1960s Challenge (Official, June 2020)

[peeptoad]

22. The Cool World (1963) 7

sixties seenShow

*rewatch
1. Mosura (1961) Mothra 6*
2. Rapture (1965) 8
3. Lady in a Cage (1964) 8
4. Blonde Köder für den Mörder (1969) Death Knocks Twice 7+
5. Kiss Me Quick! (1964) 4
6. Dog Star Man (1964) 8
7. Marketa Lazarová (1967) 9
8. La maldición de la Llorona (1963) The Curse of the Crying Woman 6
9. Tales of Terror (1962) 7
10. et mourir de plaisir (1960) Blood and Roses 8
11. Barbarella (1968) 5
12. Accattone (1961) 7+
13. Pan si dong (1967) The Cave of the Silken Web 4
14. Jigsaw (1968) 7
15. Twisted Nerve (1968) 7
16. Explosion (1969) 4
17. Trauma (1962) 6
18. Fata/Morgana (1966) 7
19. If.... (1968) 8
20. Mirage (1965) 7
21. The Connection (1961) 9

[flavo5000]

If this keeps up, the top year will soon have double as many entries as the lowest year.

If I watched nothing but films from 1961 for the rest of the month, it would tie with 1968 for first place. But I don't really think I would want to do that.

Geez, allison coming in here dunking on 1961... a.k.a. the TRASH year apparently

[flavo5000]

52. Rat Fink (1965)


53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)

SpoilerShow

1. La mano de un hombre muerto a.k.a. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
2. Dinosaurus! (1960)
3. Captain Clegg a.k.a. Night Creatures (1962)
4. All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
5. Akibiyori a.k.a. Late Autumn (1960)
6. Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
7. Kipling's Women (1961)
8. Orgy at Lil's Place (1963)
9. The Black Cat (1966)
10. Dong fu ren a.k.a. The Arch (1968)
11. The Fakers a.k.a. Smashing the Crime Syndicate (1968)
12. Il mondo di notte numero 3 a.k.a. Ecco (1963)
13. The Forbidden (1966)
14. 7 Women (1966)
15. La baie des anges a.k.a. Bay of Angels (1963)
16. Il posto (1961)
17. El esqueleto de la señora Morales a.k.a. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
18. Kohayagawa-ke no aki a.k.a. The End of Summer (1961)
19. Paroxismus a.k.a. Venus in Furs (1969)
20. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
21. Daimajin ikaru a.k.a. Return of Daimajin (1966)
22a. Ouran (1968)
22b. Ars (1960)
22c. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
22d. Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
22e. The Dead (1960)
23. Gli invasori a.k.a. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
24. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
25a. 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
25b. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1 (1967)
25c. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
26. Una sull'altra a.k.a. One On Top Of The Other a.k.a. Perversion Story (1969)
27. Due occhi per uccidere a.k.a. Two Eyes To Kill (1968)
28. Muñecos infernales a.k.a. Curse of the Doll People (1961)
29. Disk-O-Tek Holiday a.k.a. Just for You (1964)
30. Medium Cool (1969)
31. Accident (1967)
32a. Twist Craze (1962)
32b. Dance Craze (1962)
32c. Vapors (1965)
33. La casa de las mil muñecas a.k.a. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
34. The Witches (1966)
35. Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht a.k.a. Not Reconciled (1965)
36. Io la conoscevo bene a.k.a. I Knew Her Well (1965)
37. Operazione Goldman a.k.a. Lightning Bolt (1966)
38. Satanik (1968)
39. Vibrations (1968)
40. Konga (1961)
41. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
42. Kafti ekdikisis a.k.a. The Wild Pussycat (1969)
43. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
44. Who's Crazy? (1966)
45. Il sorpasso (1962)
46. The Satan Bug(1965)
47. Návrat ztraceného syna a.k.a. Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
48. Daimajin gyakushû a.k.a. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
49. Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
50. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden a.k.a. Succubus (1968)
51. Chelsea Girls (1966)
52. Rat Fink (1965)
53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)

[sol]

If this keeps up, the top year will soon have double as many entries as the lowest year.

If I watched nothing but films from 1961 for the rest of the month, it would tie with 1968 for first place. But I don't really think I would want to do that.

Geez, allison coming in here dunking on 1961... a.k.a. the TRASH year apparently

You guys have made me curious about this. 1961 has for a long time (as long as I can remember) been the year with my highest average rating according to IMDb. I have investigated this in the past, because '61 is never a year that ever really stood out to me as being particularly amazing - certainly not compared to say 1964 or 1968. The thing about 1961 though is that while I don't have tons of 9 and 10 ratings, I have very few films rated at 5/10 or less, and I definitely have less low-rated films from 1961 than any other year that decade. Then again, I have also seen less films from 1961 than all of the other years that decade. In fact, my curve pretty much ascends upwards, from 1961 (70 films seen) to 1969 (120 films seen):



I have no idea what that really says about anything. Just curious how the low score for 1961 is replicated in my own curve and yet how I know it is my top-rated year. And by a bigger margin than I thought too. 6.97 average rating for 1961 compared to 6.88 average for next highest rated year (1962).

