1952 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1952









30.          MOULIN ROUGE

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29. COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA

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28.           SUDDEN FEAR

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27.        THIS IS CINERAMA

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26.THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT

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THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS

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24.  DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK

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23.             BEEP, BEEP

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22.             HIGH NOON

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21.        WAY OF A GAUCHO

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             THE IMPORTANCE 

20. OF BEING EARNEST

19.      THE MARRYING KIND

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18.             NEIGHBOURS

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17.      BEND OF THE RIVER

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16.           THE BIG SKY

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15.         THE QUIET MAN

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14.            MISS JULIE

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13.              PARK ROW

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12.         CLASH BY NIGHT

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                 THE FLAVOR

11. OF GREEN RICE OVER TEA

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10.  ON DANGEROUS GROUND

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9.            CASQUE D'OR

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8.    LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES

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7.                LIMELIGHT

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6.        FORBIDDEN GAMES

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5. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

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4.            THE LUSTY MEN

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3.         THE LIFE OF OHARU

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              LOS OLVIDADOS
2.     [THE FORGOTTEN ONES]

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1.          SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '52 I loved that could've placed)

VIVA ZAPATA!

RABBIT SEASONING

KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL

IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE

THE STOOGE

CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY

THE MAGIC BOX

PAT & MIKE

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1952
TOP 30

1. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Kelly/Donen)
2. THE FORGOTTEN ONES (Buñuel)
3. LIFE OF OHARU (Kenji Mizoguchi)
4. THE LUSTY MEN (Nicholas Ray)
5. BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Minnelli)
6. FORBIDDEN GAMES (Clément)
7. LIMELIGHT (Chaplin)
8. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (Melville)
9. CASQUE D'OR (Becker)
10. ON DANGEROUS GROUND (Ray/Lupino)
11. FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE (Ozu)
12. CLASH BY NIGHT (Lang)
13. PARK ROW (Fuller)
14. MISS JULIE (Sjöberg)
15. THE QUIET MAN (Ford)
16. THE BIG SKY (Hawks)
17. BEND OF THE RIVER (Mann)
18. NEIGHBOURS (McLaren)
19. THE MARRYING KIND (Cukor)
20. IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Asquith)
21. WAY OF A GAUCHO (Tourneur)
22. HIGH NOON (Zinnemann)
23. BEEP BEEP (Chuck Jones)
24. DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK (Ward Baker)
25. FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS (Rossellini)
26. MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (Mackendrick)
27. THIS IS CINERAMA! (M.C. Cooper)
28. SUDDEN FEAR (D.Miller)
29. COME BACK LITTLE SHEBA (D.Mann)
30. MOULIN ROUGE (Huston)

RUNNER UP

VIVA ZAPATA! (Kazan), RABBIT SEASONING (Chuck Jones), KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (Karlson), THE STOOGE (Taurog), SI MUERO ANTES DE DESPERTAR (C.H.Christensen), CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY (Korda), THE MAGIC BOX (Boulting), PAT & MIKE (Cukor)