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1950 Oscars: From the best to the worst nominees.

by cafg-0 • Created 1 year ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    1. Sunset Boulevard

    19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
    8.4 (249K)
    A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von Stroheim
  • All About Eve (1950)

    2. All About Eve

    19502h 18mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (145K)
    A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge Sanders
  • The Third Man (1949)

    3. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (190K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    4. The Asphalt Jungle

    19501h 52mApproved85Metascore
    7.8 (32K)
    A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean Hagen
  • No Way Out (1950)

    5. No Way Out

    19501h 46mApproved
    7.4 (6.7K)
    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRichard WidmarkLinda DarnellStephen McNally
  • James Stewart, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Josephine Hull, and Cecil Kellaway in Harvey (1950)

    6. Harvey

    19501h 44mApproved79Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartWallace FordWilliam H. Lynn
  • Gregory Peck and Helen Westcott in The Gunfighter (1950)

    7. The Gunfighter

    19501h 25mApproved94Metascore
    7.7 (14K)
    Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.
    DirectorHenry KingStarsGregory PeckHelen WestcottMillard Mitchell
  • Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Adam's Rib (1949)

    8. Adam's Rib

    19491h 41mApproved87Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnJudy Holliday
  • Eleanor Parker in Caged (1950)

    9. Caged

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.6 (5.2K)
    A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsEleanor ParkerAgnes MooreheadEllen Corby
  • William Holden, Broderick Crawford, and Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday (1950)

    10. Born Yesterday

    19501h 43mApproved
    7.5 (13K)
    While in Washington to lobby for favorable legislation, a garbage tycoon hires a reporter to teach his ex-showgirl mistress proper etiquette to better fit in with high society, but she ends up learning more than he bargained for.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsJudy HollidayWilliam HoldenBroderick Crawford
  • The Walls of Malapaga (1949)

    11. The Walls of Malapaga

    19491h 29m
    6.8 (1.1K)
    A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
    DirectorRené ClémentStarsJean GabinIsa MirandaVera Talchi
  • Mystery Street (1950)

    12. Mystery Street

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.2 (3.6K)
    A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRicardo MontalbanSally ForrestBruce Bennett
  • Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, and Silvana Mangano in Bitter Rice (1949)

    13. Bitter Rice

    19491h 48mNot Rated
    7.6 (5.2K)
    Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
    DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsVittorio GassmanDoris DowlingSilvana Mangano
  • Panic in the Streets (1950)

    14. Panic in the Streets

    19501h 36mApproved
    7.2 (9.2K)
    A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsRichard WidmarkPaul DouglasBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Judith Anderson, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Thomas Gomez, Walter Huston, and Gilbert Roland in The Furies (1950)

    15. The Furies

    19501h 49mApproved
    7.2 (4.1K)
    A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsBarbara StanwyckWendell CoreyWalter Huston
  • The Men (1950)

    16. The Men

    19501h 27mApproved
    7.1 (5.4K)
    A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsMarlon BrandoTeresa WrightEverett Sloane
  • Cinderella (1950)

    17. Cinderella

    19501h 14mG85Metascore
    7.3 (181K)
    When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.
    DirectorsClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor Audley
  • Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

    18. Annie Get Your Gun

    19501h 47mApproved77Metascore
    6.9 (5.5K)
    The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
    DirectorsGeorge SidneyBusby BerkeleyStarsBetty HuttonHoward KeelLouis Calhern
  • James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, and Debra Paget in Broken Arrow (1950)

    19. Broken Arrow

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    Tom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra Paget
  • Father of the Bride (1950)

    20. Father of the Bride

    19501h 32mApproved76Metascore
    7.1 (13K)
    The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsSpencer TracyJoan BennettElizabeth Taylor
  • The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)

    21. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

    19501h 10mNot Rated
    6.5 (141)
    The story follows Michelangelo's life, career, and renowned artworks from his early works to lasting fame, showcasing detailed looks at his most celebrated creations against the backdrop of his era.
    DirectorsRobert J. FlahertyRichard LyfordCurt OertelStarFredric March
  • Trio (1950)

    22. Trio

    19501h 31mNot Rated
    7.1 (932)
    Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
    DirectorsKen AnnakinHarold FrenchStarsJames HayterKathleen HarrisonFelix Aylmer
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

    23. Cyrano de Bergerac

    19501h 53mApproved
    7.4 (4.8K)
    The charismatic swordsman-poet and provocateur in 1640s Paris helps a young guardsman woo the woman he loves, complicated by the politics of the nobility and the war with Spain.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsJosé FerrerMala PowersWilliam Prince
  • Burt Lancaster and Dorothy McGuire in Mister 880 (1950)

    24. Mister 880

    19501h 30mApproved
    7.0 (2.1K)
    Gentle romantic comedy about a Secret Service Agent trying to catch a cold case counterfeiter and a United Nations translator.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsBurt LancasterEdmund GwennDorothy McGuire
  • Errol Flynn, Robert Young, Greer Garson, and Walter Pidgeon in That Forsyte Woman (1949)

    25. That Forsyte Woman

    19491h 53mApproved
    6.6 (1.6K)
    Love among the Forsytes is strange, full of tradition, melancholy and gold digging in this film treatise on Victorian-age rigidity and vestiges of a flawed society.
    DirectorCompton BennettStarsErrol FlynnGreer GarsonWalter Pidgeon

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