Top Movies of 1952


The top movies of 1952 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Carrie

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Basil Ruysdael, Ray Teal

32. The Importance of Being Earnest

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Asquith
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood
Plot: Two men escape social obligations by pretending to be someone they're not, often when its most inconvenient for the other.

33. Rancho Notorious

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry, William Frawley, Jack Elam
Plot: After his wife is killed during a robbery, a man vows revenge. The quest leads him to Chuck-a-luck, a ranch set up specifically to hide criminals and even though he finds the men responsible, he may be in over his head.

34. The Narrow Margin

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, David Clarke, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert, Paul Maxey
Plot: Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to protect a gangster's widow
willing to testify against the mob. They board a train in Chicago bound
for Los Angels with some killers also aboard.

35. enfants terribles, Les

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard, Melvyn Martin, Maria Cyliakus
Plot: The symbiotic, often funny, ultimately tragic relationship between a teenage brother and sister is examined in this classic French tale.

36. Another Man's Poison

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray, Reginald Beckwith

37. Pony Soldier

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Actors: Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Gomez, Penny Edwards, Robert Horton, Anthony Numkena

38. Red Planet Mars

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harry Horner
Actors: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof, Walter Sande, Marvin Miller, Willis Bouchey

39. Children of Hiroshima ( Gembaku no ko )

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Niwa Saito, Tsuneko Yamanaka, Shinya Ofuji, Takashi Ito

40. Jour de fête

Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Maine Vallée, Roger Rafal
Plot: Mayhem ensues when a French village postman decides to adopt urban American methods of efficiency.

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