https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/1950s/the-100-best-films-of-the-1950s/?utm_source=PMNTNL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=221116#1-vertigo
The list is (as you'd expect) all over the map, both generically and in terms of national cinemas. I'm not going to post the entire list here--you'll need to spend some time with it in situ in order to look for gaps and gaffes...but I did cull out the noirs/near-noirs and all of the Hitchcock films on either side of that line so that you'll see how 50s noir slides into the overall picture:
1. Vertigo
2. Sunset Blvd.
[3. Rear Window]
[13. Dial M for Murder]
15. The Wages of Fear
17. Touch of Evil
[25. Anatomy of a Murder]
27. Night of the Hunter
31. The Big Heat
32. The Asphalt Jungle
[34. Johnny Guitar]
35. In a Lonely Place
40. Strangers on a Train
[46. To Catch a Thief]
55. Rififi
57. Elevator to the Gallows
68. Kiss Me Deadly
70. The Killing
[76. Witness for the Prosecution]
78. Les Diaboliques
[83. The Man Who Knew Too Much]
94. Ace in the Hole
Hitchcock titles that are thrillers first and noirs second (if at all) have have their titles [put in brackets]. Films whose [bracketed titles are italicized] are borderline noirs by directors other than Hitch (to be specific: Preminger, Ray, Wilder).
There are 22 noir/noirish titles on the list, 15 of which are unquestionably noir. Four of those fifteen are from France--the usual suspects, with WAGES OF FEAR "elevated" to a level that seems more vertiginous than the places allotted to VERTIGO (justifiable, IMO) and SUNSET BLVD. (probably not so much). Clearly no one on the "PASTE staff" has seen VOICI LE TEMPS DES ASSASSINS or LA VÉRITÉ SUR BÉBÉ DONGE...
There's a lot to digest here, so take some time to get a full perspective on it. It might be interesting to see how the other big "genres"--comedy, western, science fiction, etc.--fold into the overall ranking kluge. Noir/noirish films seem to cluster together on this list, and it's possible that something similar has happened for other film genres as well.
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