1. The 400 Blows- François Truffaut 2. Rio Bravo- Howard Hawks 3. Hiroshima Mon Amour- Alain Resnais 4. The World of Apu- Satyajit Ray 5. North by Northwest- Alfred Hitchcock 6. Pickpocket- Robert Bresson 7. Imitation of Life- Douglas Sirk 8. Some Like It Hot- Billy Wilder 9. Window Water Baby Moving- Stan Brakhage [short] 10. Floating Weeds- Yasujiro Ozu 11. Eyes Without a Face- Georges Franju 12. Anatomy of a Murder- Otto Preminger 13. Good Morning- Yasujiro Ozu Other notable shorts: Wedlock House: An Intercourse (Stan Brakhage) Ripe for re-appraisal: Ben-Hur (William Wyler), Compulsion (Richard Fleischer) Need to see: A Double Tour (Claude Chabrol), The Atomic Submarine (Spencer G. Bennet), Ballad of a Soldier (Grigori Chukhrai), Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus), Bucket of Blood (Roger Corman), Les Cousins (Claude Chabrol), Corridors of Blood/First Man Into Space (Robert Day), The Crimson Kimono (Sam Fuller), Day of the Outlaw (Andre de Toth), Fires on the Plain (Kon Ichikawa), Il Generale Della Rovere (Roberto Rossellini), The Horse Soldiers (John Ford), The Human Condition, Parts I and II (Masaki Kobayashi), I’m All Right, Jack (John Boulting), India: Matri Bhumi (Roberto Rossellini), The Indian Tomb (Fritz Lang), Kaagaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt), Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon), Picnic on the Grass (Jean Renoir), Ride Lonesome (Budd Boetticher), Room at the Top (Jack Clayton), The Savage Innocents (Nicholas Ray), The Sign of Leo (Eric Rohmer), The Testament of Dr. Cordelier (Jean Renoir), The Tingler (William Castle), Verboten! (Sam Fuller), Zazie Dans le Metro (Louis Malle) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Ben-Hur BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Ben-Hur Cannes, Palme d’Or: Black Orpheus Venice, Golden Lion: (tie) General della Rovere and The Great War (Mario Monicelli) Berlin, Golden Bear: Les cousins
1. Vertigo- Alfred Hitchcock 2. Touch of Evil- Orson Welles 3. Free Radicals- Len Lye [short] 4. Some Came Running- Vincente Minnelli5. Ivan the Terrible, Part II- Sergei Eisenstein 6. The Fountain of Youth- Orson Welles [short] 7. Mon Oncle- Jacques Tati 8. The Hidden Fortress- Akira Kurosawa 9. Gigi- Vincente Minnelli 10. Elevator to the Gallows- Louis Malle Ripe for re-appraisal: Run Silent, Run Deep (Robert Wise) Need to see: Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda), Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario Monicelli), Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger), Buchanan Rides Alone (Budd Boetticher), Enjo (Kon Ichikawa), Equinox Flower (Yasujiro Ozu), Giants and Toys (Yasuzo Masumura), The Haunted Strangler (Robert Day), Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher), The Horse’s Mouth (Ronald Neame), I Want to Live! (Robert Wise), The Last Hurrah (John Ford), The Lineup (Don Siegel), The Magician (Ingmar Bergman), Man of the West (Anthony Mann), Moi, Un Noir (Jean Rouch), A Movie (Bruce Conner), Murder by Contract (Irving Lerner), The Music Room (Satyajit Ray), Nazarin (Luis Bunuel), A Night to Remember (Roy Ward Baker), Party Girl (Nicholas Ray), Schwechater (Peter Kubelka), Terror in a Texas Town (Joseph H. Lewis), The Tiger of Eschnapur (Fritz Lang), A Time to Love and a Time to Die (Douglas Sirk), Verboten! (Sam Fuller), Une Vie (Alexandre Astruc), Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Gigi BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Room at the Top (Jack Clayton) Cannes, Palme d’Or: The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov) Venice, Golden Lion: Rickshaw Man (Hiroshi Inagaki) Berlin, Golden Bear: Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)
1. Sweet Smell of Success- Alexander Mackendrick 2. A Face in the Crowd- Elia Kazan 3. 12 Angry Men- Sidney Lumet 4. Paths of Glory- Stanley Kubrick 5. Nights of Cabiria- Federico Fellini 6. The Seventh Seal- Ingmar Bergman 7. Throne of Blood- Akira Kurosawa 8. Wild Strawberries- Ingmar Bergman 9. The Incredible Shrinking Man- Jack Arnold 10. The Cranes Are Flying- Mikhail Kalatozov 11. The Bridge on the River Kwai- David Lean 12. Witness For the Prosecution- Billy Wilder 13. Bitter Victory- Nicholas Ray 14. Forty Guns- Sam Fuller 15. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?