Best 1954 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1954 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#14. White Christmas
- Stacker score: 70.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 55,000)
- Metascore: 56
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Actors: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $2,800,094

#13. Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Stacker score: 74.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 37,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Jack Arnold
- Actors: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
- Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#12. The Barefoot Contessa
- Stacker score: 75.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#11. The Caine Mutiny
- Stacker score: 75.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 63
- Director: Edward Dmytryk
- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $21,750,000

#10. Them!
- Stacker score: 78.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Gordon Douglas
- Actors: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#9. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Stacker score: 80.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Stanley Donen
- Actors: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#8. Sabrina
- Stacker score: 80.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 74,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Stacker score: 83.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Richard Fleischer
- Actors: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#6. Dial M for Murder
- Stacker score: 84.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 200,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $24,845

#5. Johnny Guitar
- Stacker score: 85.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Nicholas Ray
- Actors: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#4. A Star Is Born
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: George Cukor
- Actors: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
- Runtime: 2 hours 34 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $4,335,968

#3. On the Waterfront
- Stacker score: 93.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 174,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#2. Journey to Italy
- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: Roberto Rossellini
- Actors: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban
- Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#1. Rear Window
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (votes: 554,000)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $37,622,343