Contrast Thread: Here are the top 20 (box office) films of the 1950's. How many have you seen?

12/10/17 | Simon Green

[real saxophonist]

It’s a quote from the movie.

[Rummyfan]

I'd have to say the Bridge on the River Kwai and Rear Window are the best of the bunch.

[Simon Green]

Wow...2/3 of the top 6 are Disney animations from the era when Disney knew how to make great animated stories.

I'd argue that they still do.

[Rummyfan]

All but this one: 17. Demetrias and the Gladiators

You ain't missing much. As Victor Mature himself once said - I'm no actor. And I've done fifty movies that prove it.

[Rummyfan]

Why is “High Noon” not on the list and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”? And “Roman Holiday”?

Box office...

[Rummyfan]

I missed two, Sayonara and Rear Window.

I thought Sayonara with Marlon Brando as a fighter jock was a ridiculous bit of casting. James Garner and Red Buttons were good though.

[P-Marlowe]

All but these

16. Sayonara
17. Demetrias and the Gladiators
18. Peyton Place

As far as new movies... NONE!

[Rummyfan]

It’s probably not close to that list, but 1957’s A Face In The Crowd is an excellent movie.

That movie was way ahead of its time, and a real departure for Andy Griffith.

[gunnyg]

Ah So!

ThankYa for responding.

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[Grampa Dave]

“You ain’t missing much. As Victor Mature himself once said - I’m no actor. And I’ve done fifty movies that prove it.”

BOL, you sound like my wife and a sibling.

[Fiji Hill]

Films on this list that I saw in the fifties:

• Around the World in 80 Days
  
• The Sleeping Beauty
  

Films that I saw in the sixties:

• Peter Pan
  
• Ben Hur
  
• The 10 Commandments
  
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
  
• Quo Vadis?

And I saw Cinderella (the animated version) for the first time in the seventies

[litehaus]

with John Wayne.

QUIET MAN !! Really a great oldie...

[zeestephen]

I've watched 16 of 20 from beginning to end.

I have only watched parts of Sayonara, Some Like It Hot, White Christmas, and Rear Window.

[zeestephen]

Breakfast at Tiffany’s came out in 1961.

I guess High Noon and Roman Holiday were not Top 20 at the box office, but both of them are very good films.

[sparklite2]

I’ve seen all but Demetrias and the Gladiators. Do I still get a prize?

[sparklite2]

“From Here to Eternity” sucked ... so did the book

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Yes. But I’ll bet you remember the surf scene.

[A Navy Vet]

14

[publius911]

14 out of 20.
And the remaining 6 are as unattractive to me today as 50 years ago

[Toespi]

Five.....I lived in the country. I am surprised South Pacific wasn’t on the list.

[Fiji Hill]

I am surprised South Pacific wasn’t on the list.

Although it came out in 1958, I saw it at a drive-in theater in the summer of 1960.