The 20 Best Hindi Films of 1950s

20. Guru Dutt's Aar Paar (1954)

19. Guru Dutt's Baazi (1951)

18. Bimal Roy's Naukri (1954)

17. Bimal Roy's Parineeta (1953)

16. Raj Khosla's C.I.D. (1956)

15. Guru Dutt's Mr. & Mrs. 55 (1955)

14. V. Shantaram's Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957)

13. Bimal Roy's Sujata (1959)

12. Satyen Bose's Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)

11. Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955)

10. Amit Mitra & Sombhu Mitra's Jaagte Raho (1956)

9. Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anari (1959)

8. Prakash Arora's Boot Polish (1954)

7. Raj Kapoor's Shri 420 (1955)

6. Bimal Roy's Madhumati (1958)

5. Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zameen (1953)

4. Guru Dutt's Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

3. Mehboob's Mother India (1957)

2. Raj Kapoor's Awara (1951)

1. Guru Dutt's Pyaasa (1957)

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The 30 Best Hindi Films of 1960s

 30. Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat (1964)

29. Vijay Anand's Jewel Thief (1967)

 28. Yash Chopra's Ittefaq (1969)

 27. B. R. Chopra's Kanoon (1961)

 26. Phani Majumdar's Oonche Log (1965)

 25. Chanakya's Ram Aur Shyam (1967)

 24. Nitin Bose's Gunga Jumna (1961)

 23. Biren Nag's Bees Saal Baad (1962)

22. Vijay Anand's Tere Ghar Ke Saamne (1963)

 21. Raj Kapoor's Sangam (1964)

 20. Manoj Kumar's Upkar (1967)

 19. Yash Chopra's Waqt (1965)

 18. Bimal Roy's Parakh (1960)

 17. Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Aashirwad (1968)

 16. Hemen Gupta's Kabuliwala (1961)

15. Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Satyakaam (1969)

14. Radhu Karmakar's Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1961)

 

 13. Satyen Bose's Dosti (1964)

 12. Basu Chatterjee's Sara Akash (1969)

 11. Ram Sharma's Shaheed (1965)

 10. Jyoti Swaroop's Padosan (1968)

 9. Kalidas's Half Ticket (1962)

8. M. Sadiq's Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)

 7. K. Asif's Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

6. Basu Bhattacharya's Teesri Kasam (1967)

 

 5. Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome (1969)

 4. Bimal Roy's Bandini (1963)

 3. Amarjeet's Hum Dono (1961)

 2. Abrar Alvi's Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)

 1. Vijay Anand's Guide (1965)

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