[sol]

The Challenge's Day MassacreShow

1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
2. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
3. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
4. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5. Ride the High Country (1962)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
8. Yôjinbô (1961) REVISION
9. Sanjuro (1962) REVISION
10. Hatari! (1962)
11. The Savage Innocents (1960)
12. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
13. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
14. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
15. Golden Swallow (1968)
16. Wild River (1960)
17. The Sadist (1963)
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
19. Guns of the Trees (1961)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) REVISION
21. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
22. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
23. Dragon Inn (1967)
24. The Queen (1968)

25. The St Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)



This crime drama is strong on the facts and details and gets off to a terrific start with gunfire heard but not seen as we instead witness the reactions from everyone nearby. The film's then going back in time less enticing though. The matter-of-fact narration is distracting - though it does get eerie towards the end when the narrator keeps saying what each person was doing "on the last morning of his life". Jason Robards is also very over-the-top.

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

16. 'Posledniy mesyats oseni' / 'Last Month of Autumn' / 1965, Vadim Derbenyov / 8.5/10 / Moldova (USSR)
17. 'Anita' / 1967, Raj Khosla / 6.5/10 / India
18. 'Bir cənub şəhərində' / 'In A Southern City' / 1969, Eldar Kuliyev / 8.5/10 / Azerbaijan (USSR)

[sortile9io]

26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — Sad because of an enigmatic girl, young Raphael, on his way to become one of the most famous Spanish pop singers in history, stars and performs several of his early hits in this run-of-the-mill musical melodrama that pairs loss with success. 6/10

Plus…Show

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10

[peeptoad]

23. Mouchette (1967) 8
24. Le Trou (1960) 8

sixties seenShow

*rewatch
1. Mosura (1961) Mothra 6*
2. Rapture (1965) 8
3. Lady in a Cage (1964) 8
4. Blonde Köder für den Mörder (1969) Death Knocks Twice 7+
5. Kiss Me Quick! (1964) 4
6. Dog Star Man (1964) 8
7. Marketa Lazarová (1967) 9
8. La maldición de la Llorona (1963) The Curse of the Crying Woman 6
9. Tales of Terror (1962) 7
10. et mourir de plaisir (1960) Blood and Roses 8
11. Barbarella (1968) 5
12. Accattone (1961) 7+
13. Pan si dong (1967) The Cave of the Silken Web 4
14. Jigsaw (1968) 7
15. Twisted Nerve (1968) 7
16. Explosion (1969) 4
17. Trauma (1962) 6
18. Fata/Morgana (1966) 7
19. If.... (1968) 8
20. Mirage (1965) 7
21. The Connection (1961) 9
22. The Cool World (1963) 7

[blueboybob]

36. Yun hai yu gong yuan (1966)
37. Les aventuriers (1967)

[frbrown]

11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)

SpoilerShow

1. Offbeat (1961)
2. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
4. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
5. Flat Two (1962)
6. Le monte-charge (1962)
7. Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
8. L'oeil du malin (1962)
9a. The Outer Limits: Corpus Earthling (1963)
9b. Star Trek: Arena (1967)
9c. Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)
10. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)

[allisoncm]

If I watched nothing but films from 1961 for the rest of the month, it would tie with 1968 for first place. But I don't really think I would want to do that.

Geez, allison coming in here dunking on 1961... a.k.a. the TRASH year apparently

You guys have made me curious about this. 1961 has for a long time (as long as I can remember) been the year with my highest average rating according to IMDb. I have investigated this in the past, because '61 is never a year that ever really stood out to me as being particularly amazing - certainly not compared to say 1964 or 1968. The thing about 1961 though is that while I don't have tons of 9 and 10 ratings, I have very few films rated at 5/10 or less, and I definitely have less low-rated films from 1961 than any other year that decade. Then again, I have also seen less films from 1961 than all of the other years that decade. In fact, my curve pretty much ascends upwards, from 1961 (70 films seen) to 1969 (120 films seen):



I have no idea what that really says about anything. Just curious how the low score for 1961 is replicated in my own curve and yet how I know it is my top-rated year. And by a bigger margin than I thought too. 6.97 average rating for 1961 compared to 6.88 average for next highest rated year (1962).

It looks like you saw all the good films from 1961. I have a lot of films in my watchlist from 1961. I might have to watch several of them to boost the year, but yeah. So many films to see. About 72 for my immediate picks, but there are only 5-6 days left of June, so I'll have to pick and choose.

[allisoncm]

SpoilerShow

1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10

18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10

[sortile9io]

27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — A one-hour feast filled with electric guitar music, tape-recorders, transistors and, of course, topless girls dancing enthusiastically outdoors, performing a striptease or simply lying in the sun while they talk about men, seduction, being naked or their jobs as go-go dancers and models, it becomes a bit exhausting by the end. 5/10

Plus…Show

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10

[VincentPrice]

10. Genocide-1968: 6/10

SpoilerShow

1. Spider Baby-1967: 10/10
2. Mad Monster Party!-1967: 8/10
3 Duel at Diablo-1966: 8/10
4 The League of Gentlemen-1960: 7/10
5. War-Gods of the Deep-1965: 7/10
6. Come Drink with Me-1966: 8/10
7. The Tartars-1961: 4/10
8. Guns of Diablo-1964: 6/10
9. The Incident-1967: 8/10

[sortile9io]

That's funny, 1961 is also my trash year of the decade.

[ororama]

11. Ophélia (1963) * 104 min.

SpoilerShow

1. The Magnificent Trio (1966) * 104 min.
2. Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) * 93 min.
3. Chimes at Midnight (1965) * 116 min.
4. Judex (1963) * 97 min.
5. Sword of the Beast (1965) * 85 min.
6. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) * 94 min.
7. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) * 92 min.
8. Sing a Song of Sex (1967) * 103 min.
9. My Night at Maud's (1969) 110 min.
10. Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) * 99 min.

*First time viewing.

[peeptoad]

Apparently my shit year for 60s is 1965 and that's a year I have a 10/10 and two 9s. 1960 is my top year overall regardless of decade...
top 20:

[sol]

Apparently my shit year for 60s is 1965 and that's a year I have a 10/10 and two 9s. 1960 is my top year overall regardless of decade...
top 20:

Interesting to see, peeps. Just grabbed my top 10 highest rated years, and my top 5 are all from the 60s decade:

[sol]

The Challenge, the Bad and the UglyShow

1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
2. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
3. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
4. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5. Ride the High Country (1962)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
8. Yôjinbô (1961) REVISION
9. Sanjuro (1962) REVISION
10. Hatari! (1962)
11. The Savage Innocents (1960)
12. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
13. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
14. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
15. Golden Swallow (1968)
16. Wild River (1960)
17. The Sadist (1963)
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
19. Guns of the Trees (1961)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) REVISION
21. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
22. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
23. Dragon Inn (1967)
24. The Queen (1968)
25. The St Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)



I really enjoyed Clint and Wallach's con act here, and the subsequent shifting power dynamics and uneasy friendship between them, with neither able to ever properly trust one another. The film is also loaded with tension, even in the smallest of scenes such as Wallach visiting a gun store. The film feels a little unfocused in its middle section (American Civil War stuff) but everything comes together well. Divine makeup effects and music too, of course.

[peeptoad]

Interesting to see, peeps. Just grabbed my top 10 highest rated years, and my top 5 are all from the 60s decade:

It's a strong decade... for me the 1970s beats it on sheer quantity, but possibly not quality.

[peeptoad]

The Challenge, the Bad and the UglyShow

1. The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
2. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
3. Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
4. Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
5. Ride the High Country (1962)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
8. Yôjinbô (1961) REVISION
9. Sanjuro (1962) REVISION
10. Hatari! (1962)
11. The Savage Innocents (1960)
12. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
13. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
14. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
15. Golden Swallow (1968)
16. Wild River (1960)
17. The Sadist (1963)
18. Lord of the Flies (1963)
19. Guns of the Trees (1961)
20. A Fistful of Dollars (1964) REVISION
21. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
22. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
23. Dragon Inn (1967)
24. The Queen (1968)
25. The St Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

26. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)



I really enjoyed Clint and Wallach's con act here, and the subsequent shifting power dynamics and uneasy friendship between them, with neither able to ever properly trust one another. The film is also loaded with tension, even in the smallest of scenes such as Wallach visiting a gun store. The film feels a little unfocused in its middle section (American Civil War stuff) but everything comes together well. Divine makeup effects and music too, of course.

Sounds like you liked this better than For A Few Dollars More... I concur.

[flavo5000]

54. La peau douce a.k.a. The Soft Skin (1964)


55. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

SpoilerShow

1. La mano de un hombre muerto a.k.a. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
2. Dinosaurus! (1960)
3. Captain Clegg a.k.a. Night Creatures (1962)
4. All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
5. Akibiyori a.k.a. Late Autumn (1960)
6. Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
7. Kipling's Women (1961)
8. Orgy at Lil's Place (1963)
9. The Black Cat (1966)
10. Dong fu ren a.k.a. The Arch (1968)
11. The Fakers a.k.a. Smashing the Crime Syndicate (1968)
12. Il mondo di notte numero 3 a.k.a. Ecco (1963)
13. The Forbidden (1966)
14. 7 Women (1966)
15. La baie des anges a.k.a. Bay of Angels (1963)
16. Il posto (1961)
17. El esqueleto de la señora Morales a.k.a. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
18. Kohayagawa-ke no aki a.k.a. The End of Summer (1961)
19. Paroxismus a.k.a. Venus in Furs (1969)
20. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
21. Daimajin ikaru a.k.a. Return of Daimajin (1966)
22a. Ouran (1968)
22b. Ars (1960)
22c. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
22d. Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
22e. The Dead (1960)
23. Gli invasori a.k.a. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
24. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
25a. 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
25b. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1 (1967)
25c. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
26. Una sull'altra a.k.a. One On Top Of The Other a.k.a. Perversion Story (1969)
27. Due occhi per uccidere a.k.a. Two Eyes To Kill (1968)
28. Muñecos infernales a.k.a. Curse of the Doll People (1961)
29. Disk-O-Tek Holiday a.k.a. Just for You (1964)
30. Medium Cool (1969)
31. Accident (1967)
32a. Twist Craze (1962)
32b. Dance Craze (1962)
32c. Vapors (1965)
33. La casa de las mil muñecas a.k.a. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
34. The Witches (1966)
35. Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht a.k.a. Not Reconciled (1965)
36. Io la conoscevo bene a.k.a. I Knew Her Well (1965)
37. Operazione Goldman a.k.a. Lightning Bolt (1966)
38. Satanik (1968)
39. Vibrations (1968)
40. Konga (1961)
41. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
42. Kafti ekdikisis a.k.a. The Wild Pussycat (1969)
43. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
44. Who's Crazy? (1966)
45. Il sorpasso (1962)
46. The Satan Bug(1965)
47. Návrat ztraceného syna a.k.a. Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
48. Daimajin gyakushû a.k.a. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
49. Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
50. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden a.k.a. Succubus (1968)
51. Chelsea Girls (1966)
52. Rat Fink (1965)
53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)
54. La peau douce a.k.a. The Soft Skin (1964)
55. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)

[sol]

Interesting to see, peeps. Just grabbed my top 10 highest rated years, and my top 5 are all from the 60s decade:

It's a strong decade... for me the 1970s beats it on sheer quantity, but possibly not quality.

