Best of 1954

         

  1. Sansho the Bailiff                                                                       Kenji Mizoguchi
  2. Rear Window                                                                               Alfred Hitchcock
  3. Voyage to Italy                                                                            Roberto Rossellini
  4. Senso                                                                                           Luchino Visconti
  5. The Sun Shines Bright                                                              John Ford
  6. A Story from Chikamatsu                                                          Kenji Mizoguchi
  7. Robinson Crusoe                                                                       Luis Bunuel
  8. The Seven Samurai                                                                    Akira Kurosawa
  9. Johnny Guitar                                                                            Nicholas Ray
  10. Touchez Pas au Grisbi                                                              Jacques Becker

          Honorable Mention

          Black Tuesday -- Fregonese, Anatahan -- Sternberg, 
          The Barefoot Contessa -- Mankiewicz,


          Films I Enjoyed

          On the Waterfront,
          Riot in Cell Block 11, The Raid, 
          Dial M for Murder,
          20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, It Should Happen to You,
          Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Silver Lode,
          Apache, The Far Country, Vera Cruz,
          Magnificent Obsession, A Star is Born,
          The Naked Jungle, Private Hell 36, 
          Brigadoon, River of No Return,
          Sabrina, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers   

         Below the Mendoza Line

         La Strada, Carmen Jones,
         Ulysses, Taza, Son of Cochise,
         Executive Suite, The Last Time I Saw Paris,
         Deep in My Heart, 
         Desiree, There's No Business Like Show Business,
         The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Glenn Miller Story,
         Animal Farm, The High and the Mighty,
        The Caine Mutiny, Godzilla,
        Three Coins in the Fountain,
        The Country Girl    
                                                       

      

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