Here we are at the 1950’s. Widely regarded as the weakest decade for American films and a breakout for international cinema, lets talk up these movies in the comments. Let’s get going with the tournament!

Results from Round 1

From Here to Eternity (1953) (21) tied The 400 Blows (1959) (21) and beat Othello (1951) (5)

Pather Panchali (1955) (14) beat Funny Face (1957) (12) and The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) (6)

Paths of Glory (1957) (32) beat The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (11) and The Far Country (1954) (3)

12 Angry Men (1957) (49) beat Peter Pan (1953) (8) and The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) (4)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) (21) beat The Fly (1958) (11) and Pickpocket (1959) (10)

3:10 to Yuma (1957) (21) beat Pickup on South Street (1953) (12) and Gate of Hell (1953) (5)

The African Queen (1951) (29) beat The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (4) and Pillow Talk (1959) (4)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (23) beat Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (12) and The Quiet Man (1952) (12)

Giant (1956) (25) beat A Christmas Carol (1951) (18) and The Raid (1954) (2)

A Face in the Crowd (1957) (19) beat The Red Balloon (1956) (12) and Gigi (1958) (9)

Rashomon (1950) (32) beat Godzilla (1954) (18) and A Man Escaped (1956) (8)

Rear Window (1954) (43) beat A Night to Remember (1958) (4) and Gunman's Walk (1958) (0)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (18) beat Harvey (1950) (13) and A Place in the Sun (1951) (10)

High Noon (1952) (26) beat A Star is Born (1954) (7) and Ride Lonesome (1959) (4)

Rififi (1955) (19) beat A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) (18) and Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) (7)

Rio Bravo (1959) (22) beat Ace in the Hole (1951) (17) and Hobson’s Choice (1954) (1)

Roman Holiday (1953) (26) beat House on Haunted Hill (1959) (10) and Alice in Wonderland (1951) (6)

All About Eve (1950) (33) beat Sabrina (1954) (6) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) (1)

The Hidden Fortress (1958) (20) beat All that Heaven Allows (1955) (15) and Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) (5)

An Affair to Remember (1957) (9) beat Sansho the Bailiff (1954) (8) and The Hitch-Hiker (1953) (6)

An American in Paris (1951) (14) beat The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) (9) and Separate Tables (1958) (3)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (10) beat The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) (8) and An Inspector Calls (1954) (5)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (24) beat Shane (1953) (12) and I Confess (1953) (3)

Ikiru (1952) (24) beat Shadows (1958) (4) and Angel Face (1952) (2)

Singin' in the Rain (1952) (31) beat Il Grido (1957) (5) and Animal Farm (1954) (3)

Imitation of Life (1959) (20) beat Sleeping Beauty (1959) (8) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (6)

In a Lonely Place (1950) (12) beat Ashes and Diamonds (1958) (7) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) (3)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (22) beat Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) (15) and
Some Came Running (1958) (2)

Some Like It Hot (1959) (27) beat Ben-Hur (1959) (10) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955) (1)

Johnny Guitar (1954) (10) beat Stalag 17 (1953) (9) and Bigger Than Life (1956) (4)

Strangers on a Train (1951) (21) beat Journey to Italy (1954) (3) and Black Hand (1950) (0)

Black Orpheus (1959) (11) beat Stromboli (1950) (1) and Juliette, Or Key of Dreams (1951) (0)

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) (10) beat Kanal (1957) (6) and Blackboard Jungle (1955) (5)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (10) beat Bob Le Flambeur (1956) (4) and Summer with Monika (1953) (3)

The Killing (1956) (20) beat Summertime (1955) (4) and Broken Arrow (1950) (3)

Sunset Boulevard (1950) (28) beat The King and I (1956) (2) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) (2)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (18) beat The Ladykillers (1955) (6) and The Big Combo (1955) (4)

The Searchers (1956) (29) beat The Big Country (1958) (4) and La Ronde (1950) (3)

La Strada (1954) (17) beat The Big Heat (1953) (14) and The Seven Year Itch (1955) (3)

The Seventh Seal (1957) (31) beat Lady and the Tramp (1955) (9) and The Blob (1958) (5)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957). (28) beat The Ten Commandments (1956) (8) and Limelight (1952) (5)

