Movies Of The Year: The Big List (2) 1950-1975

Here's how it works: A film's year is determined by what year IMDB says it is. Not because IMDB is especially accurate, but just because I need some easy to use way to figure out what movies I've seen and when they're from, and IMDB's the easiest and most comprehensive resource there is. So, I browse IMDB by year, pick out all the movies I've seen (and the ones I think I should see) and put them in some kind of order.

The order isn't definitive: ranking works of art is not meant to be a hierarchical activity, but rather an organizational one. It gives me a chance to write about some movies. It's interesting trivially and comparatively to see what movies came out at the same time, to see the progression of film history. And lists are just plain fun to argue over. They are meant to be conversation starters, not finishers. I don't have any particular criteria for what ranks above what, it's just my own subjective opinion, informed by a reasonable knowledge of film and film history (though not nearly what it should be, as you can see from the Unseen lists in the individual Movies Of The Year entries).

The rankings change over time: when I see a new movie from a year I've already posted, I add it to The Big List here. Sometimes I'll see a movie again and my opinion of it will change, or my feelings about a film will evolve over time, and so I'll move it up or down its list here as well. The Big List is, and always will be, a work in progress.

This is Part Two, 1950-1975.

1950:

1. Rashomon
2. All About Eve
3. In A Lonely Place
4. Harvey
5. Stromboli
6. Gun Crazy
7. Wagon Master
8. Winchester '73
9. The Asphalt Jungle
10. Sunset Blvd.
11. Devil's Doorway
12. Rio Grande
13. Father Of The Bride
14. Born Yesterday
15. DOA
16. The Baron Of Arizona
17. The File On Thelma Jordan
18. Where Danger Lives
19. Cinderella

1951:

1. Early Summer
2. The River
3. The Steel Helmet
4. The Thing From Another World
5. An American In Paris
6. Flying Leathernecks
7. Ace In The Hole
8. Strangers On The Train
9. Diary Of A Country Priest
10. The Tales Of Hoffman
11. The Lavender Hill Mob
12. The Day The Earth Stood Still
12. Alice In Wonderland
14. His Kind Of Woman
15. The Mating Season
16. The Tall Target
17. A Streetcar Named Desire
18. The African Queen
19. Miss Julie
20. Royal Wedding
21. A Place In The Sun
22. Father's Little Dividend
23. Show Boat
24. Mask Of the Avenger
25. The Man From Planet X

1952:

1. Singin' In The Rain
2. Ikiru
3. The Quiet Man
4. Limelight
5. Othello
6. Bend Of The River
7. Park Row
8. On Dangerous Ground
9. Europa '51
10. The Life Of Oharu
11. The Big Sky
12. Rancho Notorious
13. The Importance Of Being Earnest
14. Monkey Business
15. The Narrow Margin
16. Macao
17. Clash By Night
18. Angel Face
19. The Marrying Kind
20. High Noon
21. The Bad And The Beautiful
22. Million Dollar Mermaid
23. Pat And Mike
24. Ivanhoe

1953:

1. Ugetsu
2. Tokyo Story
3. M. Hulot's Holiday
4. The Band Wagon
5. Madame de. . .
6. Kiss Me Kate
7. Mogambo
8. Pickup On South Street
9. The Naked Spur
10. The Big Heat
11. The Hitch-hiker
12. The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis
13. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
14. The Actress
15. Roman Holiday
16. The Wages Of Fear
17. The Blue Gardenia
18. I Confess
19. The Wild One
20. How To Marry A Millionaire
21. From Here To Eternity
22. Shane
23. Julius Caesar
24. The Bigamist
25. Plunder Of The Sun
26. The Long, Long, Trailer
27. Niagara
28. Peter Pan
29. Glen Or Glenda

1954:

1. Seven Samurai
2. Rear Window
3. Voyage In Italy
4. Sansho The Bailiff
5. Johnny Guitar
6. On The Waterfront
7. La Strada
8. Sabrina
9. Magnificent Obsession
10. Godzilla
11. Brigadoon
12. Dial M For Murder
13. The Barefoot Contessa
14. The Far Country
15. Track Of The Cat
16. Vera Cruz
17. Chikamatsu monogatari
18. Executive Suite
19. A Star Is Born
20. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
21. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
22. The Caine Mutiny
23. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
24. Them!
25. Dragnet

