1. THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE (John Huston)
2. THE RED SHOES (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
3. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. THE BICYCLE THIEF (Vittorio de Sica)
5. LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Max Ophuls)
6. THE FALLEN IDOL (Carol Reed)
7. FORCE OF EVIL (Abraham Polonsky)
8. THE SCAR (Steve Sekely)
9. HE WALKED BY NIGHT (Alfred Werker and Anthony Mann)
10. LA TERRA TREMA (Luchino Visconti)
Honorable Mention: DRUNKEN ANGEL (Kurosawa); FORT APACHE (Ford); JOHNNY BELINDA (Negulesco); RAW DEAL (Mann); THE SEARCH (Zinnemann); THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (Ray)