Best 1950s Dramas

Pulse of Cinema lists 1118 drama films from the 1950s, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include 12 Angry Men, Seven Samurai, The World of Apu.

8.6

12 Angry Men

1957

8.4

Seven Samurai

1954

8.1

The World of Apu

1959

8.3

Rear Window

1954

8.3

Sunset Boulevard

1950

8.3

Paths of Glory

1957

8.2

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

8.3

Ikiru

1952

8.2

The Seventh Seal

1957

8.2

Tokyo Story

1953

8.1

Wild Strawberries

1957

7.8

Pather Panchali

1955

8.2

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

8.0

North by Northwest

1959

7.9

A Man Escaped

1956

7.9

The Cranes Are Flying

1957

7.9

Aparajito

1956

8.1

All About Eve

1950

8.1

Sansho the Bailiff

1954

8.0

Mayabazar

1957

7.9

Umberto D.

1952

8.0

The Wages of Fear

1953

8.0

Nights of Cabiria

1957

8.0

Ordet

1955

8.0

Rashomon

1950

8.0

Dial M for Murder

1954

8.0

The Young and the Damned

1950

7.9

On the Waterfront

1954

7.8

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

8.0

The 400 Blows

1959

8.0

Ugetsu

1953

7.9

Ben-Hur

1959

7.9

Roman Holiday

1953

7.9

The Night of the Hunter

1955

7.9

Throne of Blood

1957

7.9

Diabolique

1955

7.8

Rififi

1955

7.8

Early Summer

1951

7.2

Pyaasa

1957

8.0

The Hidden Fortress

1958

8.0

Ballad of a Soldier

1959

7.9

La Strada

1954

7.8

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

7.8

Ace in the Hole

1951

7.7

The Red Balloon

1956

7.7

Good Morning

1959

7.7

Tokyo Twilight

1957