The Great Films: 1964, 1965

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.

1964
1. Dr. Strangelove
2. Woman in the Dunes
3. Mary Poppins
4. My Fair Lady
5. Zorba the Greek
6. Seven Days in May
7. Becket
8. Kwaidan
9. Goldfinger
10. Seance on a Wet Afternoon
11. The Train
12. Zulu
13. King & Country
14. The Gospel According to St. Matthew
15. Fail-Safe
16. The Americanization of Emily
17. The Best Man
18. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
19. A Hard Day’s Night
20. Nothing But a Man
21. A Shot in the Dark
22. One Potato, Two Potato
23. The Unsinkable Molly Brown
24. Topkapi
25. The 7th Dawn

1965
1. The Sound of Music
2. Chimes at Midnight
3. Dr. Zhivago
4. The Shop on Main Street
5. Repulsion
6. A Patch of Blue
7. The Pawnbroker
8. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
9. The Hill
10. Ship of Fools
11. Darling
12. The Bedford Incident
13. Cat Ballou
14. Fist in His Pocket
15. The Ipcress File
16. Loves of a Blonde
17. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
18. Mirage
19. A Thousand Clowns
20. Von Ryan’s Express
21. The Flight of the Phoenix
22. King Rat
23. Othello
24. The Cincinnati Kid
25. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum