1957 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1957. Top 30 & honorables.

25.        RUN OF THE ARROW

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24.           X THE UNKNOWN

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23.             3:10 TO YUMA

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22.              FUNNY FACE

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21.

GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL

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20.         RIO, ZONA NORTE

19.          MOTHER INDIA

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-tie-19.    PYAASA  प्यासा

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18.           WILL SUCCESS

  SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

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17.                 IL GRIDO

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16.  SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

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15.            12 ANGRY MEN

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14.               THE TALL T

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13.

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

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12.

  THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN

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               THE FORTY-FIRST 

11.    СОРОК ПЕРВЫЙ

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              THE INCREDIBLE 

10.   SHRINKING MAN

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9.               FORTY GUNS

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8.        A FACE IN THE CROWD

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7.             QUATERMASS II

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6.       WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?

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5.                     ORDET

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4.                 I VITELLONI

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3.            PATHS OF GLORY

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2.             A MAN ESCAPED

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1.          NIGHTS OF CABIRIA

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ALSO ESSENTIAL! NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '57 I loved that could've placed)




FEAR STRIKES OUT

A DANCER'S WORLD

CHINA GATE

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

PEYTON PLACE

DECISION AT SUNDOWN

MEN IN WAR

WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION

MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES

SILK STOCKINGS

THE WHITE REINDEER

TOCCATA FOR TOY TRAINS

MARS AND BEYOND

RODAN

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1957
TOP 25

1. NIGHTS OF CABIRIA (Fellini)
2. A MAN ESCAPED (Bresson)
3. PATHS OF GLORY (Kubrick)
4. I VITELLONI (Fellini)
5. THE WORD (Dreyer)
6. WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? (Chuck Jones)
7. QUATERMASS II (Val Guest)
8. FACE IN THE CROWD (Kazan)
9. FORTY GUNS (Fuller)
10. INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (Jack Arnold)
11. THE FORTY-FIRST (Grigoriy Chukhray)
12. CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Fisher)
13. BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Lean)
14. THE TALL T (Boetticher)
15. 12 ANGRY MEN (Lumet)
16. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Mackendrick)
17. IL GRIDO (Antonioni)
18. WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (Tashlin)
19. MOTHER INDIA (Mehboob Khan)                                         -tie- THIRSTY ONE (Guru Dutt)
20. RIO ZONA NORTE (N.P. dos Santos)
21. GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (John Sturges)
22. FUNNY FACE (Donen)
23. 3:10 TO YUMA (Hathaway)
24. X THE UNKNOWN (Leslie Norman)
25. RUN OF THE ARROW (Fuller)

honorable mention:

FEAR STRIKES OUT (Mulligan), A DANCER'S WORLD (Glushanok), CHINA GATE (Fuller), AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (McCarey), PEYTON PLACE (Robson), DECISION AT SUNDOWN (Boetticher), MEN IN WAR (Mann), WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (Wilder), MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES (Pevney), SILK STOCKINGS (Mamoulian), VALKOINEN PEURA (Blomberg), TOCCATA FOR TOY TRAINS (Charles & Ray Eames), MARS AND BEYOND (Kimball), RODAN (Honda)