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80. The Band Wagon
Director – Vincente Minnelli
Cast – Fred Astire, Cyd Charisse
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $3 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Musical
Release Date – 7 August 1953
Plot – A new director changes the way broadway works.
79. Mon Oncle
Director – Jacques Tati
Cast – Jacuqes Tati
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Box Office – $2 Million
Awards – Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film
Genre – Comedy
Release Date – 10 May 1958
Pilot – An old man finds it hard to adjust in the new technological world of his sister in law.
78. Pather Panchali
Director – Satyajit Ray
Cast – Subir Banerjee
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Box Office – $10 K
Awards – None
Genre – Drama
Release Date – 26 August 1955
Pilot – It is the debut film of Satyajit Ray and first film of the highly acclaimed Apu trilogy.
77. Fires on the plain
Director – Kon Ichikawa
Cast – Osamu Takizawa
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $15 K
Awards – None
Genre – War
Release Date – 3 November 1959
Plot – A Unit of Japanese army is left alone to starve to death in the final days of World War 2.
76. A Face in the crowd
Director – Elia Kazan
Cast – Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Box Office – $198 K
Awards – None
Genre – Drama
Release Date – 28 May 1957
Plot – A man find it hard to handle all the fame he recieved recently.
75. The Hidden Fortress
Director – Akira Kurosawa
Cast – Hideo Oguni
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $168 K
Awards – None
Genre – Adventure
Release Date – 28 December 1958
Plot – A Princess along with her general is escorted beyond enemy lines by two greedy man.
74. Old Yeller
Director – Robert Stevenson
Cast – Dorothy Mcguire, Fess Parker
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $6 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Family, Drama
Release Date – 25 December 1957
Plot – A yellow stray dog is befirended by texas family.
73. Anatomy of a Murder
Director – Otto Preminger
Cast – James Stewart
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $11 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release Date – 1 July 1959
Plot – A man is convicted for murdering the rapist of his wife.
72. A Christmas Carol
Director – Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast – Jack Warner
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Box Office – $190 K
Awards – None
Genre – Fantasy, Drama
Release Date – 31 October 1951
Plot – Motion picture adaption of the famous play by Charles Dickens.
71. Stalag 17
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – William Holden, Don Taylor
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Box Office – $10 Million
Awards – William Holden Won academy award for best actor.
Genre – War, Comedy
Release Date – 1 July 1953
Plot – A Prisone of War is suspected to be an informer who helps custodians to escape prison.
70. The Cranes are Flying
Director – Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast – Tatyana Samoylova
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Box Office – $5 Million
Awards – None
Genre – War, Romance
Release Date – 1 July 1957
Plot – Two lovers are separated due to world war 2.
69. Dial M for Murder
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Ray Milland, Grace Kelly
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Box Office – $6 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Film-Noir, Thriller
Release Date – 29 May 1954
Plot – A sportsman decide to murder his wife but his plan goes awfully wrong. However he have a brilliant plan B.
68. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday
Director – Jacques Tati
Cast – Jacques Tati
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $5 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Release Date – 25 February 1953
Plot – An old man tries to change the technologically advance world around him.
67. Cinderella
Director – Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Cast – James Macdonald
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Box Office – $263 Million
Awards – None
Genre – Aniamtion, Family
Release Date – 4 March 1950
Plot – Disney’s animated movie on classic story by Grimm’s brothers.
66. The World Of Apu
Director – Satyajit ray
Cast – Sharmila Tagore
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $10 K
Awards – National Film Award (India)
Genre – Drama
Release Date – 1 May 1959
Plot – Thisis the final film in the Apu trilogy series.
65. The Killing
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Sterling Hayden
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Box Office – $40 K
Awards – None
Genre – Film-Noir
Release Date – 19 May 1956
Plot – Several people plans to rob a racetrack.
64. Ballad of Soldier
Director – Grigori Chukhrai
Cast – Vladimir Ivaskhov
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Box Office – $30 K
Awards – BAFTA Award for Best Picture
Genre – War, Romance
Release Date – 1 December 1959
Plot – A russian soldier learns the meaning of love in war time.
63. Kiss Me Deadly
Director – Robert Aldrich
Cast – Ralph Meeker
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Box Office – $726 K
Awards – None
Genre – Film-Noir
Release Date – 18 May 1955
Plot – A young detective decides to help a hitchhiker who has escaped mental institution.
62. The Ten Commandments
Director – Cecil B. Demille
Cast – Charlton Heston
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Box Office – $122 Million
Awards – Won Oscar
Genre – Drama, History
Release Date – 5 October 1956
Plot – Moses decides to help the poor victims of slavery.
61. Shane
Director – George Stevens
Cast – Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Box Office – $20 Million
Awards – Won 1 Academy Award
Genre – Western
Release Date – 23 April 1953
Plot – A retired gunslinger is forced to fight by a local goon.