I possibly have more favourites from the 1970s (have never checked) but I have also seen a lot more trash from the '70s than the '60s, hence the general lower ratings for the '70s. In fact 1975 and 1976 are weird bucking the trend years for me.

I really enjoyed Clint and Wallach's con act here, and the subsequent shifting power dynamics and uneasy friendship between them, with neither able to ever properly trust one another. The film is also loaded with tension, even in the smallest of scenes such as Wallach visiting a gun store. The film feels a little unfocused in its middle section (American Civil War stuff) but everything comes together well. Divine makeup effects and music too, of course.

Sounds like you liked this better than For A Few Dollars More... I concur.

Yeah, I really don't know where those who think the 2nd film is the best are coming from. Pretty glad that I saw the third film. Kind of amazing how long I put it off for; I've had the Blu-ray in my collection for over half a decade.

[blueboybob]

38. Xing xing yue liang tai yang: xia (1961)

[ororama]

12. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) 88 min.

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1. The Magnificent Trio (1966) * 104 min.
2. Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) * 93 min.
3. Chimes at Midnight (1965) * 116 min.
4. Judex (1963) * 97 min.
5. Sword of the Beast (1965) * 85 min.
6. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) * 94 min.
7. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) * 92 min.
8. Sing a Song of Sex (1967) * 103 min.
9. My Night at Maud's (1969) 110 min.
10. Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) * 99 min.
11. Ophélia (1963) * 104 min.

*First time viewing.

[sortile9io]

28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — A gathering of classic horror monsters (the invisible man, Count Dracula, Dr. Jekyll, Frankenstein, the mummy, etc.) for a very special occasion, maybe not top-notch both technically and artistically but the puppets are really cute (werewolf and the beast, my favourites) and the story is not bad. 6/10

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1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10

[jdidaco]

(Screenshots from 'Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti' & 'Sammy Going South'),



81. Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti, Alberto Cavalcanti, 1960) 9/10
82. Das kunstseidene Mädchen/La grande vie (The High Life, Julien Duvivier, 1960) 7.5/10
83. Terrain vague (Wasteland, Marcel Carné, 1960) 8/10
84. Wspólny pokój (One Room Tenants, Wojciech Has, 1960) 9/10
85. Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (Satan Tempts with Love, Rudolf Jugert, 1960) 7/10
86. ...und deine Liebe auch (And Your Love Too, Frank Vogel, 1962) 9.5/10
87. Sammy Going South (Alexander Mackendrick, 1963) 9/10
88. Clash by Night (Montgomery Tully, 1964) 6.5/10
89. Echo (Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1964) 8/10
90. Wieczór przedswiateczny (Christmas Eve, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski & Helena Amiradzibi-Stawinska, 1966) 8.5/10
91. Guan shi yin (The Goddess of Mercy, Shin Sang-ok & Lim Won-shik, 1967) 7/10
92. 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 9/10 (RV)
93. Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, 1968) 10/10 (RV)
94. Traumnovelle (Dream Story, Wolfgang Glück, 1969) 8/10




A collection of shorts,

95-96. The Sin of Jesus (Robert Frank, 1961) 8/10 (38 min), Eye Music in Red Major (Marie Menken, 1961) 8/10 (6 min), Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday, or Dinner for One, Heinz Dunkhase & Franco Marazzi, 1963) 7/10 (11 min), The Searching Eye (Saul Bass, 1964) 7.5/10 (18 min), Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts (Edward Owens, 1966) 7.5/10 (6 min), Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin (Pascal Aubier, 1968) 9/10 (30 min), Le voyage de Monsieur Guitton (Pascal Aubier, 1969) 8.5/10 (11 min) (RV) (Total: 120 min)

