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1955 -- 1956 -- 1957 -- 1958

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1960 -- 1961 -- 1962 -- 1963

Ranking

My Picks

Limbo

-- #4. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais) -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder (Preminger) -- #18 * Fires on the Plains (Ichikawa) -- #20. * Ballad of a Soldier (Chukhray) -- #39. * Pillow Talk (Gordon) -- #46. * The Nun's Story (Zinnemann)

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

• 50 Top Films of 1959

-- #1. The 400 Blows -- #2. North by Northwest -- #3. Some Like It Hot -- #6. Rio Bravo -- #9. Sleeping Beauty -- #11. Ben-Hur -- #12. Black Orpheus -- #13. Imitation of Life -- #21. Suddenly, Last Summer -- #23. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) -- #31. General Della Rovere -- #33. The Great War -- #43. Room at the Top

-- #4. Hiroshima Mon Amour -- #5. Pickpocket -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- #10. Good Morning -- #14. The World of Apu -- #15. Floating Weeds -- #16. The Human Condition -- #17. Window Water baby Moving -- #18. Fires on the Plain -- #19. Nazarin -- #20. Ballad of a Soldier -- #24. House of the Haunted Hill ? -- #25. Les cousins -- #32. Araya -- #39. Pillow Talk -- #46. The Nun's Story -- #49. Time Stood Still -- #50. Kapo'

Oscar, Best Films

-- Ben-Hur -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- The Diary of Anne Frank -- The Nun's Story -- Room at the Top -- Some Like It Hot -- Black Orpheus (France)

Top Grossing Films

-- Spartacus -- Psycho -- Exodus -- Swiss Family Robinson -- The Alamo -- The World of Suzie Wong -- Butterfield 8 -- The Apartment -- Ocean's 11 -- From the Terrace

National Board of Review

-- The Nun's Story -- Ben-Hur -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- The Diary of Anne Frank -- Middle of the Night -- The Man Who Understood Women -- Some Like It Hot -- Suddenly, Last Summer -- On the Beach -- North by Northwest

National Film Registry

-- Anatomy of a Murder -- Ben-Hur -- The Cry of Jazz <doc> -- Imitation of Life -- Jazz on a Summer's Day <doc> -- North by Northwest -- Pillow Talk -- Porgy and Bess -- Pull My Daisy <short> -- Rio Bravo -- Shadows -- Sleeping Beauty -- Some Like It Hot

American Film Institute

-- North by Northwest -- Some Like It Hot -- Ben-Hur

NYT, Best Films

-- The Cousins -- Imitation of Life -- Some Like It Hot -- The World of Apu -- The 400 Blows -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- Black Orpheus -- Look Back in Anger -- The Nun's Story -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- North by Northwest -- I'm All Right Jack -- Il Generale Della Rovere -- Les liaisons dangereuses -- Pillow Talk -- Ben-Hur -- On the Beach -- Suddenly, Last Summer

TSPDT, Best Films

-- The 400 Blows -- Some Like It Hot -- Rio Bravo -- North by Northwest -- Imitation of Life -- Ben-Hur -- Black Orpheus

-- Pickpocket -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- The World of Apu -- Shadows -- Kaagaz Ke Phool -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- Good Morning -- Floating Weeds

Top10ner, Best Films

-- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love -- Rio Bravo -- Imitation of Life -- Some Like It Hot -- Apur Sansar -- The 400 Blows -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- North by Northwest -- Floating Weeds -- Ben-Hur -- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity -- Ballad of a Soldier -- Pickpocket

Film101, Best Films

-- The 400 Blows -- Some Like It Hot -- The World of Apu -- North by Northwest -- Ben-Hur -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- Rio Bravo -- Pickpocket -- Room at the Top -- Imitation of Life -- Floating Weeds -- Shadows -- The Nun's Story -- Black Orpheus -- I'm All Right, Jack

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- Shadows

ChildActors, Best Films

-- The 400 Blows (France) -- Die Brücke (West Germany) -- Fate of a Man (URSS) -- The Diary of Anne Frank -- Tiger Bay (UK) -- Imitation of Life

-- A Dog of Flanders -- The Shaggy Dog

-- The Child and the Killer (UK) -- Dagli Appennini alle Ande (Italy) -- A Dog's Best Friend -- Far til fire på Bornholm / Father of Four on Bornholm (Denmark) -- Le grand chef (France) -- A Hole in the Head -- King of the Wild Stallions -- El Lazarillo de Tormes (Italy, Spain) -- The Little Savage -- Ohayô [Good Morning] (Japan) -- Paw / Boy of Two Worlds (Denmark) -- The Sad Horse

-- The Betty Hutton Show (TV series) -- Dennis the Menace (TV series) -- Laramie (TV series) -- The Twilight Zone (TV series)

Best International Films

{Brazil} -- Black Orpheus / Orfeu negro (Oscar)

{France} -- The 400 Blows -- Hiroshima Mon Amour -- Pickpocket

{Germany} -- Die Brücke / The Bridge

{Italy} -- Il generale Della Rovere -- La grande guerra -- Arrangiatevi / You're on Your Own -- I magliari / The Swindlers

{Japan} -- Floating Weeds -- Fires on the Plain -- Good Morning -- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love -- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

{Russian} -- Ballad of a Soldier