Films of the 1950s: 1956 (2020 Edition)

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Films of the 1950s: 1956 (2020 Edition)

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The rules:

You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the period we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the IMDb list and the top 10 of each period will go on to the final top 100. The deadline is May 31. New rounds will be posted on the 15th and last day of each month.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

If you vote for 4 movies or less, this is the adjusted scores:
4 votes
1. Movie 40 p
2. 35 p
3. 30 p
4. 25 p

3 votes
1. Movie 35 p
2. 30 p
3. 25 p

2 votes
1. Movie 30 p
2. 25 p

1 vote
1. Movie 25 p
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  1. The Man Who Knew Too Much
  2. Et Dieu... créa la femme [And God Created Woman]
  3. Tea and Sympathy
  4. Forbidden Planet
  5. Lust for Life
  6. Around the World in 80 Days
  7. The Searchers
  8. Le Ballon rouge [The Red Balloon] [short]
  9. The Wrong Man
  10. Bigger Than Life
  11. Notre-Dame de Paris
  12. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
  13. The Ten Commandments
  14. Sôshun [Early Spring]
  15. War and Peace
  16. High Society
  17. The Killing
  18. Bob le Flambeur
  19. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
  20. Moby Dick
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1 | The Searchers | John Ford | U.S.
2 | Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | U.S.
3 | Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | U.S.
4 | ビルマの竪琴 (The Burmese Harp) | 市川崑 (Kon Ichikawa) | Japan
5 | Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) | Robert Bresson | France
6 | অপরাজিত (Aparajito / The Unvanquished) | সত্যজিৎ রায় (Satyajit Ray) | India
7 | Seven Men from Now | Budd Boetticher | U.S.
8 | 早春 (Early Spring) | 小津安二郎 (Yasujiro Ozu) | Japan
9 | Giant | George Stevens | U.S.
10 | The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | U.S.
11 | Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) | Jean-Pierre Melville | France
12 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | U.S.
13 | 狂った果実 (Crazed Fruit) | 中平康 (Ko Nakahira) | Japan
14 | Baby Doll | Elia Kazan | U.S.
15 | Moby Dick | John Huston | U.S.
16 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | U.S.
17 | 赤線地帯 (Street of Shame) | 溝口健二 (Kenji Mizoguchi) | Japan
18 | There's Always Tomorrow | Douglas Sirk | U.S.
19 | Le mystère Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso) | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France
20 | The Wrong Man | Alfred Hitchcock | U.S.

21 | La Pointe-Courte | Agnès Varda | France
22 | Forbidden Planet | Fred M. Wilcox | U.S.
23 | Great Day in the Morning | Jacques Tourneur | U.S.
24 | Et Dieu… créa la femme (And God Created Woman) | Roger Vadim | France
25 | Cela s'appelle l'aurore (That Is the Dawn) | Luis Buñuel | France
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All the 1956 films I've seen according to RYM. Count the top 14:

Very Good

1. The Searchers - John Ford
2. 赤線地帯 [Street of Shame] - Kenji Mizoguchi
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel
4. Der Hauptmann von Köpenick [The Captain from Köpenick] - Helmut Käutner
5. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Alfred Hitchcock

Good

6. Around the World in Eighty Days - Michael Anderson
7. High Society - Charles Walters

OK

8. Die Halbstarken [Teenage Wolfpack] - Georg Tressler
9. Written on the Wind - Douglas Sirk
10. Heute heiratet mein Mann [My Husband's Getting Married Today] - Kurt Hoffmann
11. The Girl Can't Help It - Frank Tashlin
12. Bhowani Junction - George Cukor
13. Hochzeit auf Immenhof [Wedding at Immenhof] - Volker von Collande
14. The Benny Goodman Story - Valentine Davies

