Best Romance Movies of the 1950s

1. 1
   Vertigo 1958

   Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on YouTube TV
   8.1

   8.1 · 6.6K votes
2. 2
   Singin' in the Rain 1952

   Directed by Stanley Donen · Streaming on HBO Max, TCM
   8.1

   8.1 · 3.7K votes
3. 3
   Some Like It Hot 1959

   Directed by Billy Wilder · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
   8.0

   8.1 · 4K votes
4. 4
   Roman Holiday 1953

   Directed by William Wyler · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
   7.8

   7.9 · 2.4K votes
5. 5
   On the Waterfront 1954

   Directed by Elia Kazan · Streaming on Tubi TV, Sony Pictures Core
   7.8

   7.8 · 1.9K votes
6. 6
   Limelight 1952

   Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, TCM
   7.7

   7.9 · 622 votes
7. 7
   Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy 1956

   Directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
   7.7

   8.0 · 383 votes
8. 8
   The Cranes Are Flying 1957

   Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Criterion Channel, Darkroom
   7.6

   7.9 · 483 votes
9. 9
   Hiroshima Mon Amour 1959

   Directed by Alain Resnais · Streaming on Darkroom
   7.5

   7.7 · 965 votes
10. 10
    Ballad of a Soldier 1959

    Directed by Grigoriy Chukhray · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Darkroom
    7.5

    8.0 · 230 votes
11. 11
    In a Lonely Place 1950

    Directed by Nicholas Ray · Streaming on YouTube Free, Fawesome, Tubi TV
    7.5

    7.6 · 692 votes
12. 12
    Dos tipos de cuidado 1953

    Directed by Ismael Rodríguez · Streaming on VIX , Fawesome
    7.4

    8.4 · 116 votes
13. 13
    Sabrina 1954

    Directed by Billy Wilder · Streaming on MGM Plus, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.4

    7.5 · 1.4K votes
14. 14
    The Big Country 1958

    Directed by William Wyler · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
    7.3

    7.6 · 432 votes
15. 15
    Orpheus 1950

    Directed by Jean Cocteau · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Mometu
    7.3

    7.7 · 311 votes
16. 16
    Marty 1955

    Directed by Delbert Mann · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube Free, Fawesome
    7.3

    7.5 · 483 votes
17. 17
    The African Queen 1952

    Directed by John Huston · Streaming on Mometu
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.1K votes
18. 18
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953

    Directed by Howard Hawks · Streaming on fuboTV
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.1K votes
19. 19
    An Affair to Remember 1957

    Directed by Leo McCarey · Streaming on Hoopla, YouTube TV
    7.2

    7.4 · 534 votes
20. 20
    To Catch a Thief 1955

    Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, MGM Plus
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.7K votes
21. 21
    Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954

    Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
    7.2

    7.8 · 158 votes
22. 22
    The Quiet Man 1952

    Directed by John Ford · Streaming on Kanopy, YouTube Free, Fawesome
    7.2

    7.3 · 631 votes
23. 23
    Imitation of Life 1959

    Directed by Douglas Sirk
    7.2

    7.4 · 332 votes
24. 24
    The Earrings of Madame de... 1953

    Directed by Max Ophüls · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Tubi TV
    7.1

    7.5 · 266 votes
25. 25
    Gun Crazy 1950

    Directed by Joseph H. Lewis · Streaming on Kanopy, Plex Channel, Tubi TV
    7.1

    7.4 · 319 votes
26. 26
    From Here to Eternity 1953

    Directed by Fred Zinnemann · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Fawesome
    7.1

    7.3 · 742 votes
27. 27
    Summer with Monika 1953

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.3 · 410 votes
28. 28
    White Nights 1957

    Directed by Luchino Visconti · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.1

    7.5 · 270 votes
29. 29
    Lady and the Tramp 1955

    Directed by Clyde Geronimi · Streaming on Disney Plus, Plex, Plex Channel
    7.1

    7.1 · 5.8K votes
30. 30
    Sissi 1955

    Directed by Ernst Marischka · Streaming on JustWatch TV Free, JustWatch TV Plus, The Roku Channel
    7.1

