Best Picture - 1950s

1959
1. Ben-Hur - A+
2. The Diary of Anne Frank - B+
3. Anatomy of a Murder - B
4. The Nun's Story - B-
5. Room at the Top - C

1958
1. The Defiant Ones - A-
2. Gigi - B
3. Auntie Mame - B
4. Separate Tables - B
5. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - B-

1957
1. The Bridge on the River Kwai - A+
2. Witness for the Prosecution - A+
3. 12 Angry Men - A+
4. Sayonara - B+
5. Peyton Place - B

1956
1. Around the World in 80 Days - A+
2. Giant - A
3. The Ten Commandments - B+
4. The King and I - B
5. Friendly Persuasion - B

1955
1. Marty - A+
2. Picnic - B+
3. Mister Roberts - B
4. The Rose Tattoo - B
5. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - C+

1954
1. On the Waterfront - A+
2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - A-
3. The Caine Mutiny - B
4. Three Coins in the Fountain - B-
5. The Country Girl - B-

1953
1. Roman Holiday - A-
2. The Robe - A-
3. Julius Caesar - B
4. From Here to Eternity - C+
5. Shane - C-

1952
1. High Noon - A+
2. The Greatest Show On Earth - A+
3. Ivanhoe - B
4. The Quiet Man - B
5. Moulin Rouge - B-

1951
1. Decision Before Dawn - A
2. Quo Vadis - A
3. A Place in the Sun - B+
4. An American in Paris - B-
5. A Streetcar Named Desire - D+

1950
1. All About Eve - A+
2. King Solomon's Mines - B+
3. Father of the Bride - B+
4. Born Yesterday - D+
5. Sunset Boulevard - D