Stotty's 1950s Favourites


Ace in the Hole | 1951 | USA | Billy Wilder


Les Amants | 1958 | France | Louis Malle


Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | USA | Otto Preminger


And When the Sky Was Opened | 1959 | USA | Rod Serling


The Ballad of Narayama | 1958 | Japan | Kinoshita Keisuke


Bigger Than Life | 1956 | USA | Nicholas Ray


The Bridge on the River Kwai | 1957 | UK | David Lean


The Browning Version | 1951 | UK | Anthony Asquith


The Burmese Harp | 1956 | Japan | Ichikawa Kon


Un Chant d'Amour | 1950 | France | Jean Genet


The Cranes Are Flying | 1957 | Russia | Mikhail Kalatozov


Les Diaboliques | 1955 | France | Henri-Georges Clouzot


Duck Amuck | 1953 | USA | Chuck Jones


Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century | 1953 | USA | Chuck Jones


Duck! Rabbit, Duck! | 1953 | USA | Chuck Jones


Early Summer | 1951 | Japan | Ozu Yasujirō


Fires on the Plain | 1959 | Japan | Ichikawa Kon


Flavour of Green Tea over Rice | 1952 | Japan | Ozu Yasujirō


Floating Clouds | 1955 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


Flowing | 1956 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


Fools in the Mountains | 1957 | Norway | Edith Carlmar


Genevieve | 1953 | UK | Henry Cornelius


The Happiest Days of Your Life | 1950 | UK | Frank Launder


Harvey | 1950 | USA | Henry Koster


Hiroshima Mon Amour | 1959 | France / Japan | Alain Resnais


Hobson's Choice | 1954 | UK | David Lean


The Human Condition I | 1959 | Japan | Kobayashi Masaki


The Human Condition II | 1959 | Japan | Kobayashi Masaki


I Live in Fear | 1955 | Japan | Kurosawa Akira


I'm All Right Jack | 1959 | UK | Boulting Brothers


Ikiru | 1952 | Japan | Kurosawa Akira


Imitation of Life | 1959 | USA | Douglas Sirk


In a Lonely Place | 1950 | USA | Nicholas Ray


The Incredible Shrinking Man | 1957 | USA | Jack Arnold


An Inn at Osaka | 1954 | Japan | Gosho Heinosuke


Jazz on a Summer's Day | 1959 | USA | Bert Stern


Judgment Night | 1959 | USA | Rod Serling


The Ladykillers | 1955 | UK | Alexander Mackendrick


The Lavender Hill Mob | 1951 | UK | Charles Crichton


The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo | 1955 | UK | Margaret Tait


A Lesson in Love | 1954 | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman


The Life of Oharu | 1952 | Japan | Mizoguchi Kenji


Lightning | 1952 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


Lovers and Lollipops | 1956 | USA | Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin


A Man Escaped | 1956 | France | Robert Bresson


The Man in the White Suit | 1951 | UK | Alexander Mackendrick


Merry-Go-Round | 1956 | Hungary | Fábri Zoltán


Miracle in Milan | 1951 | Italy | Vittorio De Sica


Miss Julie | 1951 | Sweden | Alf Sjöberg


Morning in the Streets | 1959 | UK | Roy Harris & Denis Mitchell


Neighbours | 1952 | Canada | Norman McLaren


Night and Fog | 1955 | France | Alain Resnais


North by Northwest | 1959 | USA | Alfred Hitchcock


On the Waterfront | 1954 | USA | Elia Kazan


One Froggy Evening | 1955 | USA | Chuck Jones


Ordet | 1955 | Denmark | Carl Th. Dreyer


Pályamunkások | 1957 | Hungary | Gaál István


Peasants of the Sea | 1956 | Italy | Vittorio De Seta


Perchance to Dream | 1959 | USA | Charles Beaumont


The Phil Silvers Show | 1955-59 | USA | Nat Hiken


Pyaasa | 1957 | India | Guru Dutt


Rabbit Fire | 1951 | USA | Chuck Jones


Rabbit Seasoning | 1952 | USA | Chuck Jones


Rashomon | 1950 | Japan | Kurosawa Akira


Rear Window | 1954 | USA | Alfred Hitchcock


Repast | 1951 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


The Rickshaw Man | 1958 | Japan | Inagaki Hiroshi


Roman Holiday | 1953 | USA | William Wyler


Sabrina | 1954 | USA | Billy Wilder


Sansho Dayu | 1954 | Japan | Mizoguchi Kenji


Scrooge | 1951 | UK | Brian Desmond Hurst


Seven Samurai | 1954 | Japan | Kurosawa Akira


The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman


Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | USA | Stanley Donen


Sound of the Mountain | 1954 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


A Streetcar Named Desire | 1951 | USA | Elia Kazan


Summer Interlude | 1951 | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman


Summer with Monika | 1953 | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman


Sunset Blvd. | 1950 | USA | Billy Wilder


Throne of Blood | 1957 | Japan | Kurosawa Akira


Tokyo Story | 1953 | Japan | Ozu Yasujirō


12 Angry Men | 1957 | USA | Sidney Lumet


Twenty-Four Eyes | 1954 | Japan | Kinoshita Keisuke


The Twilight Zone | 1959-64 | USA | Rod Serling


Ugetsu Monogatari | 1953 | Japan | Mizoguchi Kenji


Vertigo | 1958 | USA | Alfred Hitchcock


The Wages of Fear | 1953 | France | Henri-Georges Clouzot


Where Chimneys Are Seen | 1953 | Japan | Gosho Heinosuke


A Wife's Heart | 1956 | Japan | Naruse Mikio


Wild Strawberries | 1957 | Sweden | Ingmar Bergman