11. Mr. Hulot's Holiday ( vacances de Monsieur Hulot, Les )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla, Valentine Camax, Louis Perrault, André Dubois
Plot: Monsieur Hulot is ready for a pleasant seaside vacation but the well-intentioned man causes havoc wherever he goes.
12. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Ted de Corsia
Plot: As ships begin to disappear at an alarming rate, a naturalist, along with his assistant and professional whaler are dispatched to find the cause and they discover not a creature but an advanced submarine.
13. A Star is Born
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow
Plot: A movie star whose best days are behind him, stumbles upon showgirl Esther Blodgett and develops a friendship that blossoms into romance. Yet while her star is rising, his star continues to fall - and the relationship suffer.
14. Godzilla ( Gojira )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ishirô Honda
Actors: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai
Plot: A giant monster attacks Tokyo.
15. Animal Farm
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Actors: Gordon Heath, Maurice Denham
Plot: British animation based on the book of the same name by George Orwell, it tells the story of how farm animals revolt against their human owner. The animals then try to establish an Utopian society but things go awry.
16. Madame de... ( Earrings of Madame de... )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Max Ophüls
Actors: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey
Plot: The wife of a general winds selling the earring he gave her as wedding gift in order to cover her debts. The general discovers this and buys back the earrings to give to his mistress - and the voyage continues eventually coming full circle.
17. Diary of a Country Priest ( Journal d'un curé de campagne )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Bresson
Actors: Jean Riveyre, Claude Laydu, Adrien Borel, Rachel Bérendt, Nicole Maurey, Nicole Ladmiral
Plot: A young priest takes over parish duties at Ambricourt. While the locals have trouble accepting him - he also battles a stomach disease. Despite the challenges, he does all he can to help the community.
18. Johnny Guitar
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ward Bond, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine
19. Them!
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory
Plot: Early atomic experiments in the desert have given rise to a colony of gigantic ants. A group of scientists along with the army must work together to stop the menacing problem before it spreads.
20. Creature from the Black Lagoon
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Horror
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Bernie Gozier
Plot: An Amazon River expedition uncovers an ancient Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. They capture the creature, but it breaks free - kidnapping a woman from camp, with whom he has fallen in love with.
