1952 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
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.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,769 | Gross: $8.82M
10/10
2. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
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.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,217 | Gross: $9.45M
10/10
3. Feed the Kitty (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc
Votes: 3,549
10/10
4. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 4,723
9/10
5. The Hasty Hare (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A fey little Martian, with his green dog-soldier, K-9, arrive on Earth with instructions to bring back an Earth creature. He chooses Bugs Bunny.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 914
10/10
6. Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole floods, causing him to float to the laboratory of an evil scientist who wants to use his brain for a robot.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, John T. Smith
Votes: 2,295
9/10
7. 14 Carrot Rabbit (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs goes a little crazy whenever he's standing close to gold, and the trait intrigues claim-jumping Klondike miner Chillicothe (Yosemite) Sam.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 854
9/10
8. Magical Maestro (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Tex Avery, Carlos Ramírez
Votes: 1,229
9/10
9. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
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.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand
Votes: 8,145
9/10
10. Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Romance
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes
Votes: 1,700
8/10
11. The Narrow Margin (1952)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
Votes: 8,659
8/10*
12. Hare Lift (1952)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bank robber Yosemite Sam forces Bugs to try to fly the largest airplane in the world.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 401
8/10
13. The Super Snooper (1952)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
In this parody of trench-coat detective films, Daffy Duck is Duck Drake, a "Private Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat" who receives a telephone call summoning him to the J. Cleaver Axe-Handle ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ben Frommer, Grace Lenard
Votes: 578
8/10
14. Trick or Treat (1952)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
When the nephews come to Donald's house in their Halloween costumes he dumps water on them and laughs at his trick. A witch sees this and decides to help the kids. By magic she gives Donald a bad time and the kids finally get their treats.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Ken Darby, June Foray, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 2,152
8/10
15. Tree for Two (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A rough and tough bulldog and his admirer friend set out to rough up Sylvester the Cat, unaware of the escaped black panther roaming around.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 348
8/10
16. Fool Coverage (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck is determined to sell Porky Pig an insurance policy by any means necessary.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 397
8/10
17. Hoppy-Go-Lucky (1952)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester Cat and his dopey, brawny feline friend, Benny, hunt mice in a warehouse because Benny wants one as a pet. Hippety Hopper, the baby kangaroo, is in the warehouse, and the two cats... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 221
8/10
18. Beep, Beep (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts, with their positions made visible only by the lamps on their helmets.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,831
8/10
19. Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Spike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Daws Butler, William Hanna
Votes: 603
8/10
20. Foxy by Proxy (1952)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs confuses the hunting dogs by dressing up in a Halloween fox costume.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 494
8/10
21. Scandal Sheet (1952)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 3,480
7/10
22. Operation: Rabbit (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Wile E. Coyote set up an elaborate scientific contraption to trap Bugs.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,496
7/10
23. Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The eventful life of a little blue car.
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Stan Freberg, Bob Jackman, Clark Lagerstrom
Votes: 610
7/10
24. Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The Coyote makes various attempts to get the Road Runner with an explosive-tipped arrow, by shooting himself out of a sling shot and by covering the road with quick drying cement.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,010
7/10
25. The Turn-Tale Wolf (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Big Bad Wolf's proper little nephew has learned at school that his uncle was the fiend who blew the Three Little Pigs' houses down and is ashamed that his uncle, flesh of his flesh and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 262
7/10
26. Oily Hare (1952)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A Texas oilman fights Bugs over property rights to his rabbit hole.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Marian Richman
Votes: 700
7/10
27. Uncle Donald's Ants (1952)
6 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Donald spills some sugar on his sidewalk, and soon the ants are in complete control of his home, stealing the cake he was baking, building a pipeline from his maple syrup to their hill, and causing general mayhem.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 400
7/10
28. Gift Wrapped (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester gets a rubber mouse for Christmas, but he much prefers Granny's gift: a new Tweety Bird.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Daws Butler
Votes: 878
7/10
29. The Turning Point (1952)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully
Votes: 1,776
6/10
30. Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The tree that Mickey and Pluto chop down to bring home for Christmas is the tree that Chip 'n Dale live in.
