1963 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1963. Top 30 & many honorables.

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                MATANGO

30. [ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE]

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29.                    HUD

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                IT'S A MAD MAD

28.  MAD MAD WORLD

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                  YESTERDAY, 

27.TODAY, & TOMORROW

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26.        THIS SPORTING LIFE

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25.               BILLY LIAR

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24.                CHARADE

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23.        LORD OF THE FLIES

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22.         A CHILD IS WAITING

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21.                 IL POSTO

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20.                SANJURO

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19.        SUZANNE'S CAREER

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18.            HIGH AND LOW

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17.        KNIFE IN THE WATER

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                  THE BAKERY

16. GIRL OF MONCEAU

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15.         AMERICA AMERICA

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14.            THE HAUNTING

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13.              VIDAS SECAS

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12.               THE TRIAL

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            THE HOUSE IS BLACK

11.          خانه سیاه است

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10.              TEEN KANYA

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9.           IVAN'S CHILDHOOD

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8.               THE LEOPARD

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7.                 8 1/2

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6.          THE GREAT ESCAPE

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5.                 THE BIRDS

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                WHEN A WOMAN

4.ASCENDS THE STAIRS

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3.                PICKPOCKET

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2.            SHOCK CORRIDOR

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1.               VIVRE SA VIE

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '63 I loved that could've ranked)

THE CRITIC

YOUTH OF THE BEAST

IL DEMONIO [THE DEMON]

WINTER LIGHT

IL SORPASSO

MY SON, THE HERO

[LOS HERMANOS DEL HIERRO]

IRMA LA DOUCE

BERGMAN MAKES A MOVIE

MOTHLIGHT

SUNDAYS AND CYBÉLE

THE BAD SLEEP WELL

PIGS AND BATTLESHIPS

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

X:

THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES

WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?

THE THRILL OF IT ALL

THE MUSIC ROOM

HOW THE WEST WAS WON

RENAISSANCE

LILIES OF THE FIELD

CHŪSHINGURA: 47 RONIN

忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻

THE RAVEN

*****

1963

TOP 30

1. MY LIFE TO LIVE (Godard)
2. SHOCK CORRIDOR (Fuller) 
3. PICKPOCKET (Bresson) 
4. WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS (Naruse) 
5. THE BIRDS (Hitchcock)
6. THE GREAT ESCAPE (John Sturges) 
7. 8 1/2 (Fellini) 
8. THE LEOPARD (Visconti) 
9. IVAN'S CHILDHOOD (Tarkovsky) 
10. TEEN KANYA (Satyajit Ray) 
11. HOUSE IS BLACK (Forugh Farrokhzad) 
12. THE TRIAL (Welles) 
13. VIDAS SECAS (Pereira dos Santos) 
14. THE HAUNTING (Wise) 
15. AMERICA AMERICA (Kazan) 
16. BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU (Rohmer) 
17. KNIFE IN THE WATER (Polanski) 
18. HIGH AND LOW (Kurosawa) 
19. SUZANNE'S CAREER (Rohmer) 
20. SANJURO (Kurosawa) 
21. IL POSTO (Olmi) 
22. A CHILD IS WAITING (Cassavetes) 
23. LORD OF THE FLIES (Peter Brook) 
24. CHARADE (Donen) 
25. BILLY LIAR (Schlesinger) 
26. THIS SPORTING LIFE (Lindsay Anderson) 
27. YESTERDAY TODAY AND TOMORROW (De Sica) 
28. IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD (Kramer) 
29. HUD (Ritt) 
30. MATANGO (Honda)

RUNNER UP

THE CRITIC (Pintoff), YOUTH OF THE BEAST (Seijun Suzuki), THE DEMON (Rondi), WINTER LIGHT (Bergman), IL SORPASSO (Dino Risi), LOS HERMANOS DEL HIERRO (Ismael Rodríguez), IRMA LA DOUCE (Wilder), BERGMAN MAKES A MOVIE (Sjöman), MOTHLIGHT (Brakhage), SUNDAYS AND CYBÉLE (Bourguignon), BAD SLEEP WELL (Kurosawa), PIGS & BATTLESHIPS (Imamura), JASON & THE ARGONAUTS (Chaffey), X: MAN WITH X-RAY EYES (Corman), WHO'S MINDING THE STORE? (Tashlin), THE THRILL OF IT ALL (Jewison), MUSIC ROOM (Satyajit Ray), HOW WEST WAS WON (lots of dudes), RENAISSANCE (Borowczyk), LILIES OF THE FIELD (Ralph Nelson), 47 SAMURAI (Hiroshi Inagaki), THE RAVEN (Corman)