1952

1. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
2. Limelight (Charles Chaplin)
3. Singin' In the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly)
4. Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica)
5. The Quiet Man (John Ford)
6. Europa '51 (Roberto Rossellini)
7. Othello (Orson Welles)
8. Le Plaisir (Max Ophuls)
9. The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli)
10. The Marrying Kind (George Cukor)

Honorable Mentions
On Dangerous Ground (Nicholas Ray), Carson City (Andre de Toth), Angel Face (Otto Preminger), Bend of the River (Anthony Mann), Casque D'Or (Jacques Becker), Clash By Night (Fritz Lang), Springfield Rifle (Andre de Toth), The White Sheik (Federico Fellini), Monkey Business (Howard Hawks), Pat and Mike (George Cukor)