Best 1957 movies

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August 29, 2025
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Best 1957 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1957 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.
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#16. Plan 9 from Outer Space

- Stacker score: 50.8
- IMDb user rating: 3.9 (votes: 42,000)
- Metascore: 56
- Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
- Actors: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon
- Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
2 / 16
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#15. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

- Stacker score: 67.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 56
- Director: John Sturges
- Actors: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
3 / 16
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#14. Jailhouse Rock

- Stacker score: 71.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 68
- Director: Richard Thorpe
- Actors: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
4 / 16
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#13. The Curse of Frankenstein

- Stacker score: 72.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Terence Fisher
- Actors: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
- Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
5 / 16
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#12. Love in the Afternoon

- Stacker score: 77.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Actors: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
6 / 16
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#11. Funny Face

- Stacker score: 77.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 35,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Stanley Donen
- Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
7 / 16
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#10. An Affair to Remember

- Stacker score: 77.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 35,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Leo McCarey
- Actors: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $3,850,000
8 / 16
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#9. The Incredible Shrinking Man

- Stacker score: 79.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Jack Arnold
- Actors: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
- Runtime: 1 hour 21 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
9 / 16
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#8. A Face in the Crowd

- Stacker score: 82.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Actors: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
10 / 16
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#7. Old Yeller

- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Robert Stevenson
- Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk
- Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $21,909,000
11 / 16
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#6. 3:10 to Yuma

- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 23,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Delmer Daves
- Actors: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $4,033,000
12 / 16
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#5. Witness for the Prosecution

- Stacker score: 85.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 153,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Billy Wilder
- Actors: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
13 / 16
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#4. The Bridge on the River Kwai

- Stacker score: 90.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 244,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: David Lean
- Actors: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
- Runtime: 2 hours 41 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $27,200,000
14 / 16
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#3. Paths of Glory

- Stacker score: 93.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 229,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Actors: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou
- Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
15 / 16
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#2. Sweet Smell of Success

- Stacker score: 96.3
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 100
- Director: Alexander Mackendrick
- Actors: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A
16 / 16
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#1. 12 Angry Men

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 9.0 (votes: 945,000)
- Metascore: 97
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Actors: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

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