Meh

15. La fortuna di essere donna [Lucky to Be a Woman] - Alressandro Blasetti

Bad

16. Bus Stop - Joshua Logan
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1. The Searchers
2. A Man Escaped
3. Bigger Than Life
4. Written on the Wind
5. Night and Fog
6. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7. Forbidden Planet
8. The Killing
9. Street of Shame
10. Aparajito
11. Bob le Flambeur
12. The Ten Commandments
13. The Red Balloon
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1. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped]
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much
3. 早春 [Early Spring]
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. The Killing
6. The Girl Can't Help It
7. অপরাজিত [The Unvanquished]
8. The Wrong Man
9. The Searchers
10. Around the World in Eighty Days
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1. Nuit et brouillard [Night and Fog]
2. Le mystère Picasso [The Mystery of Picasso]
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much
4. The Burmese Harp
5. Bigger Than Life
6. Aparajito [The Unvanquished]
7. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped]
8. Voici le temps des assassins [Deadlier Than the Male]
9. The Searchers
10. La traversée de Paris [Four Bags Full]
11. Baby Doll
12. The Killing
13. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
14. The Wrong Man
15. Nightfall
16. Forbidden Planet
17. Gervaise
18. Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler]
19. Assassins et voleurs
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1) Forbidden Planet
2) The Searchers
3) A Man Escaped
4) Bob le Flambeur
5) A Star is Bored [short]
6) The Red Balloon
7) The Killing
8) Written On the Wind
9) Aparajito
10) The King and I
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1. The Searchers - John Ford
2. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (A Man Escaped) - Robert Bresson
3. Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog) - Alain Resnais
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel
5. Aparajito (The Unvanished) - Satyajit Ray
6. The Killing - Stanley Kubrick
7. Le ballon rouge (The Red Balloon) - Albert Lamorisse
8. Written on the Wind - Douglas Sirk
9. Bob le flambeur - Jean-Pierre Melville
10. Forbidden Planet - Fred M. Wilcox
11. The Ten Commandments - Cecil B. DeMille
12. Biruma no tategoto (The Burmese Harp) - Kon Ichikawa
13. Giant - George Stevens
14. The Wrong Man - Alfred Hitchcock
15. Baby Doll - Elia Kazan
16. The King and I - Walter Lang
17. Akasen chitai (Street of Shame) - Kenji Mizoguchi
18. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Alfred Hitchcock
19. Le monde du silence (The Silent World) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle
20. Around the World in 80 Days - Michael Anderson
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1. The Killing – Stanley Kubrick (USA)
2. The Man Who Knew Too Much – Alfred Hitchcock (USA)
3. Tea and Sympathy – Vincente Minelli (USA)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Don Siegel (USA)
5. Written on the Wind – Douglas Sirk (USA)
6. The Wrong Man – Alfred Hitchcock (USA)
7. Calle Mayor (Main Street) – Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain)
8. Lust for Life – Vincente Minelli (USA)
9. The Harder They Fall – Mark Robson (USA)
10. Giant – George Stevens (USA)
11. Blacklash – John Sturges (USA)
12. A Hill in Korea / Hell in Korea – Julian Amyes (UK)
13. A Kiss Before Dying – Gerd Oswald (USA)
14. La mort en ce jardin (Death in the Garden) – Luis Buñuel (France / Mexico)
15. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt – Fritz Lang (USA)
16. The Searchers – John Ford (USA)
17. Slightly Scarlet – Allan Dwan (USA)
18. High Society – Charles Walters (USA)
19. Baby Doll – Elia Kazan (USA)
20. Forbidden Planet – Fred M. Wilcox (USA)
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1. A Man Escaped
2. Giant
3. The Red Balloon
4. Seven Men from Now
5. Friendly Persuasion
6. The Man Who Knew Too Much
7. Written on the Wind
8. The King and I
9. The Ten Commandments
10. Anastasia
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Results
1. The Searchers | John Ford | U.S.|291 points | 9 votes | 4 #1 votes
2. Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) | Robert Bresson | France|258 points | 7 votes | 2 #1 votes
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Alfred Hitchcock|213 points | 7 votes | 1 #1 vote
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | U.S.|162 points | 7 votes | 0 #1 vote
5. The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | U.S.|154 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote
5. Written on the Wind | Douglas Sirk | U.S.|154 points | 7 votes | 0 #1 vote
7. Forbidden Planet - Fred M. Wilcox|116 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote
8. Bigger Than Life | Nicholas Ray | U.S.|112 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
9. Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog) - Alain Resnais|110 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 vote
10. অপরাজিত (Aparajito / The Unvanquished) | সত্যজিৎ রায় (Satyajit Ray) | India|109 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 vote

