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97 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
105869 votes

12 Angry Men (1957)

Summary: The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

Release Date: April 10, 1957

Genres: Drama, Crime

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writer: Reginald Rose

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Orion-Nova Productions

Distributor: Magnetic Video, RCA (II), RCA VideoDiscs, CBS/Fox, Key Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 350,000

95 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
35502 votes

Paths of Glory (1957)

Summary: A colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.

Release Date: December 25, 1957

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stanley Kubrick

, Calder Willingham

, Jim Thompson

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Bryna Productions

Distributor: United Artists, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 935,000

95 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
9073 votes

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Summary: A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Release Date: February 06, 1958

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Agatha Christie

, Billy Wilder

, Harry Kurnitz

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Edward Small Productions

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Kino Lorber, HBO Max, MGM/UA Communications Co.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

94 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
22724 votes

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Summary: After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

Release Date: June 22, 1959

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Writers: Ingmar Bergman

, Louis Sauvat

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Distributor: Janus Films, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), CBS/Fox, Whirlwind Media, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

94 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
20221 votes

Throne of Blood (1957)

Summary: A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Release Date: November 22, 1961

Genres: Drama, History

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Hideo Oguni

, Shinobu Hashimoto

, Ryûzô Kikushima

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Toho Company, Kurosawa Production Co.

Distributor: Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Media Home Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

International: $ 12,739

94 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
9993 votes

Nights of Cabiria (1957)

Summary: A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak.

Release Date: October 16, 1957

Genre: Drama

Director: Federico Fellini

Writers: Federico Fellini

, Ennio Flaiano

, Tullio Pinelli

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Les Films Marceau

Distributor: Lopert Pictures Corporation, Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Canal Plus Image International, Janus Films

Countries: Italy, France

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 766,530

International: $ 4,234

94 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
5047 votes

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Summary: Female radio reporter Marcia Jeffries turns folk-singing drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhoades into a powerful media star who becomes utterly detestable during his meteoric rise.

Release Date: June 01, 1957

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Elia Kazan

Writer: Budd Schulberg

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Newtown Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

94 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
4371 votes

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

Summary: Veronica plans a rendezvous with her lover, Boris, at the bank of river, only for him to be drafted into World War II shortly thereafter.

Release Date: March 21, 1960

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Writer: Viktor Rozov

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Mosfilm

Distributor: Warner Bros., Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Criterion Collection

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Domestic: $ 17,923

International: $ 14,626

93 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
54855 votes

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.

Release Date: December 14, 1957

Genres: Adventure, Drama, War

Director: David Lean

Writers: Pierre Boulle

, Carl Foreman

, Michael Wilson

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Horizon Pictures (II)

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, RCA (II), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,200,000

International: $ 530

93 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
49505 votes

The Seventh Seal (1957)

Summary: A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Release Date: October 13, 1958

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History

Director: Ingmar Bergman

Writer: Ingmar Bergman

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Distributor: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Embassy Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Image Entertainment, HBO Max, Nelson Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: Sweden

Language: Swedish

Movie budget: $ 150,000

92 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
6998 votes

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Summary: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Release Date: June 29, 1957

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Writers: Clifford Odets

, Ernest Lehman

, Alexander Mackendrick

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Norma Productions, Curtleigh Productions, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Norma Productions

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,400,000

88 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
142 votes

The Enemy Below (1957)

Summary: During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.

Release Date: January 17, 1958

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Dick Powell

Writers: Wendell Mayes

, D.A. Rayner

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS/Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,910,000

87 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
37371 votes

An Affair to Remember (1957)

Summary: A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

Release Date: July 19, 1957

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Director: Leo McCarey

Writers: Delmer Daves

, Leo McCarey

, Mildred Cram

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Jerry Wald Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fathom Events, The Walt Disney Company

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,850,000

International: $ 4,760

85 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
4128 votes

Curse of the Demon (1957)

Summary: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.

Release Date: March 30, 1958

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Jacques Tourneur

Writers: Charles Bennett

, Hal E. Chester

, M.R. James

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Sabre Film Production

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

83 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
6068 votes

Desk Set (1957)

Summary: Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.

Release Date: August 02, 1957

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Walter Lang

Writers: Phoebe Ephron

, Henry Ephron

, William Marchant

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

83 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
615 votes

The Tall T (1957)

Summary: An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.

Release Date: April 15, 1957

Genres: Romance, Thriller, Western

Director: Budd Boetticher

Writers: Burt Kennedy

, Elmore Leonard

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Producers-Actors Corporation, Scott-Brown Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, GoodTimes Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

82 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
3906 votes

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Summary: After Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.

Release Date: April 10, 1957

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Jack Arnold

Writers: Richard Matheson

, Richard Alan Simmons

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Ultra Pictures Corporation, MCA Home Video, CST Entertainment Imaging, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), The Criterion Channel, The Criterion Collection, MCA/Universal Home Video, Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 750,000

80 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
40891 votes

Funny Face (1957)

Summary: An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.

Release Date: February 13, 1957

Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director: Stanley Donen

Writers: Leonard Gershe

, Claude-Jean Bonnardot

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

79 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
51339 votes

Old Yeller (1957)

Summary: A teenage boy grows to love a stray yellow dog while helping his mother and younger brother run their Texas homestead while their father is away on a cattle drive. First thought to be good-for-nothing mutt, Old Yeller is soon belo...

Release Date: July 10, 1959

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family

Director: Robert Stevenson

Writers: Fred Gipson

, William Tunberg

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Disney Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney+, Walt Disney Home Video, Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company

Country: United States

Language: English

79 - Rotten Tomatoes Audience
1401 votes

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Summary: The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.

Release Date: November 19, 1957

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Joseph Pevney