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Best films of the 1950s, ranked by Spore Score

113 films from the 1950s with three or more review sources, best first. By year: 1951 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959. Other decades: 1930s · 1940s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s

  1. Seven Samurai (1954): Spore Score 99, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 100
  2. 12 Angry Men (1957): Spore Score 99, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 100
  3. Rear Window (1954): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 99
  4. Sansho the Bailiff (1954): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 97
  5. All About Eve (1950): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 95
  6. Singin' in the Rain (1952): Spore Score 98, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 96
  7. Sunset Boulevard (1950): Spore Score 98, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 99
  8. Ikiru (1952): Spore Score 97, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 97
  9. Vertigo (1958): Spore Score 97, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 94
  10. Rashomon (1950): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 93
  11. Paths of Glory (1957): Spore Score 97, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 96
  12. North by Northwest (1959): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 94
  13. Anatomy of a Murder (1959): Spore Score 97, The Pros 99 vs The Punters 91
  14. Early Summer (1951): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 91
  15. Sweet Smell of Success (1957): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 91
  16. Tokyo Story (1953): Spore Score 97, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 93
  17. Some Like It Hot (1959): Spore Score 97, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 94
  18. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Spore Score 96, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 89
  19. Touch of Evil (1958): Spore Score 96, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 89
  20. On the Waterfront (1954): Spore Score 96, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 93
  21. Rififi (1955): Spore Score 96, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 92
  22. Rio Bravo (1959): Spore Score 96, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 88
  23. Umberto D. (1952): Spore Score 96, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 93
  24. The Night of the Hunter (1955): Spore Score 95, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 89
  25. The Ladykillers (1955): Spore Score 95, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 80
  26. The Killing (1956): Spore Score 95, The Pros 96 vs The Punters 88
  27. Elevator to the Gallows (1958): Spore Score 95, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 89
  28. The Band Wagon (1953): Spore Score 94, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 79
  29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956): Spore Score 94, The Pros 97 vs The Punters 86
  30. The Gunfighter (1950): Spore Score 94, The Pros 96 vs The Punters 88
  31. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): Spore Score 94, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 92
  32. The Hidden Fortress (1958): Spore Score 94, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 91
  33. The Searchers (1956): Spore Score 94, The Pros 96 vs The Punters 86
  34. The African Queen (1951): Spore Score 94, The Pros 96 vs The Punters 85
  35. Wild Strawberries (1957): Spore Score 93, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 93
  36. The Wages of Fear (1953): Spore Score 93, The Pros 92 vs The Punters 93
  37. Journey to Italy (1954): Spore Score 93, The Pros 98 vs The Punters 76
  38. Tokyo Twilight (1957): Spore Score 93, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 91
  39. The Seventh Seal (1957): Spore Score 93, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 93
  40. Strangers on a Train (1951): Spore Score 93, The Pros 95 vs The Punters 88
  41. I Vitelloni (1953): Spore Score 93, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 87
  42. High Noon (1952): Spore Score 93, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 92
  43. Ben-Hur (1959): Spore Score 93, The Pros 94 vs The Punters 92
  44. Little Fugitive (1953): Spore Score 92, The Pros 95 vs The Punters 83
  45. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954): Spore Score 91, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 82
  46. Rebel Without a Cause (1955): Spore Score 91, The Pros 93 vs The Punters 84
  47. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958): Spore Score 91, The Pros 91 vs The Punters 89
  48. Limelight (1952): Spore Score 90, The Pros 89 vs The Punters 91
  49. Good Morning (1959): Spore Score 90, The Pros 91 vs The Punters 87
  50. Stalag 17 (1953): Spore Score 90, The Pros 90 vs The Punters 88