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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.
Seven Samurai
Shichinin no samurai Akira Kurosawa
2.
Sabrina Billy Wilder
3.
Sansho the Bailiff
Sanshô dayû Kenji Mizoguchi
4.
Dial M for Murder Alfred Hitchcock
5.
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock
6.
On the Waterfront Elia Kazan
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Films

7.
A Star Is Born George Cukor
8.
Godzilla
Gojira Ishirô Honda
9.
The Caine Mutiny Edward Dmytryk
10.
Hobson's Choice David Lean
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Films

11.
Journey to Italy
Viaggio in Italia Roberto Rossellini
12.
White Christmas Michael Curtiz
13.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Richard Fleischer
14.
Them! Gordon Douglas
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Films

15.
The Barefoot Contessa Joseph L. Mankiewicz
16.
Three Coins in the Fountain Jean Negulesco
17.
Executive Suite Robert Wise
18.
Johnny Guitar Nicholas Ray
19.
An Inspector Calls Guy Hamilton
20.
Witness to Murder Roy Rowland
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Films

21.
Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold
22.
Brigadoon Vincente Minnelli
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Films

23.
River of No Return Otto Preminger
24.
Human Desire Fritz Lang
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Richard Fleischer 
An Inspector Calls Guy Hamilton 
A Star Is Born George Cukor 
Brigadoon Vincente Minnelli 
Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold 
Dial M for Murder Alfred Hitchcock 
Executive Suite Robert Wise 
Godzilla
Gojira Ishirô Honda 
Hobson's Choice David Lean 
Human Desire Fritz Lang 
Johnny Guitar Nicholas Ray 
Journey to Italy
Viaggio in Italia Roberto Rossellini 
On the Waterfront Elia Kazan 
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 
River of No Return Otto Preminger 
Sabrina Billy Wilder 
Sansho the Bailiff
Sanshô dayû Kenji Mizoguchi 
Seven Samurai
Shichinin no samurai Akira Kurosawa 
The Barefoot Contessa Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
The Caine Mutiny Edward Dmytryk 
Them! Gordon Douglas 
Three Coins in the Fountain Jean Negulesco 
White Christmas Michael Curtiz 
Witness to Murder Roy Rowland 
Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold 05 March 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sanshô dayû Kenji Mizoguchi 31 March 1954
Witness to Murder Roy Rowland 15 April 1954
Hobson's Choice David Lean 19 April 1954
Executive Suite Robert Wise 30 April 1954
Three Coins in the Fountain Jean Negulesco 20 May 1954
Dial M for Murder Alfred Hitchcock 29 May 1954
Them! Gordon Douglas 19 June 1954
On the Waterfront Elia Kazan 22 June 1954
The Caine Mutiny Edward Dmytryk 24 June 1954
River of No Return Otto Preminger 09 August 1954
An Inspector Calls Guy Hamilton 13 August 1954
Johnny Guitar Nicholas Ray 23 August 1954
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 01 September 1954
Journey to Italy
Viaggio in Italia Roberto Rossellini 08 September 1954
Brigadoon Vincente Minnelli 08 September 1954
The Barefoot Contessa Joseph L. Mankiewicz 30 September 1954
Sabrina Billy Wilder 15 October 1954
A Star Is Born George Cukor 16 October 1954
Human Desire Fritz Lang 03 November 1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Richard Fleischer 20 July 1955
White Christmas Michael Curtiz 18 November 1955
Seven Samurai
Shichinin no samurai Akira Kurosawa 19 November 1956
Godzilla
Gojira Ishirô Honda 07 May 2004
Films Not Yet Seen This Year