1965

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) B-
Alphaville (1965) B
The Art of Love (1965) C
Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965) C+
Battle of the Bulge (1965) C+
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) B-
The Bedford Incident (1965) C+
Boeing Boeing (1965) C+
Brainstorm (1965) C
Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) B-
Casanova '70 (1965) B-
Cat Ballou (1965) B
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) B
The Collector (1965) B
Dark Intruder (1965) B-
Darling (1965) B-
Dear Brigitte (1965) C+
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) C-
Die, Monster, Die! (1965) C+
Doctor Zhivago (1965) A-
Do Not Disturb (1965) B-
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) C
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) B-
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) B-
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) C+
The Family Jewels (1965) C+
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) B
Fists in the Pocket (1965) B-
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) B-
For a Few Dollars More (1965) B
Gamera (1965) D+
Genghis Khan (1965) C-
Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1965) C+
Girl Happy (1965) C+
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) B
The Great Race (1965) B-
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) B-
Harlow (1965) C-
Harum Scarum (1965) C-
Help! (1965) B
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) B-
The Hill (1965) B-
How to Murder Your Wife (1965) C+
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) C
Hysteria (1965) B-
I'll Take Sweden (1965) C+
In Harm's Way (1965) B-
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) C+
The Ipcress File (1965) B-
I Saw What You Did (1965) C+
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) C-
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) B-
King Rat (1965) C+
The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965) B-
Kwaidan (1965) B-
La Ronde (1965) C
Le Bonheur (1965) B-
Life at the Top (1965) C+
Lord Jim (1965) C+
The Loved One (1965) B
The Love Goddesses (1965) C+
Love Has Many Faces (1965) C
Loves of a Blonde (1965) B-
Major Dundee (1965) C+
Marriage on the Rocks (1965) C+
Mickey One (1965) B-
Mirage (1965) B-
The Moment of Truth (1965) B-
Monster a-Go Go (1965) F
Morituri (1965) C+
Mudhoney (1965) D+
The Nanny (1965) C+
None But the Brave (1965) C+
Once a Thief (1965) B-
Operation Crossbow (1965) B-
Othello (1965) B+
The Outlaws is Coming (1965) C
A Patch of Blue (1965) B+
The Pawnbroker (1965) B+
Pierrot le Fou (1965) B
Planet of the Vampires (1965) C+
A Rage to Live (1965) C
Rapture (1965) B-
Red Beard (1965) B-
Red Line 7000 (1965) C+
Repulsion (1965) B+
Return from the Ashes (1965) C+
The Rounders (1965) B-
Samurai Spy (1965) C+
The Sandpiper (1965) B-
Sandra (of a Thousand Delights) (1965) C+
Sands of the Kalahari (1965) B-
The Satan Bug (1965) B-
She (1965) C+
Shenandoah (1965) B-
Ship of Fools (1965) B+
The Shop on Main Street (1965) B
Signpost to Murder (1965) C+
Simon of the Desert (1965) B-
Ski Party (1965) C
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) B
The Slender Thread (1965) B-
Son of a Gunfighter (1965) C
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) B
The Sound of Music (1965) A
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965) B-
Story of a Prostitute (1965) B-
Strange Bedfellows (1965) C+ 
A Study in Terror (1965) B-
Summer Children (1965) C+
Sword of the Beast (1965) C+
Sylvia (1965) C+
The 10th Victim (1965) B-
That Darn Cat (1965) B-
36 Hours (1965) B-
Those Calloways (1965) C+
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) B-
A Thousand Clowns (1965) B+
Thunderball (1965) B+
Tickle Me (1965) C+
Tokyo Olympiad (1965) A-
The Tomb of Ligeia (1965) C+
The Train (1965) B+
A Very Special Favor (1965) C
Viva Maria! (1965) C+
Von Ryan's Express (1965) C+
War-Gods of the Deep (1965) C
The War Lord (1965) C+
What's New Pussycat? (1965) B
Where the Spies Are (1965) C+
Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965) B-
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965) C+
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965) B-
Young Cassidy (1965) B-

134 Films

(December 2013 - October 2014)

Also Watched - Go Go Mania (1965) Also Seen - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

