100 English films of 1950 ranked by box office. #1: King Solomon's Mines ($15.1 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Solomon's Mines | Andrew Marton | $2.3 million | $15.1 million | 6.69x | |
| 2 | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $1.4 million | $8.4 million | 6.00x | |
| 3 | Annie Get Your Gun | Charles Walters | $3.8 million | $7.8 million | 2.06x | |
| 4 | Father of the Bride | Vincente Minnelli | $1.2 million | $6.1 million | 5.01x | |
| 5 | The Flame and the Arrow | Jacques Tourneur | $1.6 million | $5.6 million | 3.50x | |
| 6 | Kim | Victor Saville | $2 million | $5.3 million | 2.61x | |
| 7 | Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | $1.8 million | $5 million | 2.86x | |
| 7 | Destination Moon | Irving Pichel | $600,000 | $5 million | 8.33x | |
| 9 | Three Little Words | Richard Thorpe | $1.5 million | $4.5 million | 3.08x | |
| 10 | Dallas | Stuart Heisler | $1.4 million | $4.5 million | 3.23x | |
| 11 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Walter Lang | $1.7 million | $4.3 million | 2.53x | |
| 12 | Duchess of Idaho | Robert Z. Leonard | $1.7 million | $4.2 million | 2.48x | |
| 13 | All the King's Men | Robert Rossen | $2 million | $4.2 million | 2.10x | |
| 14 | Born Yesterday | George Cukor | $4.2 million | |||
| 15 | Treasure Island | Byron Haskin | $1.8 million | $4.1 million | 2.28x | |
| 16 | Montana | Raoul Walsh | $1.6 million | $3.6 million | 2.30x | |
| 17 | Tea for Two | David Butler | $1.1 million | $3.6 million | 3.27x | |
| 17 | Broken Arrow | Delmer Daves | $3.6 million | |||
| 19 | Pagan Love Song | Robert Alton | $1.9 million | $3.4 million | 1.75x | |
| 20 | Summer Stock | Charles Walters | $2 million | $3.4 million | 1.66x | |
| 21 | At War with the Army | Hal Walker | $500,000 | $3.3 million | 6.60x | |
| 22 | The Toast of New Orleans | Norman Taurog | $1.9 million | $3.3 million | 1.72x | |
| 23 | Colt .45 | Edwin L. Marin | $636,000 | $3.1 million | 4.91x | |
| 24 | Breakthrough | Lewis Seiler | $784,000 | $3 million | 3.85x | |
| 25 | To Please a Lady | Clarence Brown | $1.8 million | $2.9 million | 1.61x | |
| 25 | Key to the City | George Sidney | $1.5 million | $2.9 million | 1.93x | |
| 25 | Francis | Arthur Lubin | $622,000 | $2.9 million | 4.66x | |
| 25 | Nancy Goes to Rio | Robert Z. Leonard | $1.7 million | $2.9 million | 1.71x | |
| 29 | The West Point Story | Roy Del Ruth | $1.6 million | $2.9 million | 1.77x | |
| 30 | Distant Drums | Raoul Walsh | $2.9 million | |||
| 31 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | David Butler | $1.4 million | $2.8 million | 2.00x | |
| 32 | Two Weeks with Love | Roy Rowland | $1.4 million | $2.8 million | 1.99x | |
| 33 | The Black Rose | Henry Hathaway | $2.6 million | |||
| 34 | Fancy Pants | George Marshall | $2.6 million | |||
| 34 | Harvey | Henry Koster | $2.6 million | |||
| 36 | The Yellow Cab Man | Jack Donohue | $1.2 million | $2.6 million | 2.17x | |
| 37 | Chain Lightning | Stuart Heisler | $1.5 million | $2.6 million | 1.73x | |
| 38 | I'll Get By | Richard Sale | $2.5 million | |||
| 39 | Bright Leaf | Michael Curtiz | $1.9 million | $2.4 million | 1.26x | |
| 40 | Let's Dance | Norman Z. McLeod | $2.4 million | |||
| 40 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Hal Walker | $2.4 million | |||
| 42 | Riding High | Frank Capra | $1.9 million | $2.4 million | 1.22x | |
| 43 | Mr. Music | Richard Haydn | $2.3 million | |||
| 44 | American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Fritz Lang | $2.3 million | |||
| 44 | My Blue Heaven | Henry Koster | $2.3 million | |||
| 46 | Rio Grande | John Ford | $1.2 million | $2.2 million | 1.85x | |
| 46 | Winchester '73 | Anthony Mann | $2.2 million | |||
| 48 | The Miniver Story | H. C. Potter | $3.7 million | $2.2 million | 0.61x | |
