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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock
2.
The 400 Blows
Les quatre cents coups François Truffaut
3.
Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger
4.
Rio Bravo Howard Hawks
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Films

5.
Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder
6.
The Young Philadelphians Vincent Sherman
7.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson
8.
Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk
9.
Sleeping Beauty Clyde Geronimi
10.
Odds Against Tomorrow Robert Wise
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Films

11.
Ben-Hur William Wyler
12.
The World of Apu
Apur Sansar Satyajit Ray
13.
Our Man in Havana Carol Reed
14.
Pillow Talk Michael Gordon
15.
Ride Lonesome Budd Boetticher
16.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ranald MacDougall
17.
Compulsion Richard Fleischer
18.
The Hanging Tree Karl Malden and Delmer Daves
19.
Black Orpheus
Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus
20.
Journey to the Center of the Earth Henry Levin
21.
It Happened to Jane
Twinkle and Shine Richard Quine
22.
A Summer Place Delmer Daves
23.
Hiroshima mon amour Alain Resnais
24.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Terence Fisher
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Films

25.
Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood Jr.
26.
The Tingler William Castle
27.
Picnic on the Grass
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe Jean Renoir
28.
Operation Petticoat Blake Edwards
29.
The Mouse That Roared Jack Arnold
30.
The Shaggy Dog Charles Barton
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Films

31.
The Best of Everything Jean Negulesco
Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger 
A Summer Place Delmer Daves 
Ben-Hur William Wyler 
Black Orpheus
Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus 
Compulsion Richard Fleischer 
Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson 
Hiroshima mon amour Alain Resnais 
Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk 
It Happened to Jane
Twinkle and Shine Richard Quine 
Journey to the Center of the Earth Henry Levin 
North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock 
Odds Against Tomorrow Robert Wise 
Operation Petticoat Blake Edwards 
Our Man in Havana Carol Reed 
Picnic on the Grass
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe Jean Renoir 
Pillow Talk Michael Gordon 
Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood Jr. 
Ride Lonesome Budd Boetticher 
Rio Bravo Howard Hawks 
Sleeping Beauty Clyde Geronimi 
Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder 
The 400 Blows
Les quatre cents coups François Truffaut 
The Best of Everything Jean Negulesco 
The Hanging Tree Karl Malden and Delmer Daves 
The Hound of the Baskervilles Terence Fisher 
The Mouse That Roared Jack Arnold 
The Shaggy Dog Charles Barton 
The Tingler William Castle 
The World of Apu
Apur Sansar Satyajit Ray 
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ranald MacDougall 
The Young Philadelphians Vincent Sherman 
Sleeping Beauty Clyde Geronimi 29 January 1959
Ride Lonesome Budd Boetticher 15 February 1959
The Hanging Tree Karl Malden and Delmer Daves 20 February 1959
Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder 19 March 1959
The Shaggy Dog Charles Barton 19 March 1959
Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk 20 March 1959
Rio Bravo Howard Hawks 04 April 1959
Compulsion Richard Fleischer 01 May 1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ranald MacDougall 01 May 1959
It Happened to Jane
Twinkle and Shine Richard Quine 24 May 1959
The Young Philadelphians Vincent Sherman 30 May 1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles Terence Fisher 03 July 1959
Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger 13 July 1959
The Mouse That Roared Jack Arnold 17 July 1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood Jr. 22 July 1959
The Tingler William Castle 29 July 1959
Pillow Talk Michael Gordon 07 October 1959
The Best of Everything Jean Negulesco 09 October 1959
Odds Against Tomorrow Robert Wise 13 October 1959
Picnic on the Grass
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe Jean Renoir 11 November 1959
The 400 Blows
Les quatre cents coups François Truffaut 16 November 1959
A Summer Place Delmer Daves 18 November 1959
Ben-Hur William Wyler 18 November 1959
North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock 18 December 1959
Black Orpheus
Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus 21 December 1959
Operation Petticoat Blake Edwards 24 December 1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth Henry Levin 14 January 1960
Our Man in Havana Carol Reed 19 February 1960
Hiroshima mon amour Alain Resnais 16 May 1960
Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson 22 June 1960
The World of Apu
Apur Sansar Satyajit Ray 04 October 1960
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