Top 25 Movies in 1952

A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.

A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.

A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.

When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

Three gangsters and an ex-con carpenter all fall for the same beautiful golden-haired woman in Belle Époque France.

In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.

After Algernon discovers that his friend Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever-increasing confusion.

An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.

An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.

During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.

Three short stories about pleasure.

After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.

A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.