Top Movies of 1950

Jun 25, 2020



Top-grossing American films of 1950

RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1King Solomon’s MinesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$5,047,000[1]
2Annie Get Your Gun$4,708,000[1]
3Cheaper by the Dozen20th Century Fox$4,425,000[2]
4CinderellaWalt Disney/RKO Radio Pictures$4,300,000[3]
5Born YesterdayColumbia Pictures$4,150,000[2]
6Father of the BrideMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$4,036,000[1]
7Broken Arrow
At War with the Army		20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures		$3,350,000[4][5]
8Three Little WordsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$3,019,000[1]
9Francis
All About Eve		Universal Pictures
20th Century Fox		$2,900,000[4]
10KimMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$2,896,000[1]


The Best Movies of All Time, Picked by Critics & Filmmakers ~ Films 101

 RATING – 5 stars from top of
the list to 3 stars at the bottom		 TITLE  YEAR  DIRECTOR COUNTRYMEDIA
Rashômon1950Kurosawa, AkiraJapanBD
All About Eve1950Mankiewicz, Joseph L.USABDS
Sunset Boulevard1950Wilder, BillyUSABDS
Los Olvidados1950Buñuel, LuisMexicoY
# 5 for 1950, # 232 OverallOrpheus1950Cocteau, JeanFranceBD
# 6 for 1950, # 253 OverallThe Asphalt Jungle1950Huston, JohnUSABDS
# 7 for 1950, # 292 OverallIn a Lonely Place1950Ray, NicholasUSABD
# 8 for 1950, # 483 OverallBorn Yesterday1950Cukor, GeorgeUSAD
# 9 for 1950, # 521 OverallGun Crazy1950Lewis, Joseph H.USABY
# 10 for 1950, # 560 OverallWinchester ’731950Mann, AnthonyUSAD
# 11 for 1950, # 805 OverallThe Men1950Zinnemann, FredUSABD
# 12 for 1950, # 814 OverallLa Ronde1950Ophüls, MaxFranceD
# 13 for 1950, # 997 OverallPanic in the Streets1950Kazan, EliaUSABD
# 14 for 1950, # 1026 OverallThe Gunfighter1950King, HenryUSAD
# 15 for 1950, # 1088 OverallFather of the Bride1950Minnelli, VincenteUSAD
# 16 for 1950, # 1115 OverallHarvey1950Koster, HenryUSABD
# 17 for 1950, # 1277 OverallD.O.A.1950Maté, RudolphUSAD
# 18 for 1950, # 1297 OverallWagon Master1950Ford, JohnUSABD
# 19 for 1950, # 1314 OverallCinderella1950Geronimi, Clyde / Jackson, Wilfred / Luske, HamiltonUSABD
# 20 for 1950, # 1432 OverallCyrano de Bergerac1950Gordon, MichaelUSABDS
# 21 for 1950, # 1462 OverallSeven Days to Noon1950Boulting, John / Boulting, RoyUKBD
# 22 for 1950, # 1550 OverallKing Solomon’s Mines1950Bennett, Compton / Marton, AndrewUSAY
# 23 for 1950, # 1613 OverallStromboli1950Rossellini, RobertoItalyBD
# 24 for 1950, # 1660 OverallRio Grande1950Ford, JohnUSABD
# 25 for 1950, # 1673 OverallThe Blue Lamp1950Dearden, BasilUK
# 26 for 1950, # 1721 OverallBeauty and the Devil1950Clair, RenéFrance / ItalyY
# 27 for 1950, # 1733 OverallNight and the City1950Dassin, JulesUKBDS
# 28 for 1950, # 1787 OverallTreasure Island1950Haskin, ByronUK / USAD
# 29 for 1950, # 1871 OverallLes Enfants terribles1950Melville, Jean-PierreFranceD
# 30 for 1950, # 1985 OverallStage Fright1950Hitchcock, AlfredUKD
# 31 for 1950, # 2062 OverallThe Elusive Pimpernel1950Powell, Michael / Pressburger, EmericUK
# 31 for 1950, # 2062 OverallGone to Earth1950Powell, Michael / Pressburger, EmericUK
# 32 for 1950, # 2116 OverallStars in My Crown1950Tourneur, JacquesUSAY
# 33 for 1950, # 2117 OverallThree Came Home1950Negulesco, JeanUSAD
# 34 for 1950, # 2157 OverallThe Sound of Fury1950Endfield, CyUSAY
# 35 for 1950, # 2236 OverallThe Happiest Days of Your Life1950Launder, FrankUKY
# 36 for 1950, # 2367 OverallAnnie Get Your Gun1950Sidney, George / Berkeley, Busby / Walters, CharlesUSAD
# 36 for 1950, # 2367 OverallThe Flame and the Arrow1950Tourneur, JacquesUSADS
# 37 for 1950, # 2387 OverallSummer Stock1950Walters, CharlesUSABD
# 38 for 1950, # 2389 OverallThree Little Words1950Thorpe, RichardUSAD
# 39 for 1950, # 2416 OverallThe Flowers of St. Francis1950Rossellini, RobertoItalyD
# 40 for 1950, # 2422 OverallNo Man of Her Own1950Leisen, MitchellUSAD
# 41 for 1950, # 2424 OverallJustice est faite1950Cayatte, AndréFrance
# 42 for 1950, # 2465 OverallThe Breaking Point1950Curtiz, MichaelUSABD
# 42 for 1950, # 2465 