Dan Sallitt's Favorite Films of the 1950s, by International Release Date


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1959

1. RIO BRAVO (Howard Hawks, USA)
2. ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Otto Preminger, USA)
3. DAY OF THE OUTLAW (Andre de Toth, USA)
4. THE 400 BLOWS (Francois Truffaut, France)
5. THE HORSE SOLDIERS (John Ford, USA)
6. LES COUSINS (Claude Chabrol, France)
7. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
8. GENERAL DELLA ROVERE (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
9. THE SCARFACE MOB (Phil Karlson, USA)
10. PICKPOCKET (Robert Bresson, France)
11. LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (Roger Vadim, France)
12. THE WRESTLER AND THE CLOWN (Boris Barnet, USSR)
 13. THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS (Nicholas Ray, France/Italy/UK)
14. ASK ANY GIRL (Charles Walters, USA)
15. LE BEAU SERGE (Claude Chabrol, France)
16. TRAIN WITHOUT A TIMETABLE (Veljko Bulajic, Yogoslavia)
17. CHIKAMATSU'S LOVE IN OSAKA (Tomu Uchida, Japan)
 18. FACE OF A FUGITIVE (Paul Wendkos, USA)
19. THE SIGN OF THE LION (Eric Rohmer, France)
20. TOUS LES GARCONS S'APPELLENT PATRICK (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
21. WHEN ANGELS FALL (Roman Polanski, Poland)
22. TIMBUKTU (Jacques Tourneur, USA)

BLIND DATE (Joseph Losey, UK)
RIDE LONESOME (Budd Boetticher, USA)
THE WORLD OF APU (Satyajit Ray, India)
FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
OHAYO (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
SHADOWS (John Cassavetes, USA)
EDGE OF ETERNITY (Don Siegel, USA)

1958

1. VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
2. WIND ACROSS THE EVERGLADES (Nicholas Ray, USA)
3. NAZARIN (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
4. THE LINE-UP (Don Siegel, USA)
5. UNE VIE (Alexandre Astruc, France)
6. FROM HELL TO TEXAS (Henry Hathaway, USA)
7. BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (Budd Boetticher, USA)
8. LA PREMIERE NUIT (Georges Franju, France)
9. GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD (John Ford, UK/USA)
10. THE LAST HURRAH (John Ford, USA)
11. GUNMAN'S WALK (Phil Karlson, USA)
12. EQUINOX FLOWER (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
 13. THE GYPSY AND THE GENTLEMAN (Joseph Losey, UK)
14. BONJOUR TRISTESSE (Otto Preminger, USA)
15. THE CHASE (Yoshitaro Nomura, Japan)
16. NIGHT OF THE DEMON (Jacques Tourneur, UK)
17. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD (Raoul Walsh, USA)
18. UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE (Marcel Hanoun, France)
19. BRINK OF LIFE (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
20. NIGHT DRUM (Tadashi Imai, Japan)
21. SUMMER CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
22. A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE (Douglas Sirk, USA)
23. MAN OF THE WEST (Anthony Mann, USA)

VERONIQUE ET SON CANCRE (Eric Rohmer, France)

1957

1. MEN IN WAR (Anthony Mann, USA)
2. TIME WITHOUT PITY (Joseph Losey, UK)
3. MISTER CORY (Blake Edwards, USA)
4. IL GRIDO (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
5. SNOW COUNTRY (Shiro Toyoda, Japan)
6. AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (Leo McCarey, USA)
7. YELLOW CROW (Heinosuke Gosho, Japan)
8. FUNNY FACE (Stanley Donen, USA)
9. THE TIN STAR (Anthony Mann, USA)
10. RUN OF THE ARROW (Samuel Fuller, USA)
11. THE TALL T (Budd Boetticher, USA)
12. SAIT-ON JAMAIS... (Roger Vadim, France)
13. THE RIVER'S EDGE (Allan Dwan, USA)
14. UNTAMED (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
 15. JET PILOT (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
16. BATTLE HYMN (Douglas Sirk, USA)
17. TOKYO TWILIGHT (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
18. MAN ON THE TRACKS (Andrzej Munk, Poland)
19. SLIM CARTER (Richard Bartlett, USA)
20. ON THIS EARTH (Kimisaburo Yoshimura, Japan)
21. JOE DAKOTA (Richard Bartlett, USA)
22. CRIME OF PASSION (Gerd Oswald, USA)
 23. LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Billy Wilder, USA)
24. LES MISTONS (Francois Truffaut, France)

THE CRANES ARE FLYING (Mikhael Kalatozov, USSR)
BABY FACE NELSON (Don Siegel, USA)
LES GIRLS (George Cukor, USA)
THE TARNISHED ANGELS (Douglas Sirk, USA)
THE STRAW MAN (Pietro Germi, Italy)