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1. Kirmes (The Fair, Wolfgang Staudte, 1960) 9.5/10
2. I delfini (The Dauphins, Francesco Maselli, 1960) 9/10
3. During One Night (Sidney J. Furie, 1960) 8/10
4. La donna dei faraoni (The Pharaohs' Woman, Viktor Tourjansky, 1960) 8/10
5. The Chapman Report (George Cukor, 1962) 7/10
6. Wutai jiemei (Two Stage Sisters, Xie Jin, 1964) 8.5/10
7. The Uncle (Desmond Davis, 1965) 8.5/10
8. Two for the Road (Stanley Donen, 1967) 8.5/10 (RV)
9. Die Russen kommen (The Russians Are Coming, Heiner Carow, 1968) 9.5/10
10. Tian xia di yi jian (The Fastest Sword, Pan Lei, 1968) 8/10
11. Yi dai jian wang (The Swordsman of All Swordsmen, Joseph Kuo, 1968) 7.5/10
12. La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) (The Damned, Luchino Visconti, 1969) 8/10 (RV)
13. Primary (Robert Drew, 1960) 8/10
14. Deveti krug (The Ninth Circle, France Stiglic, 1960) 9/10
15. Gli invasori (Erik the Conqueror, Mario Bava, 1961) 7.5/10
16. Verführung am Meer (Seduction by the Sea, Jovan Zivanovic, 1963) 7/10
17. Prometej s otoka Visevice (Prometheus from the Island of Visevica, Vatroslav Mimica, 1964) 9/10
18. Yu tang chun (The Story of Sue San, King Hu, 1964) 8/10
19. Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1964) 9.5/10 (RV)
20. Ko puca otvorice mu se (Shoot and It Shall Open, Marko Babac, 1965) 8.5/10
21. Erik il vichingo (Erik, the Viking, Mario Caiano, 1965) 6.5/10
22. Bian cheng san xia (The Magnificent Trio, Chang Cheh, 1966) 7.5/10
23. Praznik (The Feast, Djordje Kadijevic, 1967) 10/10
24. Accident (Joseph Losey, 1967) 9/10 (RV)
25. The Girl on a Motorcycle (Jack Cardiff, 1968) 6/10 (Bonus Challenge - Cannes 1968)
26. Long men jin jian (The Golden Sword, Lo Wei, 1969) 7.5/10
27. Smyk (Skid, Zbynek Brynych, 1960) 9.5/10
28. Le bel âge (Love Is When You Make It, Pierre Kast, 1960) 8/10
29. Strangers When We Meet (Richard Quine, 1960) 9.5/10 (RV)
30. Zbabelec (The Coward, Jirí Weiss, 1962) 8.5/10
31. Vysoká zed (The High Wall, Karel Kachyna, 1964) 8/10
32. Gertrud (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1964) 10/10 (RV)
33. Prípad Barnabás Kos (The Case of Barnabás Kos, Peter Solan, 1965) 9/10
34. Yu mei ren (The Mermaid, Kao Li, 1965) 8/10
35. Lupe (José Rodriguez-Soltero, 1966) 9/10
36. Hra bez pravidel (A Game Without Rules, Jindrich Polák, 1967) 8/10
37. Stud (Shame, Ladislav Helge, 1967) 9/10
38. Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney, 1968) 8/10 (Bonus Challenge - Cannes 1968)
39. Po xiao shi fen (At Dawn, Li Han Hsiang & Sung Tsun-Shou, 1968) 9/10
40. Tu imagines Robinson (Imagine Robinson Crusoe, Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1968) 9/10
41. Le grand cérémonial (The Big Ceremonial, Pierre-Alain Jolivet, 1969) 7/10
42. Ni ljuger (You're Lying!, Vilgot Sjöman, 1969) 8/10
43. Voskreseniye (Resurrection, Mikhail Shvejtser, 1960) 8/10
44. Seryozha (A Summer to Remember, Georgiy Daneliya & Igor Talankin, 1960) 7.5/10
45. A las cinco de la tarde (At Five in the Afternoon, Juan Antonio Bardem, 1960) 8.5/10
46. Slantzeto i syankata (Sun and Shadow, Rangel Vulchanov, 1962) 8.5/10
47. Ophélia (Claude Chabrol, 1963) 9/10
48. El espontáneo (The Rash One, Jorge Grau, 1964) 8/10
49. Do svidaniya, malchiki! (Goodbye, Boys, Mikhail Kalik, 1964) 9/10
50. Gamlet (Hamlet, Grigoriy Kozintsev, 1964) 10/10 (RV)
51. Campanadas a medianoche/Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight) (Orson Welles, 1965) 10/10 (RV)
52. Le père Noël a les yeux bleus (Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes, Jean Eustache, 1966) 8/10
53. Tomorrow's Promise (Edward Owens, 1967) 9.5/10
54. The Wind Is Driving Him Toward the Open Sea (David Brooks, 1968) 8.5/10
55. Chuang (The Window, Patrick Lung Kong, 1968) 9/10
56. Dong nuan (The Winter, Li Han Hsiang, 1969) 8/10
57. Syuzhet dlya nebolshogo rasskaza (Subject for a Short Story, Sergei Yutkevich, 1969) 8.5/10
58. Ikonostasat (The Icon Stand, Christo Christov & Todor Dinov, 1969) 9/10
59. Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi (Testament of Orpheus, Jean Cocteau, 1960) 9.5/10 (RV)
60. Légy jó mindhalálig (Be Good All Your Life, László Ranódy, 1960) 8.5/10
61. Sha ji chong chong (Death Traps, Wang Tian-Lin, 1960) 8/10
62. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (Delbert Mann, 1960) 8/10
63. Girl of the Night (Joseph Cates, 1960) 8/10
64. I Like Mike (Peter Frye, 1961) 6.5/10
65. Dúvad (The Brute, Zoltán Fábri, 1961) 8/10
66. Fotó Háber (Haber's Photo Shop, Zoltán Várkony, i1963) 7/10
67. Wang Zhao Jun (Beyond the Great Wall, Li Han Hsiang, 1964) 9/10
68. Szerelmes biciklisták (‎Cyclists in Love, Péter Bacsó, 1965) 8/10
69. L'heure de la vérité (The Hour of Truth, Henri Calef, 1965) 8.5/10
70. Bus Riley's Back in Town (Harvey Hart, 1965) 7/10
71. Spring Night, Summer Night (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967) 9/10
72. Yu luo cha (The Jade Raksha, Ho Meng Hua, 1968) 7.5/10
73. Mort dans l'après-midi (Death in the Afternoon, Jean-Claude Brisseau, 1968) 7.5/10
74. Une femme douce (A Gentle Woman, Robert Bresson, 1969) 9/10 (RV)
75-80. Notwendige Lehrjahre (Necessary Years of Learning, Jürgen Böttcher, 1960) 8.5/10 (26 min), Zhenikh (The Groom, Elem Klimov, 1960) 7/10 (8 min), Sor Angelina, Virgen (Francisco Regueiro, 1962) 8/10 (27 min), Musu Vasara (Our Summer, Henrikas Sablevicius, 1963) 7/10 (18 min), Stars (Jürgen Böttcher, 1963) 7.5/10 (20 min), Dans le vent (Jacques Rozier, 1963) 7/10 (8 min), Paparazzi (Jacques Rozier, 1964) 9/10 (22 min), Le Parti des choses: Bardot et Godard (Jacques Rozier, 1964) 7/10 (10 min), Chanson de gestes (Guy Gilles, 1966) 9/10 (20 min), Elles (The Women, Ahmed Lallem, 1966) 8/10 (23 min), La caza de brujas (The Witch Hunt, Antonio Drove, 1967) 9/10 (36 min), Dimanche après-midi (On Sunday Afternoon, Jean-Claude Brisseau, 1967) 7/10 (26 min), L'après-midi d'un jeune homme qui s'ennuie (Jean-Claude Brisseau,1968) 7/10 (33 min), Ein Vertrauensmann (A Representative, Jürgen Böttcher, 1968) 7/10 (20 min), Tierparkfilm (Zoo Film, Jürgen Böttcher, 1968) 8/10 (19 min), Monangambé (Sarah Maldoror, 1968) 9/10 (16 min), Sitta wa Thaniat ’Ashar (Six and Twelve, Ahmed Bouanani & Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi & Abdelmajid R’chich, 1968) 8.5/10 (18 min), La question ordinaire (The Ordinary Question, Claude Miller, 1969) 8/10 (10 min) (Total: 360 min)

