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The Best Movies of the 1950s

12 Angry Men leads at 93, ahead of Rear Window (91) and Seven Samurai (91). 60 titles made the cut, ordered from highest Balasaur Score to lowest. The typical pick here scores 85, well above the catalog median of 66. The newest addition is Ben-Hur, released in November 1959. The score blends IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB ratings into one 0 to 100 number.

Scores run 93 down to 78. 21 of the 60 stream on Tubi.

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