1950 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1950

20.   STARS IN MY CROWN

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THE BARON OF ARIZONA

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18.       BROKEN ARROW

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           A SONG OF LOVE

17.  [UN CHANT D'AMOUR]

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16.       GONE TO EARTH

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                    WHERE 

15.    THE SIDEWALK ENDS

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14.    

  PANIC IN THE STREETS

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13.           SIDE STREET

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12.            GUN CRAZY

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11.   THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

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        THE HIDDEN ROOM 

10.         [OBSESSION]

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9.              STROMBOLI

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8.               OUTRAGE

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7.           WINCHESTER '73

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6.               ORPHEUS

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5.           SUNSET BLVD.

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4.       NIGHT AND THE CITY

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3.              THE FURIES

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2.      IN A LONELY PLACE

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1.         THE THIRD MAN

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of 1950 I loved that almost placed)

WHIRLPOOL

WAGON MASTER

LAST HOLIDAY

THE FILE 

ON THELMA JORDAN

THE MEN

HOUSE BY THE RIVER

VARIETY LIGHTS

ALL ABOUT EVE

THE GUNFIGHTER

EATEN HORIZONS

[SPISTE HORISONTER]

BORN YESTERDAY

CINDERELLA

HARVEY

FATHER OF THE BRIDE

KING LAVRA

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1950
TOP 20

1. THE THIRD MAN (Reed)
2. IN A LONELY PLACE (Nicholas Ray)
3. THE FURIES (Mann)
4. NIGHT AND THE CITY (Dassin)
5. SUNSET BLVD (Wilder)
6. ORPHEUS (Cocteau)
7. WINCHESTER '73 (Mann)
8. OUTRAGE (Lupino)
9. STROMBOLI, TERRA DI DIO (Rossellini)
10. HIDDEN ROOM (Dmytryk)
11. ASPHALT JUNGLE (Huston)
12. GUN CRAZY (Joseph H. Lewis)
13. SIDE STREET (Mann)
14. PANIC IN THE STREETS (Kazan)
15. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (Preminger)
16. GONE TO EARTH (Powell)
17. UN CHANT D'AMOUR (Genet)
18. BROKEN ARROW (Daves)
19. THE BARON OF ARIZONA (Fuller)
20. STARS IN MY CROWN (Tourneur)

RUNNER-UP:
WHIRLPOOL (Preminger), WAGON MASTER (Ford), LAST HOLIDAY (Cass), FILE ON THELMA JORDAN (Siodmak), THE MEN (Zinnemann), HOUSE BY THE RIVER (Lang), VARIETY LIGHTS (Fellini), ALL ABOUT EVE (Mankiewicz), THE GUNFIGHTER (King), EATEN HORIZONS (Jørgen Roos), BORN YESTERDAY (Cukor), CINDERELLA (Disney), HARVEY (Koster), FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Minnelli), KING LAVRA (Zeman)