Top 10 Films of 1964

1. "Dr Strangelove" (Stanley Kubrick, USA)

2. ''Onibaba'' (Kaneto Shindô, Japan)

3. "My Fair Lady" (George Cukor, USA)

4. ''I Am Cuba'' (Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet Union)

5. ''Woman In The Dunes'' (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan)

6. "The Pink Panther" (Blake Edwards, USA)

7. "Goldfinger" (Guy Hamilton, USA)

8. "Mary Poppins" (Robert Stevenson, Disney)

9. "A Shot In The Dark" (Blake Edwards, USA)

10. "A Hard Day's Night" (Richard Lester, UK)

Other great films:

Angélique, marquise des anges (France)
Bande à part (France)
Becket (UK)

Black God White Devil (Brazil)

Le Chat dans le sac (Canada)
Cheyenne Autumn
Deserto rosso (Italy)
The Disorderly Orderly

Dr Sex

La Femme mariée (France)
A Fistful Of Dollars (Italy)

Gate Of Flesh (Japan)

Gdzie jest general ? (Poland)

Geliebte Weisse Maus (East Germany)
Gertrud (Denmark)
Giuseppe w Warszawie (Poland)
Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (France)

Kiss Me Quick

Koniec naszego swiata (Poland)

The Long Hair Of Death

Lorna

Lullaby Of Bareland

Marnie

The Monster Of Camp Sunshine
The Naked Kiss
Nobody Waved Goodbye (Canada)

Olga's House Of Shame

Padrecito (Mexico)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (France)

Phantom Of Soho

Pierwszy dzien wolnosci (Poland)

Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (France)
Robin And The Seven Hoods

Rysopis (Poland)
Seance On A Wet Afternoon (UK)
Seduced And Abandoned (Italy)

Sodrasban (Hungary)
Topkapi
Viva Las Vegas

Weeping For A Bandit (Spain)

White Slaves Of Chinatown
Yesterday,Today And Tomorrow (Italy)
Zorba The Greek

Short Top 3:

1. "Scorpio Rising" (Kenneth Anger, USA)

2. "The Wedding" (Mikheil Kobakhidze, Soviet Union)

3. "Nadja a Paris" (Eric Rohmer, France)

Other great shorts:

Mass For The Dakota Sioux (USA)

Top Commercial:

"Daisy" (LBJ For President)

TV Top 3:

1. "Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth" (Richard Martin, BBC)

2. "Gilligan's Island: Three Million Dollars More Or Less" (Thomas Montgomery, CBS)

3. "Gilligan's Island: Two On A Raft" (John Rich, CBS)

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Archandel Gabriel a pani Husa" (Jiri Trnka, Czechoslovakia)

2. "The Pink Phink" (Friz Freleng, United Artists)

3. "Bartholomew Versus The Wheel" (Robert McKimson, Warner)

4. "Zabawy aniolow" (Walerian Borowczyk, Poland)

5. "The Last Trick" (Jan Svenkmajer, Czechoslovakia)

6. "The Cat Above And The Mouse Below" (Chuck Jones, MGM)

7. "Concerto erotica" (Jannik Hastrup, Flemming Quist Moller, Denmark)

8. "How To Avoid Friendship" (Gene Deitch, USA)

9. "Dumb Patrol" (Gerry Chiniquy, Warner)

10. "The Iceman Ducketh" (Phil Monroe, Warner)

Other great cartoons:

Snowbody Loves Me
Woody's Clip Joint

Weak films of 1964:

Cyrano et d'Artagnan (France)
Fail Safe
The Gospel According To St.Matthew (Italy)
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
Lilith
La Peau douce (France)
Prawo i piesc (Poland)
Seven Days In May
Sound Of Horror (Spain)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Weak cartoons:

Christmas Cracker (Canada)
Dr Devil And Mr Hare
Dumb Like A Fox
False Hare
Freudy Cat
Hawaiian Aye Aye
Here's Nudnik
Is There A Doctor In The Mouse
A Message To Gracias
Much Ado About Mousing
Nuts And Volts
Pancho's Hideaway
Road To Andalay
Senorella And The Glass Huarache
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
War And Pieces

Top 3 Musicals of 1964

1. "My Fair Lady" (George Cukor, Warner)

2. "Mary Poppins" (Robert Stevenson, Disney)

3. "A Hard Day's Night" (Richard Lester, United Artists)

My Fair Lady (1964) *****

One of the greatest screen musicals, adapted from one of the best stage musicals, itself based upon one of the finest theatrical plays of all time - George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion". It's the story of a Cockney flower girl (Audrey Hepburn) educated by an eccentric language professor (Rex Harrison in an absolutely superb, Oscar-winning performance). It has the most impressive musical score ever composed - every single song is a showstopper. Musical numbers:

"Why Can't The English" ***
"Wouldn't It Be Luverly" ***
"I'M An Ordinary Man" ***
"With A Little Bit Of Luck" ***
"Just You Wait, 'Enry 'Iggins" **
"Servant's Chorus" **
"The Rain In Spain" ***
"I Could Have Danced All Night" ***
"Ascot Gavotte" ***
"On The Street Where You Live" ***
"You Did It" **
"On The Street Where You Live" (reprise) **
"Show Me" ***
"Get Me To The Church On Time" ***
"Why Can't A Woman" ***
"Without You" **
"I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" ***

I Am Cuba (1964) ****

Dr Strangelove (1964) *****

A savage satire lampooning military discipline, the arms race, Cold War, US leaders, Soviet leaders and former Nazi scientists. A masterpiece of black comedy from Stanley Kubrick.

Onibaba (1964) *****

Woman In The Dunes (1964) ****

Goldfinger (1964) ****

Unquestionably the best James Bond movie ever made. Goldfinger, Oddjob and Pussy Galore are among the most memorable villains in film history.

Geliebte Weisse Maus (1964) ***

Kiss Me Quick (1964) ***

Rysopis (1964) ***

Koniec naszego swiata (1964) ***

Zorba The Greek (1964) ***

Anthony Quinn gives the greatest performance of his career and one of the greatest acting performances in the history of cinema.

Angélique, marquise des anges (1964) ***

The Long Hair Of Death (1964) ***

La Femme mariée (1964) ***

Lorna (1964) ***

Lullaby Of Bareland (1964) ***

Black God White Devil (1964) ***

Weeping For A Bandit (1964) ***

Sodrásban (1964) ***

A Hard Day's Night (1964) ****

Very imaginative film about The Beatles, a distinctive mixture of the French "Nouvelle Vague", Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops and the Marx Brothers. Superb songs:

"A Hard Day's Night" ***
"I Should Have Known Better" **
"All My Loving" ***
"If I Fell" **
"Can't Buy Me Love" **
"And I Love Her" **
"I'M Happy Just To Dance With You" **
"Can't Buy Me Love" (reprise) **
"Tell Me Why" ***
"If I Fell" (reprise) **
"I Should Have Known Better" (reprise) **
"She Loves You" ***
"A Hard Day's Night" (reprise) ***

Gate Of Flesh (1964) ***