By decade
The 1950s on disc
The films of the 1950s worth owning, ranked by standing.
Knights of the Round Table 1953
Knights of the Round Table
1953 · Richard Thorpe
Calamity Jane 1953
Calamity Jane
1953 · David Butler
Decision Before Dawn 1951
Decision Before Dawn
1951 · Anatole Litvak
The Young Philadelphians 1959
The Young Philadelphians
1959 · Vincent Sherman
The Girl Can't Help It 1956
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Frank Tashlin
Early Summer 1951
Early Summer
1951 · Yasujirō Ozu
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Nunnally Johnson
The Fireball 1950
The Fireball
1950 · Tay Garnett
The Star 1952
The Star
1952 · Stuart Heisler
Night Train 1959
Night Train
1959 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
A Big Family 1954
A Big Family
1954 · Iosif Kheifits
Othello 1956
Othello
1956 · Sergei Yutkevich
The Forty-First 1956
The Forty-First
1956 · Grigori Chukhrai
The Barbarian and the Geisha 1958
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · John Huston
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg 1953
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
1953 · Sergei Yutkevich
Pork Chop Hill 1959
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Lewis Milestone
Designing Woman 1957
Designing Woman
1957 · Vincente Minnelli
Pinky 1950
Pinky
1950 · John Ford
Violent Summer 1959
Violent Summer
1959 · Valerio Zurlini
The Quiet American 1958
The Quiet American
1958 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
To Joy 1950
To Joy
1950 · Ingmar Bergman
Tea and Sympathy 1956
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Vincente Minnelli
Salt of the Earth 1954
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Herbert Biberman
The Indian Tomb 1959
The Indian Tomb
1959 · Fritz Lang
Saint Joan 1957
Saint Joan
1957 · Otto Preminger
French Cancan 1955
French Cancan
1955 · Jean Renoir
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 1955
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
1955 · Luis Buñuel
Road to Bali 1952
Road to Bali
1952 · Hal Walker
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 · Frank Tashlin
Manon 1950
Manon
1950 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Never So Few 1959
Never So Few
1959 · John Sturges
Secrets of Women 1952
Secrets of Women
1952 · Ingmar Bergman
David and Bathsheba 1951
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Henry King
Garden of Evil 1954
Garden of Evil
1954 · Henry Hathaway
The Cruel Sea 1953
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Charles Frend
The Crimson Pirate 1952
The Crimson Pirate
1952 · Robert Siodmak
Executive Suite 1954
Executive Suite
1954 · Robert Wise
Little World of Don Camillo 1952
Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · Julien Duvivier
We're Not Married! 1952
We're Not Married!
1952 · Edmund Goulding
A Generation 1955
A Generation
1955 · Andrzej Wajda
Indiscreet 1958
Indiscreet
1958 · Stanley Donen
Look Back in Anger 1959
Look Back in Anger
1959 · Tony Richardson
The Burmese Harp 1956
The Burmese Harp
1956 · Kon Ichikawa
On Dangerous Ground 1952
On Dangerous Ground
1952 · Nicholas Ray
Bell, Book and Candle 1958
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Richard Quine
Green Mansions 1959
Green Mansions
1959 · Mel Ferrer
Rodan 1956
Rodan
1956 · Ishirō Honda
The Hitch-Hiker 1953
The Hitch-Hiker
1953 · Ida Lupino