- Frank Tashlin 16. Funny Face- Stanley Donen 17. The Wide Blue Road- Gillo Pontecorvo Notable shorts: What’s Opera, Doc? (Chuck Jones) Ripe for re-appraisal: An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey), Kanal (Andrzej Wajda) Need to see: 3:10 to Yuma (Delmer Daves), All at Sea (Charles Frend), Band of Angels (Raoul Walsh), Curse of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur), Decision at Sundown (Budd Boetticher), Il Grido (Michelangelo Antonioni), Gunfight at the OK Corral (John Sturges), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (John Huston), Ill Met by Moonlight (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger), Letter From Siberia (Chris Marker), Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder), Mambo Girl (Wen Yi), Men in War (Anthony Mann), Mister Cory (Blake Edwards), Les Mistons (Francois Truffaut), Mother India (Louis Malle), The Pajama Game (George Abbott and Stanley Donen), Pyaasa (Guru Dutt), Run of the Arrow (Sam Fuller), The Tall T (Budd Boetticher), The Tarnished Angels (Douglas Sirk), Time Without Pity (Joseph Losey), The Tin Star (Anthony Mann), White Nights (Luchino Visconti), Wild Is the Wind (George Cukor), The Wings of Eagles (John Ford) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Bridge on the River Kwai Cannes, Palme d’Or: Friendly Persuasion (William Wyler) Venice, Golden Lion: Aparajito (Satyajit Ray) Berlin, Golden Bear: 12 Angry Men
1. Written on the Wind- Douglas Sirk 2. Aparajito- Satyajit Ray 3. A Man Escaped- Robert Bresson 4. Bigger Than Life- Nicholas Ray 5. The Court Jester- Norman Panama and Melvin Frank 6. The Killing- Stanley Kubrick 7. The Girl Can't Help It- Frank Tashlin 8. The Wrong Man- Alfred Hitchcock 9. Forbidden Planet- Fred M. Wilcox 10. The Burmese Harp- Kon Ichikawa 11. Invasion of the Body Snatchers- Don Siegel 12. Hollywood Or Bust- Frank Tashlin 13. Baby Doll- Elia Kazan 14. The Mystery of Picasso- Henri-Georges Clouzot 15. The Searchers- John Ford 16. The Man Who Knew Too Much- Alfred Hitchcock Notable shorts: The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse) Ripe for re-appraisal: Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi) Need to see: And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim), Attack! (Robert Aldrich), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang), Carousel (Henry King), Crazed Fruit (Ko Nakahira), Elena and Her Men (Jean Renoir), Early Spring (Yasujiro Ozu), Flowing (Mikio Naruse), Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur), La Pointe Courte (Agnes Varda), Seven Men From Now (Budd Boetticher), Slightly Scarlet (Allan Dwan), There’s Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk), War and Peace (King Vidor), While the City Sleeps (Fritz Lang) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Anderson) BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Gervaise (René Clément) Cannes, Palme d’Or: The Silent World (Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle) Berlin, Golden Bear: Invitation to the Dance (Gene Kelly)
1. Smiles of a Summer Night- Ingmar Bergman 2. Ordet- Carl Theodor Dreyer 3. Pather Panchali- Satyajit Ray 4. Rififi- Jules Dassin 5. Night of the Hunter- Charles Laughton 6. Blinkety-Blank- Norman McLaren [short] 7. Lola Montes- Max Ophuls 8. Rebel Without a Cause- Nicholas Ray 9. Night and Fog- Alain Resnais 10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown- Alfred Hitchcock [short] 11. Les Diaboliques- Henri-Georges Clouzot 12. All That Heaven Allows- Douglas Sirk 13. Kiss Me Deadly- Robert Aldrich 14. Killer’s Kiss- Stanley Kubrick 15. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz- Luis Buñuel 16. Bob le Flambeur- Jean-Pierre Melville 17. Marty- Delbert Mann 18. Bad Day at Black Rock- John Sturges Other notable shorts: One Froggy Evening (Chuck Jones) Ripe for re-appraisal: Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles) Need to see: Artists and Models (Frank Tashlin), Battle Cry (Raoul Walsh), The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis), The Cobweb (Vincente Minnelli), The Far Country (Anthony Mann), Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse), French Cancan (Jean Renoir), A Generation (Andrzej Wajda), Guys and Dolls (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), House of Bamboo (Sam Fuller), Il Bidone (Federico Fellini), It’s Always Fair Weather (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly), Land of the Pharaohs (Howard Hawks), The Long Gray Line (John Ford), The Man From Laramie (Anthony Mann), Moonfleet (Fritz Lang), New Tales of the Taira Clan (Kenji Mizoguchi), The Phenix City Story (Phil Karlson), Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Kenji Mizoguchi), Run For Cover (Nicholas Ray), Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (Hiroshi Inagaki), Shin Heike Monogatarti (Kenji Mizoguchi), Summertime (David Lean), The Trouble With Harry (Alfred Hitchcock), Wichita (Jacques Tourneur) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Marty BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Richard III (Laurence Olivier) Cannes, Palme d’Or: Marty Venice, Golden Lion: Ordet Berlin, Golden Bear: The Rats (Robert Siodmak)
