1954 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1954.









30.       THE GOLDEN COACH

29.              SILVER LODE

28.           BLACK TUESDAY

27.           CARMEN JONES

26.                 SABRINA

25.        THE ADVENTURES 

OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

24.            GATE OF HELL

23.              VERA CRUZ

22.                 SENSO

21.  SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN

20.              LE PLAISIR

19.       THE CAINE MUTINY

                 INDISCRETION 

18.     OF AN AMERICAN WIFE

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17.        HOBSON'S CHOICE

                       20,000 

16.  LEAGUES UNDER THE SUN

15.

DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST

                    CREATURE 

14.    FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

13.       SUMMER INTERLUDE

12.     THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS

11.   MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION

10.            CRIME WAVE

9.    THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA

8.                  LA RONDE

7.        ABISMOS DE PASIÓN

[WUTHERING HEIGHTS]

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6.           A STAR IS BORN

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5.        ON THE WATERFRONT

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4.       TWENTY-FOUR EYES

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3.             REAR WINDOW

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2. 

THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...

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1.           JOHNNY GUITAR

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 
(the other titles of '54 I loved)

EUROPA '51

[THE GREATEST LOVE]

SALT OF THE EARTH

THE COUNTRY GIRL

THEM!

ANIMAL FARM

THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN'S

DIAL M. FOR MURDER

THE SLEEPING TIGER

RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11

CLAWS FOR ALARM

HANSEL & GRETEL: 

AN OPERA FANTASY

****

1954
TOP 30

1. JOHNNY GUITAR (Nicholas Ray)
2. EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (Ophüls)
3. REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock)
4. TWENTY-FOUR EYES (Keisuke Kinoshita)
5. ON THE WATERFRONT (Kazan)
6. A STAR IS BORN (Cukor)
7. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Bunuel)
8. LA RONDE (Ophüls)
9. BAREFOOT CONTESSA (Mankiewicz)
10. CRIME WAVE (De Toth)
11. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (Sirk)
12. CRUCIFIED LOVERS (Mizoguchi)
13. SUMMER INTERLUDE (Bergman)
14. CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (J.Arnold)
15. DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Bresson)
16. 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Fleischer)
17. HOBSON'S CHOICE (Lean)
18. STAZIONE TERMINI (De Sica)
19. THE CAINE MUTINY (Dmytryk)
20. LE PLAISIR (Ophüls)
21. SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN (Mikio Naruse)
22. SENSO (Visconti)
23. VERA CRUZ (Aldrich)
24. GATE OF HELL (Teinosuke Kinugasa)
25. ROBINSON CRUSOE (Bunuel)
26. SABRINA (Wilder)
27. CARMEN JONES (Preminger)
28. BLACK TUESDAY (Fregonese)
29. SILVER LODE (Dwan)
30. THE GOLDEN COACH (Renoir)

RUNNER UP
EUROPA 51 (Rossellini), SALT OF EARTH (Herbert J. Biberman), THE COUNTRY GIRL (Seaton), THEM! (Gordon Douglas), ANIMAL FARM (Batchelor/Halas), BELLES OF ST. TRINIANS (Frank Launder), DIAL M FOR MURDER (Hitchcock), THE SLEEPING TIGER (Losey), RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11 (Siegel), HELL AND HIGH WATER (Fuller), CLAWS FOR ALARM (Chuck Jones), HANSEL & GRETEL (John Paul)