OverallKim1950Saville, VictorUSAD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallBabul1950Sunny, S.U.India
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallBroken Arrow1950Daves, DelmerUSABD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallCheaper by the Dozen1950Lang, WalterUSAD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallDestination Moon1950Pichel, IrvingUSAD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallFamily Portrait1950Jennings, HumphreyUKD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallFrancis1950Lubin, ArthurUSAD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallJogan1950Sharma, Kidar NathIndia
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallManthiri Kumari1950Dungan, Ellis / Sundaram, T.R.India
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallPadeniye Berlina1950Chiaureli, MikheilSoviet Union
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallScandal1950Kurosawa, AkiraJapanD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallSummer Interlude1950Bergman, IngmarSwedenBD
# 43 for 1950, # 2555 OverallVictory of the Chinese People1950Gerasimov, Sergei / Dukinsky, IvanChina / Soviet Union
# 44 for 1950, # 2557 OverallThe Black Rose1950Hathaway, HenryUKD
# 44 for 1950, # 2557 OverallChampagne for Caesar1950Whorf, RichardUSAD
# 44 for 1950, # 2557 OverallThe Man on the Eiffel Tower1950Meredith, Burgess / Allen, Irving / Laughton, CharlesUSA / FranceD
# 44 for 1950, # 2557 OverallYoung Man with a Horn1950Curtiz, MichaelUSADS
# 45 for 1950, # 2610 OverallThe Titan: Story of Michelangelo1950Lyford, Richard / Flaherty, Robert J. / Oertel, CurtSwitzerland / West Germany
# 46 for 1950, # 2627 OverallÉdouard et Caroline1950Becker, JacquesFrance
# 47 for 1950, # 2629 OverallCaged1950Cromwell, JohnUSA
# 47 for 1950, # 2629 OverallDieu a besoin des hommes1950Delannoy, JeanFrance
# 47 for 1950, # 2629 OverallPrima comunione1950Blasetti, AlessandroItaly / France
# 47 for 1950, # 2629 OverallState Secret1950Gilliat, SidneyUK
# 48 for 1950, # 2632 OverallEdge of Doom1950Robson, MarkUSA
# 48 for 1950, # 2632 OverallKon-Tiki1950Heyerdahl, ThorNorway / SwedenY
# 48 for 1950, # 2632 OverallNo Way Out1950Mankiewicz, Joseph L.USAD
# 48 for 1950, # 2632 OverallStrange Deception1950Malaparte, CurzioItalyY
# 49 for 1950, # 2633 OverallDomenica d’agosto1950Emmer, LucianoItaly
# 49 for 1950, # 2633 OverallNo Resting Place1950Rotha, PaulUK
# 50 for 1950, # 2643 OverallVenom and Eternity1950Isou, IsidoreFrance
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallAtom Man vs. Superman1950Bennet, Spencer GordonUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallBuccaneer’s Girl1950De Cordova, FrederickUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallCounterspy Meets Scotland Yard1950Friedman, SeymourUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallFood for Feudin’1950Nichols, Charles A.USAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallThe Furies1950Mann, AnthonyUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallHouse by the River1950Lang, FritzUSABD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallThe Lone Ranger1950Archainbaud, George / Seitz, George B. Jr. / Morse, HollingsworthUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallLooney Tunes – Golden Collection, Volume Five1950Jones, Chuck / Clampett, Bob / Freleng, Friz / Avery, Tex / McKimson, Robert / Tashlin, FrankUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallThe Man Who Cheated Himself1950Feist, Felix E.USAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 Overall711 Ocean Drive1950Newman, Joseph M.USAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallUnder My Skin1950Negulesco, JeanUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallThe West Point Story1950Del Ruth, RoyUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallWestern Pacific Agent1950Newfield, SamUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallWhere the Sidewalk Ends1950Preminger, OttoUSAD
# 51 for 1950, # 2659 OverallWoman on the Run1950Foster, NormanUSABD

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