"There's Always Tomorrow" is a terrific underrated Sirk, as is "The Tarnished Angels."

"The Gunfighter" is terrific. Too few people know about that one. "In a Lonely Place" is terrific as well. "Singin' in the Rain" is great. It is the movie that made me love movies. "Shane" is my best film of 1953. Glad to hear you like "It's Always Fair Weather," a movie too few people know about.

The 1950s: 1950 - D.O.A. for me. (I haven't seen In a Lonely Place yet, really should get around to that) 1951 - Alice in Wonderland (One of my favourite Disney's - I watched it a LOT as a kid, I like the weirdness of it). 1952 - Singin' in the Rain. (I mean, c'mon, it's one of THE most iconic and great musicals of all time (I do also really like 'Bend of the River' and 'The Crimson Pirate') 1953 - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr.T. - More weirdness, but agreeably so, from Dr. Seuss. Far too little-seen. 1954 - Ooh...a three-way tie between 'Them!', 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rear Window'. Depending on my mood any one of them could be No.1. 1955 - Bad Day at Black Rock. 1956 - The Searchers, also. 1957 - 12 Angry Men. Yeah...kinda obvious. But it IS marvellous. Just edged out '3:10 to Yuma'. (Glenn Ford is one of my favourite Western actors) 1958 - The Fly...or 'The Blob'...or, if in a Western mood, 'The Big Country'. 1959 - Anatomy of a Murder. It MIGHT have been 'Rio Bravo' except I saw, and loved, 'El Dorado' first.

Another great list. Here's mine. 1950: Strangers on a Train. 1951: The African Queen. 1952: High Noon. 1953: Shane. 1954: The Caine Mutiny. 1955: Bad Day at Black Rock. 1956: Forbidden Planet. 1957: The Seventh Seal. 1958: The Defiant Ones. 1959: North by Northwest.

My list: Winchester '73, The Thing From Another World, Singing in the Rain, Shane, Rear Window, Night of the Hunter, Forbidden Planet, Paths of Glory, Touch of Evil, Some Like it Hot! I tip my hat to you for choosing Curse of Frankenstein, which also made me an instant Hammer fan!

1950 - All About Eve _and_ Sunset Blvd. who could choose just one? 1951 - The Diary of a Country Priest 1952 - The Quiet Man 1953 - Lili (a sentimental choice - the first movie I ever saw!) 1954 - Rear Window 1955 - I Am a Camera 1956 - A Man Escaped 1957 - Witness for the Prosecution 1958 - Bell, Book and Candle 1959 - North by Northwest I agree Gloria Grahame is remarkable! Top 10 Gloria Grahame roles would be fun to research!

Another wonderful compilation. My favorites are as follows: 1950- All About Eve 1951- Quo Vadis 1952- Singin' in the Rain 1953- The Robe/Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1954- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1955- Marty 1956- Giant 1957- Peyton Place 1958- The Long Hot Summer/Vertigo 1959- Pillow Talk

Singing in the Rain, and Some Like It Hot are two of my all-time favourites. I think that Jack Lemmon was the best part of that movie.

Favourites are usually quite a personal thing, but some classics didn’t even get a mention- On The Waterfront, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Wages of Fear, Rififi, Bad Day at Black Rock, Ice Cold In Alex, Look Back in Anger, Shane, Panic in the Streets and many more.

I love these Favorite Movies from each decade vids. The African Queen and Creature From the Black Lagoon are 2 of my absolute favorite movies. I watch them regularly. This has been an excellent list. There's some that I need to re-watch and refresh my memory.

100% agree with singing in the rain and black lagoon

1950 - Sunset Boulevard 1951 - A Streetcar Named Desire 1952 - Singin' in the Rain 1953 - Tokyo Story 1954 - On the Waterfront 1955 - Richard III 1956 - The Searchers 1957 - Paths of Glory 1958 - Touch of Evil 1959 - North by Northwest

You're SO RIGHT about Creature/Black Lagoon, my favorite ! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series of yours !!!❤️❤️❤️

