And here we go!

This is the nominations thread for the seventh portion of The Great Movie Tournament (seventh of ten) where we'll nominate and second our favorite movies for the decade of the 1950s (from 1950 to 1959). For our purposes, an eligible film must be a feature narrative film (no short films or documentaries) and its first release date must be between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1959 according to IMDb (sometimes films will premiere at festivals one year but have a wide release the following year; we'll use the IMDb and Wikipedia convention of the year of initial exhibition).

Participation is very much encouraged and extremely welcomed, but please do follow these guidelines for this nomination process (subject to adjustment):
  • You can nominate one film per post, and you can nominate another film after one other member has made their nomination.
  • You can second one film per post, and you can second another film after one other member has made their second.
  • If possible, please include a trailer and/or a scene from the film using Spoiler tags (this version and delete the s in https for YouTube links when embedding a video, making sure to use the full URL from the address bar, not the sharing link).
  • Nominations can also be optionally accompanied by year of release and director.

Once 160 nominated films have been seconded, the tournament will begin, following the structure shown below (an overall event overview thread is posted with links to all the polls so members can easily navigate during the tournament). Each poll will be open for 7 days and any tiebreaker polls will be open for 4 days.
  • Round 1: 32 groups of 5 titles - top 4 move on
  • Round 2: 32 groups of 4 titles - top 2 move on
  • Round 3: 16 groups of 4 titles - top 2 move on
  • Round 4: 16 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Octofinals: 8 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Quarterfinals: 4 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Semifinals: 2 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Final: 1 group of 2 titles - top 1 is the winner

This post will be updated with the list of nominated and seconded titles as they come in. You can also keep up to date with this handy Google Sheet.

Enjoy and have fun!

