Films From Year

Ranking Alphabetical Release

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Films

North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock

The 400 Blows
Les quatre cents coups François Truffaut

Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger

Rio Bravo Howard Hawks

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Films

Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder

The Young Philadelphians Vincent Sherman

Darby O'Gill and the Little People Robert Stevenson

Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk

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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