    7.3 · 536 votes
31. 31
    Ashes and Diamonds 1958

    Directed by Andrzej Wajda · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy
    7.1

    7.4 · 294 votes
32. 32
    A Place in the Sun 1951

    Directed by George Stevens · Streaming on Hoopla
    7.1

    7.3 · 434 votes
33. 33
    All That Heaven Allows 1955

    Directed by Douglas Sirk · Streaming on TCM
    7.1

    7.3 · 357 votes
34. 34
    Smiles of a Summer Night 1955

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Darkroom
    7.1

    7.4 · 283 votes
35. 35
    Cinderella 1950

    Directed by Clyde Geronimi · Streaming on Disney Plus, Kanopy
    7.0

    7.1 · 7.3K votes
36. 36
    White Christmas 1954

    Directed by Michael Curtiz · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla
    7.0

    7.2 · 601 votes
37. 37
    Operation Petticoat 1959

    Directed by Blake Edwards · Streaming on Hoopla, Pluto TV, YouTube Free
    7.0

    7.2 · 434 votes
38. 38
    The Bad and the Beautiful 1952

    Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Streaming on Hoopla
    7.0

    7.3 · 316 votes
39. 39
    School for Tramps 1955

    Directed by Rogelio A. González · Streaming on Tubi TV
    7.0

    8.0 · 83 votes
40. 40
    Journey to Italy 1954

    Directed by Roberto Rossellini · Streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.2 · 351 votes
41. 41
    Floating Clouds 1955

    Directed by Mikio Naruse
    7.0

    7.7 · 110 votes
42. 42
    Summer Interlude 1951

    Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Darkroom
    7.0

    7.4 · 180 votes
43. 43
    The Seven Year Itch 1955

    Directed by Billy Wilder · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Brew
    7.0

    7.0 · 1K votes
44. 44
    Quo Vadis 1951

    Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · Streaming on HBO Max, Plex Channel, Tubi TV
    7.0

    7.1 · 477 votes
45. 45
    Le Plaisir 1952

    Directed by Max Ophüls · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.5 · 142 votes
46. 46
    Casque d'Or 1952

    Directed by Jacques Becker · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    7.0

    7.3 · 211 votes
47. 47
    Hobson's Choice 1954

    Directed by David Lean · Streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Pluto TV
    7.0

    7.4 · 174 votes
48. 48
    Sleeping Beauty 1959

    Directed by Clyde Geronimi · Streaming on Disney Plus
    6.9

    6.9 · 5.6K votes
49. 49
    Pillow Talk 1959

    Directed by Michael Gordon
    6.9

    7.1 · 342 votes
50. 50
    A Star Is Born 1954

    Directed by George Cukor · Streaming on YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel
    6.9

    7.1 · 342 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes.

1. 1
   I Need Money 1951

   Directed by Miguel Zacarías
   6.5

   7.8 · 26 votes
2. 2
   Beyond Oblivion 1956

   Directed by Hugo del Carril
   6.4

   7.9 · 18 votes
3. 3
   Gitana Tenias Que Ser 1953

   Directed by Rafael Baledón · Streaming on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV
   6.3

   7.7 · 19 votes
4. 4
   Merry-Go-Round 1956

   Directed by Zoltán Fábri · Streaming on Klassiki
   6.4

   7.5 · 25 votes
5. 5
   Pablo y Carolina 1957

   Directed by Mauricio de la Serna
   6.3

   7.5 · 22 votes
6. 6
   Shree 420 1955

   Directed by Raj Kapoor
   6.3

   7.5 · 21 votes
7. 7
   Nobody's Children 1951

   Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.3

   7.4 · 21 votes
8. 8
   I Often Think of Piroschka 1955

   Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
   6.3

   7.2 · 27 votes
9. 9
   Lady Chatterley's Lover 1955

   Directed by Marc Allégret · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, OVID
   6.3

   7.2 · 22 votes
10. 10
    The Chasers 1959

    Directed by Erik Løchen
    6.2

    7.4 · 14 votes