1965 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1965. Top 30 & many honorables.








30.         A PATCH OF BLUE

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29.   RETURN FROM THE ASHES

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28.    STORY OF A PROSTITUTE

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27.        THE IPCRESS FILE

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26.         THE COLLECTOR

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25.

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

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24.          THE WAR GAME

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23.             ALPHAVILLE

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22.          GUIDE मार्गदर्शन देना

21.          WEST AND SODA

           

20.          FASTER,

   PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!

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19.                 DARLING

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18.            SAMURAI SPY

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                THE SPY WHO

16.  CAME IN FROM THE COLD

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15.                   HELP!

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14.      SWORD OF THE BEAST

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13.  THE WHIP AND THE BODY

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-tie-13. 

   BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

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12.                ONIBABA

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11.

THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX

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10.              CHARULATA

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9.   PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES

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8.     CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER

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7.   THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

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6.                 THE HILL

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5.                 KWAIDAN

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4.              RED DESERT

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3.                THE TRAIN

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2.      JULIET OF THE SPIRITS

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1.               REPULSION

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles of '65 I loved that could've placed)

 

 

BABY, THE RAIN MUST FALL

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

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THE JUMP [LE SAUT]

A MARRIED WOMAN

THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT

[Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie]

THE GORGON

THE PAWNBROKER

THE SATAN BUG

IN HARM'S WAY

THE KNACK... 

AND HOW TO GET IT

THE FAMILY JEWELS

THUNDERBALL

SANDS OF THE KALAHARI

CAT BALLOU

THE GREAT RACE

THE EXECUTIONER

VON RYAN'S EXPRESS

THE ELEANOR 

ROOSEVELT STORY 

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1965
TOP 30

1. REPULSION (Polanski)
2. JULIET OF THE SPIRITS (Fellini)
3. THE TRAIN (Frankenheimer)
4. RED DESERT (Antonioni)
5. KWAIDAN (Masaki Kobayashi)
6. THE HILL (Lumet)
7. TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (Bresson)
8. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (Preminger)
9. CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER (Morin/Rouch)
10.  PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (Bava)
11. CHARULATA (Satyajit Ray)
12. FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (Aldrich)
13. ONIBABA (Kaneto Shindô)
14. BLOOD & BLACK LACE (Bava)                                      -tie- THE WHIP & THE BODY (Bava)
15. SWORD OF THE BEAST (Hideo Gosha)
16. HELP! (Lester)
17. SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Ritt)
18. SAMURAI SPY (Masahiro Shinoda)
19. DARLING (Schlesinger)
20. FASTER PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (Russ Meyer)
21. WEST AND SODA (Bozzetto)
22. GUIDE (Vijay Anand)
23. ALPHAVILLE (Godard)
24. THE WAR GAME (Watkins)
25. CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (Melendez)
26. THE COLLECTOR (Wyler)
27. IPCRESS FILE (Furie)
28. STORY OF A PROSTITUTE (Imamura)
29. RETURN FROM THE ASHES (J. Lee Thompson)
30. A PATCH OF BLUE (Guy Green)

RUNNER UP
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (Mulligan), DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (Lean), LE SAUT (Eino Ruutsalo), A MARRIED WOMAN (Godard), SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (Has), THE GORGON (Terence Fischer), THE PAWNBROKER (Lumet), THE SATAN BUG (J.Sturges), IN HARM'S WAY (Preminger), KNACK & HOW TO GET IT (Lester), FAMILY JEWELS (Jerry Lewis), THUNDERBALL (Guy Hamilton), SANDS OF THE KALAHARI (Cy Endfield), CAT BALLOU (Elliot Silverstein), THE GREAT RACE (Wilder),  THE EXECUTIONER (Luis García Berlanga), RETURN FROM THE ASHES (J. Lee Thompson), VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (Robson), ELEANOR ROOSEVELT STORY (Kaplan)