The 1950s

1950
Stage Fright (Alfred Hitchcock)
Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder)

1951
Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock)

1952
High Noon (Fred Zinneman)
Limelight (Charles Chaplin)
Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)

1953
I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock)

1954
Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock)
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan)
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)

1955
To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock)
The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock)

1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock)
The Searchers (John Ford)
The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)

1957
A King in New York (Charles Chaplin)

1958
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock)

1959
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock)
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder)