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Ikiru (1952)

Summary: A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Release Date: March 25, 1956

Genre: Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Hideo Oguni

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: Brandon Films, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Heron International Company, Media Home Entertainment, Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 60,239

International: $ 36,680

9.1 - Douban
249184 votes

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Summary: A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

Release Date: April 10, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Directors: Stanley Donen

, Gene Kelly

Writers: Betty Comden

, Adolph Green

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: G

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Loew's

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MGM/CBS Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Disney Channel, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, Fathom Events, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,540,800

Domestic: $ 1,884,537

International: $ 209,122

8.9 - Douban
9730 votes

Limelight (1952)

Summary: A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Release Date: October 31, 1952

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Charles Chaplin

Writer: Charles Chaplin

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: G

Production: Charles Chaplin Productions

Distributor: United Artists, Roy Export Company, Columbia Pictures, RBC Film Group, Fox Video, Image Entertainment, MK2 Diffusion, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, CBS/Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

8.6 - Douban
6326 votes

Umberto D. (1952)

Summary: An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

Release Date: November 07, 1955

Genre: Drama

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Writer: Cesare Zavattini

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dear Film, Rizzoli Film, Produzione Films Vittorio De Sica, Amato Film

Distributor: Janus Films, Joseph Burstyn, IntraMovies, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Embassy Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 71,816

International: $ 617

8.4 - Douban
26685 votes

High Noon (1952)

Summary: A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon tr...

Release Date: July 25, 1952

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Western

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writers: Carl Foreman

, John W. Cunningham

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: G

Production: Stanley Kramer Productions

Distributor: Republic Pictures Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Republic Pictures (II), Republic Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Olive Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 730,000

8.4 - Douban
5654 votes

Forbidden Games (1952)

Summary: A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

Release Date: December 08, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: René Clément

Writers: François Boyer

, Jean Aurenche

, Pierre Bost

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmax, Silver Films

Distributor: Times Film Corporation, Jerand Film Distributors

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 19,889

8.3 - Douban
6513 votes

The Life of Oharu (1952)

Summary: Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

Release Date: April 20, 1964

Genre: Drama

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers: Saikaku Ihara

, Kenji Mizoguchi

, Yoshikata Yoda

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Koi Productions, Shintoho Film Distribution Committee

Distributor: The Criterion Collection, Toho Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

8.3 - Douban
2851 votes

Le Plaisir (1952)

Summary: Three separate stories about the same thing: le plaisir (pleasure).

Release Date: May 19, 1954

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Max Ophüls

Writers: Guy de Maupassant

, Jacques Natanson

, Max Ophüls

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC), Stera Films

Distributor: Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, The Criterion Collection

Country: France

Language: French

8.1 - Douban
7000 votes

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

Summary: A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.

Release Date: November 20, 1964

Genre: Drama

Director: Yasujirô Ozu

Writers: Kôgo Noda

, Yasujirô Ozu

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Shochiku

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

8 - Douban
2528 votes

Europe '51 (1952)

Summary: A wealthy woman becomes obsessed with humanitarianism when her young son dies after committing suicide.

Release Date: November 03, 1954

Genre: Drama

Director: Roberto Rossellini

Writers: Roberto Rossellini

, Sandro De Feo

, Mario Pannunzio

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica

Distributor: I.F.E. Releasing Corporation, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

7.9 - Douban
790 votes

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

Summary: After Algernon discovers that his friend Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever-increasing confusion.

Release Date: August 15, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Anthony Asquith

Writers: Oscar Wilde

, Anthony Asquith

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Javelin Films, British Film-Makers

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

7.7 - Douban
787 votes

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Summary: An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

Release Date: February 09, 1953

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Writers: Charles Schnee

, George Bradshaw

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,558,000

7.6 - Douban
3287 votes

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Summary: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Release Date: December 25, 1952

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Directors: Henry King

, Roy Ward Baker

Writers: Casey Robinson

, Ernest Hemingway

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

7.6 - Douban
383 votes

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Summary: The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tal...

Release Date: August 14, 1953

Genres: Family, Musical, Biography

Director: Charles Vidor

Writers: Moss Hart

, Myles Connolly

, Ben Hecht

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

7.5 - Douban
304 votes

Sudden Fear (1952)

Summary: After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

Release Date: August 15, 1952

Genres: Thriller, Film-Noir

Director: David Miller

Writers: Lenore J. Coffee

, Robert Smith

, Edna Sherry

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Joseph Kaufman Productions

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, Gothic Productions, Kino Video, Cohen Media Group, Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 720,000

Domestic: $ 24,476

International: $ 283

7.4 - Douban
1608 votes

The Quiet Man (1952)

Summary: A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

Release Date: September 14, 1952

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: John Ford

Writers: Frank S. Nugent

, Maurice Walsh

, John Ford

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Argosy Pictures

Distributor: NTA Home Entertainment, Republic Pictures Home Video, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television, Artisan Home Entertainment, Olive Films

Countries: United States, Ireland

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,750,000

7.4 - Douban
498 votes

Viva Zapata! (1952)

Summary: The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

Release Date: February 13, 1952

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Elia Kazan

Writers: John Steinbeck

, Edgecumb Pinchon

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,800,000

7.4 - Douban
415 votes

Bend of the River (1952)

Summary: When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.

Release Date: January 29, 1952

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Anthony Mann