1956

1. THE SEARCHERS (John Ford, USA)
3. WRITTEN ON THE WIND (Douglas Sirk, USA)
3. FLOWING (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
4. NIGHTFALL (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
5. THE WRONG MAN (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
6. A WIFE'S HEART (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
7. A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson, France)
8. BANDIDO (Richard Fleischer, USA)
9. WAR AND PEACE (King Vidor, Italy/USA)
10. ATTACK! (Robert Aldrich, USA)
11. THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW (Douglas Sirk, USA)
12. TOUTE LA MEMOIRE DU MONDE (Alain Resnais, France)
13. THE RAILROAD MAN (Pietro Germi, Italy)
14. HOLD BACK THE NIGHT (Allan Dwan, USA)
15. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, USA)
AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (Roger Vadim, France)
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (Fritz Lang, USA)
I'LL BUY YOU (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan)
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel, USA)

1955

1. FLOATING CLOUDS (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
2. ORDET (Carl Dreyer, Denmark)
3. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray, USA)
4. FRENCH CANCAN (Jean Renoir, France)
5. A HOLE OF MY OWN MAKING (Tomu Uchida, Japan)
6. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann, USA)
7. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Douglas Sirk, USA)
8. LOLA MONTES (Max Ophuls, France/Germany)
9. THE PHENIX CITY STORY (Phil Karlson, USA)
10. LES GRANDES MANOEUVRES (Rene Clair, France)
11. WICHITA (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
12. MR. ARKADIN (European version) (Orson Welles, France/Spain/Switzerland)
13. MARITAL RELATIONS (Shiro Toyoda, Japan)
14. THE LADYKILLERS (Alexander Mackendrick, UK)
15. TENNESSEE'S PARTNER (Allan Dwan, USA)
16. THE GIRL IN THE RED VELVET SWING (Richard Fleischer, USA)
17. NIGHT AND FOG (Alain Resnais, France)
18. THE LAST FRONTIER (Anthony Mann, USA)
19. TIEFLAND (Leni Riefenstahl, Germany) (shot 1943)
20. PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray, India)
21. THE TENDER TRAP (Charles Walters, USA)
22. DADDY LONG LEGS (Jean Negulesco, USA)
23. CELA S'APPELLE L'AURORE (Luis Bunuel, France/Italy)
24. ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: "Revenge" (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
25. STRANGER ON HORSEBACK (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
26. VIOLENT SATURDAY (Richard Fleischer, USA)
27. SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
28. LES MAITRES FOUS (Jean Rouch, France)
29. RUN FOR COVER (Nicholas Ray, USA)
30. YANG KWEI FEI (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)

LAND OF THE PHAROAHS (Howard Hawks, USA)
LE AMICHE (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL (Otto Preminger, USA)
TALES OF THE TAIRA CLAN (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
 
1954

1. THE RAID (Hugo Fregonese, USA)
2. DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Richard Quine, USA)
3. TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (Jacques Becker, France)
4. VOYAGE IN ITALY (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
5. YOUNG AT HEART (Gordon Douglas, USA)
6. SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
7. REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
8. DIAL M FOR MURDER (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
9. BLACK TUESDAY (Hugo Fregonese, USA)
10. THE SEVEN SAMURAI (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
11. LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
12. PRIVATE HELL 36 (Don Siegel, USA)
13. SABRINA (Billy Wilder, USA)
14. CRIME WAVE (Andre de Toth, USA)
15. RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (Don Siegel, USA)
16. A LESSON IN LOVE (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
17. SILVER LODE (Allan Dwan, USA)
18. DAYS OF LOVE (Giuseppe de Santis, Italy)
19. THE RIVER AND DEATH (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
20. THE PURPLE PLAIN (Robert Parrish, USA)
21. FATHER BROWN (Robert Hamer, UK)
 22. THEY RODE WEST (Phil Karlson, USA)

KARIN MANSDOTTER (Alf Sjoberg, Sweden)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
 
1953

1. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks, USA)
2. BLOWING WILD (Hugo Fregonese, USA)
3. WHERE CHIMNEYS ARE SEEN (Heinosuke Gosho, Japan)
4. TOKYO STORY (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
5. OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
6. THE NAKED SPUR (Anthony Mann, USA)
7. THE WAGES OF FEAR (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France/Italy)
8. ALL I DESIRE (Douglas Sirk, USA)
9. WIFE (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
10. GENEVIEVE (Henry Cornelius, UK)
11. 99 RIVER ST. (Phil Karlson, USA)
12. THE BEACH (Alberto Lattuada, Italy)
13. HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (Jean Negulesco, USA)
14. BARABBAS (Alf Sjoberg, Sweden)
15. THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE... (Max Ophuls, France)
16. ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO (John Sturges, USA)
17. THUNDER OVER THE PLAINS (Andre de Toth, USA)
18. WILD GEESE (Shiro Toyoda, Japan)
 19. DANGEROUS WHEN WET (Charles Walters, USA)
20. SEMINOLE (Budd Boetticher, USA)
21. L'AMOUR D'UNE FEMME (Jean Gremillon, France)
22. THE HITCH-HIKER (Ida Lupino, USA)
23. THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT (John Ford, USA)

