Category:1957, Top Films

1953 -- 1954 -- 1955 -- 1956

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1958 -- 1959 -- 1960 -- 1961

Ranking

Limbo

-- #7. The Bridge on the River Kwai <Best Picture> -- #10. Sweet Smell of Success -- #19. An Affair to Remember -- #24. <Love in the Afternoon> -- #28. <A King in New York>

Critical Reception

-- #1. The Seventh Seal -- #2. 12 Angry Men -- #3. Wild Strawberries -- #4. Paths of Glory -- #5. Nights of Cabiria -- #6. Throne of Blood -- #11. Witness for the Prosecution -- #18. Night of the Demon -- #20. 3:10 to Yuma -- #21. The Incredible Shrinking Man

-- #7. The Bridge on the River Kwai -- #8. The Cranes Are Flying -- #9. What's Opera, Doc? <short> -- #10. Sweet Smell of Success -- #12. Le notti bianche -- #13. A Face in the Crowd -- #14. Tokyo Twilight -- #15. Kanal -- #16. Il grido -- #17. Funny Face -- #19. An Affair to Remember -- #24. <Love in the Afternoon> -- #28. <A King in New York> -- #50. The Tin Star

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1957)

-- @1. The Bridge on the River Kwai -- @2. Witness for the Prosecution -- @3. Sayonara -- @4. 12 Angry Men -- @5. Peyton Place -- @6. A Hatful of Rain -- @7. A Farewell to Arms -- @8. Les Girls -- @9. A Face in the Crowd -- @10. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

-- @11. Don't Go Near the Water -- @12. The Pajama Game -- @13. Love in the Afternoon -- @14. Raintree County -- @15. Pal Joey -- @16. The Spirit of St. Louis -- @17. The Great Man -- @18. Man of a Thousand Faces -- @19. Funny Face -- @20. The Sun Also Rises -- @21. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral -- @22. Operation Mad Ball -- @23. Old Yeller -- @24. Time Limit -- @25. The Joker is Wild -- @26. Tammy and the Bachelor -- @27. Designing Woman -- @28. The Enemy Below -- @29. Silk Stockings -- @30. The Prince and the Showgirl

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Bridge on the River Kwai -- 12 Angry Men -- Peyton Place -- Sayonara -- Witness for the Prosecution -- Nights of Cabiria (Italy)

Top Grossing Films

-- The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Peyton Place -- Sayonara -- Search for Paradise -- Old Yeller -- Raintree County -- Island in the Sun -- A Farewell to Arms -- Pal Joey -- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral -- Don't Go Near the Water

National Board of Review

-- The Bridge on the River Kwai -- 12 Angry Men -- The Spirit of St. Louis -- The Rising of the Moon -- Albert Schweitzer -- Funny Face -- The Bachelor Party -- The Enemy Below -- A Hatful of Rain -- A Farewell to Arms

National Film Registry

-- 3:10 to Yuma -- 12 Angry Men -- The Incredible Shrinking Man -- <The Bridge on the River Kwai> -- A Face in the Crowd -- Glimpse of the Garden <short> -- The Hunters <doc> -- Jailhouse Rock -- Let's All Go to the Lobby <short> -- <Old Yeller> -- On the Bowery <doc> -- Paths of Glory -- <Sweet Smell of Success> -- The Tall T -- What's Opera, Doc? <short> -- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

American Film Institute

-- <The Bridge on the River Kwai>

NYT, Best Films

-- Throne of Blood -- The Seventh Seal -- 12 Angry Men -- Paths of Glory -- Wild Strawberries

-- <Love in the Afternoon> -- <Sweet Smell of Success> -- <The Bridge on the River Kwai> -- The Cranes Are Flying

-- Funny Face -- A Face in the Crowd -- Silk Stocking -- A Hatful of Rain -- Jailhouse Rock -- Sayonara

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Wild Strawberries -- The Seventh Seal -- Nights of Cabiria -- Paths of Glory -- Throne of Blood -- 12 Angry Men -- Night of the Demon -- The Incredible Shrinking Man

-- <Sweet Smell of Success> -- <The Bridge on the River Kwai -- <An Affair to Remember> -- The Cranes Are Flying

-- Pyaasa -- Il Grido -- Mother India

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Throne of Blood -- The Seventh Seal -- 12 Angry Men -- Nights of Cabiria -- Paths of Glory -- Witness for the Prosecution -- Wild Strawberries

-- <The Bridge on the River Kwai> -- A Face in the Crowd -- <Sweet Smell of Success> -- The Cranes Are Flying

Film101, Best Films

-- The Seventh Seal -- Paths of Glory -- 12 Angry Men -- Throne of Blood -- Wild Strawberries -- Nights of Cabiria -- Witness for the Prosecution -- The Incredible Shrinking Man

-- The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Sweet Smell of Success -- A Face in the Crowd -- Funny Face -- The Cranes Are Flying -- Sayonara -- Mother India

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #2. 12 Angry Men -- #11. Witness for the Prosecution -- #5. Nights of Cabiria -- Old Yeller -- Desk Set

ChildActors, Best Films

-- All Mine to Give -- The Happy Road (France)

-- La finestra sul Luna Park (Italy) -- <Old Yeller> -- The Tin Star

-- Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn AKA The Man Who Wagged His Tail (Italy, Spain) -- Dangerous Exile (UK) -- Escapade in Japan -- Five Clues to Fortune (UK) -- Gun Duel in Durango AKA The Last Gun in Durango -- Honzíkova cesta (Czechoslovakia) -- The Invisible Boy -- Kalle wird Bürgermeister (West Germany) -- Kleiner Mann - ganz groß (West Germany) -- El Maestro (Italy, Spain) -- Man Afraid -- Saeta del ruiseñor (Spain) -- The Scamp AKA Strange Affection (UK) -- Slim Carter -- Tinko (East Germany) -- Vater sein dagegen sehr (West Germany)

-- The Adventures of Clint and Mac (TV series) -- Casey Jones (TV series) -- Leave It to Beaver (TV series) -- The Real McCoys (TV series)