music Room - Satyajit Ray (1958)
131. The King and I - Walter Lang (1956)
132. An Affair to Remember - Leo McCarey (1957)
133. The Man with the Golden Arm - Otto Preminger (1955)
134. Sabrina - Billy Wilder (1954)
135. The Fly - Kurt Neumann (1958)
136. The Curse of Frankenstein - Terence Fisher (1957)
137. The Red Balloon - Albert Lamorisse​​​​​​​ (1956)
138. Stromboli - Roberto Rossellini (1950)
139. Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1955)
140. Bob le flambeur - Jean-Pierre Melville (1956)
141. White Christmas - Michael Curtiz (1954)
142. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Stanley Donen (1954)
143. Quo Vadis - Mervyn LeRoy (1951)
144. The Greatest Show on Earth - Cecil B. DeMille (1952)
145. Dial M for Murder - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
146. Them! - Gordon Douglas (1954)
147. Summer with Monika - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1953)
148. Pyaasa - Guru Dutt​​​​​​​ (1957)
149. A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957)
150. The Burmese Harp - Kon Ichikawa​​​​​​​ (1956)
151. Bad Day at Black Rock - John Sturges (1955)
152. The Big Country - William Wyler (1958)
153. Suddenly, Last Summer - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1959)
154. Ballad of a Soldier - Grigory Chukhray (1959)
155. A Night to Remember - Roy Ward Baker (1958)
156. Funny Face - Stanley Donen (1957)
157. What's Opera, Doc? - Chuck Jones (1957)
158. Plan 9 from Outer Space - Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1957)
159. Lady and the Tramp - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske (1955)
160. Night of the Demon - Jacques Tourneur​​​​​​​ (1957)
161. The Naked Spur - Anthony Mann (1953)
162. Kanał - Andrzej Wajda​​​​​​​ (1957)
163. Lola Montès - Max Ophüls (1955)
164. Sleeping Beauty - Clyde Geronimi et al. (1959)
165. Peter Pan - Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske (1953)
166. La ronde - Max Ophüls (1950)
167. Un chant d'amour - Jean Genet​​​​​​​ (1950)
168. Scrooge - Brian Desmond Hurst (1951)
169. The Gunfighter - Henry King (1950)
170. Father of the Bride - Vincente Minnelli (1950)
171. Touchez pas au grisbi - Jacques Becker (1954)
172. Creature from the Black Lagoon - Jack Arnold​​​​​​​ (1954)
173. Senso - Luchino Visconti (1954)
174. Salt of the Earth - Herbert J. Biberman​​​​​​​ (1954)
175. Auntie Mame - Morton DaCosta (1958)
176. Baby Doll - Elia Kazan (1956)
177. Around the World in 80 Days - Michael Anderson​​​​​​​ (1956)
178. The Seven Year Itch - Billy Wilder (1955)
179. The Nun's Story - Fred Zinnemann (1959)
180. Floating Weeds - Yasujirō Ozu (1959)
181. Mister Roberts - John Ford & Mervyn LeRoy (1955)
182. The Wrong Man - Alfred Hitchcock (1956)
183. Guys and Dolls - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1955)
184. House on Haunted Hill - William Castle (1959)
185. Old Yeller - Robert Stevenson (1957)
186. Jailhouse Rock - Richard Thorpe (1957)
187. Bigger than Life - Nicholas Ray (1956)
188. And God Created Woman - Roger Vadim​​​​​​​ (1956)
189. Sawdust and Tinsel - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1953)
190. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - Eugène Lourié​​​​​​​ (1953)
191. Do Bigha Zamin - Bimal Roy​​​​​​​ (1953)
192. The Blob - Irvin Yeaworth (1958)
193. The Man from Laramie - Anthony Mann (1955)
194. The Court Jester - Melvin Frank & Norman Panama (1955)
195. 3:10 to Yuma - Delmer Daves (1957)
196. Moby Dick - John Huston (1956)
197. Madhumati - Bimal Roy (1958)
198. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Nathan Juran​​​​​​​ (1958)
199. Le plaisir - Max Ophüls (1952)
200. Europa '51 - Roberto Rossellini (1952)
201. Othello - Orson Welles (1951)
202. Come Back, Little Sheba - Daniel Mann (1952)
203. The Man in the White Suit - Alexander Mackendrick (1951)
204. Bend of the River - Anthony Mann (1952)
205. Rio Grande - John Ford (1950)
206. Viva Zapata! - Elia Kazan (1952)
207. Broken Arrow - Delmer Daves (1950)
208. Man of the West - Anthony Mann (1958)
209. I Want to Live! - Robert Wise (1958)
210. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Alfred Hitchcock (1956)
211. The Long, Hot Summer - Martin Ritt​​​​​​​ (1958)
212. Detective Story - William Wyler (1951)
213. Summer Interlude - Ingmar Bergman​​​​​​​ (1951)
214. Bellissima - Luchino Visconti (1951)
215. The Flowers of St. Francis - Roberto Rossellini (1950)
216. The Country Girl - George Seaton​​​​​​​ (1954)
217. Picnic - Joshua Logan​​​​​​​ (1955)
218. The Diary of Anne Frank - George Stevens (1959)
219. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love - Masaki Kobayashi (1959)
220. The Barefoot Contessa - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1954)
221. Carmen Jones - Otto Preminger (1954)
222. Julius Caesar - Joseph L. Mankiewicz​​​​​​​ (1953)
223. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto - Hiroshi Inagaki​​​​​​​ (1954)
224. The Hitch-Hiker - Ida Lupino (1953)
225. The Robe - Henry Koster (1953)
226. Ivanhoe - Richard Thorpe (1952)
227. The Lusty Men - Nicholas Ray (1952)
228. Scaramouche - George Sidney (1952)
229. Moulin Rouge - John Huston (1952)
230. This Is Cinerama - Merian C. Cooper (1952)
231. Lust for Life - Vincente Minnelli (1956)
232. The Bad Seed - Mervyn LeRoy (1956)
233. Fires on the Plain - Kon Ichikawa​​​​​​​ (1959)
234. Nazarín - Luis Buñuel (1959)
235. The Great War - Mario Monicelli (1959)
236. The Crucified Lovers - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954)
237. King Solomon's Mines - Compton Bennett & Andrew Marton​​​​​​​ (1950)
238. Where the Sidewalk Ends - Otto Preminger (1950)
239. The Steel Helmet - Samuel Fuller​​​​​​​ (1951)
240. Street of Shame - Kenji Mizoguchi (1956)
241. Floating Clouds - Mikio Naruse (1955)
242. The Snow Queen - Lev Atamanov​​​​​​​ (1957)
243. South Pacific - Joshua Logan​​​​​​​ (1958)
244. Good Morning - Yasujirō Ozu (1959)
245. Wagon Master - John Ford (1950)
246. The Dam Busters - Michael Anderson​​​​​​​ (1955)
247. Friendly Persuasion - William Wyler (1956)
248. Animal Farm - John Halas​​​​​​​ & Joy Batchelor​​​​​​​ (1954)
249. The Narrow Margin - Richard Fleischer (1952)
250. On Dangerous Ground - Nicholas Ray (1951)

I'm 100% sure we added "The Robe" in place of "Él". I'm not 100% (but still pretty) sure it was this high. If anyone knows better, please correct me.

I can vouch for The Robe being added in stead of Él, as high as #225 as well.

I also remember adding The Robe to the top 250.