Contrast Thread: Here are the top 20 (box office) films of the 1950's. How many have you seen?

12/10/17 | Simon Green

[Simon Green]

I posted a similar thread about more modern films, and while I've seen almost all of them, virtually every response so far is "little" or "none". I thought it might be interesting to contrast a similar list from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Here it is:

1. The Ten Commandments
2. Lady and the Tramp
3. Peter Pan
4. Cinderella
5. Ben-Hur
6. Sleeping Beauty
7. The Bridge on the River Kwai
8. Around the World in 80 Days
9. Rear Window
10. The Greast Show on Earth
11. The Robe
12. Giant
13. From Here to Eternity
14. White Christmas
15. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
16. Sayonara
17. Demetrias and the Gladiators
18. Peyton Place
19. Some Like it Hot
20. Quo Vadis

[Simon Green]

I've seen 19 out of 20 (all but "The Robe"). How about you?

[Buttons12]

American film was a huge chunk of my homeschooling experience. I've seen everything on that list except "Demetrias" and "Peyton Place." Seen, and often studied them.

[Gay State Conservative]

#7 & #19...I’m culturally deprived.

[Michael.SF.]

16 of them for me. But if we could count multiple watches I’m at 32.

[Grampa Dave]

All but this one: 17. Demetrias and the Gladiators

[TNoldman]

I have seen them all. But I haven’t seen 20 movies in the last 20 years unless you count “It’s a Wonderful Life” every year in December.

[PTBAA]

Demetrias and the Gladiators is definitely worth seeing. I think it is a much better movie that the Robe (and I like the Robe).

[Gen.Blather]

I’m going to say 15. Although, my memory is a bit faded. I haven’t watched much in the way of movies for about 20 years. I don’t own a TV and the few I have watched have been off YouTube and mostly not made by Hollywood. “Ghost in the Shell” is good. I recently watched a blooper reel by James Arness. What struck me was, the men looked manly and the women looked appealing. My, what a difference. Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIHRT5uTX9E

[353FMG]

Why is “High Noon” not on the list and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”?
And “Roman Holiday”?

[stevem]

Interesting. There were two I haven't seen: Demetrias and the Gladiators and Peyton Place.

I confess to minuscule attraction to modern movie fare of the blockbuster persuasion.

[real saxophonist]

One movie from the ‘50s (1957) that everyone should watch is ‘The D.I.’, with Jack Webb. One of two movies we watched on Parris Island in 1989. The other was ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’ with John Wayne.

[bigbob]

Probably all at one time or another, many I recall vividly from childhood.

Now ask me how many of the 1990s...2000s....2010s....(crickets)

[x1stcav]

Seen them all and most of them at the time they were out.

[Chuckster]

I missed two, Sayonara and Rear Window.

[redhead]

every one.

[laplata]

I’ve seen 19 of 20. I have never seen Peyton Place.

[Mariner]

I’m pretty sure several of those are from the 60’s.

[Simon Green]

Why is “High Noon” not on the list and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”? And “Roman Holiday”?

Because it's a list of the top 20 highest grossing films of the 1950's.

"High Noon" is #57, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was made in 1961, and "Roman Holiday" is #73.

[catnipman]

“From Here to Eternity” sucked ... so did the book

[onyx]

All but #10, 17, & 20.