1964 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1964. Top 30 & many honorables.

30.  THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY

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29.

ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS

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28.       CHEYENNE AUTUMN

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27.            DRY SUMMER

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26.  THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI

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25.      SALVATORE GIULIANO

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          THE LITTLE PRINCE &

24. THE EIGHT HEADED DRAGON

23. THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA

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22.SEDUCED AND ABANDONED

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                       HUSH...

21. HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE

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20.          GATE OF FLESH

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19.   AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON

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                 THE MASQUE 

18.OF THE RED DEATH

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17. THE

   UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

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                     HARAKIRI

16.    切腹  [SEPPUKU]

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15.                  LE TROU

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14.               SEVEN UP!

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13.               CONTEMPT

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12.          THE ORGANIZER

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11.   DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID

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                DOG STAR MAN
10.       PRELUDE, I, II, III, & IV

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9.        A HARD DAYS NIGHT

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8.            BLACK SABBATH

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7.                    MARNIE

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6.            THE NAKED KISS

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5.              THE SERVANT

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4.       A WOMAN IS A WOMAN

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3.       I AM CUBA [SOY CUBA]

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2.       WOMAN IN THE DUNES

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             DR. STRANGELOVE

    OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP
1. WORRYING & LOVE THE BOMB

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles of '64 I loved that could've placed)

NOTHING BUT A MAN

21-87

BAY OF ANGELS

HANDS OVER THE CITY

THE FIANCES

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MAFIOSO

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KING & COUNTRY

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GOLDFINGER

PALE FLOWER

THE FABULOUS

BARON MUNCHAUSEN

A SHOT IN THE DARK

LE DOULOS

SEVEN DAYS IN MAY

THE FALL 

OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

TOPKAPI

SCORPIO RISING

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

ZORBA THE GREEK

MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE

THE INSECT WOMAN

MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA

MARY POPPINS

NIGHTMARE

THE SILENCE

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH

THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

[Italian Cut]

SEND ME NO FLOWERS

AT MIDNIGHT 

I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL

LOVE MEETINGS

KAPÒ

THE THIEVING MAGPIE

[LA GAZZA LADRA]

THE PINK PANTHER

SAMPO

[THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE]

ZULU

CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED

THE SOFT SKIN

ICARUS XB 1

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN

****

1964

TOP 30

1. DR. STRANGELOVE (Kubrick)
2. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
3. I AM CUBA (Mikhail Kalatozov)
4. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Godard)
5. THE SERVANT (Losey)
6. THE NAKED KISS (Fuller)
7. MARNIE (Hitchcock)
8. BLACK SABBATH (Bava)
9. A HARD DAYS NIGHT (Lester)
10. DOG STAR MAN (Brakhage)
11. DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Bunuel)
12. THE ORGANIZER (Monicelli)
13. LE MÉPRIS (Godard)
14. SEVEN UP! (Almond)
15. THE HOLE (Becker)
16. HARAKIRI (Masaki Kobayashi)
17. UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Demy)
18. MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (Corman)
19. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (Ozu)
20. GATE OF FLESH (Suzuki)
21. HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (Aldrich)
22. SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (Germi)
23. NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (Huston)
24. LITTLE PRINCE & 8 HEADED DRAGON (Yugo Serikawa)
25. SALVATORE GIULIANO (Rosi)
26. THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (Hideo Gosha)
27. DRY SUMMER (Erksan)
28. CHEYENNE AUTUMN (Ford)
29. ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (Haskin)
30. DISORDERLY ORDERLY (Tashlin)

RUNNER UP

NOTHING BUT A MAN (Roemer), 21-87 (Lipsett), BAY OF ANGELS (Demy), HANDS OVER THE CITY (Rosi), THE FIANCES (Olmi), MAFIOSO (Lattuada), KING & COUNTRY (Losey), GOLDFINGER (Hamilton), PALE FLOWER (Shinoda), BARON PRÁŠIL (Zeman), SHOT IN THE DARK (Blake Edwards), THE FINGER MAN (Melville), SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (Frankenheimer), FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (A.Mann), TOPKAPI (Dassin), SCORPION RISING (Anger), FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (Young), ZORBA THE GREEK (Cacoyannis), MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE (De Sica), INSECT WOMAN (Imamura), MOTHRA VS GODZILLA (Ishiro Honda), MARY POPPINS (Stevenson), NIGHTMARE (F.Francis), THE SILENCE (Bergman), LAST MAN ON EARTH (Ragona/Salkow), GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Bava), SEND ME NO FLOWERS (Jewison), À MEIA-NOITE LEVAREI SUA ALMA (J.Mojica Marins), COMIZI D'AMORE (Pasolini), KAPÒ (Pontecorvo), LA GAZZA LADRA (Gianini/Luzzati), PINK PANTHER (Blake Edwards), SAMPO (Ptushko), ZULU (Endfield), CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED (Leader), THE SOFT SKIN (Truffaut), IKARIE XB1 (Polák), EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (Francis)