In which we compile our “Five Films” lists by the decade in a handy little one-size-fits-all post:

1950

All About Eve

Sunset Boulevard

The Asphalt Jungle

Rashomon

Annie, Get Your Gun

1951

The African Queen

An American In Paris

Strangers On A Train

Ace In The Hole

Showboat

1952

Singin’ In The Rain*

High Noon

The Quiet Man

The Greatest Show On Earth

Clash By Night

1953

Roman Holiday

From Here To Eternity

Stalag 17

Shane

The Big Heat

1954

Rear Window*

On The Waterfront*

Sabrina

Dial “M” For Murder

A Star Is Born

1955

To Catch A Thief*

Night Of The Hunter*

Marty

Mister Roberts

Oklahoma!

1956

The Searchers*

The Ten Commandments*

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Giant

High Society

1957

The Bridge On The River Kwai*

An Affair To Remember*

12 Angry Men

Sweet Smell Of Success

A Face In The Crowd

1958

Touch Of Evil

Auntie Mame

Gigi

Vertigo

The Blob

1959

North By Northwest*

Ben-Hur

Anatomy Of A Murder

Some Like It Hot*

House On Haunted Hill