A new Top 200 movies (2)

Following on from the 1930s and 1940s, here is my selection for the 1950s and 1960s, those decades that just keep on giving - new discoveries, old favourites from my childhood, teens and early 20s years. I think we can forget this full list will be 100 - 200 more like.   1970s and 1980s coming up ...

These simply are the films I love and have to see and regularly. Lots more on them at the various labels ... one could keep adding to these lists, but one has to stop somewhere.

1950s:

ALL ABOUT EVE / SUNSET BOULEVARD / A STAR IS BORN / JOHNNY GUITAR / ANATOMY OF A MURDER / THE QUIET MAN / INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS / THIS ISLAND EARTH / SUMMERTIME  / PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN / THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA / NIGHTS OF CABIRIA / RIFIFFI / I WANT TO LIVE / SEPARATE TABLES / EAST OF EDEN / GIANT / REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE / SENSO / UMBERTO D / I VITELLONI / JOURNEY TO ITALY / TOKYO STORY / WORLD OF APU / GENEVIEVE / THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST / KNAVE OF HEARTS / GOLD OF NAPLES / THE SEA WALL / TEMPEST / THE VIKINGS / QUO VADIS / HELEN OF TROY / ALEXANDER THE GREAT / BONJOUR TRISTESSE / THE JOURNEY / MOONFLEET / QUENTIN DURWARD / LES GIRLS / FROM HERE TO ETERNITY / LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD / EYES WITHOUT A FACE / 

 SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT / THE SEVENTH SEAL / WILD STRAWBERRIES / SOUTH PACIFIC / THE PAJAMA GAME / THE BANDWAGON / SILK STOCKINGS / ITS ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER  / FUNNY FACE / SABRINA / FRIENDLY PERSUASION / SOME LIKE IT HOT / PLEIN SOLEIL / LA NOTTE BRAVA / NORTH BY NORTHWEST / REAR WINDOW/ VERTIGO / ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS / IMITATION OF LIFE / THE LUSTY MEN / I'LL CRY TOMORROW / KISS ME DEADLY / TOUCH OF EVIL / NIGHT OF THE HUNTER / THE BIG COMBO / THE BIG COUNTRY / THE SEARCHERS / BLIND DATE / CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF / A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE / SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS / RIO BRAVO / PATHS OF GLORY / THE 400 BLOWS.

1950s fun favourites:

THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT / HOUSEBOAT / WOMAN’S WORLD / JUPITER’S DARLING / THE OPPOSITE SEX / THE RELUCANT DEBUTANTE / SIMON & LAURA / DESIGNING WOMAN / PAT AND MIKE / DESK SET / MAMBO / BELL BOOK & CANDLE / TO CATCH A THIEF / THE EGYPTIAN / THE PRODIGAL / THE CONQUEROR / I’M ALRIGHT JACK / SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL / LES DRAGUEURS / DANGEROUS EXILE / AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY / ALIVE AND KICKING / DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE / THE SPANISH GARDENER / CAMPBELL’S KINGDOM / UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS / SISSI / SOLOMON AND SHEBA / HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE / GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES  / THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL / BOY ON A DOLPHIN / LEGEND OF THE LOST / THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME / LOVING YOU / A SUMMER PLACE  / THE BEST OF EVERYTHING / PILLOW TALK / THE TEN COMMANDMENTS / WITH A SONG IN MY HEART / HEAVEN KNOW MR ALLISON / TRAPEZE / THE PERFECT FURLOUGH / WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? / BHOWANI JUNCTION / HOUND DOG MAN / DANCE HALL / POOL OF LONDON / THE BLUE LAMP / DARBY O'GILL & THE LITTLE PEOPLE / AND GOD CREATED WOMAN / HEAVEN FELL THAT NIGHT / COME DANCE WITH ME. 

1950s trash classics:

THE FEMALE ANIMAL/ FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN / THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER / SERENADE /  ISLAND IN THE SUN / ZARAK / INTERPOL / TORCH SONG / QUEEN BEE / AUTUMN LEAVES / HILDA CRANE / HARRIET CRAIG / THE VIRGIN QUEEN / SHE WALKS BY NIGHT / GO NAKED IN THE WORLD / THE SUBTERRANEANS / NIGHT OF THE QUARTER MOON.

1960s:

PSYCHO / L’AVVENTURA / WILD RIVER / THE MISFITS / THE BIRDS / BLOW-UP / VICTIM / TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE / A TASTE OF HONEY / A KIND OF LOVING / BILLY LIAR / 
THE SERVANT / TOM JONES / THE LEOPARD / L’ECLISSE / THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE / ALL FALL DOWN / DARLING / DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES / TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD / BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL / SUMMER AND SMOKE / NIGHT OF THE IGUANA / MODESTY BLAISE  / NOTHING BUT THE BEST /  THE GIRL WITH GREEN EYES / I WAS HAPPY HERE / THE SYSTEM / LE FEU FOLLET / BAY OF ANGELS / LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT / UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME / YOUNG CASSIDY / REACH FOR GLORY / THE CHAPMAN REPORT / ADVISE AND CONSENT / LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT / UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG /

LE FEMME INFIDELE / LE BOUCHER / MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE / BELLE DE JOUR / SANDRA / LOLA / LOLITA / BILLY BUDD / REPULSION / PERSONA / LE PISCINE / THE INNOCENTS / THE HAUNTING /  CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 / SENILITA / CORRUPTION / ACCIDENT / EL CID / FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE / CLEOPATRA / LAWRENCE OF ARABIA / SPARTACUS / THE VICTORS / THE ENTERTAINER / BOCCACCIO 70 /  LE SAMOURAI / THE LION IN WINTER / TWO FOR THE ROAD / IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT / BONNIE & CLYDE / THE GROUP / MIDNIGHT COWBOY / THE DAMNED / FELLINI SATYRICON / 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY / THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY / LILITH / I COULD GO ON SINGING / GYPSY.

1960s fun favourites:

WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT? / SMASHING TIME / COME SEPTEMBER / NORTH TO ALASKA / CHARADE / YESTERDAY TODAY & TOMORROW / THAT MAN FROM RIO / ARABESQUE / THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS / LE BAMBOLE / LE FATE / OTLEY / DUFFY / BARBARELLA / MAROC 7 / IT STARTED IN NAPLES / THE MILLIONAIRESS / NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY / 

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES / SHIP OF FOOLS / HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH / ALFRED THE GREAT/  A HARD DAY’S NIGHT / HELP! / HOW TO STEAL A MILLION / JUSTINE / BEDAZZLED / CACTUS FLOWER / SYLVIA / TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN / MOMENT TO MOMENT / CHAIR DE POULE /  GAMES / WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AUNT ALICE?

1960s Trash Classics:

DEAD RINGER / BACK STREET / STOLEN HOURS / WHERE LOVE HAS GONE / VALLEY OF THE DOLLS / THE SINGING NUN / THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT / GOODBYE AGAIN / LOVE HAS MANY FACES / IN SEARCH OF GREGORY/ I’LL NEVER FORGET WHATS’HISNAME / HARLOW / THE OSCAR / PRUDENCE & THE PILL /