TOP TEN FILMS OF THE 1960s

1969
1. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (Eric Rohmer)
2. KES (Kenneth Loach)
3. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (John Schlsinger)
4. THE WILD CHILD (François Truffaut)
5. THE WILD BUNCH (Sam Pekinpah)
6. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville)
7. DILLINGER IS DEAD (Marco Ferreri)
8. ANDREI RUBLEV (Andrei Tarkovsky)
9. THIS MAN MUST DIE (Claude Chabrol)
10. THE PASSION OF ANNA (Ingmar Bergman)

Honorable Mention
BLIND BEAST, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, LE BOUCHER, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, EASY RIDER, MEDIUM COOL, MISSISSIPPI MERMAID and WHERE EAGLES DARE

Notable Shorts
A DAY WITH THE BOYS (Clu Gulager), INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Kenneth Anger)

1968
1. STOLEN KISSES (François Truffaut)
2. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick)
3. IF... (Lindsay Anderson)
4. ROSEMARY'S BABY (Roman Polanski)
5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George Romero)
6. PETULIA (Richard Lester)
7. SHAME (Ingmar Bergman)
8. SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE (William Greaves)
9. COOGAN'S BLUFF (Don Siegel)
10. YELLOW SUBMARINE (George Dunning)

Honorable Mention
THE GREAT SILENCE, THE HOUR OF THE WOLF and THE PRODUCERS

Notable Shorts
PAS DE DEUX (Norman McLaren)

Most Overrated
THE LION IN WINTER

1967
1. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy)
2. LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. THE SHOOTING (Monte Hellman)
4. COOL HAND LUKE (Stuart Rosenberg)
5. THE DIRTY DOZEN (Robert Aldrich)
6. WAIT UNTIL DARK (Terence Young)
7. BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn)
8. EL DORADO (Howard Hawks)
9. BELLE DE JOUR (Luis Bunuel)
10. WEEKEND (Jean Luc Godard)

Honorable Mention
BRANDED TO KILL, LA COLLECTIONEUSE, DON'T LOOK BACK, GRADUATE, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, MOUCHETTE, PLAYTIME, POINT BLANK and TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER

Notable Shorts
EYE MYTH (Stan Brakhage)

1966
1. PERSONA (Ingmar Bergman)
2. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Fred Zinnemann)
3. KILL, BABY ... KILL (Mario Bava)
4. FAHRENHEIT 451 (Francois Truffaut)
5. AU HASARD BALTHAZAR (Robert Bresson)
6. BLOW UP (Michelangelo Antonioni)
7. THE NAKED PREY (Cornel Wilde)
8. MARAT/SADE (PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM AT THE CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE) (Peter Brook)
9. TOKYO DRIFTER (Seijun Suzuki)
10. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? (Mike Nichols)

Honorable Mention
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Most Overrated
DAISIES, and KING OF HEARTS

1965
1. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Martin Ritt)
2. RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND (Monte Hellman)
3. THE KNACK AND HOW TO GET IT (Richard Lester)
4. REPULSION (Roman Polanski)
5. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo)
6. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Sergio Leone)
7. PIERROT LE FOU (Jean-Luc Godard)
8. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Robert Wise)
9. DARLING (John Schlesinger)
10. FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! (Russ Meyer)

Honorable Mention
ALPHAVILLE, BLACK GIRL, THE COLLECTOR, FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL, LOVES OF A BLONDE, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and TOKYO OLYMPIAD.

Notable Shorts
KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (Kenneth Anger), MEET MARLON BRANDO (Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin)

1964
1. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (Jacques Demy)
2. DR STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick)
3. THE TRAIN (John Frankenheimer)
4. SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (Bryan Forbes)
5. FAIL-SAFE (Sidney Lumet)
6. WOMAN IN THE DUNES (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
7. BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-luc Godard)
8. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Richard Lester)
9. GOLDFINGER (Guy Hamilton)
10. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Mario Bava)

Honorable Mention
I AM CUBA

Notable Shorts
IMB: A SELF PORTRAIT (Albert & David Maysles)

Most Overrated
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW and MARNIE

1963
1. THE LEOPARD (Luchino Visconti)
2. HIGH AND LOW (Akira Kurosawa)
3. BILLY LIAR (John Schlesinger)
4. CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. 8 ½ (Frederico Fellini)
6. THE BIG CITY (Satyajit Ray)
7. THE BIRDS (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. HUD (Marin Ritt)
9. MURIEL (Alain Resnais)
10. BAY OF ANGELS (Jacques Demy)

Honorable Mention
CHARADE, THE HAUNTING, THE SILENCE and THIS SPORTING LIFE

Notable Shorts
MOTHLIGHT (Stan Brakhage)

1962
1. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean)
2. LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Tony Richardson)
3. HATARI! (Howard Hawks)
4. ADVISE AND CONSENT (Otto Preminger)
5. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (Sam Peckinpah)
6. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer)
7. SANJURO (Akira Kurosawa)
8. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Robert Mulligan)
9. THE TALE OF ZATOICHI (Kenji Misumi)
10. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (Luis Bunuel)

Honorable Mention
CAPE FEAR, CARNIVAL OF SOULS, KNIFE IN THE WATER, LOLITA, THE TRIAL, and VIVRE SA VIE

Notable Shorts
ANTOINE AND COLETTE (François Truffaut) LA JETEE (Chris Marker), WINDOW WATER BABY MOVING (Stan Brakhage)

1961
1. JULES AND JIM (François Truffaut)
2. THE HUSTLER (Robert Rossen)
3. THE INNOCENTS (Jack Clayton)
4. YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa)
5. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Alain Resnais)
6. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Jean-luc Godard)
7. VIRIDIANA (Luis Bunuel)
8. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Ingmar Bergman)
9. ONE, TWO, THREE (Billy Wilder)
10. LOLA (Jacques Demy)

Honorable Mention
GUNS OF NAVARONE, JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG and PIT AND THE PENDULEM

1960
1. ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Luchino Visconti)
2. PSYCHO (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. BREATHLESS (Jean-luc Godard)
4. LA DOLCE VITA (Frederico Fellini)
5. PEEPING TOM (Michael Powell)
6. LES BONNES FEMMES (Claude Chabrol)
7. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (John Sturges)
8. THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND (Budd Boetticher)
9. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Ingmar Bergman)
10. LE TROU (Jacques Becker)

Honorable Mention
THE APARTMENT, THE BAD SLEEP WELL, BLACK SUNDAY, COMANCHE STATION, L'AVVENTURA, SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER and SPARTACUS