Best of the 1950's

Best Picture



1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

2. On the Waterfront (1954)
3. Some Like it Hot (1959)
4. The African Queen (1951)
5. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
6. Rear Window (1954)
7. Ikiru (1952)
8. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
9. North By Northwest (1959)
10. All About Eve (1950)
11. Marty (1955)


Best Director


Akira Kurosawa - Ikiru (1952)

Alfred Hitchcock - Dial M for Murder (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (1958)
Elia Kazan - On the Waterfront (1954)
Elia Kazan - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Akira Kurosawa - Rashomon (1950)
Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai (1954)
Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men (1957)
Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd. (1950)


Best Actor


Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront (1954)

Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (1951)
Ernest Borgnine - Marty (1955)
Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Henry Fonda - 12 Angry Men (1957)
Alec Guiness - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Charles Laughton - Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Tashiro Mifune - Rashomon (1950)
Sidney Poitier - No Way Out (1950)
Takashi Shimura - Ikiru (1952)


Best Actress


Bette Davis - All About Eve (1950)

Judy Garland - A Star is Born (1954)
Audrey Hepburn - Sabrina (1954)
Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen (1951)
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday (1950)
Machiko Kiyo - Rashomon (1950)
Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Esther Minciotti - Marty (1955)
Jan Sterling - Ace in the Hole (1951)
Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Elizabeth Taylor - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)


Best Supporting Actor


Lee J. Cobb - 12 Angry Men (1957)

Joe E. Brown - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Cantinflas - Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Lee J. Cobb - On the Waterfront (1954)
Sessue Hayakawa - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Jack Lemmon - Mister Roberts (1955)
Karl Malden - On the Waterfront (1954)
Karl Malden - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Takashi Shimura - Seven Samurai (1952)
Frank Sinatra - From Here to Eternity (1953)
Jack Warden - 12 Angry Men (1957)


Best Supporting Actress


Marlene Dietrich - Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Anne Baxter - All About Eve (1950)
Betsy Blair - Marty (1955)
Kim Hunter - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Marilyn Monroe - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Masayuki Mori - Rashomon (1950)
Donna Reed - From Here to Eternity (1953)
Debbie Reynolds - Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Thelma Ritter - Rear Window (1954)
Eva Marie Saint - On the Waterfront (1954)
Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun (1951)


Best Screenplay


Reginald Rose - 12 Angry Men (1957)

Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Akira Kurosawa - Ikiru (1952)
Akira Kurosawa - Rashomon (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve (1950)
Budd Shulberg - A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Budd Shulberg - On the Waterfront (1954)
Bill Wilder & Lesser Samuels - Ace in the Hole (1951)
Billy Wilder - Some Like it Hot (1959)
Billy Wilder - Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


Best Family Picture


Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Cinderella (1950)
Duck Amuck (1953)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Old Yeller (1957)
Peter Pan (1953)
The Red Balloon (1956)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)


Funniest Film


Some Like it Hot (1959)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Born Yesterday (1950)
Duck Amuck (1953)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Harvey (1950)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Mister Roberts (1955)
Road to Bali (1952)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
White Christmas (1954)


Best Sports Film


Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

Angels in the Outfield (1951)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Jim Thorpe - All-American (1951)
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
Pat and Mike (1952)
The Winning Team (1952)


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