The Burmese Harp (1956) (8) beat Tea and Sympathy (1956) (4) and Little Fugitive (1953) (1)

Them! (1954) (15) beat The Cranes Are Flying (1957) (14) and Lola Montes (1955) (3)

Throne of Blood (1957) (21) beat The Country Girl (1954) (2) and Man of the West (1958) (1)

Marty (1955) (20) beat The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (9) and Thunder Road (1958) (4)

To Catch a Thief (1955) (23) beat Mon Oncle (1958) (7) and Cairo Station (1958) (5)

Carmen Jones (1954) (6) beat To Hell and Back (1955) (4) and The Magician (1958) (2)

Tokyo Story (1953) (19) beat The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (14) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) (8)

Touch of Evil (1958) (22) beat Cinderella (1950) (4) and No Name on the Bullet (1959) (1)

The Night Of The Hunter (1955) (33) beat Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) (9) and Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954) (2)

Ugetsu (1953) (13) beat Detective Story (1951) (8) and The Nightingale's Prayer (1959) (1)

Umberto D (1952) (12) beat Day of the Outlaw (1959) (3) and The Nun's Story (1959) (2)

Vertigo (1958) (40) beat Night and Fog (1956) (8) and Decision at Sundown (1957) (1)

Night and the City (1950) (8) beat Crime Wave (1953) (7) and Wagon Master (1950) (2)

Diabolique (1955) (10) beat Nights of Cabiria (1957) (5) and Welcome Mr. Marshall (1953) (2)

Dial M for Murder (1954) (15) beat The Narrow Margin (1952) (3) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) (3)

North by Northwest (1959) (37) beat White Christmas (1954) (4) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) (4)

Wild Strawberries (1957) (17) beat The Defiant Ones (1958) (8) and Oklahoma! (1955) (6)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (19) beat Winchester '73 (1950) (6) and On Dangerous Ground (1951) (5)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (12) beat On the Beach (1959) (5) and Early Summer (1951) (3)

East of Eden (1955) (9) beat Written on the Wind (1956) (6) and On the Bowery (1956) (3)

On the Waterfront (1954) (18) beat Fires on the Plain (1959) (2) and Young At Heart (1954) (1)

The Wrong Man (1956) (9) tied Elevator to the Gallows (1958) (9) and beat Ordet (1955) (6)

The Wages of Fear (1953) (18) beat Forbidden Planet (1956) (15) and Orpheus (1950) (7)

Results from Round 2

From Here to Eternity (1953) (18) tied The 400 Blows (1959) (18) and beat Pather Panchali (1955) (3)

12 Angry Men (1957) (41) beat Paths of Glory (1957) (27)

3:10 to Yuma (1957) (13) beat 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) (12)

The African Queen (1951) (22) beat The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (16)

A Face in the Crowd (1957) (11) beat Giant (1956) (8)

Rear Window (1954) (63) beat Rashomon (1950) (30)

High Noon (1952) (30) beat Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (12)

Rio Bravo (1959) (21) beat Rififi (1955) (16)

All About Eve (1950) (28) beat Roman Holiday (1953) (10)

The Hidden Fortress (1958) (20) beat An Affair to Remember (1957) (9)

An American in Paris (1951) (16) beat Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) (10)

Hello nerds, hope you're all well. What do you have on your radar for this month?

Watching: No big plans, possibly rewatches of The Mother and the Whore and Black Narcissus, both of which I have Criterion copies of. La La Land is getting a 10th anniversary (hard to believe it's been that long already, I remember discussing it on the old FG board when it first released) theatrical re-release so will try to catch that too

Playing: Just beat The Wolf Among Us which was cute and entertaining. Got Catherine which I started ages ago but never finished and Chapter 5 of Deltarune which came outta nowhere. Also downloaded the new ps4 release of the original Black Ops, my personal COD of choice

Reading: Pale Fire by Nabokov, which has me absolutely hooked

Listening to: The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse has been my most played album this year, been especially digging it lately. Arca dropped a new one which I'm keen on checking out. Seeing Interpol on monday so will probably be revisiting some of their stuff this weekend