Top 10 -

1964

All These Women (1964) B-
The Americanization of Emily (1964) B+
Band of Outsiders (1964) A-
Becket (1964) B
Bedtime Story (1964) C+
Behold a Pale Horse (1964) C+
The Best Man (1964) B
Bikini Beach (1964) B-
Black Like Me (1964) B-
Black Sabbath (1964) B
Blood and Black Lace (1964) B-
The Carpetbaggers (1964) C+
The Chalk Garden (1964) B-
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) B
Children of the Damned (1964) C+
Cinderella (TV) (1964) B-
Circus World (1964) C+
The Comedy of Terrors (1964) B-
Dead Ringer (1964) B-
Dear Heart (1964) B+
Devil Doll (1964) B-
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) B
The Disorderly Orderly (1964) B-
Dr. Strangelove (1964) A
Ensign Pulver (1964) C
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) C-
Fail-Safe (1964) B
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) B
Fate is the Hunter (1964) C+
Father Goose (1964) B-
The Finest Hours (1964) B
First Men in the Moon (1964) C+
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) B+
Flight from Ashiya (1964) C
For Those Who Think Young (1964) C+
Four Days in November (1964) A- 
Gate of Flesh (1964) C+ 
Gertrud (1964) B- 
Girl With Green Eyes (1964) B 
A Global Affair (1964) C
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964) C
Goldfinger (1964) A
Good Neighbor Sam (1964) B-
The Guns of August (1964) B- 
Hamlet (1964) B
A Hard Day's Night (1964) A-
The Horror of Party Beach (1964) D
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) B
I Am Cuba (1964) B+
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964) C+
The Incredibly Strange Creatures/Mixed-Up Zombies (1964) D-
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) B-
The Killers (1964) B+
Kisses for My President (1964) C+
Kissin' Cousins (1964) C+
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) B
Kitten with a Whip (1964) C- 
Lady in a Cage (1964) C+
The Last Man on Earth (1964) C+
Le Doulos (1964) B-
Lilith (1964) C+ 
The Lively Set (1964) C+
The Long Ships (1964) C+
Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) C+
Marnie (1964) B+
Marriage Italian Style (1964) B-
Mary Poppins (1964) A+
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) B-
The Moon-Spinners (1964) C+
Murder Ahoy (1964) B-
Murder Most Foul (1964) B
Muscle Beach Party (1964) B-
My Fair Lady (1964) A-
The Naked Kiss (1964) B-
Nightmare (1964) B- 
Night Must Fall (1964) C-
The Night of the Iguana (1964) B
The Night Walker (1964) C+
Of Human Bondage (1964) C+ 
One Potato, Two Potato (1964) B
Onibaba (1964) B  
The Organizer (1964) B-
The Outrage (1964) C+ 
Pajama Party (1964) C+
Pale Flower (1964) 
Paris When It Sizzles (1964) C+
The Patsy (1964) C
The Pink Panther (1964) B+
The Pleasure Seekers (1964) C
Point of Order (1964) A-
Psyche 59 (1964) C
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) B-
Red Desert (1964) B-
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) C+
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) B-
Roustabout (1964) B-
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV) (1964) B+
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) D
Scorpio Rising (1964) A
Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) B+
The Secret Invasion (1964) C+
Seduced and Abandoned (1964) B+
Send Me No Flowers (1964) B+ 
Seven Days in May (1964) A-
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) B-
Sex and the Single Girl (1964) B-
Shock Treatment (1964) C 
A Shot in the Dark (1964) B+
633 Squadron (1964) C+
The Soft Skin (1964) B-
Strait-Jacket (1964) C+
The Strangler (1964) C+
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) B+
That Man From Rio (1964) B+

The Third Secret (1964) C+

Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) B-
The Time Travelers (1964) C
Topkapi (1964) A-
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) A-
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) B
The Visit (1964) C+
Viva Las Vegas (1964) B-
What a Way to Go! (1964) B-
Where Love Has Gone (1964) C+
Woman in the Dunes (1964) B
Woman of Straw (1964) B- 
The World of Henry Orient (1964) B
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1964) B
Your Cheatin' Heart (1964) C+
Zorba the Greek (1964) A-
Zulu (1964) B-

(February 2013 - December 2013 - 131 Films Seen)

Top 10 - Mary Poppins, Dr. Strangelove, Goldfinger, Scorpio Rising, Band of Outsiders, A Hard Day's Night, My Fair Lady, Seven Days in May, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Zorba the Greek

