What best picture winner of the 1950's would you consider the best?

The results thus far as voted by the members:

Best of 2000's: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Worst of 2000's: Crash

Best of 1990's: The Silence of the Lambs
Worst of 1990's: Shakespeare in Love

Best of 1980's: Platoon
Worst of 1980's: Driving Miss Daisy

Best of 1970's: The Godfather
Worst of 1970's: Kramer vs. Kramer

Best of 1960's: Lawrence of Arabia
Worst of 1960's: Oliver!

Tough choice between Ben-Hur and Bridge. Ben Hur is flawed, but I have to give it the edge only for the chariot race....

I voted for On The Waterfront. One of my favorite classics. I never saw Bridge Over River Kwai though.

I don't think I can vote in this one. I've only seen On the Waterfront and Marty from that list.

It was between Kwai and 80 days. I gave it to 80 days as that was a major event when I saw it with my family on TV in the 60s.

For me, this is really a three-way race. All About Eve, On the Waterfront and River Kwai.

But I picked All About Eve. I just find it the most entertaining of the three.

Tough choice between Eternity, Waterfront, Bridge and Ben.

The Bridge on the River Kwai and Ben-Hur I love them to much to pick one over the other.

On the Waterfront. All About Eve is a classic film, but Sunset Blvd should have won in 1950.

It was between those two for me.
But since it has Jesus I went with BEN-HUR.

Judah Ben-Hur

But Jesus was never on camera...

Usually I can find at least one great film out of ten Academy picks, but not for this decade. The only American film that makes my "best film of the year" list for the '50s is Ace in the Hole, 1951.