List of seconded films:
  1. East of Eden (1955), dir. Elia Kazan
  2. 12 Angry Men (1957), dir. Sidney Lumet
  3. Strangers on a Train (1951), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  4. Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  5. On the Waterfront (1954), dir. Elia Kazan
  6. All About Eve (1950), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  7. Seven Samurai (1954), dir. Akira Kurosawa
  8. Rashomon (1950), dir. Akira Kurosawa
  9. Giant (1956), dir. George Stevens
  10. The Night of the Hunter (1955), dir. Charles Laughton
  11. Sunset Boulevard (1950), dir. Billy Wilder
  12. Some Like It Hot (1959), dir. Billy Wilder
  13. Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  14. Singin' in the Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
  15. Rebel Without a Cause (1955), dir. Nicholas Ray
  16. Ugetsu (1953), dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
  17. Alice in Wonderland (1951), dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, and Clyde Geronimi
  18. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), dir. Robert Wise
  19. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), dir. Elia Kazan
  20. Paths of Glory (1957), dir. Stanley Kubrick
  21. Stalag 17 (1953), dir. Billy Wilder
  22. The Seventh Seal (1957), dir. Ingmar Bergman
  23. Ikiru (1952), dir. Akira Kurosawa
  24. North by Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  25. Dial M for Murder (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  26. Tokyo Story (1953), dir. Yasujirō Ozu
  27. Touch of Evil (1958), dir. Orson Welles
  28. Forbidden Planet (1956), dir. Fred M. Wilcox
  29. Cinderella (1950), dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, and Clyde Geronimi
  30. La Strada (1954), dir. Federico Fellini
  31. Calamity Jane (1953), dir. David Butler
  32. Ace in the Hole (1951), dir. Billy Wilder
  33. The Wrong Man (1956), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  34. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), dir. Jack Arnold
  35. Rififi (1955), dir. Jules Dassin
  36. The Searchers (1956), dir. John Ford
  37. Forbidden Games (1952), dir. René Clément
  38. Ben-Hur (1959), dir. William Wyler
  39. To Catch a Thief (1955), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  40. Throne of Blood (1957), dir. Akira Kurosawa
  41. The Fly (1958), dir. Kurt Neumann
  42. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), dir. Don Siegel
  43. The Hidden Fortress (1958), dir. Akira Kurosawa
  44. The Big Heat (1953), dir. Fritz Lang
  45. The 400 Blows (1959), dir. François Truffaut
  46. Godzilla (1954), dir. Ishirō Honda
  47. The Trouble with Harry (1955), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  48. Winchester '73 (1950), dir. Anthony Mann
  49. The Killing (1956), dir. Stanley Kubrick
  50. Elevator to the Gallows (1958), dir. Louis Malle
  51. From Here to Eternity (1953), dir. Fred Zinnemann
  52. Roman Holiday (1953), dir. William Wyler
  53. Anatomy of a Murder (1959), dir. Otto Preminger
  54. Sabrina (1954), dir. Billy Wilder
  55. Ordet (1955), dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
  56. High Noon (1952), dir. Fred Zinnemann
  57. Pickpocket (1959), dir. Robert Bresson
  58. Night and the City (1950), dir. Jules Dassin
  59. The Wages of Fear (1953), dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
  60. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), dir. Jack Arnold
  61. Wild Strawberries (1957), dir. Ingmar Bergman
  62. The Thing from Another World (1951), dir. Christian Nyby
  63. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  64. Diabolique (1955), dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
  65. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dir. Howard Hawks
  66. The African Queen (1951), dir. John Huston
  67. The Asphalt Jungle (1950), dir. John Huston
  68. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), dir. David Lean
  69. Rio Bravo (1959), dir. Howard Hawks
  70. A Man Escaped (1956), dir. Robert Bresson
  71. Nights of Cabiria (1957), dir. Federico Fellini
  72. Sweet Smell of Success (1957), dir. Alexander Mackendrick
  73. Shane (1953), dir. George Stevens
  74. A Place in the Sun (1951), dir. George Stevens
  75. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), dir. John Sturges
  76. An American in Paris (1951), dir. Vincente Minnelli
  77. Stage Fright (1950), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
  78. The Bad Seed (1956), dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  79. Floating Weeds (1959), dir. Yasujirō Ozu
  80. Them! (1954), dir. Gordon Douglas
  81. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), dir. Alain Resnais
  82. House of Wax (1953), dir. André De Toth
  83. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), dir. Vincent Minnelli
  84. A Star Is Born (1954), dir. George Cukor
  85. Lady and the Tramp (1955), dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, and Clyde Geronimi
  86. The Defiant Ones (1958), dir. Stanley Kramer
  87. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), dir. Ed Wood
  88. Blackboard Jungle (1955), dir. Richard Brooks
  89. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), dir. Richard Brooks
  90. Glen or Glenda (1953), dir. Ed Wood
  91. A Face in the Crowd (1957), dir. Elia Kazan
  92. The Cranes Are Flying (1957), dir. Mikhail Kalatozov
  93. Witness for the Prosecution (1957), dir. Billy Wilder
  94. Johnny Guitar (1954), dir. Nicholas Ray
  95. The King and I (1956), dir. Walter Lang
  96. An Affair to Remember (1957), dir. Leo McCarey
  97. The War of the Worlds (1953), dir. Byron Haskin
  98. Quo Vadis (1951), dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  99. The Ten Commandments (1956), dir. Cecil B. DeMille
  100. Harvey (1950), dir. Henry Koster
  101. Funny Face (1957), dir. Stanley Donen
  102. King Creole (1958), dir. Michael Curtiz
  103. Dracula (1958), dir. Terence Fisher
  104. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), dir. Robert Wise
  105. The River (1951), dir. Jean Renoir
  106. Marty (1955), dir. Delbert Mann
  107. The Caine Mutiny (1954), dir. Edward Dmytryk
  108. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), dir. Richard Fleischer
  109. In a Lonely Place (1950), dir. Nicholas Ray
  110. A Night to Remember (1958), dir. Roy Ward Baker
  111. The Tingler (1959), dir. William Castle
  112. The Breaking Point (1950), dir. Michael Curtiz
  113. The Seven Year Itch (1955), dir. Billy Wilder
  114. The Blob (1958), dir. Irvin Yeaworth
  115. House on Haunted Hill (1959), dir. William Castle
  116. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953), dir. Max Ophüls
  117. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), dir. Stanley Donen
  118. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), dir. Henry Levin
  119. Niagara (1953), dir. Henry Hathaway
  120. King Solomon's Mines (1950), dir. Andrew Marton and Compton Bennett
  121. Tea and Sympathy (1956), dir. Vincente Minnelli
  122. Houseboat (1958), dir. Melville Shavelson
  123. On the Beach (1959), dir. Stanley Kramer
  124. Limelight (1952), dir. Charlie Chaplin
  125. Imitation of Life (1959), dir. Douglas Sirk
  126. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953), dir. Jacques Tati
  127. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), dir. Robert Wise
  128. A Summer Place (1959), dir. Delmer Daves
  129. Bell, Book and Candle (1958), dir. Richard Quine
  130. The Red Badge of Courage (1951), dir. John Huston
  131. Bus Stop (1956), dir. Joshua Logan
  132. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), dir. Nathan H. Juran
  133. Diary of a Country Priest (1951), dir. Robert Bresson
  134. A Christmas Carol (1951), dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
  135. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), dir. Jean Negulesco
  136. The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
  137. Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  138. I Want to Live! (1958), dir. Robert Wise
  139. Written on the Wind (1956), dir. Douglas Sirk
  140. The Robe (1953), dir. Henry Koster
  141. Gigi (1958), dir. Vincente Minnelli
  142. Pather Panchali (1955), dir. Satyajit Ray
  143. Peter Pan (1953), dir. Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson, and Clyde Geronimi
  144. All That Heaven Allows (1955), dir. Douglas Sirk
  145. Kiss Me Deadly (1955), dir. Robert Aldrich
  146. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1953), dir. Charles Lamont
  147. Umberto D. (1952), dir. Vittorio De Sica
  148. Sleeping Beauty (1959), dir. Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Les Clark
  149. Old Yeller (1957), dir. Robert Stevenson
  150. The Three Faces of Eve (1957), dir. Nunnally Johnson
  151. South Pacific (1958), dir. Joshua Logan
  152. White Christmas (1954), dir. Michael Curtiz
  153. Orpheus (1950), dir. Jean Cocteau
  154. Gidget (1959), dir. Paul Wendkos
  155. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), dir. George Stevens
  156. Gun Crazy (1950), dir. Joseph H. Lewis
  157. The Life of Oharu (1952), dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
  158. Pillow Talk (1959), dir. Michael Gordon
  159. Oklahoma! (1955), dir. Fred Zinnemann
  160. Sansho the Bailiff (1954), dir. Kenji Mizoguchi