[Lilarcor]

Hooray, we are now past 500 films watched!

Scoreboard after 517 watches, allisoncm and RogerTheMovieManiac88 joins the top ten.

Rank	Participant	Count	Bonus
1	jdidaco	96	2
2	flavo5000	55	-
3	blueboybob	38	-
4	Obgeoff	28	-
4	sortile9io	28	-
6	sol	26	-
7	peeptoad	24	-
8	allisoncm	21	-
8	AB537	21	1
10	Melvelet	18	-
10	RogerTheMovieManiac88	18	-
12	maxwelldeux	16	-
13	Mochard	15	-
14	frbrown	12	-
14	ororama	12	-
16	Lilarcor	10	-
16	VincentPrice	10	-
18	cinephage	7	-
18	shugs	7	-
20	OldAle1	6	-
21	hurluberlu	4	-
22	blocho	3	-
23	morrison-dylan-fan	2	-
23	vortexsurfer	2	-
25	connordenney	1	-
25	zzzorf	1	-

The... trash year of 1961 keep losing out to the most popular years.




West Germany gets a nice bump, a few more countries are added to the list thanks to Roger and jdidaco.

147 - USA
71 - UK
70 - France
37 - Italy
30 - Hong Kong
20 - Japan
16 - Czechoslovakia (Czechia)
15 - West Germany
13 - Spain
10 - Soviet Union (Russia)
8 - Taiwan
7 - East Germany
7 - Sweden
5 - Hungary
5 - Mexico
5 - Poland
4 - Brazil
3 - Bulgaria
3 - China
3 - Israel
3 - Yugoslavia (Serbia)
2 - Austria
2 - Belgium
2 - Canada
2 - Denmark
2 - India
2 - Senegal
2 - South Korea
2 - Soviet Union (Georgia)
2 - Soviet Union (Ukraine)
2 - Yugoslavia (Croatia)
1 - Algeria
1 - Angola
1 - Bolivia
1 - Chile
1 - Czechoslovakia (Slovakia)
1 - Cuba
1 - Egypt
1 - Greece
1 - Iran
1 - Morocco
1 - Soviet Union (Azerbaijan)
1 - Soviet Union (Lithuania)
1 - Soviet Union (Moldova)
1 - Soviet Union (Uzbekistan)
1 - Switzerland
1 - Yugoslavia (Slovenia)

[frbrown]

13a. Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
13b. The Outer Limits: Nightmare (1963)
13c. Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)


14. A Prize of Arms (1962)

Another good British heist movie

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1. Offbeat (1961)
2. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
4. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
5. Flat Two (1962)
6. Le monte-charge (1962)
7. Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
8. L'oeil du malin (1962)
9a. The Outer Limits: Corpus Earthling (1963)
9b. Star Trek: Arena (1967)
9c. Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)
10. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)
13a. Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
13b. The Outer Limits: Nightmare (1963)
13c. Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)
14. A Prize of Arms (1962)

[AB537]

22. The Secret Partner (Basil Dearden, 1961) 7/10

[allisoncm]

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1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10
18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10

22, Inspector Palmu’s Error (1960) ‘Komisario Palmun erehdys’ Directed by Matti Kassila 5.5/10
23. Dzhamilya (1969) 5.2/10
24. Bloudení/Searching (1966) 5/10
25. Catch Us If You Can AKA Having a Wild Weekend (1965) 3/10

Now I'm feeling guilty, because I have not seen any 1961 films today. I am determined to make sure that 1961 is not the loser year of this whole challenge.