1955:

1. All That Heaven Allows
2. Kiss Me Deadly
3. Mr. Arkadin
4. Night Of The Hunter
5. Ordet
6. Lola Montes
7. Killer's Kiss
8. Rebel Without A Cause
9. Bad Day At Black Rock
10. Yang Kwei-fei
11. The Big Combo
12. The Trouble With Harry
13. The Ladykillers
14. It's Always Fair Weather
15. Rififi
16. House Of Bamboo
17. Tight Spot
18. Moonfleet
19. The Man From Laramie
20. East Of Eden
21. To Catch A Thief
22. The Seven-Year Itch
23. Smiles Of A Summer Night
24. Mr. Roberts
25. The Blackboard Jungle
26. The Last Frontier
27. Guys And Dolls
28. The Cobweb
29. Record Of A Living Being
30. Samurai II: Duel At Ichioji Temple
31. The Quatermass Xperiment
32. Love Me Or Leave Me
33. Davy Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier
34. Lady And The Tramp
35. Bride Of The Monster
36. The Far Horizons

1956:

1. The Searchers
2. Early Spring
3. Written On The Wind
4. Street Of Shame
5. Seven Men From Now
6. The Girl Can't Help It
7. The Killing
8. Bob le flambeur
9. A Man Escaped
10. The Man Who Knew Too Much
11. The Red Balloon
12. Elena et les hommes
13. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
14. Tea And Sympathy
15. While The City Sleeps
16. Giant
17. The King And I
18. Forbidden Planet
19. High Society
20. The Wrong Man
21. The Killer Is Loose
22. Lust For Life
23. Baby Doll
24. Hot Blood
25. The Ten Commandments
26. Moby Dick
27. Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

1957:

1. Throne Of Blood
2. The Seventh Seal
3. Nights Of Cabiria
4. Funny Face
5. Paths Of Glory
6. Tokyo Twilight
7. Cranes Are Flying
8. An Affair To Remember
9. The Sweet Smell Of Success
10. The Tall T
11. Witness For The Prosecution
12. Forty Guns
13. Wild Strawberries
14. Silk Stockings
15. Pal Joey
16. Love In The Afternoon
17. Decision At Sundown
18. Nightfall
19. Bridge On The River Kwai
20. Night Passage
21. 12 Angry Men
22. The Wings Of Eagles
23. Les Mistons
24. Curse Of The Demon
25. Designing Woman
26. Jailhouse Rock
27. NY, NY
28. 20 Million Miles To Earth
29. Sayonara
30. Old Yeller

1958:

1. Touch Of Evil
2. Vertigo
3. Mon Oncle
4. Ivan The Terrible Part 2
5. Some Came Running
6. The Hidden Fortress
7. The Tarnished Angels
8. A Night To Remember
9. A Time To Love And A Time To Die
10. Equinox Flower
11. Ashes And Diamonds
12. The Quiet American
13. The Reluctant Debutante
14. Man Of The West
15. The Left-Handed Gun
16. The Last Hurrah
17. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow
18. Gigi
19. The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad
20. Two-Headed Spy
21. The Vikings
22. Thunder Road
23. Bell, Book and Candle
24. Separate Tables

1959:

1. North By Northwest
2. Hiroshima mon amour
3. Rio Bravo
4. Sleeping Beauty
5. The 400 Blows
6. Anatomy Of A Murder
7. Floating Weeds
8. Some Like It Hot
9. Pickpocket
10. Good Morning
11. Our Man In Havana
12. Imitation Of Life
13. Darby O'Gill And The Little People
14. The Horse Soldiers
15. A Bucket Of Blood
16. Never So Few
17. Pillow Talk
18. Ben-Hur
19. The Diary Of Anne Frank
20. Plan 9 From Outer Space
21. The Shaggy Dog

1960:

