1. Rear Window
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
Plot: A man confined to a wheel chair (James Stewart), has nothing to do except spy on his neighbors. As time goes on, he is convinced they have committed murder.
2. Seven Samurai, The ( Shichinin no samurai )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
Plot: A village under attack recruits seven warriors to try and protect their
village.
3. On the Waterfront
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, Pat Henning
Plot: A man who is now dock help, used to be a great boxer. As he quarrels with the union bosses
4. Dial M for Murder
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Patrick Allen
Plot: A man develops the perfect plan to kill his wife. When it fails, he is left with his alternate plan...
5. Sabrina
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, John Williams, Walter Hampden, Martha Hyer
Plot: The daughter of a chauffeur goes to Paris to learn all about style. When she comes home, those who ignored her before are quite surprised to learn it's her...Sabrina.
6. Road, The ( strada, La )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani, Marcella Rovere, Livia Venturini
Plot: A free spirited girl is sold by her poor mother to a cruel traveling entertainer.
7. Ugetsu Monogatari
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Ikio Sawamura, Mitsuko Mito
Plot: Long hailed as one of the great achievements in Japanese cinema, Kenji Mizoguchi's film, set against the backdrop of the civil wars of 16th Century Japan, follow two men looking for glory: one as a potter, the other as a would-be samurai. Their ambition causes them to abandon their respective wives, leading to tragedy.
8. The Caine Mutiny
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis, E.G. Marshall
Plot: During WWII on a small ship ship in the U.S. Pacific fleet an executive officer removes the captain from command that is deemed a mutiny. But in the subsequent trial that follows, the captain is shown to be mentally unstable so the jury must conclude whether to charge the officer with mutiny or commend him from saving the ship from the hands of the captain.
9. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Jacques d'Amboise, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar
Plot: Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does she discover he has six brothers - all living in his cabin.
10. White Christmas
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
Plot: Following WWII, two soldiers form a successful song-and-dance team. They
meet up with a pair of sisters who form their own team and romance soon
follows. They end up at a Vermont Inn where they hope to use their talent
to help a former military commander - now the owner of the inn - to save
the struggling business.
