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3. Some Like It Hot (Wilder)

1955 -- 1956 -- 1957 -- 1958

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1960 -- 1961 -- 1962 -- 1963

2. North by Northwest (Hitchcock)

Operation Petticoat (Edwards)

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  Fate of a Man (Bondarchuk)

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  12. Black Orpheus (Camus)

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  42. Room at the Top (Clayton)

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  Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (Delannoy)

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  9. Sleeping Beauty (Disney)

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  Compulsion
  (Fleisher)

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  The Facts of Murder (Germi)

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  7. Rio Bravo
  (Hawks)

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  21. Suddenly, Last Summer (Mankiewicz)

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  33. The Great War (Monicelli)

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  Floating Weeds
  (Ozu)

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  31. General Della Rovere (Rossellini)

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  13. Imitation of Life (Sirk)

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  The Overtaxed
  (Steno)

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  The Diary of Anne Frank (Stevens)

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  Tiger Bay
  (Thompson)

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  1. The 400 Blows (Truffaut)

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  Ask Any Girl
  (Walters)

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  The Bridge
  (Wicki)

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  11. Ben-Hur
  (Wyler)

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  The Twilight Zone (I) (TV series)

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  The Rifleman (II)
  (TV series)

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Notable Mention

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  4. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais)

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  5. Pickpocket
  (Bresson)

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  6. Shadows (Cassavetes)

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  8. Anatomy of a Murder (Preminger)

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  18. Fires on the Plains (Ichikawa)

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  20. Ballad of a Soldier (Chukhray)

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  39. Pillow Talk
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  46. The Nun's Story (Zinnemann)

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Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. The 400 Blows -- #2. North by Northwest -- #3. Some Like It Hot -- #4. Hiroshima Mon Amour -- #5. Pickpocket (Bresson) -- #6. Shadows (Cassavetes) -- #7. Rio Bravo -- #8. Anatomy of a Murder -- #9. Sleeping Beauty -- #10. Good Morning

-- #11. Ben-Hur -- #12. Black Orpheus -- #13. Imitation of Life -- #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

-- #21. Suddenly, Last Summer -- #22. All the Boys Are Called Patrick (Godard) -- #23. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) -- #24. House of the Haunted Hill ? -- #25. Les cousins -- #26. The Astronauts -- #27. Cat's Cradle -- #28. Night Train -- #29. A Bucket of Blood -- #30. Ride Lonesome

-- #31. General Della Rovere -- #32. Araya -- #33. The Great War -- #34. Look Back in Anger -- #35. Wedlock House: An Intercourse -- #36. India: Matro Bhumi -- #37. The Tiger of Eschnapur -- #38. Day of the Outlaw -- #39. Pillow Talk

-- #40. The Tingler -- #41. Pull My Daisy -- #42. Room at the Top -- #43. Violent Summer -- #44. The Lamp -- #45. The Indian Tomb -- #46. The Nun's Story -- #47. When Angels Fall -- #48. The Crimson Kimono -- #49. Time Stood Still -- #50. Kapo'

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. North by Northwest -- @2. The 400 Blows -- @3. Anatomy of a Murder -- @4. Rio Bravo -- @5. Some Like It Hot -- @6. Hiroshima Mon Amour -- @7. Pickpocket -- @8. The Human Condition -- @9. Ben-Hur -- @10. Floating Weeds

-- @11. The World of Apu -- @12. House on Haunted Hill -- @13. Imitation of Life -- @14. Good Morning -- @15. Black Orpheus -- @16. The Human Condition II -- @17. Sleeping Beauty -- @18. On the Beach -- @19. Pillow Talk -- @20. Shadows

-- @21. The Hound of the Baskervilles -- @22. Ballad of a Soldier -- @23. Suddenly, Last Summer -- @24. Journey to the Center of the Earth -- @25. The Mummy -- @26. The Diary of Anne Frank -- @27. Operation Petticoat -- @28. Compulsion -- @29. Fires on the Plain -- @30. The Horse Soldiers

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1959)

-- =1. Anatomy of a Murder -- =2. Ben-Hur -- =3. The Diary of Anne Frank -- =4. The Nun's Story -- =5. Pillow Talk -- =6. North by Northwest -- =7. Room at the Top -- =8. Some Like it Hot -- =9. Compulsion -- =10. Suddenly, Last Summer

-- =11. Operation Petticoat -- =12. A Hole in the Head -- =13. The FBI Story -- =14. The Mouse That Roared -- =15. The Big Fisherman -- =16. Middle of the Night -- =17. A Summer Place -- =18. Imitation of Life (1959) -- =19. The Shaggy Dog -- =20. The Sound and the Fury -- =21. But Not For Me -- =22. Rio Bravo -- =23. The Hanging Tree -- =24. Career -- =25. This Earth is Mine -- =26. Darby O'Gill and the Little People -- =27. The Devil's Disciple -- =28. Sapphire -- =29. It Started With a Kiss -- =30. Third Man on the Mountain

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