1. The Seven Samurai- Akira Kurosawa 2. Sansho the Bailiff- Kenji Mizoguchi 3. Rear Window- Alfred Hitchcock 4. On the Waterfront- Elia Kazan 5. La Strada- Federico Fellini 6. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- Richard Fleischer 7. Johnny Guitar- Nicholas Ray 8. A Star Is Born- George Cukor 9. Magnificent Obsession- Douglas Sirk 10. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers- Stanley Donen 11. Sabrina- Billy Wilder 12. Gojira- Ishiro Honda Notable shorts: Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (Kenneth Anger), Desistfilm (Stan Brakhage) Ripe for re-appraisal: Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger) Need to see: The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Chikamatsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi), Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock), Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine), Hobson’s Choice (David Lean), Late Chrysanthemums (Kenji Mizoguchi), The Long, Long Trailer (Vincente Minnelli), The Maggie (Alexander Mackendrick), Les Maitres Fous (Jean Rouch), The Raid (Hugo Fregonese), Richard III (Laurence Olivier), Riot in Cell Block 11 (Don Siegel), River of No Return (Otto Preminger), Robinson Crusoe (Luis Bunuel), Salt of the Earth (Herbert J. Biberman), Samurai I and II (Hiroshi Inagaki), Senso (Luchino Visconti), Sound of the Mountain (Mikio Naruse), Suddenly (Lewis Allen), Twenty-Four Eyes (Keisuke Kinoshita), Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich), The Wild One (Laslo Benedek), Young at Heart (Gordon Douglas) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: On the Waterfront BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot) Cannes, Grand Prix: Gate of Hell (Teinosuke Kinugasa) Venice, Golden Lion: Romeo and Juliet (Renato Castellani) Berlin, Golden Bear: Hobson’s Choice
1. M. Hulot's Holiday- Jacques Tati 2. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes- Howard Hawks 3. Duck Amuck- Chuck Jones [short] 4. The Band Wagon- Vincente Minnelli 5. Tokyo Story- Yasujiro Ozu 6. The Earrings of Madame De...- Max Ophüls 7. The Saga of Anatahan- Josef Von Sternberg 8. The Wages of Fear- Henri-Georges Clouzot 9. Pickup on South St.- Sam Fuller 10. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T- Roy Rowland 11. Roman Holiday- William Wyler 12. Beat the Devil- John Huston 13. The Big Heat- Fritz Lang 14. Sawdust and Tinsel- Ingmar Bergman 15. Shane- George Stevens 16. From Here to Eternity- Fred Zinnemann Other notable shorts: Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (Chuck Jones) Ripe for re-appraisal: Julius Caesar (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker), Voyage to Italy (Roberto Rossellini) Need to see: All I Desire (Douglas Sirk), The Blue Gardenia (Fritz Lang), Calamity Jane (David Butler), The Caddy (Norman Taurog), City That Never Sleeps (John H. Auer), The End (Christopher Maclaine), Genevieve (Henry Cornelius), Glen or Glenda (Edward D. Wood, Jr.), How to Marry a Millionaire (Jean Negulesco), I Love Melvin (Don Weis), Jeopardy (John Sturges), Kiss Me Kate (George Sidney), Last of the Comanches (Andre De Toth), The Little Fugitive (Ashley/Engel/Orkin), The Naked Spur (Anthony Mann), Older Brother, Younger Sister (Mikio Naruse), The Sun Shines Bright (John Ford), Terminal Station/Indiscretion of an American Wife (Vittorio De Sica), Welcome Mr. Marshall (Luis Garcia Berlanga), Where Chimneys Are Seen (Heinosuke Gosho), Wife (Mikio Naruse) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: From Here to Eternity BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: Forbidden Games (René Clément) Cannes, Grand Prix: The Wages of Fear Berlin, Golden Bear: The Wages of Fear
1. Singin' in the Rain- Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen 2. Ikiru- Akira Kurosawa 3. Forbidden Games- René Clement 4. The Life of Oharu- Kenji Mizoguchi 5. Umberto D- Vittorio De Sica 6. Neighbours- Norman McLaren [short] 7. Othello- Orson Welles 8. Limelight- Charlie Chaplin 9. The Bad and the Beautiful- Vincente Minnelli 10. The Quiet Man- John Ford Ripe for re-appraisal: The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith) Need to see: Angel Face (Otto Preminger), Bend of the River (Anthony Mann), The Big Sky (Howard Hawks), Clash By Night (Fritz Lang), The Crimson Pirate (Robert Siodmak), El (Luis Bunuel), Fanfan la Tulipe (Christian-Jacque), Five Fingers (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (Yasujiro Ozu), The Golden Coach (Jean Renoir), Kansas City Confidential (Phil Karlson), Lightning (Mikio Naruse), The Lusty Men (Nicholas Ray), The Marrying Kind (George Cukor), Monkey Business (Howard Hawks), Moulin Rouge (John Huston), My Son John (Leo McCarey), The Narrow Margin (Richard Fleischer), No Room For the Groom (Douglas Sirk), Outcast of the Islands (Carol Reed), Park Row (Sam Fuller), Pat and Mike (George Cukor), Le Plaisir (Max Ophuls), Rancho Notorious (Fritz Lang), Ruby Gentry (King Vidor), Scandal Sheet (Phil Karlson), Son of Paleface (Frank Tashlin), The White Sheik (Federico Fellini) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. De Mille) BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Sound Barrier (David Lean) Cannes, Grand Prix: (tie) Othello and Two Cents Worth of Hope (Renato Castellani) Venice, Golden Lion: Forbidden Games Berlin, Golden Bear: One Summer of Happiness (Arne Mattsson)
1. The Tales of Hoffmann- Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 2. Early Summer- Yasujiro Ozu 3. A Streetcar Named Desire- Elia Kazan 4. The Day the Earth Stood Still- Robert Wise 5. Ace in the Hole- Billy Wilder 6. The River- Jean Renoir 7. On Dangerous Ground- Nicholas Ray 8. Miracle in Milan- Vittorio De Sica 9. Strangers on a Train- Alfred Hitchcock 10. The Lady of Musashino- Kenji Mizoguchi 11. The African Queen- John Huston 12. The Thing From Another World- Christian Nyby Ripe for re-appraisal: Miss Julie (Alf Sjoberg), Royal Wedding (Stanley Donen) Need to see: Awaara (Raj Kapoor), Bellissima (Luchino Visconti), The Browning Version (Anthony Asquith), Casque d’Or (Jacques Becker), Europa ’51 (Roberto Rossellini), Fixed Bayonets (Sam Fuller), He Ran All the Way (John Berry), His Kind of Woman (John Farrow), The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton), M (Joseph Losey), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin), People Will Talk (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), A Place in the Sun (George Stevens), La Poison (Sacha Guitry), The Prowler (Joseph Losey), The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston), Repast (Mikio Naruse), The Sinner (Willi Forst), The Steel Helmet (Sam Fuller), Susana (Luis Bunuel), The Tall Target (Anthony Mann), Three Guys Named Mike (Charles Walters), Westward the Women (William A. Wellman) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: An American in Paris BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: La Ronde (Max Ophüls) Cannes, Grand Prix: (tie) Miss Julie and Miracle in Milan Venice, Golden Lion: Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
1. In a Lonely Place- Nicholas Ray 2. Sunset Blvd.- Billy Wilder 3. Rashomon- Akira Kurosawa 4. All About Eve- Joseph L. Mankiewicz 5. The Asphalt Jungle- John Huston 6. Winchester '73- Anthony Mann 7. Les Enfants Terribles- Jean-Pierre Melville 8. Diary of a Country Priest- Robert Bresson 9. Los Olvidados- Luis Bunuel 10. La Ronde- Max Ophuls 11. Harvey- Henry Koster Notable shorts: Gerald McBoing-Boing (Robert Cannon) Ripe for re-appraisal: The Flowers of St. Francis (Roberto Rossellini) Need to see: Adventurera (Alberto Gout), Annie Get Your Gun (George Sidney), Armored Car Robbery (Richard Fleischer), Born to Be Bad (Nicholas Ray), Caged (John Cromwell), Un Chant d’Amour (Jean Genet), D.O.A. (Rudolph Maté), The Devil’s Doorway (Anthony Mann), Father of the Bride (Vincente Minnelli), The Furies (Anthony Mann), Gone to Earth (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger), The Gunfighter (Henry King), House By the River (Fritz Lang), The Men (Fred Zinnemann), The Munekata Sisters (Yasujiro Ozu), Night and the City (Jules Dassin), Outrage (Joseph Losey), Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan), Rio Grande (John Ford), Scandal (Akira Kurosawa), The Sound of Fury, or Try and Get Me! (Cy Endfield), Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur), Story of a Love Affair (Michelangelo Antonioni), Variety Lights (Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada), Wagon Master (John Ford), Where the Sidewalk Ends (Otto Preminger) Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: All About Eve BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: All About Eve Venice, Golden Lion: Justice Is Done (André Cayatte)