THE MAN BETWEEN (Carol Reed, UK)
UGETSU (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
 THE BIG HEAT (Fritz Lang, USA)
BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS (Luigi Comencini, Italy)
THE CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER (Gordon Douglas, USA)
THE LITTLE FUGITIVE (Morris Engel, USA)
BATTLE CIRCUS (Richard Brooks, USA)

1952

1. THE BIG SKY (Howard Hawks, USA)
2. LIGHTNING (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
3. MY SON JOHN (Leo McCarey, USA)
4. ANGEL FACE (Otto Preminger, USA)
5. THE GOLDEN COACH (Jean Renoir, France)
6. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, USA)
7. THE QUIET MAN (John Ford, USA)
8. SCANDAL SHEET (Phil Karlson, USA)
9. RETREAT, HELL! (Joseph H. Lewis, USA)
10. THE WHITE SHEIK (Federico Fellini, Italy)
11. EL BRUTO (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
12. SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (Andre de Toth, USA)
13. WAY OF A GAUCHO (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
14. EL (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
15. MOTHER (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
16. THE LIFE OF OHARU (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
17. CARSON CITY (Andre de Toth, USA)
18. ROME 11 O'CLOCK (Giuseppe De Santis, Italy)


THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray, USA)
LIMELIGHT (Charles Chaplin, USA)
LE PLAISIR (Max Ophuls, France)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (Cecil B. DeMille, USA)
NO ROOM FOR THE GROOM (Douglas Sirk, USA)
 
1951

1. THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby, USA)
2. THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Alexander Mackendrick, UK)
3. THE PROWLER (Joseph Losey, USA)
4. THE SINNER (Willi Forst, West Germany)
5. ROYAL WEDDING (Stanley Donen, USA)
6. CASQUE D'OR (Jacques Becker, France)
7. THE TALL TARGET (Anthony Mann, USA)
8. REPAST (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
9. MISS JULIE (Alf Sjoberg, Sweden)
10. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Nicholas Ray, USA)
11. THE FIRST LEGION (Douglas Sirk, USA)
12. THE BULLFIGHTER AND THE LADY (Budd Boetticher, USA)
13. APACHE DRUMS (Hugo Fregonese, USA)
14. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)
15. PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (Albert Lewin, UK)
16. THE BIG NIGHT (Joseph Losey, USA)
17. THE THIRTEENTH LETTER (Otto Preminger, USA)
18. THE MOB (Robert Parrish, USA)
19. MISS OYU (Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
20. MARK OF THE RENEGADE (Hugo Fregonese, USA)
21. CIRCLE OF DANGER (Jacques Tourneur, USA)

FLYING LEATHERNECKS (Nicholas Ray, USA)
GINZA COSMETICS (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
EUROPA '51 (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
EARLY SUMMER (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan)
THE RIVER (Jean Renoir, France)
M (Joseph Losey, USA)
THE CIMARRON KID (Budd Boetticher, USA)

1950

1. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Robert Bresson, France)
2. GONE TO EARTH (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, UK)
3. STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
4. THE FURIES (Anthony Mann, USA)
5. A LIFE OF HER OWN (George Cukor, USA)
6. EDOUARD ET CAROLINE (Jacques Becker, France)
7. PANIC IN THE STREETS (Elia Kazan, USA)
8. WINCHESTER '73 (Anthony Mann, USA)
9. KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE (Gordon Douglas, USA)
10. STARS IN MY CROWN (Jacques Tourneur, USA)
11. LA RONDE  (Max Ophuls, France)
12. LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)
13. LES PREMIERES ARMES (Rene Wheeler, France)
14. THE BREAKING POINT (Michael Curtiz, USA)
15. STROMBOLI (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
16. TO JOY (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden)
17. THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (Roberto Rossellini, Italy)
18. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (Otto Preminger, USA)
19. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (Jean-Pierre Melville, France)
20. LADY WITHOUT A PASSPORT (Joseph H. Lewis, USA)
21. SUMMER STOCK (Charles Walters, USA)
22. ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA)

WAGONMASTER (John Ford, USA)
SADDLE TRAMP (Hugo Fregonese, USA)

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