Best Movies of 1952
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
IkiruKurosawa cuts from a dying bureaucrat's awakening straight to his wake, and lets the mourners' drunken arguments deliver the verdict on his life.Read the review
Singin' in the RainThe best musical Hollywood ever made about itself, and the rare comedy where every joke and every dance step lands.
High NoonEighty five minutes told almost in real time, and the tension comes from arithmetic rather than gunplay.