Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan
2.
Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock
3.
Ace in the Hole
The Big Carnival
Billy Wilder
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Films

4.
A Place in the Sun George Stevens
5.
The African Queen John Huston
6.
The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Crichton
7.
The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
8.
The Thing from Another World Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby
9.
Early Summer
Bakushû
Yasujirô Ozu
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Films

10.
Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
Brian Desmond Hurst
11.
The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise
12.
Detective Story William Wyler
13.
Alice in Wonderland Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske
14.
Native Son Pierre Chenal
15.
Victims of Sin
Víctimas del pecado
Victims of the Sin
Emilio Fernández
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Films

16.
The Diary of a Country Priest
Journal d'un curé de campagne
Robert Bresson
17.
An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli
18.
Olivia
The Pit of Loneliness
Jacqueline Audry
19.
People Will Talk Joseph L. Mankiewicz
20.
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Henry Hathaway
21.
The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick
22.
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Gordon Douglas
23.
Royal Wedding Stanley Donen
Ace in the Hole
The Big Carnival
Billy Wilder 
Alice in Wonderland Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske 
An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli 
A Place in the Sun George Stevens 
A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan 
Detective Story William Wyler 
Early Summer
Bakushû
Yasujirô Ozu 
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Gordon Douglas 
Native Son Pierre Chenal 
Olivia
The Pit of Loneliness
Jacqueline Audry 
People Will Talk Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
Royal Wedding Stanley Donen 
Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
Brian Desmond Hurst 
Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock 
The African Queen John Huston 
The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise 
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Henry Hathaway 
The Diary of a Country Priest
Journal d'un curé de campagne
Robert Bresson 
The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Crichton 
The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick 
The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 
The Thing from Another World Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby 
Victims of Sin
Víctimas del pecado
Victims of the Sin
Emilio Fernández 
Victims of Sin
Víctimas del pecado
Victims of the Sin
Emilio Fernández 02 February 1951
Native Son Pierre Chenal 02 March 1951
Royal Wedding Stanley Donen 23 March 1951
The Thing from Another World Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby 07 April 1951
Olivia
The Pit of Loneliness
Jacqueline Audry 27 April 1951
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Gordon Douglas 05 May 1951
Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock 30 June 1951
Ace in the Hole
The Big Carnival
Billy Wilder 04 July 1951
Alice in Wonderland Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, and Hamilton Luske 28 July 1951
The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick 07 August 1951
People Will Talk Joseph L. Mankiewicz 29 August 1951
The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Crichton 10 September 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan 19 September 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still Robert Wise 20 September 1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Henry Hathaway 17 October 1951
A Place in the Sun George Stevens 09 November 1951
An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli 11 November 1951
Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
Brian Desmond Hurst 02 December 1951
The African Queen John Huston 21 March 1952
Detective Story William Wyler 19 May 1952
The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 13 June 1952
The Diary of a Country Priest
Journal d'un curé de campagne
Robert Bresson 05 April 1954
Early Summer
Bakushû
Yasujirô Ozu 02 August 1972