1950: All About Eve 1951: Scrooge 1952: Hans Christian Anderson (Is it the the best film of 51? No. Is it even the best musical? No. But it's still my favorite. I grew up watching it, and I still gives me all the feels. Kaye is my favorite comedian. The best thing about this movie is the scenes with the kids. Kaye was famously great with children- videos survive of his humanitarian travels for Unicef and you can see him entertaining the kids who didn't even share his language. It was so obvious that they loved him. And you can see that sincere warmth here, as well. Excellent music too.) 1953: From Here to Eternity 1954: Them! (Great year! When you said Godzilla, I thought I would surely choose it, since I'm a fan of franchises, and this kicks off one of the first and best. But I saw Them! on the list, and had to choose it, because it's one of my favorite films. Absurd monsters, great effects, lots of fun. Both are sci-fi horror classics, and great entries of the 50s nuclear panic era.) 1955: Oklahoma! 1956: The Bad Seed 1957: Old Yeller (Almost chose Jailhouse Rock. One of the great rock 'n roll films. The stylized set for the title song still looks great, and is a through line to the modern music video.) 1958: The Long Hot Summer (Tough year. Also love Auntie Mame, and Mon Oncle, but you can't beat a cast with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Wells, and Angela Lansbury. Hollywood forever couple Newman and Woodward sizzle.) 1959: Sleeping Beauty You're right about how the 50's are mischaracterized. The birth of rock 'n roll and teenage culture (hoodlums) as a thing! Also, utter disregard for code. And what is going on with that "The Night of the Hunter" poster? It's hilariously awful. I assume that is Lilian Gish's head weirdly plopped into the background on the right?

This is so much fun, but so hard: 1950 All About Eve (runners up: Summer Stock, Rashomon, In a Lonely Place, Gone to Earth) 1951 Tales of Hoffmann (ru: The African Queen, Early Summer) 1952 High Noon (ru: Singin' in the Rain, Ikiru) 1953 Shane (ru: Tokyo Story, Roman Holiday, Stalag 17) 1954 Rear Window (ru: Seven Samurai, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Hobson's Choice) 1955 The Night of the Hunter (ru: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Ordet) 1956 The Searchers (ru: Bigger than Life, Giant) 1957 12 Angry Men (ru: Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, Witness for the Prosecution) 1958 The Long, Hot Summer (ru: Gigi, Vertigo, Jalsaghar, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) 1959 Some Like it Hot (ru: Rio Bravo, The 400 Blows, North by Northwest, Ben-Hur, Floating Weeds)

My favorite decade of all time in terms of movies! 1950- Sunset Blvd. 1951- Strangers on a Train 1952- Ikiru 1953- Tokyo Story (a close second of the decade behind the one below.) 1954- Seven Samurai (the best and in my top 2 movies!) 1955- Ordet 1956- A Man Escaped 1957- The Seventh Seal 1958- Vertigo 1959- The 400 Blows

No credibility lost with me, Daniel! Love all your picks. Here are my personal Top 10 picks: 1) Sunset Blvd (1950) 2) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 3) Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 4) Tokyo Story (1953) 5) Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) 6) The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7) The Searchers (1956) 8) Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon (1957) 9) Vertigo (1958) 10) North by Northwest (1959)

My favourites each year are: 50 Stage Fright 51 Strangers on a Train 52 Gents in a Jam 53 Abbott and Costello Meet Jekyll and Hyde 54 Rear Window 55 The Ladykillers 56 Ragpole Jitters 57 The Curse of Frankenstein (12 Angry Men close behind) 58 Dracula (Horror of Dracula in US) ( The Revenge of Frankenstein just behind) 59 North by Northwest 52 and 56 are years i've not seen too many, so both are decent 3 Stooges films.

I am going to do the other decades but I finished this one first. Honestly I didn't realize it until I started going through the decade but I have more backup answers for most of the years than I would have thought .A very entertaining decade of movies .If I added all my favorites it would take me quite a while so I will keep it to one runner up for each. 1950 -Cinderella ,runner up Born Yesterday 1951- The African Queen runner up Stranger on A Train 1952 Singing in The Rain runner up The Marrying Kind 1953 How To Marry A Millionaire runners up Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Niagra 1954 -Rear Window runner up Phffft 1955 Guys and Dolls runners up Lady and The The Tramp and Mr Roberts 1956 The Solid Gold Cadillac 1957 12 Angry Men ,runner up Witness For The Prosocution 1958 The Big Country runner up Bell Book and Candle 1959 -Some Like It Hot runner up Sleeping Beauty Lots of Judy Holliday ,Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe

OMG! Need to catch up with your recent videos but couldn't resist joining in the fun with the 50s. It is great as always hear about what other people appreciate and to hear your choices. 1950 - Born Yesterday (seriously this year is impossible to choose but I have a personal connection with this film) 1951 - Strangers on a Train 1952 - Same here (Singin' in the Rain!) 1953 - Shane (almost chose The Big Heat) 1954 - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (also The Caine Mutiny and Johnny Guitar) 1955 - Marty (but also The Night of the Hunter is so close!) 1956 - Written on the Wind 1957 - 3:10 to Yuma (close to The Bridge on the River Kwai) 1958 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1959 - Some Like It Hot (but Anatomy of a Murder, Pillow Talk and North by Northwest were also of that year ) So cool, wonderful series!

Thinking again about Ace in the Hole makes me think there will one day be a movie about Dan Wootton.

50 In a Lonely Place 51 Summer Interlude 52 Singin in the Rain 53 Tokyo Story 54 Rear Window 55 Summertime 56 Written on the Wind 57 The Cranes Are Flying 58 Vertigo 59 The 400 Blows Nice series of vids! Keep ‘em comin!

Still tough to choose 😭 but here it goes: 1950 - Rashomon 1951 - A Place in the Sun 1952 - Ikiru 1953 - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1954 - Rear Window 1955 - Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1956 - The King And I 1957 - Sayonara 1958 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1959 - Suddenly, Last Summer

Cannot fault your choices. I hate musicals but I adore Singin in the Rain 👍🏻

I'm definitely Noir biased... 1950: Sunset Blvd 1951: Ace in the Hole 1952: Singin' in the Rain 1953: The Big Heat 1954: Rear Window 1955: Kiss Me Deadly (though this video and these lists remind me I HAVE TO rewatch Night of the Hunter) 1956: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (my most formative of the year, though Ten Commandments has to be in running for epic greatness) 1957: 12 Angry Men (close against Witness for the Prosecution) 1958: Touch of Evil 1959: Some Like It Hot

1950 - Sunset Boulevard 1951 - The River 1952 - The Big Sky 1953 - Monsieur Hulot's Holiday 1954 - Rear Window 1955 The Night of the Hunter 1956 - The Searchers 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai 1958 - Vertigo 1959 - Good Morning

I’m enjoying your reflections on why you chose your movies as your favorites. Good film clip choices too. Here is my list: 1950: All About Eve 1951: Strangers On A Train 1952: Ikiru 1953: Tokyo Story 1954: Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Don’t Touch The Loot) 1955: The Night Of The Hunter 1956: Around The World In 80 Days 1957: The Seventh Seal 1958: Touch Of Evil 1959: I’m All Right Jack

1950 - Sunset Boulevard 1951 - On Dangerous Ground 1952 - Singin' in the Rain 1953 - The Naked Spur 1954 - Rear Window 1955 - Night of the Hunter 1956 - The Court Jester 1957 - The Incredible Shrinking Man 1958 - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1959 - North by Northwest

Good to see some love for The Tall T ... a great western.

great choices there! i love just about all of classic hollywood's output, it is my favorite art form to both enjoy and to study.

I’ve got to tell you, I absolutely love your channel. You’re so thoughtful, well spoken, insightful, and your taste is excellent. Well, I agree with you so much of the time, so of course I think it tastes terrific. Some of your choices surprise me, but I rarely question them. Excellent work. I can’t wait for more of your videos.

My pics: 1950 - Stars In My Crown 1951 - The Day The Earth Stood Still/The African Queen 1952 - The Quiet Man/High Noon 1953 - Shane 1954 - Sabrina/River Of No Return 1955 - Mister Roberts 1956 - The Ten Commandments/Forbidden Planet 1957 - The Bridge On The River Kwai/Edge Of The City 1958 - The Badlanders 1959 - Anatomy Of A Murder/Odds Against Tomorrow

Very difficult to choose but here is my list: 1950 - All About Eve, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; 1951 - The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by Robert Wise; 1952 - High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann; 1953 - The Wages of Fear, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot; 1954 - Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock; 1955 - East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan; 1956 - The Searchers, directed by John Ford; 1957 - The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by Jack Arnold; 1958 - Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), directed by Louis Malle; 1959 - Sleeping Beauty, directed by Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi and Eric Larson

Great video and great list ! Thanks

1950 - SUNSET BLVD 1951 - STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (by a nose, over ACE IN THE HOLE) 1952 - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1953 - PETER PAN (by a nose, over SHANE, but it could change tomorrow) 1954 - REAR WINDOW 1955 - REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1956 - THE SEARCHERS (My second favorite movie of all-time) 1957 - THE TALL T 1958 - KING CREOLE 1959 - ANATOMY OF A MURDER (by a nose, over RIO BRAVO)

This is where it starts to get harder for me, but here goes... 1950: Cinderella (HM: Sunset Boulevard) 1951: Alice in Wonderland (HM: Death of a Salesman) 1952: The Quiet Man 1953: Peter Pan (HM: The War of the Worlds) 1954: Rear Window (HM: Susan Slept Here) 1955: Rebel Without a Cause (HMs: Blackboard Jungle, Lady and the Tramp, The Night of the Hunter) 1956: The Ten Commandments (HMs: Around the World in Eighty Days, The Bad Seed) 1957: 12 Angry Men (HMs: The Curse of Frankenstein, The Incredible Shrinking Man) 1958: Horror of Dracula (HMs: Damn Yankees, The Old Man and the Sea, The Blob, Vertigo) 1959: Ben-Hur (HMs: Sleeping Beauty, The Mating Game, House on Haunted Hill, Gidget)

No mention of Wages of Fear?

1950: Sunset Boulevard 1951: Frosty the Snowman 1952: Singin' in the Rain 1953: The Neanderthal Man (this movie is pretty bad, but it's the only one I've seen from 1953) 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon 1955: Lady and the Tramp 1956: Night and Fog 1957: Nights of Cabiria 1958: The Yellow Loves 1959: North by Northwest or Some Like It Hot, I can't choose one

Only one I haven't seen yet is THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. 3 of yours are the same as mine, RIO BRAVO is my #2 for its year, and 7 of yours are in my top 10 for their respective years. My list: 50: All About Eve 51: Early Summer 52: Singin' in the Rain 53: Tokyo Story 54: Seven Samurai 55: Diabolique 56: The Searchers 57: 12 Angry Men 58: Vertigo 59: Ben-Hur

Again thought this would be easier but it definitely was not... 1950: Gun Crazy (Harvey and Sunset Blvd are very close behind it) 1951: Strangers on a Train (Ace in the Hole, Steel Helmet are again very close behind Strangers) 1952: High Noon (Umberto D, Ikiru and Singing in the Rain for some Honorable Mentions) 1953: Stalag 17 (Maybe the toughest year for me because I already feel bad not putting Pickup on South Street in that spot) 1954: Rear Window (More Hitchcock!) 1955: Kiss Me Deadly ( with, of course, Night of the Hunter right behind it, as well as Bad Day at Black Rock) 1956: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (also my favorite version, The Searchers could easily take this spot though) 1957: 12 Angry Men (This is my 4-way tie year with Sweet Smell of Success, A Face in the Crowd and Paths of Glory) 1958: Touch of Evil (Maybe my easiest year to pick) 1959: Rio Bravo (North by Northwest, Some Like It Hot and Anatomy of a Murder are also very close)

Mine are. 1950-In A Lonely Place. 1951-The African Queen. 1952-High Noon. 1953-From Here To Eternity. 1954. On The Waterfront. 1955-Night Of The Hunter. 1956-Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. 1957- The Bridge On The River Kwai. 1958-Vertigo 1959-North By Northwest

1953 - Shane

Great choices, Daniel. Two of my three favorite movies of all time are from the 50's: Scrooge (titled A Christmas Carol in the U.S.) starring Alastair Sim; and The Quiet Man starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by John Ford. My list: 1950 - King Solomon's Mines 1951 - Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol) / Runner-Up: The African Queen 1952 - The Quiet Man 1953 - Scared Stiff (Martin & Lewis comedy) / Runner-Ups: Roman Holiday; Stalag 17 1954 - Seven Samurai / Runner-Ups: The Caine Mutiny; Dial M for Murder; Rear Window; White Christmas 1955 - Marty (Ernest Borgnine) / Runner-Ups: Miracle on 34th Street; Mister Roberts; To Catch a Thief 1956 - The Ten Commandments / Runner-Ups: Forbidden Planet; The Man Who Knew Too Much; The Searchers 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (tied with) Witness for the Prosecution / Runner-Up: Throne of Blood 1958 - Vertigo / Runner-Up: The Hidden Fortress 1959 - Rio Bravo / Runner-Ups: Anatomy of a Murder; Ben-Hur; North by Northwest; Operation Petticoat

