Father of the Bride 1950

This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.

#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715

This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

This is a list of the 100 funniest American films of all time.
The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000.

According to the AFI, the criteria for nomination are:

• Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length;
• American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States;
• Funny: Regardless of genre, the total comedic impact of a film’s elements that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles;
• Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching America’s film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.

https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-laughs/

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Winners and nominees (Winners first)

1927/28: 1, 2, 3

1928/29: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

1929/30: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1930/31: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

1931/32: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

1932/33: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

1934: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
1935: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60

1936: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

1937: 71 ,72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80

1938:
 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
1939:
 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
1940:
 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
1941:
 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
1942:
 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
1943:
 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
1944:
 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
1945:
 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
1946:
151, 152, 153, 154, 155
1947:
 156, 157, 158, 159, 160
1948:
 161, 162, 163, 164, 165
1949:
 166, 167, 168, 169, 170
1950:
 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
1951:
 176, 177, 178, 179, 180
1952:
 181, 182, 183, 184, 185
1953:
 186, 187, 188, 189, 190
1954:
 191, 192, 193, 194, 195
1955:
 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
1956: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
1957:
 206, 207, 208, 209, 210
1958:
 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
1959:
 216, 217, 218, 219, 220
1960:
 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
1961:
 226, 227, 228, 229, 230
1962:
 231, 232, 233 ,234, 235
1963:
 236, 237, 238, 239, 240
1964:
 241, 242, 243, 244, 245
1965:
 246, 247, 248, 249, 250
1966:
 251, 252, 253, 254, 255
1967:
 256, 257, 258, 259, 260
1968:
 261, 262, 263, 264, 265
1969:
 266, 267, 268, 269, 270
1970:
 271, 272, 273, 274, 275
1971:
 276, 277, 278, 279, 280
1972:
 281, 282, 283, 284, 285
1973:
 286, 287, 288, 289, 290
1974:
 291, 292, 293, 294, 295
1975:
 296, 297, 298, 299, 300
1976:
 301, 302, 303, 304, 305
1977:
 306 ,307, 308, 309, 310
1978:
 311, 312, 313, 314, 315
1979:
 316, 317, 318, 319, 320
1980:
 321, 322, 323, 324, 325
1981:
 326, 327, 328, 329, 330
1982:
 331, 332, 333, 334, 335
1983:
 336, 337, 338, 339, 340
1984:
 341, 342, 343, 344, 345
1985:
 346, 347, 348, 349, 350
1986:
 351, 352, 353, 354, 355
1987:
 356, 357, 358, 359, 360
1988:
 361, 362, 363, 364, 365
1989:
 366, 367, 368, 369, 370
1990:
 371, 372, 373, 374, 375
1991:
 376, 377, 378, 379, 380
1992:
 381, 382, 383, 384, 385
1993:
 386, 387, 388, 389, 390
1994:
 391, 392, 393, 394, 395
1995:
 396, 397, 398, 399, 400
1996:
 401, 402, 403, 404, 405
1997:
 406, 407, 408, 409, 410
1998:
 411, 412, 413, 414, 415
1999:
 416, 417, 418, 419, 420
2000:
 421, 422, 423, 424, 425

2001:
 426, 427, 428, 429, 430
2002: 431, 432, 433, 434, 435
2003:
 436, 437, 438, 439, 440
2004:
 442, 442, 443, 444, 445
2005: 446, 447, 448, 449, 450
2006:
 451, 452, 453, 454, 455
2007:
 456, 457, 458, 459, 460
2008:
 461, 462, 463, 464, 465
2009:
 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475
2010:
 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485
2011:
 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494
2012:
 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503
2013:
 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512
2014:
 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520
2015: 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528
2016:
 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
2017:
 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546
2018:
 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554
2019:
 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563
2020/21: 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571
2022: 573, 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581
2023: 586, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591
2024: 598, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601

Movies released during the 1950s to watch

Todo el mejor cine de la historia

List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR

JOSÉ FERRER "Cyrano de Bergerac" - WINNER
LOUIS CALHERN "The Magnificent Yankee"
WILLIAM HOLDEN "Sunset Blvd."
JAMES STEWART "Harvey"
SPENCER TRACY "Father of the Bride"

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

GEORGE SANDERS "All about Eve" - WINNER
JEFF CHANDLER "Broken Arrow"
EDMUND GWENN "Mister 880"
SAM JAFFE "The Asphalt Jungle"
ERICH VON STROHEIM "Sunset Blvd."

• ACTRESS

JUDY HOLLIDAY "Born Yesterday" - WINNER
ANNE BAXTER "All about Eve"
BETTE DAVIS "All about Eve"
ELEANOR PARKER "Caged"
GLORIA SWANSON "Sunset Blvd."