1963

All the Way Home (1963) B-
America, America (1963) B+
The Balcony (1963) C
Bay of Angels (1963) B-
Beach Party (1963) C+
Beauty and the Beast (1963) C-
Billy Liar (1963) B-
The Birds (1963) A+
Black Fox (1963) B-
Blood Feast (1963) C
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) B
Call Me Bwana (1963) C
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) B-
The Cardinal (1963) B-
The Caretakers (1963) C+
Charade (1963) B+
A Child is Waiting (1963) B-
Cleopatra (1963) B+
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) B-
Contempt (1963) B+
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) B
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) B-
Critic's Choice (1963) C+
Cry of Battle (1963) C
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963) C-
The Day of the Triffids (1963) C+
Dementia 13 (1963) B-
Diary of a Madman (1963) C
Donovan's Reef (1963) C+
8 1/2 (1963) B+ 
The Evil Eye (1963) B 
55 Days at Peking (1963) C 
The Fire Within (1963) B 
Five Miles to Midnight (1963) C+  
Flipper (1963) C+
4 for Texas (1963) C+
For Love or Money (1963) C+
From Russia With Love (1963) A
Fun in Acapulco (1963) C+ 
A Gathering of Eagles (1963) C+
The Girl Hunters (1963) C+ 
The Great Escape (1963) A- 
Hands Over the City (1963) B- 
The Haunted Palace (1963) C+ 
The Haunting (1963) B
Heavens Above! (1963) C+ 
High and Low (1963) B
The Hook (1963) C+
How the West Was Won (1963) A-
Hud (1963) A-
I Could Go On Singing (1963) C+  
In the Cool of the Day (1963) C+
Irma La Douce (1963) B-
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) C+
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) A
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) B-
Johnny Cool (1963) B-
Kings of the Sun (1963) C-
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) C
Knife in the Water (1963) A-
Ladybug Ladybug (1963) B-
The Leopard (1963) B+
Le Petit Soldat (1963) B
Les Carabiniers (1963) B-
Lilies of the Field (1963) B+
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) B-
Lord of the Flies (1963) B
Love With the Proper Stranger (1963) B-
The L-Shaped Room (1963) B-
The Making of the President 1960 (1963) B- 
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963) C+ 
Maniac (1963) C+ 
Marilyn (1963) C+
Mary, Mary (1963) C+
McLintock! (1963) C+
Mondo Cane (1963) B-
The Mouse on the Moon (1963) C
Move Over, Darling (1963) B- 
Murder at the Gallop (1963) B-
A New Kind of Love (1963) C+
Night Tide (1963) B-
Nine Hours to Rama (1963) B-
The Nutty Professor (1963) B+
The Old Dark House (1963) C-
Operation Bikini (1963) C
Palm Springs Weekend (1963) C+ 
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) B-
Paranoiac (1963) C+
The Password is Courage (1963) C+
The Prize (1963) B+
Promises! Promises! (1963) D+
PT 109 (1963) C+
Rampage (1963) C
The Raven (1963) B-
The Running Man (1963) B- 
The Servant (1963) B-
Seven Seas to Calais (1963) C+
Showman (1963) B- 
Shock Corridor (1963) B-
The Silence (1963) B-
Sodom and Gomorrah (1963) C
Soldier in the Rain (1963) C+
Son of Flubber (1963) C+
Spencer's Mountain (1963) C+
The Stripper (1963) C+
Summer Magic (1963) C+
Sunday in New York (1963) B
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Sword of Lancelot (1963) C-
Term of Trial (1963) B-
The Terror (1963) B-
These Are the Damned (1963) B-  
13 Frightened Girls (1963) D
This Sporting Life (1963) B-
The Thrill of It All (1963) B-
A Ticklish Affair (1963) B-
Tom Jones (1963) A-
Toys in the Attic (1963) C+
Twice-Told Tales (1963) C+
Twilight of Honor (1963) C+
The Ugly American (1963) C
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) C+
The Victors (1963) B-
The V.I.P.s (1963) B-
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) B-
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed (1963) B- 
Who's Minding the Store? (1963) B-
Winter Light (1963) B-
Wives and Lovers (1963) C+
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) C+
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) C+

