Best 1955 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1955 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.

#15. We're No Angels
- Stacker score: 70.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 12,000)
- Metascore: 51
- Director: Michael Curtiz
- Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#14. The Man with the Golden Arm
- Stacker score: 76.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 63
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Actors: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker
- Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#13. Blackboard Jungle
- Stacker score: 79.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 10,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Richard Brooks
- Actors: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#12. Oklahoma!
- Stacker score: 81.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 15,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Fred Zinnemann
- Actors: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
- Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#11. The Trouble with Harry
- Stacker score: 81.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 43,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Edmund Gwenn
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#10. Mister Roberts
- Stacker score: 83.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
- Actors: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $21,200,000

#9. Guys and Dolls
- Stacker score: 83.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra
- Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#8. East of Eden
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 51,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Actors: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#7. Lady and the Tramp
- Stacker score: 85.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 157,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
- Actors: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee
- Runtime: 1 hour 16 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $93,602,326

#6. All That Heaven Allows
- Stacker score: 87.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Actors: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#5. To Catch a Thief
- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 85,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

#4. Marty
- Stacker score: 89.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Delbert Mann
- Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#3. Rebel Without a Cause
- Stacker score: 93.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 102,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Nicholas Ray
- Actors: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $212,780

#2. The Ladykillers
- Stacker score: 94.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 33,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Alexander Mackendrick
- Actors: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $23,213

#1. The Night of the Hunter
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 104,000)
- Metascore: 97
- Director: Charles Laughton
- Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A