May 19, 1970

Top 10 Films of 1959

1. "Some Like It Hot" (Billy Wilder, USA) 

2. "Rio Bravo" (Howard Hawks, USA)

3. "North By Northwest" (Alfred Hitchcock, USA)

4. "Anatomy Of A Murder" (Otto Preminger, USA)

5. "Ballad Of A Soldier" (Grigori Chukhrai, Soviet Union)

6. "Les Quatre-cent coups" (François Truffaut, France)

7. "Nazarin" (Luis Bunuel, Mexico)

8. "Destiny Of A Man" (Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet Union)

9. "Pociag" (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland)

10. "Black Orpheus" (Marcel Camus, Brazil)


Other great films:

Baza ludzi umarlych (Poland)
Ben Hur
The Bridge (Germany)
Les Cousins (France)
The World Of Apu (India)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1959:

1. "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" (Jean Renoir, France)

2. "Portret mezczyzny z medalem" (Witold Leszczynski, Poland) - short

3. "Window Water Baby Moving" (Stan Brakhage, USA) - short

4. "Wedlock House: An Intercourse" (Stan Brakhage, USA) - short

5. "The Wayward Girl" (Edith Carlmar, Norway)

6. "The Immoral Mr Teas" (Russ Meyer, USA)

7. "La Fièvre monte à El Pao" (Luis Bunuel, France)

8. "Soft Skin On Black Silk" (José Antonio de la Loma, Spain)

9. "Virgin Sacrifice" (Fernando Wagner, USA)

10. "The Head" (Victor Trivas, Germany)


Short Top 3:

1. "Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick" (Jean-Luc Godard, France)

2. "The Running Jumping And Standing Still Film" (Richard Lester, UK)

3. "Veronique et son cancre" (Eric Rohmer, France)


Other great shorts:

Mysteries Of The Deep
Polska kronika filmowa 52 (Poland)
Uncle (Czechoslovakia)

Top Commercial:

"Man And His Best Friend" (Ken-L Ration)


Top TV:

"The Twilight Zone: Time Enough At Last" (John Brahm, CBS)



Cartoon Top 10

1. "Noah's Ark" (Bill Justice, Disney)


2. "Mexicali Shmoes" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


3. "Really Scent" (Abe Levitow, Warner)


4. "Donald In Mathmagic Land" (Hamilton Luske, Disney)


5. "Short And Suite" (Norman McLaren, NFB, Canada)


6. "The Violonist" (Ernest Pintoff, USA)


7. "The Mouse That Jack Built" (Robert McKimson, Warner)


8. "Wild And Woolly Hare" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


9. "Trick Or Tweet" (Friz Freleng, Warner)


10. "Woodpecker In The Moon" (Alex Lovy, Universal)


Other great cartoons:

Apes Of Wrath
Baton Bunny
China Jones
Hot Rod And Reel
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