OK these are mine Only American films. 50--Rio Grande, Winchester 73 51 The River, The Steel Helmet 52--The Big Sky, Bend of the River 53--The Big Heat, The Naked Spur 54--Rear window, Johnny Guitar 55--Rebel Without a Cause, Kiss Me Deadly, Night of the Hunter 56--The Searchers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers 57--Forty Guns, The Sweet Smell of Success, Night of the Demon 58--Vertigo, Touch of Evil, The Lineup 59--North By Northwest, Rio Bravo,

Sunset Boulevard and Vertigo, two of most important Films in Hollywood History Sunset is just a perfect film, from the acting to Franz Waxman score.. I saw Sunset so many times.. Without never getting tired of it, just a perfect film to me. And.. Vertigo. Vertigo is not my favorite Hitchcock's movie but.. It's so unique!! It's almost an "avant-garde" film, so experimental.. Even it has almost 15 minutes without dialogs.. Only Music.. And, my God, what Music.It was a flop.. But Hichtcock got the film he wanted. Keep on posting and I look forward to watching your next Video 🌟🌟🌟

For the record I’m not as familiar as non Disney films from the 50s but here’s my list Cinderella 1950 Alice in wonderland 1951 Singing in the rain 1952 House of wax 1953 20000 leagues under the sea/ Seven samurai (I can’t decide)1954 Lady and the tramp 1955 Moby Dick 1956 Not decided yet 1957 Dracula 1958 Ben Hur 1959

1950 In A Lonely Place 1951 Detective Story 1952 Singin' In The Rain 1953 The Big Heat 1954 Rear Window 1955 Bad Day At Black Rock 1956 The Killing 1957 12 Angry Men 1958 The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad 1959 Anatomy Of A Murder

You're so right about people always assuming the 50s were just about bland conformity. The best 50s movies are so hard-hitting and still accessible and don't come off "old fashioned" at all. Plus the 50s gave us rock 'n roll, Jack Kerouac, Miles Davis, Marlon Brando, Stanley Kubrick, The Twilight Zone, etc, etc, so come on... :)

I agree, except 1955 Iwould have chosen John Sturges' ,Bad Day in Black Rock' great! didn' t you see that yet?

57 goes 2 The Curse of the Demon

1953 goes 2 Shane

1954 and no mention of on the waterfront? Love your channel, but sorry to say, I think that’s a big miss!

This is a great series, and it's so much fun to add our own picks! Here are mine: 1950: Sunset Blvd. 1951: The African Queen 1952: High Noon 1953: How to Marry a Millionaire 1954: Johnny Guitar 1955: Bad Day at Black Rock 1956: Anastasia 1957: Witness for the Prosecution 1958: Auntie Mame 1959: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Like the 80's, the 50's were also a decade that was better for foreign movies than American. Most American movies from the time were miserably boring. 1959: Hiroshima Mon Amour H.M. 400 Blows 1958: Ashes & Diamonds H.M. Mon Oncle 1957: Wild Strawberries H.M. Throne of Blood 1956: The Burmese Harp H.M. Forbidden Planet 1955: Night and Fog H.M. Pather Panchali, All That Heaven Allows 1954: Seven Samurai 1953: [Crap] 1952: [Crap] 1951: The Day The Earth Stood Still 1950: Winchester '73

The Flying Saucer Strangers on a Train High Noon House of Wax 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Night of the Hunter Forbidden Planet The Incredible Shrinking Man I Bury the Living Journey to the Center of the Earth

I already have so many recommendations from you! already my favourite KZfaqr. keep it coming! I LOVE in a lonely place. fantastic. Billy Wilder is one of my favourite directors, discovered him a few years ago. the 50's was an incredible decade

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