List of films not seconded:
  1. Caged (1950), dir. John Cromwell
  2. Olivia (1951), dir. Jacqueline Audry
  3. Born Yesterday (1950), dir. George Cukor
  4. The Long, Long Trailer (1954), dir. Vincente Minnelli
  5. Scaramouche (1952), dir. George Sidney
  6. The Bridge (1959), dir. Bernhard Wicki
  7. Outrage (1950), dir. Ida Lupino
  8. The Band Wagon (1953), dir. Vincente Minnelli
  9. Summer Stock (1950), dir. Charles Walters
  10. Patterns (1956), dir. Fielder Cook
  11. Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954), dir. Jacques Becker
  12. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), dir. Charles Crichton
  13. Los Olvidados (1950), dir. Luis Buñuel
  14. Dementia (1955), dir. John Parker
  15. Broken Arrow (1950), dir. Delmer Daves
  16. No Way Out (1950), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  17. Ashes and Diamonds (1958), dir. Andrzej Wajda
  18. Superman and the Mole Men (1951), dir. Lee Sholem
  19. The Nun's Story (1959), dir. Fred Zinnemann
  20. Never So Few (1959), dir. John Sturges
  21. Pickup on South Street (1953), dir. Samuel Fuller
  22. Stromboli (1950), dir. Roberto Rossellini
  23. The Mouse That Roared (1959), dir. Jack Arnold
  24. Baby Doll (1956), dir. Elia Kazan
  25. Julius Caesar (1953), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  26. Desk Set (1957), dir. Walter Lang
  27. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952), dir. Richard Thorpe
  28. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), dir. Frank Tashlin
  29. No Time for Sergeants (1958), dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  30. The Bigamist (1953), dir. Ida Lupino
  31. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), dir. Robert Stevenson
  32. Home Before Dark (1958), dir. Mervyn LeRoy
  33. I Vitelloni (1953), dir. Federico Fellini
  34. Sudden Fear (1952), dir. David Miller
  35. La Ronde (1950), dir. Max Ophüls
  36. People Will Talk (1951), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  37. Separate Tables (1958), dir. Delbert Mann
  38. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), dir. Otto Preminger
  39. The Tarnished Angels (1957), dir. Douglas Sirk
  40. Night of the Demon (1957), dir. Jacques Tourneur
  41. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958), dir. Sergei Eisenstein