[sortile9io]

29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — A dark courtroom drama, very well filmed, I liked how in the end it is not so much about justice and veracity derived from a legal system but morals and benefit of a particular social group, as one of its members cynically states: "truth is pointless, it's useless". 8/10

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1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10

[blueboybob]

39. Jin yan zi (1968)

[ororama]

13. Till the End of Time (1966) * 108 min.

Predictable melodrama greatly benefits from the film debut of beautiful Jenny Hu.

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1. The Magnificent Trio (1966) * 104 min.
2. Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) * 93 min.
3. Chimes at Midnight (1965) * 116 min.
4. Judex (1963) * 97 min.
5. Sword of the Beast (1965) * 85 min.
6. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) * 94 min.
7. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) * 92 min.
8. Sing a Song of Sex (1967) * 103 min.
9. My Night at Maud's (1969) 110 min.
10. Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) * 99 min.
11. Ophélia (1963) * 104 min.
12. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) 88 min.

*First time viewing.

[flavo5000]

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1. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) 10/10 REWATCH - 3rd or 4th watch -
2. Private Property (1960) 2/10
3. French Dressing (1964) 4.5/10
4. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) Really not my kind of film
5. Accident (1967) 6/10
6. A Touch of Love (1969) 7/10
7. Echoes of Silence (1965) 5.5/10
8. Wutai jiemei/Two Stage Sisters / 舞台姐妹 (1964) 6/10
9. Lemonade Joe/ Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 1/10
10. Pan si dong/The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) 5/10
11. Pirosmani (1969) 5/10
12. Holubice (1960) 5.5/10
13. Walkover / Walkower (1965) 5/10
14. Banditi a Orgosolo (1961) 5.5/10
15. Meteorango Kid: Herói Intergalático (1969) 4.5/10
16. Hitokiri/Tenchu! (1969) 2/10
17. Signore & signori (1966) 5/10
18. The Detective (1968) 5/10 NOIR
19. Mirage (1965) 7/10 NOIR
20. Nejkrásnejsí vek (1969) 6/10
21. The Angel Was Born/ O Anjo Nasceu (1969) 1/10

22, Inspector Palmu’s Error (1960) ‘Komisario Palmun erehdys’ Directed by Matti Kassila 5.5/10
23. Dzhamilya (1969) 5.2/10
24. Bloudení/Searching (1966) 5/10
25. Catch Us If You Can AKA Having a Wild Weekend (1965) 3/10

Now I'm feeling guilty, because I have not seen any 1961 films today. I am determined to make sure that 1961 is not the loser year of this whole challenge.

In a similar fit of guilt, I went looking through all my blu-rays last night looking for unwatched ones from 1961, and I only found one. What on earth happened in 1961 that so many fewer films were made that year? Or at the very least, so many fewer films that I seem to be interested in...

[flavo5000]

56. Teenage Zombies (1960)

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1. La mano de un hombre muerto a.k.a. The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
2. Dinosaurus! (1960)
3. Captain Clegg a.k.a. Night Creatures (1962)
4. All the Sins of Sodom (1968)
5. Akibiyori a.k.a. Late Autumn (1960)
6. Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
7. Kipling's Women (1961)
8. Orgy at Lil's Place (1963)
9. The Black Cat (1966)
10. Dong fu ren a.k.a. The Arch (1968)
11. The Fakers a.k.a. Smashing the Crime Syndicate (1968)
12. Il mondo di notte numero 3 a.k.a. Ecco (1963)
13. The Forbidden (1966)
14. 7 Women (1966)
15. La baie des anges a.k.a. Bay of Angels (1963)
16. Il posto (1961)
17. El esqueleto de la señora Morales a.k.a. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
18. Kohayagawa-ke no aki a.k.a. The End of Summer (1961)
19. Paroxismus a.k.a. Venus in Furs (1969)
20. The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
21. Daimajin ikaru a.k.a. Return of Daimajin (1966)
22a. Ouran (1968)
22b. Ars (1960)
22c. Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
22d. Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
22e. The Dead (1960)
23. Gli invasori a.k.a. Erik the Conqueror (1961)
24. Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
25a. 23rd Psalm Branch: Part I (1967)
25b. Scenes from Under Childhood Section #1 (1967)
25c. Two: Creeley/McClure (1965)
26. Una sull'altra a.k.a. One On Top Of The Other a.k.a. Perversion Story (1969)
27. Due occhi per uccidere a.k.a. Two Eyes To Kill (1968)
28. Muñecos infernales a.k.a. Curse of the Doll People (1961)
29. Disk-O-Tek Holiday a.k.a. Just for You (1964)
30. Medium Cool (1969)
31. Accident (1967)
32a. Twist Craze (1962)
32b. Dance Craze (1962)
32c. Vapors (1965)
33. La casa de las mil muñecas a.k.a. House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
34. The Witches (1966)
35. Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht a.k.a. Not Reconciled (1965)
36. Io la conoscevo bene a.k.a. I Knew Her Well (1965)
37. Operazione Goldman a.k.a. Lightning Bolt (1966)
38. Satanik (1968)
39. Vibrations (1968)
40. Konga (1961)
41. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
42. Kafti ekdikisis a.k.a. The Wild Pussycat (1969)
43. Strangers When We Meet (1960)
44. Who's Crazy? (1966)
45. Il sorpasso (1962)
46. The Satan Bug(1965)
47. Návrat ztraceného syna a.k.a. Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)
48. Daimajin gyakushû a.k.a. Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
49. Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
50. Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden a.k.a. Succubus (1968)
51. Chelsea Girls (1966)
52. Rat Fink (1965)
53. Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern a.k.a. The Door With 7 Locks (1962)
54. La peau douce a.k.a. The Soft Skin (1964)
55. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
56. Teenage Zombies (1960)

