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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
High Noon Fred Zinnemann
2.
Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
3.
Ikiru
To Live Akira Kurosawa
4.
Forbidden Games
Jeux interdits René Clément
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Films

5.
5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz
6.
Bend of the River Anthony Mann
7.
Deadline - U.S.A. Richard Brooks
8.
Pat and Mike George Cukor
9.
The Bad and the Beautiful Vincente Minnelli
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Films

10.
Don't Bother to Knock Roy Ward Baker
11.
The Holly and the Ivy George More O'Ferrall
12.
The Narrow Margin Richard Fleischer
13.
Angel Face Otto Preminger
14.
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
Othello Orson Welles
15.
Clash by Night Fritz Lang
16.
The World in His Arms Raoul Walsh
17.
Hans Christian Andersen Charles Vidor
18.
Heidi Luigi Comencini
19.
The Lusty Men Nicholas Ray
20.
Million Dollar Mermaid
The One Piece Bathing Suit Mervyn LeRoy
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Films

21.
Macao Josef von Sternberg
22.
Monkey Business Howard Hawks
23.
Moulin Rouge John Huston
24.
We're Not Married! Edmund Goulding
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Films

25.
The Quiet Man John Ford
5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
Angel Face Otto Preminger 
Bend of the River Anthony Mann 
Clash by Night Fritz Lang 
Deadline - U.S.A. Richard Brooks 
Don't Bother to Knock Roy Ward Baker 
Forbidden Games
Jeux interdits René Clément 
Hans Christian Andersen Charles Vidor 
Heidi Luigi Comencini 
High Noon Fred Zinnemann 
Ikiru
To Live Akira Kurosawa 
Macao Josef von Sternberg 
Million Dollar Mermaid
The One Piece Bathing Suit Mervyn LeRoy 
Monkey Business Howard Hawks 
Moulin Rouge John Huston 
Pat and Mike George Cukor 
Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 
The Bad and the Beautiful Vincente Minnelli 
The Holly and the Ivy George More O'Ferrall 
The Lusty Men Nicholas Ray 
The Narrow Margin Richard Fleischer 
The Quiet Man John Ford 
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
Othello Orson Welles 
The World in His Arms Raoul Walsh 
We're Not Married! Edmund Goulding 
Bend of the River Anthony Mann 29 January 1952
5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz 22 February 1952
Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 11 April 1952
Macao Josef von Sternberg 11 April 1952
The Narrow Margin Richard Fleischer 04 May 1952
Deadline - U.S.A. Richard Brooks 10 May 1952
Clash by Night Fritz Lang 06 June 1952
Pat and Mike George Cukor 13 June 1952
High Noon Fred Zinnemann 30 July 1952
Don't Bother to Knock Roy Ward Baker 01 August 1952
Monkey Business Howard Hawks 05 September 1952
The Quiet Man John Ford 14 September 1952
The World in His Arms Raoul Walsh 09 October 1952
The Lusty Men Nicholas Ray 24 October 1952
Forbidden Games
Jeux interdits René Clément 08 December 1952
We're Not Married! Edmund Goulding 17 December 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful Vincente Minnelli 25 December 1952
Angel Face Otto Preminger 11 February 1953
Million Dollar Mermaid
The One Piece Bathing Suit Mervyn LeRoy 13 March 1953
Moulin Rouge John Huston 10 April 1953
Hans Christian Andersen Charles Vidor 14 August 1953
The Holly and the Ivy George More O'Ferrall 04 February 1954
Heidi Luigi Comencini 03 March 1954
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
Othello Orson Welles 12 September 1955
Ikiru
To Live Akira Kurosawa 25 March 1956
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