(April 2012 - January 2013 - 131 Films Seen) 

Top 10 (alphabetically) - The Birds, Contempt, 8 1/2, From Russia With Love, The Great Escape, How the West Was Won, Hud, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Knife in the Water, Tom Jones

1962

Advise and Consent (1962) B+
All Fall Down (1962) B-
An Autumn Afternoon (1962) C+
Bachelor Flat (1962) C
Barabbas (1962) B-
Billy Budd (1962) B
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) B-
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) B+
Boccaccio '70 (1962) B
Boys' Night Out (1962) B-
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) C
Burn, Witch, Burn (1962) B-
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) C- 
Cape Fear (1962) B+
Carnival of Souls (1962) B
The Chapman Report (1962) B-
Cleo from 5  to 7 (1962) B-
Convicts 4 (1962) C+
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) B
Damn the Defiant! (1962) B
David and Lisa (1962) B
Days of Wine and Roses (1962) A-
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1962) C+
Diamond Head (1962) C-
Divorce Italian Style (1962) B+
Dr. No (1962) A
Electra (1962) B-
Experiment in Terror (1962) B
The Exterminating Angel (1962) B+
Follow That Dream (1962) C
The Four Days of Naples (1962) B
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) B-
Freud (1962) B-
Gay Purr-ee  (1962) B-
Gigot (1962) B-
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962) C
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) C+
Gypsy (1962) B+
Hatari! (1962)
Hell is for Heroes (1962) B-
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) C
Hitler (1962) C
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) C+
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) B-
The Interns (1962) C
I Thank a Fool (1962) C-
It's Only Money (1962) C+
Ivan's Childhood (1962) B+
Jack the Giant Killer (1962) B-
Jules and Jim (1962) A
Kid Galahad (1962) C
La Jetée (1962) A-
Last Year at Marienbad (1962) B
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) A
L'eclisse (1962) B+
Light in the Piazza (1962) B+
The Lion (1962) C
Lolita (1962) A-
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) B+
Lonely are the Brave (1962) B+
Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) B
The Longest Day (1962) A-
Mafioso (1962) B
Mamma Roma (1962) B-
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) A-
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) A-
The Manster (1962) C+
Merrill's Marauders (1962) B-
The Miracle Worker (1962) A-
Mothra (1962) C+
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) B
Murder She Said (1962) B
The Music Man (1962) A-
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) B+
My Geisha (1962) B-
My Life to Live (1962) B+
The Notorious Landlady (1962) B-
Only Two Can Play (1962) C+
Panic in Year Zero! (1962) B-
Period of Adjustment (1962) B-
Phaedra (1962) C+
The Phantom of the Opera (1962) C
The Pigeon that Took Rome (1962) C
Premature Burial (1962) B-
Pressure Point (1962) C+
The Reluctant Saint (1962) C-
Reptilicus (1962) D
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) B
Ride the High Country (1962) B-
The Road to Hong Kong (1962) B-
Rome Adventure (1962) B-
Sanjuro (1962) B
Satan Never Sleeps (1962) C
The Scarface Mob (1962) C+
Sergeants 3 (1962) C+
State Fair (1962) C-
Sundays and Cybele (1962) B+
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Tales of Terror (1962) B-
Taras Bulba (1962)
Tender is the Night (1962) C-
That Touch of Mink (1962) B-
The 300 Spartans (1962) C-
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) A+
Tower of London (1962) C
The Trial (1962) B-
Trial and Error (1962) B-
Two for the Seesaw (1962) B+
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) C
Uncle Vanya (1962) B
A Very Private Affair (1962) C+
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) B-
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) C
War Hunt (1962) B-
The War Lover (1962) C
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) A-
Who's Got the Action? (1962) C+
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) B-

(September 2011 - April 2012 - 118 Films Seen)

Top Ten - Dr. No, Jules and Jim, La Jetée, Lawrence of Arabia, Lolita, The Longest Day, The Manchurian Candidate, The Miracle Worker, To Kill a Mockingbird, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1961

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) B
Ada (1961) C
All in a Night's Work (1961) C+
Angel Baby (1961) C+
Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961) C-
Babes in Toyland (1961) C+
Bachelor in Paradise (1961) C+
Back Street (1961) C+
Ballad of a Soldier (1961) B+
The Big Show (1961) C-
Blast of Silence (1961) B-
Blue Hawaii (1961) C+
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) A-
Bridge to the Sun (1961) C
By Love Possessed (1961) C+
The Children's Hour (1961) B
Claudelle Inglish (1961) C-
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) C-
The Comancheros (1961) B-
Come September (1961) C+
Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) D+
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) C-
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) B-
The Deadly Companions (1961) C
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) C
Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) C+
El Cid (1961) B
The Errand Boy (1961) C+
The Explosive Generation (1961) C
Fanny (1961) B
Flower Drum Song (1961) B-
Francis of Assisi (1961) C
General Della Rovere (1961) B
Go Naked in the World (1961) C
Goodbye Again (1961) B-
The Guns of Navarone (1961) A
Hey, Let's Twist (1961) D+
Homicidal (1961) B-
The Honeymoon Machine (1961) C+
The Hoodlum Priest (1961) C
The Hustler (1961) A-
The Innocents (1961) B+
Il Posto (1961) A-
Judgment at Nuremburg (1961) A
King of Kings (1961) B+
The Ladies Man (1961) C-
La Dolce Vita (1961) A-
La Notte (1961) A-
The Last Sunset (1961) C+
Loss of Innocence (1961) C-
Lover Come Back (1961) B
A Majority of One (1961) B-
The Mark (1961) B
The Mask (1961) D+
Master of the World (1961) C
Mein Kampf (1961) C+
The Millionairess (1961) C
The Misfits (1961) B
Mr. Sardonicus (1961) B-
Mysterious Island (1961) C+
The Naked Edge (1961) C
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) B-
101 Dalmatians (1961) B+
One, Two, Three (1961) B+
On the Double (1961) B-
The Outsider (1961) C
The Parent Trap (1961) B
Paris Blues (1961) B
Parrish (1961) C-
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) B-
The Pleasure of His Company (1961) B-
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) B
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) B
Return to Peyton Place (1961) C-
Romanoff and Juliet (1961) C
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) B-
Salvatore Giuliano (1961) C+
Sanctuary (1961) C-
Scream of Fear (1961) B
The Second Time Around (1961) C
The Sky Above, the Mud Below (1961) C
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961) C-
Something Wild (1961) C
Splendor in the Grass (1961) B+
Summer and Smoke (1961) B
Susan Slade (1961) B-
Through a Glass Darkly (1961) B-
Too Late Blues (1961) C
Town Without Pity (1961) C
Twist Around the Clock (1961) C
Two Loves (1961) C-
Two Rode Together (1961) C+
Two Women (1961) B+
Underworld U.S.A. (1961) C+
Victim (1961) B-
Viridiana (1961) B-
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) C+
West Side Story (1961) A
Where the Boys Are (1961) B-
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) B-
Wild in the Country (1961) C+
A Woman is a Woman (1961) B
Yojimbo (1961) A-
The Young Doctors (1961) B-
The Young Savages (1961) C+

(October 2010 - August 2011) A healthy mix of foreign and domestic films in my Top 10 is a great indication of how the year played out. More quality films came out of this year, including the awesome trifecta of The Guns of Navarone, Judgment at Nuremberg, and West Side Story, all magnificent films. La Dolce Vita, La Notte, Il Posto, Two Women, and General Della Rovere proved that Italian films had a monopoly on international cinema. Breakfast at Tiffany's showcased the lovely Audrey Hepburn in one of her greatest roles, while The Hustler featured Paul Newman in a tough, real performance. Yojimbo is both familiar territory and a departure for Akira Kurosawa and it succeeds on a level of unique entertainment. One of the most pleasant surprises of the year is The Innocents, a spooky British chiller starring Deborah Kerr. Definitely worth checking out all of these films and several others.  

