1955 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1955.. A top 25 and many honorables.

30.             TARANTULA

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              SUNDAY MORNING

29.     [NIEDZIELNY PORANEK]

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28.         TO CATCH A THIEF

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                   DEMENTIA:

27.   DAUGHTER OF HORROR

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26.          EAST OF EDEN

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25.             BATTLE CRY

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24.             SUMMERTIME

23.   THE DESPERATE HOURS

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22.   THE MAN FROM LARAMIE

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-tie-22.   THE FAR COUNTRY

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21.          THE BIG COMBO

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20.                MARTY

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19.          A GENERATION

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                  SAMURAI I:

18.MUSASHI MIYAMOTO

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                  SAMURAI II:

-tie-18.DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE

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    THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO:

17.    THE MOOR OF VENICE

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                    THE MAN 

16.     WITH THE GOLDEN ARM

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15.     THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

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14.   REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

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13.       JOURNEY TO ITALY

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12.              ÉL

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11.     SUMMER WITH MONIKA

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10.        THE ROSE TATTOO

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9.        SANSHO THE BAILIFF

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8.     BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK

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7.        M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY

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6.               DIABOLIQUE

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5.            KISS ME DEADLY

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4.         THE WAGES OF FEAR

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3.    ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS

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2.                   UGETSU

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1.   THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '55 I loved that almost placed)

ONE FROGGY EVENING

THE PHENIX CITY STORY

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

THE DAM BUSTERS

LADY AND THE TRAMP

HOUSE OF BAMBOO

ABBOTT &

COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY

KILLER'S KISS

WICHITA

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY

IT CAME 

FROM BENEATH THE SEA

SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT

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KARIUS AND BAKTUS

DEPUTY DROOPY

JOURNEY TO 

THE BEGINNING OF TIME

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1955
TOP 30

1. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Laughton)
2. UGETSU MONOGATARI (Kenji Mizoguchi)
3. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Sirk)
4. WAGES OF FEAR (Clouzot)
5. KISS ME DEADLY (Aldrich)
6. DIABOLIQUE (Clouzot)
7. M. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (Tati)
8. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (John Sturges)
9. SANSHO THE BAILIFF (Kenji Mizoguchi)
10. THE ROSE TATTOO (Daniel Mann)
11. SUMMER WITH MONIKA (Bergman)
12. ÉL (Bunuel)
13. VOYAGE TO ITALY (Rossellini)
14. OTHELLO (Welles)
15. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Nicholas Ray)
16. SEVEN YEAR ITCH (Wilder)
17. MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (Preminger)
18. SAMURAI I: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO (Inagaki)                  -tie- SAMURAI II: ICHIJOJI TEMPLE (Inagaki)
19. POKOLENIE (Wajda)
20. MARTY (Delbert Mann)
21. THE BIG COMBO (Joseph H. Lewis)
22. MAN FROM LARAMIE (Anthony Mann)                             -tie- THE FAR COUNTRY (A.Mann)
23. DESPERATE HOURS (Wyler)
24. SUMMERTIME (Lean)
25. BATTLE CRY (Walsh)
26. EAST OF EDEN (Kazan)
27. DEMENTIA (John Parker)
28. TO CATCH A THIEF (Hitchcock)
29. NIEDZIELNY PORANEK (Munk)
30. TARANTULA (Arnold)

HONORABLE:

ONE FROGGY EVENING (Chuck Jones), PHENIX CITY STORY (Karlson), BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (Richard Brooks), THE DAM BUSTERS (Michael Anderson), LADY AND THE TRAMP (Clyde Geronimi), HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Fuller), ABBOTT & COSTELLO MUMMY (Charles Lamont), KILLER'S KISS (Kubrick), WICHITA (Tourneur), THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (Hitchcock), IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA (R.Gordon), SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (Bergman), KARIUS OG BAKTUS (Ivo Caprino), DEPUTY DROOPY (Tex Avery), CESTA DO PRAVĚKU (Zeman)