| 49 | The Damned Don't Cry | Vincent Sherman | $1.2 million | $2.2 million | 1.79x | |
| 50 | Branded | Rudolph Maté | $2.2 million | |||
| 50 | Copper Canyon | John Farrow | $2.2 million | |||
| 52 | The Outriders | Roy Rowland | $1.6 million | $2.2 million | 1.34x | |
| 53 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Charles Lamont | $2.2 million | |||
| 54 | Stars in My Crown | Jacques Tourneur | $1.2 million | $2.1 million | 1.83x | |
| 55 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Melvin Frank | $1.1 million | $2.1 million | 1.89x | |
| 56 | The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | $1.2 million | $2.1 million | 1.70x | |
| 57 | Devil's Doorway | Anthony Mann | $1.4 million | $2.1 million | 1.53x | |
| 58 | Our Very Own | David Miller | $2 million | |||
| 58 | Wabash Avenue | Henry Koster | $2.1 million | $2 million | 0.97x | |
| 60 | The Gunfighter | Henry King | $1.9 million | |||
| 61 | A Life of Her Own | George Cukor | $1.8 million | $1.9 million | 1.05x | |
| 62 | Stage Fright | Alfred Hitchcock | $1.4 million | $1.9 million | 1.36x | |
| 62 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Michael Gordon | $1.1 million | $1.9 million | 1.73x | |
| 62 | Three Came Home | Jean Negulesco | $1.9 million | |||
| 65 | Watch the Birdie | Jack Donohue | $996,000 | $1.8 million | 1.85x | |
| 66 | Mister 880 | Edmund Goulding | $1.8 million | |||
| 66 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | John Ford | $1.8 million | |||
| 68 | My Foolish Heart | Mark Robson | $1.7 million | |||
| 69 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Gordon Douglas | $1.7 million | |||
| 69 | Rocky Mountain | William Keighley | $1.7 million | |||
| 69 | For Heaven's Sake | George Seaton | $1.7 million | |||
| 72 | The Big Hangover | Norman Krasna | $1 million | $1.6 million | 1.58x | |
| 73 | Captain Carey | Mitchell Leisen | $1.6 million | |||
| 74 | Highway 301 | Andrew L. Stone | $530,000 | $1.6 million | 3.03x | |
| 75 | The Glass Menagerie | Irving Rapper | $1.4 million | $1.6 million | 1.18x | |
| 75 | Tripoli | Will Price | $1.6 million | |||
| 75 | Comanche Territory | George Sherman | $1.6 million | |||
| 78 | 711 Ocean Drive | Joseph M. Newman | $300,000 | $1.6 million | 5.17x | |
| 79 | The Jackpot | Walter Lang | $1.5 million | |||
| 80 | Young Man with a Horn | Michael Curtiz | $1.5 million | |||
| 80 | The Furies | Anthony Mann | $1.5 million | |||
| 80 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Lewis R. Foster | $1.5 million | |||
| 80 | Caged | John Cromwell | $1.5 million | |||
| 84 | Frenchie | Louis King | $1.4 million | |||
| 84 | Appointment with Danger | Lewis Allen | $1.4 million | |||
| 86 | September Affair | William Dieterle | $1.4 million | |||
| 86 | Union Station | Rudolph Maté | $1.4 million | |||
| 88 | Crisis | Richard Brooks | $1.6 million | $1.4 million | 0.89x | |
| 89 | Louisa | Alexander Hall | $1.4 million | |||
| 89 | In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | $1.4 million | |||
| 89 | Never a Dull Moment | George Marshall | $1.2 million | $1.4 million | 1.17x | |
| 89 | Three Secrets | Robert Wise | $1.4 million | |||
| 93 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Richard Sale | $1.3 million | |||
| 93 | The Big Lift | George Seaton | $1.3 million | |||
| 93 | Right Cross | John Sturges | $873,000 | $1.3 million | 1.49x | |
| 93 | No Way Out | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $1.3 million | |||
| 93 | Pretty Baby | Bretaigne Windust | $1.3 million | |||
| 98 | The Petty Girl | Henry Levin | $1.2 million | |||
| 98 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Charles Lamont | $679,687 | $1.2 million | 1.84x | |
| 98 | Storm Warning | Stuart Heisler | $1.2 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.