Top 10 - Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, Il Posto, The Innocents, Judgment at Nuremberg, La Dolce Vita, La Notte, West Side Story, Yojimbo

1960

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) C
The Alamo (1960) C+
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) C-
The Angry Silence (1960) C
The Apartment (1960) A-
Atom Age Vampire (1960) C
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) C+
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) D+
Because They’re Young (1960) C
The Bellboy (1960) C
Bells Are Ringing (1960) B
Black Sunday (1960) B-
The Bramble Bush (1960) C
Breathless (1960) A
A Breath of Scandal (1960) B-
The Brides of Dracula (1960) C+
Butterfield 8 (1960) C+
Can-Can (1960) C-
Cash McCall (1960) B-
Cimarron (1960) C+
Cinderfella (1960) C
Circus of Horrors (1960) C
Comanche Station (1960) C
Crack in the Mirror (1960) C
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) B-
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) C+
The Devil’s Eye (1960) B
Elmer Gantry (1960) B+
The Entertainer (1960) C+
Esther and the King (1960) D+
Exodus (1960) C+
Eyes without a Face (1960) A-
The Facts of Life (1960) C+
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) B-
Five Branded Women (1960) C
Flaming Star (1960) C+
From the Terrace (1960) B-
The Gallant Hours (1960) C
G.I. Blues (1960) C
The Grass is Greener (1960) B-
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) C-
Hell is a City (1960) C
High Time (1960) C+
Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1960) A
Home from the Hill (1960) C
Ice Cold in Alex (1960) C+
Ice Palace (1960) C
I’m All Right Jack (1960) C
Inherit the Wind (1960) B+
It Started in Naples (1960) C+
Kapo (1960) A-
Kidnapped (1960) C
The Last Voyage (1960) B-
L’Avventura (1960) A-
Late Autumn (1960) C+
The League of Gentlemen (1960) A-
The Leech Woman (1960) C+
Le Trou (1960) A-
Let’s Make Love (1960) C-
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) B
The Lost World (1960) C-
Macario (1960) C+
The Magnificent Seven (1960) A-
Make Mine Mink (1960) C
Man on a String (1960) C-
The Marriage-Go-Round (1960) C-
Midnight Lace (1960) B
Murder Inc. (1960) C
Never on Sunday  (1960) A-
Night of the Ghouls (1960) D
North to Alaska (1960) C
Ocean’s 11 (1960) B-
Once More, With Feeling (1960) C+
Oscar Wilde (1960) B-
Our Man in Havana (1960) B-
Peeping Tom (1960) A-
Pepe (1960) D+
Peter Pan (TV) (1960) B+
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960) C+
Pollyanna (1960) B-
Portrait in Black (1960)
Psycho (1960) A+
Purple Noon (1960) A-
The Rat Race (1960) C
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) C-
The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (1960) D
Rocco and His Brothers (1960) B-
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) B-
School for Scoundrels (1960) C-
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) C+
Seven Thieves (1960) C
Shoot the Piano Player (1960) B
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) C+
Song Without End (1960) C
Sons and Lovers (1960) B
Spartacus (1960) A
The Steamroller and the Violin (1960) B+
Stop! Look! And Laugh! (1960) C-
Strangers When We Meet (1960) C+
The Subterraneans (1960) C
The Sundowners (1960) B
Sunrise at Campobello (1960) C+
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) B+
Tall Story (1960) C+
The 3rd Voice (1960) C-
13 Ghosts (1960) C+
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) C
The Time Machine (1960) B-
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) C
Tunes of Glory (1960) B-
The Unforgiven (1960) B-
Village of the Damned (1960) B-
The Virgin Spring (1960) A-
Visit to a Small Planet (1960) C
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) C-
Wake Me When It’s Over (1960) C-
The Wasp Woman (1960) D+
Who Was That Lady? (1960) C-
Wild River (1960) B-
The World of Suzie Wong (1960) C+

(October 2009 - October 2010) A very busy personal life made this year take an actual year to complete. This year offered a record number of titles for me and my overall perception is that everything was pretty average. Foreign films really stood out as the most impressive, while Hitchcock's Psycho is clearly the must-see classic. I did observe how films have advanced a bit in terms of daring subject matter, particularly Peeping Tom, Elmer Gantry, and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Similarly, major advancements in filmmaking are evident in Breathless, which ushered in the French New Wave to American audiences and helped increase the popularity of international cinema in the states.  It's clear that movies are changing along with the times and I look forward to learning more as I progress through the 1960s.