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Ruth Clifford, Pinto Colvig, Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald
Votes: 3,472
6/10
31. Thumb Fun (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky Pig picks up Daffy as a hitchhiker, but Daffy's antics eventually lead to Porky getting in trouble with the police.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 289
6/10
32. A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 645
6/10
33. Cracked Quack (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Daffy Duck takes shelter from a blizzard by sneaking into a cozy home owned by Porky Pig. Daffy tries to secretly mooch off of Porky for an entire winter, but Porky's dog realizes that ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 434
6/10
34. One Cab's Family (1952)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A happily married pair of taxicabs are delighted when Junior enters their lives, but this delight turns to consternation when he states his ambition to become a hotrodder...
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Daws Butler, June Foray
Votes: 516
6/10
35. Sudden Fear (1952)
Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
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.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 7,349
6/10
36. Red Ball Express (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Drama, War
Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Judith Braun
Votes: 811
5/10
37. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley
Votes: 4,104
5/10
38. Donald Applecore (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Donald the apple farmer notices his apples have been nibbled on and catches Chip n' Dale in the act. In the ensuing battle, Donald uses a helicopter to spray them (but they have tiny gas ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hannah | Stars: Dessie Flynn, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 774
5/10
39. Kiddin' the Kitten (1952)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A lazy and fat cat, named Dodsworth is ordered by his mistress to catch mice that have invaded her home and terrorizing her. Dodsworth doesn't want to condescend to personal physical effort... See full summary »
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard
Votes: 299
5/10
40. Actors and Sin (1952)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a ... See full summary »
Directors: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 204
4/10
41. Little Red Rodent Hood (1952)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
An elderly mouse tells the bedtime story of Little Red Riding Hood to her grandson, who visualizes the tale in cat-and-mouse terms, with himself as Red and Sylvester as the Big Bad Wolf.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 463
5/10
42. Pluto's Party (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At his own party, Pluto gets pushed around by the nephews and cannot even get any of his own cake until after the party, when Mickey presents him with a piece he had saved.
Director: Milt Schaffer | Stars: Ruth Clifford, James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 795
4/10
43. Cat Carson Rides Again (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The mice are having their after-hours way with a feast from the Free-Lunch counter in a western saloon when the dreaded-and-feared Cat Carson, aka Katip, shows up and starts a reign of ... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang
Votes: 24
4/10
44. Scotland Yard Inspector (1952)
Not Rated | 73 min | Mystery
An English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.
Directors: Sam Newfield, Pat Jackson | Stars: Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Bernadette O'Farrell, Geoffrey Keen
Votes: 209
3/10
45. Operation Ivy (1952)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary
A short produced by the US government about the development of the hydrogen bomb leading up to its testing and explosion over Bikini Atoll.
Stars: Norris E. Bradbury, P.W. Clarkson, Alvin. C. Graves, Reed Hadley
Votes: 18
3/10
46. Feast and Furious (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Katnip, the hungry Kat, thinks Finny, the little goldfish, would make a good meal but all his strong-arm methods to capture Finny fail. Katnip cats a worm-baited hook into the fishbowl, but... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 16
3/10
47. Mice-capades (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
Because of their usual nemesis, Katnip the cat, the little mice are unable to get to the food. But Herman devises a plan in which Katnip thinks he has been poisoned. This works until Katnip... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Al Eugster | Stars: Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond, Arnold Stang
Votes: 30
2/10
48. Rabbit's Kin (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bugs rescues a young rabbit from Pete Puma and gives lessons on how to heckle.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 1,407
2/10
49. City Kitty (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
When the mice at home, none of which are Herman, become to much for Katnip the cat, he decides he needs a vacation in the Catskill Mountains. Once there, he gets rough treatment from ... See full summary »
Directors: Izzy Sparber, Al Eugster | Stars: Jack Mercer, Sid Raymond
Votes: 23
1/10
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