1. Psycho
2. Shoot The Piano Player
3. L'Avventura
4. Breathless
5. Spartacus
6. Late Autumn
7. Peeping Tom
8. The Bad Sleep Well
9. The Apartment
10. La Dolce Vita
11. Comanche Station
12. Ocean's Eleven
13. Bells Are Ringing
14. Tunes Of Glory
15. 13 Ghosts
16. Once More With Feeling
17. Exodus
18. Inherit The Wind
19. The Time Machine
20. The Rat Race
21. The Magnificent Seven
22. House Of Usher
23. The Alamo
24. Swiss Family Robinson
25. The Amazing Transparent Man
26. Pollyanna

1961:

1. A Woman Is A Woman
2. Yojimbo
3. Lola
4. Last Year At Marienbad
5. Breakfast At Tiffany's
6. Two Rode Together
7. Viridiana
8. The End Of Summer
9. Mother Joan Of The Angels
10. Blast Of Silence
11. One, Two, Three
12. Judgement At Nuremburg
13. King Of Kings
14. The Hustler
15. La Notte
16. Underworld, USA
17. West Side Story
18. The Pit And The Pendulum
19. The Guns Of Navarone
20. Mysterious Island
21. The Absent-Minded Professor
22. The Parent Trap
23. 101 Dalmatians
24. The Colossus Of Rhodes

1962:

1. The Manchurian Candidate
2. Lawrence Of Arabia
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
4. L'Eclisse
5. Cleo from 5 To 7
6. The Exterminating Angel
7. Sanjuro
8. Advise And Consent
9. Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc
10. My Life To Live
11. Harakiri
12. Hell Is For Heroes
13. Hatari!
14. An Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge
15. The Longest Day
16. Mamma Roma
17. The Trial
18. Ride The High Country
19. Carnival Of Souls
20. Jules And Jim
21. Lolita
22. Antoine And Colette
23. Tower Of London
24. To Kill A Mockingbird
25. Mutiny On The Bounty
26. Days Of Wine And Roses
27. Dr. No

1963:

1. 8 1/2
2. The Birds
3. Contempt
4. Charade
5. High And Low
6. The Great Escape
7. Muriel
8. Donovan's Reef
9. Shock Corridor
10. The Leopard
11. Le Petit soldat
12. From Russia With Love
13. Les Carabiniers
14. Jason And The Argonauts
15. The Haunting
16. The Nutty Professor
17. Hud
18. The Courtship Of Eddie's Father
19. The Terror
20. The Sword In The Stone
21. The Incredible Journey
22. Cleopatra
23. Son Of Flubber

1964:

1. Dr. Strangelove
2. The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
3. I Am Cuba
4. Zulu
5. Band Of Outsiders
6. Gertrud
7. A Married Woman
8. Marnie
9. Woman In The Dunes
10. A Hard Day's Night
11. Masque Of The Red Death
12. A Fistful Of Dollars
13. The Naked Kiss
14. Cheyenne Autumn
15. The Train
16. Goldfinger
17. My Fair Lady
18. Mary Poppins
19. A Shot In The Dark
20. The Tomb Of Ligeia
21. Dog Star Man
22. Paris When It Sizzles
23. The Fall Of The Roman Empire
24. Becket
25. Robin And The 7 Hoods

1965:

1. Pierrot le fou
2. Chimes At Midnight
3. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
4. Alphaville
5. A Charlie Brown Christmas
6. Bunny Lake Is Missing
7. Simon Of The Desert
8. Samurai Spy
9. Major Dundee
10. Thunderball
11. The Cincinnati Kid
12. Mudhoney
13. Sword Of The Beast
14. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
15. Shenandoah
16. For A Few Dollars More
17. Dr. Zhivago
18. Repulsion
19. The Hill
20. Cat Ballou
21. The Heroes Of Telemark
22. In Harm's Way
23. The Sound Of Music
24. That Darn Cat!