Top 10 - Breathless, Hiroshima, Mon Amour, L'Avventura, The League of Gentlemen, Le Trou, Never on Sunday, Peeping Tom, Psycho, Spartacus, The Virgin Spring

1959

Al Capone (1959)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
The Alligator People (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Angry Hills (1959)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
The Bat (1959)
The Beat Generation (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Big Fisherman (1959)
The Black Orchid (1959)
Black Orpheus (1959)
Blue Denim (1959)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Career (1959)
Compulsion (1959)
Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)
The Devil’s Disciple (1959)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
A Doll’s House (TV) (1959)
Drunken Angel (1959)
The FBI Story (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
The Five Pennies (1959)
Flame over India (1959)
Floating Weeds (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
The Fugitive Kind (1959)
The Gazebo (1959)
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Gidget (1959)
Good Morning (1959)
Green Mansions (1959)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
Hercules (1959)
A Hole in the Head (1959)
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Imitation of Life (1959)
It Happened to Jane (1959)
It Started With a Kiss (1959)
John Paul Jones (1959)
The Journey (1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
The Killer Shrews (1959)
The Last Angry Man (1959)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1959)
Libel (1959)
Li’l Abner (1959)
The Lovers (1959)
The Magician (1959)
The Man in the Net (1959)
The Mating Game (1959)
Middle of the Night (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
Never So Few (1959)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Nun’s Story (1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
On the Beach (1959)
Operation Petticoat (1959)
The Perfect Furlough (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
The Rabbit Trap (1959)
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959)
Return of the Fly (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Room at the Top (1959)
Sapphire (1959)
The Savage Innocents (1959)
Say One for Me (1959)
The Scapegoat (1959)
Season of Passion (1959)
Shadows (1959)
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
The Story on Page One (1959)
Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
A Summer Place (1959)
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959)
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Tempest (1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
Terror is a Man (1959)
That Kind of Woman (1959)
These Thousand Hills (1959)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
This Earth is Mine (1959)
The Tingler (1959)
A Touch of Larceny (1959)
Up Periscope (1959)
Verboten! (1959)
Warlock (1959)
Westbound (1959)
When Comedy Was King (1959)
Wild Strawberries (1959)
The World of Apu (1959)
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil (1959)
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
The Young Land (1959)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)

(July 2009 - October 2009) There are at least 20 solidly entertaining movies from this year. Again, foreign films stand out with The 400 Blows, Wild Strawberries, and The Lovers represented in my top 10 list. North by Northwest and Some Like it Hot are my two favorite movies of the year and they are equally wonderful. It's hard to pick which of the two is the best. I want to make a point to mention movies like The Best of Everything, A Bucket of Blood, and The Tingler, each of which I found to be a lot of fun to watch, but not exactly masterpieces. I find it hard to believe that the 1950s have come to an end. The number of movies that I watch keeps rising with each passing year. The French New Wave is just beginning to seep into mainstream America and the Hollywood studio system is declining. All of this makes my movie-watching experience/addiction so much more entertaining. Bring on the 1960s!

Top 10 - Anatomy of a Murder, Ben-Hur, The 400 Blows, The Lovers, North by Northwest, Rio Bravo, Sleeping Beauty, Some Like it Hot, Suddenly, Last Summer, Wild Strawberries

1958

Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Auntie Mame (1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Bell, Book, and Candle (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Bitter Victory (1958)
The Blob (1958)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
The Bravados (1958)
Brink of Life (1958)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Buccaneer (1958)
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A Certain Smile (1958)
The Chaplin Revue (1958)
The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
Cop Hater (1958)
Cowboy (1958)
The Cranes are Flying (1958)
Cry Terror! (1958)
Damn Yankees (1958)
The Days of Wine and Roses (TV) (1958)
The Decks Ran Red (1958)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
Doctor's Dilemma (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Dunkirk (1958)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
The Fly (1958)
Frankenstein – 1970 (1958)
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
The Geisha Boy (1958)
Gigi (1958)
The Goddess (1958)
God's Little Acre (1958)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1958)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
High School Confidential (1958)
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Hot Spell (1958)
Houseboat (1958)
House on Haunted Hill (1958)
I Accuse! (1958)
I Bury the Living (1958)
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Indiscreet (1958)
In Love and War (1958)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Jalshagar (Music Room) (1958)
The Key (1958)
King Creole (1958)
Kings Go Forth (1958)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Left-Handed Gun (1958)
Lonelyhearts (1958)
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
Man of the West (1958)
Mardi Gras (1958)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
The Matchmaker (1958)
Merry Andrew (1958)
Mon Oncle (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
The Naked and the Dead (1958)
Night of the Demon (1958)
A Night to Remember (1958)
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Nowhere to Go (1958)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Queen of Outer Space (1958)
The Quiet American (1958)
The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
The Restless Years (1958)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Separate Tables (1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The Sheepman (1958)
Some Came Running (1958)
South Pacific (1958)
The Tarnished Angels (1958)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
This Happy Feeling (1958)
Thunder Road (1958)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Tom Thumb (1958)
Torpedo Run (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
White Wilderness (1958)
The Young Lions (1958)

