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It's Tuesday and that means it's time to ask the little lady who lives inside of my telephone to pick a number between 1 and 100 and then list my five favorite films from the year that corresponds. I actually had to ask her twice this morning because her first choice of "43" we have already done - see our list of 1943 movies right here.
On second pick Siri said "60" and that's a very good first or second choice by her because damn 1960 was a fine year for movies. (Especially of the International sort.) Three of the movies from that year would make my all-time favorites list (can you guess which three?) and there are several more that I love very nearly as much. This might be the highest quality top five I have ever done for this series. So let's parade the greatness about and add a little shine to an otherwise drab day...
My 5 Favorite Movies of 1960
(dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
-- released on September 8th 1960 --
(dir. Billy Wilder)
-- released on June 15th 1960 --
(dir. Michael Powell)
-- released on April 7th 1960 --
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(dir. Georges Franju)
-- released on March 2nd 1960 --
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Runners-up: Breathless (dir. Jean-luc Godard), L'Avventura (dir. Antonioni), Jigoku (dir. Nobuo Nakagawa), Black Sunday (dir. Mario Bava), Rocco and His Brothers (dir. Luchino Visconti)...
... The Virgin Spring (dir. Ingmar Bergman),House of Usher (dir. Roger Corman),Village of the Damned (dir. Wolf Rilla), La Dolce Vita (dir. Fellini), The Magnificent Seven (dir. John Sturges)
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What are your favorite movies of 1960?
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