1950s
See also: 1950s in film
- 1950 - Rashomon, Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve, Los Olvidados, Cinderella
- 1951 - The River, Miracle in Milan, Strangers on a Train, Quo Vadis; 1st Berlin International Film Festival, first publication of Cahiers du cinéma
- 1952 - Singin' in the Rain, High Noon, Ikiru, This Is Cinerama, Umberto D., The Quiet Man, The Wages of Fear
- 1953 - From Here to Eternity, Tokyo Story, Ugetsu, The Earrings of Madame de..., Voyage in Italy, The Band Wagon; first use of CinemaScope
- 1954 - The Seven Samurai, Rear Window, La Strada, Sansho the Bailiff, On the Waterfront
- 1955 - Rebel Without a Cause, To Catch a Thief, The Night of the Hunter, Ordet, Pather Panchali, Floating Clouds, Lady and the Tramp
- 1956 - The Ten Commandments, Carousel, The King and I, Giant, High Society, Love Me Tender, The Searchers, A Man Escaped, Written on the Wind, Aparajito, Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- 1957 - The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Sweet Smell of Success, Nights of Cabiria, Paths of Glory
- 1958 - South Pacific, Vertigo, Touch of Evil, Ashes and Diamonds, Jalsaghar, Mon Oncle
- 1959 - Some Like It Hot, Ben-Hur, The 400 Blows, North by Northwest, Rio Bravo, Pickpocket
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