What is the best Best Picture winner of the 1950s?

A decade of Hollywood at its most ambitious, from intimate character studies to sweeping epics that swept the Oscars. Which golden-age winner still reigns supreme?

1

On the Waterfront

The 1954 Best Picture winner starring Marlon Brando as a conflicted dockworker.

1000pts

2

Ben-Hur

William Wyler's 1959 Best Picture winner, a Roman epic that won a record 11 Oscars.

957pts

3

From Here to Eternity

The 1953 Best Picture winner, a wartime drama famous for its beach embrace scene.

907pts

4

Around the World in 80 Days

The 1956 Best Picture winner, a globe-trotting adaptation of the Jules Verne novel.

888pts

5

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cecil B. DeMille's 1952 Best Picture winner, a sprawling circus spectacle.

706pts

6

All About Eve

The 1950 Best Picture winner, a razor-sharp drama about ambition in the theater world starring Bette Davis.

706pts

7

Marty

The 1955 Best Picture winner, an intimate romance about a lonely Bronx butcher.

706pts

8

Gigi

The 1958 Best Picture winner, a Lerner and Loewe musical set in belle epoque Paris.

621pts

9

An American in Paris

The 1951 Best Picture winner, a lavish Gene Kelly musical set to the music of George Gershwin.

518pts

10

The Bridge on the River Kwai

David Lean's 1957 Best Picture winner, an epic WWII POW drama.

518pts