(May 2009 - July 2009) - As I progress with my adventure, I become more and more fascinated by foreign films. Often, films of France, Italy, and Japan completely overshadow the majority of the American films that I watch. It's evident that I'm entering and era when foreign films and foreign directors began to gain popularity in America. My favorite American movies of 1958 are incredible examples of two genius filmmakers at the tops of their respective games. Hitchcock's Vertigo and Welles' Touch of Evil are hard to beat when you look at the rest of the releases this year. I'm not positive which I liked better. I shouldn't discount the rest of the year's offerings. Admittedly, it was hard to develop a top ten list, with so many fun movies to choose from.

Top Ten - Ashes and Diamonds, Big Deal on Madonna Street, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Cranes are Flying, The Defiant Ones, The Hidden Fortress, Mon Oncle, A Night to Remember, Touch of Evil, Vertigo

1957

Abandon Ship (1957)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Across the Bridge (1957)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
All Mine to Give (1957)
And God Created Woman (1957)
Aparajito (1957)
April Love (1957)
The Bachelor Party (1957)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Beau James (1957)
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
China Gate (1957)
The Colditz Story (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
Designing Woman (1957)
Desk Set (1957)
Edge of the City (1957)
The Enemy Below (1957)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Funny Face (1957)
The Girl Most Likely (1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1957)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Invitation to the Dance (1957)
Island in the Sun (1957)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Jamboree! (1957)
The James Dean Story (1957)
Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Jet Pilot (1957)
Johnny Tremain (1957)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
Kill Her Gently (1957)
A King in New York (1957)
Kiss Them for Me (1957)
Kronos (1957)
The Land Unknown (1957)
Legend of the Lost (1957)
Le Notti Bianche (White Nights) (1957)
Les Girls (1957)
Lizzie (1957)
The Lonely Man (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Loving You (1957)
The Lower Depths (1957)
A Man Escaped (1957)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Man on Fire (1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
The Midnight Story (1957)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Mother India (1957)
Mr. Rock and Roll (1957)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
Night Ambush (1957)
Night Passage (1957)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
No Down Payment (1957)
Oedipus Rex (1957)
Old Yeller (1957)
Omar Khayyam (1957)
The Pajama Game (1957)
Pal Joey (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Peyton Place (1957)
Plunder Road (1957)
Portland Expose (1957)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Pursuit of the Graf Spree (1957)
Raintree County (1957)
Reform School Girl (1957)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1957)
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
The River's Edge (1957)
Rodan (1957)
Run of the Arrow (1957)
Saint Joan (1957)
Sayonara (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The She-Creature (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Something of Value (1957)
Sorority Girl (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
The Strange One (1957)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Tall T (1957)
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
Teenage Monster (1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Throne of Blood (1957)
Time Limit (1957)
The Tin Star (1957)
Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
The Undead (1957)
Until They Sail (1957)
The Vampire (1957)
Wild is the Wind (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Wrong Man (1957)
The Young Stranger (1957)
Your Past is Showing (1957)
Zero Hour! (1957)

(February 2009 - May 2009) - Another very good year with foreign films really soaring. Ray's Aparajto, the second film in the Apu Trilogy is incredibly emotional. Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, a samurai version of Macbeth, is stunning to watch. Bergman's The Seventh Seal is a masterpiece of film that commands your viewing. American films were just as impressive with Witness for the Prosecution and 12 Angry Men competing for my favorite film of the year. I'd give the edge to 12 Angry Men for its dramatic excellence and social importance.

Top 10 -- Aparajito, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Nights of Cabiria, Paths of Glory, Peyton Place, The Seventh Seal, Throne of Blood, 12 Angry Men, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Witness for the Prosecution