Best of 1950
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1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST PICTURE
Sunset Blvd.
All About Eve
Rashomon
Harvey
Born Yesterday
Cinderella
Annie Get Your Gun
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Damned Don't Cry
King Solomon's Mines
2. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST DIRECTOR
Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve
Akira Kurosawa - Rashomon
George Cukor - Born Yesterday
Henry Koster - Harvey
Michael Gordon - Cyrano de Bergerac
3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST ACTOR
William Holden - Sunset Blvd.
José Ferrer - Cyrano de Bergerac
James Stewart - Harvey
Toshirô Mifune - Rashomon
Broderick Crawford - Born Yesterday
William Holden - Born Yesterday
4. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST ACTRESS
Gloria Swanson - Sunset Blvd.
Bette Davis - All About Eve
Anne Baxter - All About Eve
Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday
Joan Crawford - The Damned Don't Cry
Betty Hutton - Annie Get Your Gun
Deborah Kerr - King Solomon's Mines
5. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Sanders - All About Eve
Masayuki Mori - Rashomon
Takashi Shimura - Rashomon
Erich von Stroheim - Sunset Blvd.
Cecil B. DeMille - Sunset Blvd.
6. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Celeste Holm - All About Eve
Josephine Hull - Harvey
Thelma Ritter - All About Eve
Nancy Olson - Sunset Blvd.
Machiko Kyô - Rashomon
7. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST CASTING
All About Eve
Sunset Blvd.
Harvey
Born Yesterday
Rashomon
8. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sunset Blvd.
9. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
All About Eve
Born Yesterday
Harvey
Rashomon
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Damned Don't Cry
10. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
Sunset Blvd.
Cinderella
Annie Get Your Gun
King Solomon's Mines
Rashomon
Cyrano de Bergerac
11. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,546 | Gross: $0.10M
BEST EDITING
Rashomon
All About Eve
Sunset Blvd.
King Solomon's Mines
Annie Get Your Gun
Harvey
12. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sunset Blvd.
The Damned Don't Cry
Rashomon
All About Eve
King Solomon's Mines
Cyrano de Bergerac
13. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sunset Blvd.
Annie Get Your Gun
All About Eve
Cyrano de Bergerac
Rashomon
King Solomon's Mines
14. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
All About Eve
Sunset Blvd.
Born Yesterday
Annie Get Your Gun
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Damned Don't Cry
15. Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Not Rated | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: José Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, Morris Carnovsky
Votes: 4,576
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
Cyrano de Bergerac
Annie Get Your Gun
King Solomon's Mines
The Damned Don't Cry
Rashomon
Sunset Blvd.
16. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
Votes: 7,019
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
King Solomon's Mines
Annie Get Your Gun
17. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,522
BEST SCORE
Sunset Blvd.
Cinderella
All About Eve
Rashomon
The Damned Don't Cry
18. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 5,277 | Gross: $8.00M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
Annie Get Your Gun
19. Cinderella (1950)
G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
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.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 174,026 | Gross: $85.00M
BEST SONG
Cinderella - "Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo"
Cinderella - "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
20. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The story of the great sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose to fame while dealing with her love/professional rival, Frank Butler.
Directors: George Sidney, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 5,277 | Gross: $8.00M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
Annie Get Your Gun
21. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,803 | Gross: $0.01M
BEST SOUND
All About Eve
Cinderella
Annie Get Your Gun
King Solomon's Mines
Rashomon
Sunset Blvd.
22. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
Votes: 7,019
BEST SOUND EDITING
King Solomon's Mines
Annie Get Your Gun
Cinderella
23. King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Passed | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
Directors: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas
Votes: 7,019
BEST STUNTS
King Solomon's Mines
Rashomon
24. Cinderella (1950)
G | 74 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
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.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton
Votes: 174,026 | Gross: $85.00M
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cinderella
25. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,546 | Gross: $0.10M
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Rashomon
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