11. Le ballon rouge (The Red Balloon) - Albert Lamorisse|97 points | 5 votes | 0 #1 vote
12. Giant | George Stevens | U.S.|74 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
13. Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) | Jean-Pierre Melville | France|70 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 vote
13. Tea and Sympathy – Vincente Minelli (USA)|70 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
15. ビルマの竪琴 (The Burmese Harp) | 市川崑 (Kon Ichikawa) | Japan|69 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 vote
16. The Wrong Man | Alfred Hitchcock | U.S.|65 points | 6 votes | 0 #1 vote
17. 赤線地帯 (Street of Shame) | 溝口健二 (Kenji Mizoguchi) | Japan|62 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
18. 早春 (Early Spring) | 小津安二郎 (Yasujiro Ozu) | Japan|58 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 vote
19. Around the World in Eighty Days - Michael Anderson|53 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
20. Seven Men from Now | Budd Boetticher | U.S.|48 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
21. Le mystère Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso) | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France|42 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
22. Lust for Life|41 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
22. The Ten Commandments - Cecil B. DeMille|41 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
24. Et Dieu... créa la femme [And God Created Woman]|40 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
25. The King and I - Walter Lang|33 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 vote
26. Der Hauptmann von Köpenick [The Captain from Köpenick] - Helmut Käutner|30 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
26. The Girl Can't Help It - Frank Tashlin|30 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
28. High Society - Charles Walters|26 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 vote
29. A Star is Bored [short]|25 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
29. Baby Doll | Elia Kazan | U.S.|25 points | 4 votes | 0 #1 vote
29. Friendly Persuasion|25 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
32. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | U.S.|20 points | 3 votes | 0 #1 vote
33. Calle Mayor (Main Street) – Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain)|18 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
34. Die Halbstarken [Teenage Wolfpack] - Georg Tressler|16 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
34. Voici le temps des assassins [Deadlier Than the Male]|16 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
36. The Harder They Fall – Mark Robson (USA)|14 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
37. Heute heiratet mein Mann [My Husband's Getting Married Today] - Kurt Hoffmann|12 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
37. La traversée de Paris [Four Bags Full]|12 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
37. Anastasia|12 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
40. Blacklash – John Sturges (USA)|10 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
40. Notre-Dame de Paris|10 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
42. A Hill in Korea / Hell in Korea – Julian Amyes (UK)|9 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
42. Bhowani Junction - George Cukor|9 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
44. A Kiss Before Dying – Gerd Oswald (USA)|8 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
44. Hochzeit auf Immenhof [Wedding at Immenhof] - Volker von Collande|8 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
44. 狂った果実 (Crazed Fruit) | 中平康 (Ko Nakahira) | Japan|8 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
47. La mort en ce jardin (Death in the Garden) – Luis Buñuel (France / Mexico)|7 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
47. Moby Dick | John Huston | U.S.|7 points | 2 votes | 0 #1 vote
47. The Benny Goodman Story - Valentine Davies|7 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
50. Nightfall|6 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
50. War and Peace|6 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
52. Gervaise|4 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
52. Slightly Scarlet – Allan Dwan (USA)|4 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
54. There's Always Tomorrow | Douglas Sirk | U.S.|3 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
55. Assassins et voleurs|2 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
55. Le monde du silence (The Silent World) - Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Louis Malle|2 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
55. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit|2 points | 1 vote | 0 #1 vote
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