1954

1. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
3. Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray)
4. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan)
5. La Strada (Federico Fellini)
6. Dial M For Murder (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. The Far Country (Anthony Mann)
8. Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (Jacques Becker)
9. Magnificent Obsession (Douglas Sirk)
10. Crime Wave (Andre De Toth)

Honorable Mentions:
It Should Happen To You (George Cukor), French Cancan (Jean Renoir), Brigadoon (Vincente Minnelli), Riding Shotgun (Andre De Toth), Silver Lode (Allan Dwan), Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich), Sabrina (Billy Wilder), The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Where Is Freedom? (Roberto Rossellini), Them! (Gordon Douglas)