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30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — The fight between Rodan and Godzilla is the most hilarious thing I've seen in this challenge, the (accidental or deliberate?) unique mix of comic and serious (amplified by the solemn soundtrack) elements in the film is perplexing (I want more!), also, what a pity to see all those meticulous city models being destroyed in a matter of seconds. 7/10

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1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10

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Pink Panther cartoons. "Reel Pink" and "Bully for Pink" were the best of this batch.

15a. Shocking Pink (1965)
15b. Pink Ice (1965)
15c. The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
15d. Pink Panzer (1965)
15e. An Ounce of Pink (1965)
15f. Reel Pink (1965)
15g. Bully for Pink (1965)
15h. Pink Punch (1966)
15i. Pink Pistons (1966)
15j. Vitamin Pink (1966)

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1. Offbeat (1961)
2. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
4. The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
5. Flat Two (1962)
6. Le monte-charge (1962)
7. Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
8. L'oeil du malin (1962)
9a. The Outer Limits: Corpus Earthling (1963)
9b. Star Trek: Arena (1967)
9c. Star Trek: The Alternative Factor (1967)
10. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
11. Cairo (1963)
12. Warning Shot (1967)
13a. Star Trek: Space Seed (1967)
13b. The Outer Limits: Nightmare (1963)
13c. Star Trek: Errand of Mercy (1967)
14. A Prize of Arms (1962)
15a. Shocking Pink (1965)
15b. Pink Ice (1965)
15c. The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
15d. Pink Panzer (1965)
15e. An Ounce of Pink (1965)
15f. Reel Pink (1965)
15g. Bully for Pink (1965)
15h. Pink Punch (1966)
15i. Pink Pistons (1966)
15j. Vitamin Pink (1966)

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40. Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki (1969)
41. Tri (1965)

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31. MONTEREY POP (Pennebaker, 1968) — Highlights of the musical festival featuring Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, Jimmy Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, The Mamas and the Papas, Janis Joplin and a few more, an iconic glimpse of the pop scene in USA at the end of the sixties (beware of guitar abuse). 7/10

Plus…Show

1. TINTIN ET LE MYSTÈRE DE LA TOISON D'OR (Vierne, 1961) — 7/10
2. IL GIOVEDÌ (Risi, 1964) — 8/10
3. ABUELO MADE IN SPAIN (Lazaga, 1969) — 6/10
4. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS (Barry, 1962) — 4/10
5. GAAV (Mehrjui, 1969) — 7/10
6. FLAMING STAR (Siegel, 1960) — 7/10
7. DA ZUI XIA (Hu, 1966) — 8/10
8. SKUPLJACI PERJA (Petrović, 1967) — 6/10
9. LA MATRIARCA (Campanile, 1968) — 8/10
10. SI J'AVAIS QUATRE DROMADAIRES (Marker, 1966) — 8/10
11. KAVKAZSKAYA PLENNITSA, ILI NOVYE PRIKLYUCHENIYA SHURIKA (Gaidai, 1967) — 7/10
12. OBYKNOVENNYY FASHIZM (Romm, 1965) — 7/10
13.1. EISENBAHN (Mommartz, 1967) — 2/10
13.2. NAISSANT (Dwoskin, 1964) — 2/10
13.3. MAGRITTE OU LA LEÇON DE CHOSES (de Heusch, 1960) — 7/10
14. CHARLES MORT OU VIF (Tanner, 1969) — 6/10
15. LA PYRAMIDE HUMAINE (Rouch, 1961) — 6/10
16. WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU (Kurosawa, 1960) — 7/10
17. OGGI, DOMANI, DOPODOMANI (Ferreri, de Filippo, Salce, 1965) — 6/10
18. DIE TÜR MIT DEN 7 SCHLÖSSERN (Vohrer, 1962) — 7/10
19. LA VISITA (Pietrangeli, 1963) — 7/10
20.1. ARU MACHIKADO NO MONOGATARI (Yamamoto, Sakamoto, 1962) — 7/10
20.2. TENRANKAI NO E (Tezuka, 1966) — 8/10
21. UNE FEMME MARIÉE. SUITE DE FRAGMENTS D'UN FILM TOURNÉ EN 1964 (Godard, 1964) — 7/10
22. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (Guest, 1961) — 7/10
23. CARRY ON... UP THE KHYBER (Thomas, 1968) — 5/10
24. ROZMARNÉ LÉTO (Menzel, 1968) — 5/10
25. LES GRANDES VACANCES (Girault, 1967) — 7/10
26. CUANDO TÚ NO ESTÁS (Camus, 1966) — 6/10
27. MONDO TOPLESS (Meyer, 1966) — 5/10
28. MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Bass, 1967) — 6/10
29. LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (Lautner, 1962) — 8/10
30. SAN DAIKAIJŪ. CHIKYŪ SAIDAI NO KESSEN (Honda, 1964) — 7/10