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

JOSEPHINE HULL "Harvey" - WINNER
HOPE EMERSON "Caged"
CELESTE HOLM "All about Eve"
NANCY OLSON "Sunset Blvd."
THELMA RITTER "All about Eve"

• ART DIRECTION (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"SUNSET BLVD." Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
"THE RED DANUBE" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt

• ART DIRECTION (COLOR)

"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer - WINNER
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
"DESTINATION MOON" Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE THIRD MAN" Robert Krasker - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Milton Krasner
"THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" Harold Rosson
"THE FURIES" Victor Milner
"SUNSET BLVD." John F. Seitz

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Robert Surtees - WINNER
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Charles Rosher
"BROKEN ARROW" Ernest Palmer
"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW" Ernest Haller
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" George Barnes

• COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"ALL ABOUT EVE" Edith Head, Charles LeMaire - WINNER
"BORN YESTERDAY" Jean Louis
"THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE" Walter Plunkett

• COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)

"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling - WINNER
"THE BLACK ROSE" Michael Whittaker
"THAT FORSYTE WOMAN" Walter Plunkett, Valles

• DIRECTING
  "ALL ABOUT EVE" Joseph L. Mankiewicz - WINNER
  "THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" John Huston
  "BORN YESTERDAY" George Cukor
  "SUNSET BLVD." Billy Wilder
  "THE THIRD MAN" Carol Reed

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"THE TITAN: STORY OF MICHELANGELO" Robert Snyder, Producer - WINNER
"WITH THESE HANDS" Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"WHY KOREA?" Edmund Reek, Producer - WINNER
"THE FIGHT: SCIENCE AGAINST CANCER" Guy Glover, Producer
"THE STAIRS" Film Documents, Inc.

• FILM EDITING

"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Barbara McLean
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" James E. Newcom
"SUNSET BLVD." Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
"THE THIRD MAN" Oswald Hafenrichter

• HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

"THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA" Special Award - WINNER

• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Darryl F. Zanuck - WINNER

• MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE)

"SUNSET BLVD." Franz Waxman - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Alfred Newman
"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW" Max Steiner
"NO SAD SONGS FOR ME" George Duning
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Victor Young

• MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE)

"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens - WINNER
"CINDERELLA" Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
"I'LL GET BY" Lionel Newman
"THREE LITTLE WORDS" Andre Previn
"THE WEST POINT STORY" Ray Heindorf

• MUSIC (SONG)

"Mona Lisa" in "Captain Carey, U.S.A." Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston - WINNER
"Be My Love" in "The Toast of New Orleans" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" in "Cinderella" Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
"Mule Train" in "Singing Guns" Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
"Wilhelmina" in "Wabash Avenue" Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon

• BEST MOTION PICTURE

"ALL ABOUT EVE" 20th Century-Fox - WINNER
"BORN YESTERDAY" Columbia
"FATHER OF THE BRIDE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SUNSET BLVD." Paramount

• SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"GERALD MCBOING-BOING" Stephen Bosustow, Producer - WINNER
"JERRY'S COUSIN" Fred Quimby, Producer
"TROUBLE INDEMNITY" Stephen Bosustow, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)

"GRANDAD OF RACES" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer - WINNER
"BLAZE BUSTERS" Robert Youngson, Producer
"WRONG WAY BUTCH" Pete Smith, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)

"IN BEAVER VALLEY" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"GRANDMA MOSES" Falcon Films, Inc.
"MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer

• SOUND RECORDING

"ALL ABOUT EVE" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director - WINNER
"CINDERELLA" Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
"LOUISA" Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
"OUR VERY OWN" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
"TRIO" Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director

• SPECIAL EFFECTS

"DESTINATION MOON" George Pal Productions - WINNER
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Cecil B. DeMille Productions

• WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)

"PANIC IN THE STREETS" Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt - WINNER
"BITTER RICE" Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani
"THE GUNFIGHTER" William Bowers, Andre de Toth
"MYSTERY STREET" Leonard Spigelgass
"WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME" Sy Gomberg

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY)

"ALL ABOUT EVE" Joseph L. Mankiewicz - WINNER
"THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" Ben Maddow, John Huston
"BORN YESTERDAY" Albert Mannheimer
"BROKEN ARROW" Albert Maltz
"FATHER OF THE BRIDE" Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

• WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)

"SUNSET BLVD." Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr. - WINNER
"ADAM'S RIB" Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
"CAGED" Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
"THE MEN" Carl Foreman
"NO WAY OUT" Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels

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