1966:

1. Au hasard Balthazar
2. Andrei Rublev
3. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
4. The Battle Of Algiers
5. 7 Women
6. Blow-Up
7. Masculin féminin
8. The Sword Of Doom
9. The Taking Of Power By Louis XIV
10. Come Drink With Me
11. The Naked Prey
12. Tokyo Drifter
13. Made In USA
14. What's Up, Tiger Lily?
15. It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
16. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
17. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
18. Hunger
19. Persona
20. Fahrenheit 451
21. Closely Watched Trains
22. The Glass-Bottom Boat
23. A Man For All Seasons
24. Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree
25. Grand Prix
26. The Trouble With Angels
27. Khaartoum

1967:

1. Playtime
2. Week End
3. The Young Girls Of Rochefort
4. Don't Look Back
5. Bonnie And Clyde
6. La Chinoise
7. Le Samouraï
8. Point Blank
9. 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her
10. The Dirty Dozen
11. Samurai Rebellion
12. The One-Armed Swordsman
13. Belle De Jour
14. Cool Hand Luke
15. The Fearless Vampire Killers
16. Who's That Knocking At My Door?
17. The Graduate
18. The Jungle Book
19. Barefoot In The Park
20. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
21. You Only Live Twice
22. In The Heat Of The Night
23. Beach Red
24. Casino Royale

1968:

1. Once Upon A Time In The West
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. The Lion In Winter
4. Hell In The Pacific
5. Rosemary's Baby
6. Night Of The Living Dead
7. The Color Of Pomegranates
8. Stolen Kisses
9. The Immortal Story
10. Barbarella
11. Kill!
12. Bullitt
13. The Producers
14. Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day
15. Planet Of The Apes
16. The Odd Couple
17. The Love Bug
18. Where Eagles Dare
19. Romeo And Juliet

1969:

1. A Touch Of Zen
2. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
3. Army Of Shadows
4. Age Of Consent
5. The Sorrow And The Pity
6. The Wild Bunch
7. Muhammed Ali: The Greatest
8. Z
9. True Grit
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11. Easy Rider
12. Take The Money And Run
13. Paint Your Wagon

1970:

1. Patton
2. The Conformist
3. MASH
4. Woodstock
5. The Wild Child
6. Dodes'ka-den
7. Catch-22
8. Gimme Shelter
9. Five Easy Pieces
10. Too Late The Hero
11. Rio Lobo
12. Little Big Man
13. Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
14. The Aristocats
15. The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes

1971:

1. Two-Lane Blacktop
2. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
3. A Clockwork Orange
4. Bananas
5. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
6. Trafic
7. Harold And Maude
8. The Last Picture Show
9. Shaft
10. The Pursuit Of Happiness
11. Directed By John Ford
12. Get Carter
13. Diamonds Are Forever
14. The French Connection
15. Carnal Knowledge
16. Bedknobs And Broomsticks

1972:

1. The Godfather
2. Aguirre: The Wrath Of God
3. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
4. Solaris
5. Five Fingers Of Death
6. Play It Again, Sam
7. Tout va bien
8. Cabaret
9. Cries And Whispers
10. The Cowboys
11. Deliverance
12. Sleuth
13. The Man Of La Mancha
14. Snoopy Come Home
15. Pink Flamingos
16. Shaft's Big Score

1973:

1. Mean Streets
2. Badlands
3. Don't Look Now
4. Sleeper
5. The Long Goodbye
6. The Age Of The Medici
7. American Graffiti
8. Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
9. Enter The Dragon
10. Day For Night
11. High Plains Drifter
12. The Sting
13. Fantastic Planet
14. Robin Hood
15. The Last Detail
16. The Exorcist
17. The Paper Chase
18. Live And Let Die
19. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
20. Save The Tiger
21. Shaft In Africa

1974:

1. The Godfather Part II
2. F For Fake
3. Chinatown
4. Celine And Julie Go Boating
5. The Conversation
6. Lancelot Du Lac
7. Every Man For Himself And God Against All
8. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
9. That's Entertainment!
10. Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
11. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
12. Cartesius
13. The Parallax View
14. Murder On The Orient Express
15. Lenny
16. Herbie Rides Again
17. The Man With The Golden Gun

1975:

1. Jaws
2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
3. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
4. The Passenger
5. Nashville
6. Barry Lyndon
7. Mirror
8. Love And Death
9. Dersu Uzala
10. Picnic At Hanging Rock
11. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
12. Dog Day Afternoon
13. Shampoo
14. The Wind And The Lion
15. The Rocky Horror Picture Show