Top Films of 1955

Top Films of 1955


23. Summertime - Dir. David Lean




22. To Catch a Thief - Dir. Alfred Hitchcock





21. The Seven Year Itch - Dir. Billy Wilder







20. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum - Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita






19. Richard III - Dir. Laurence Olivier






18. Princess Yang Kwei Fei - Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi






17. Mr. Arkadin - Dir. Orson Welles






16. Rififi - Dir. Jules Dassin







15. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple - Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki







14. A Generation - Dir. Andrzej Wajda







13. Rebel Without a Cause - Dir. Nicholas Ray







12. Lola Montes - Dir. Max Ophuls






11. East of Eden - Dir. Elia Kazan






10. The Night of the Hunter - Dir. Charles Laughton






9. French Cancan - Dir. Jean Renoir






8. Il Bidone - Dir. Federico Fellini






7. Floating Clouds - Dir. Mikio Naruse






6. Le Amiche - Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni






5. Smiles of a Summer Night - Dir. Ingmar Bergman







4. La Pointe Courte - Dir. Agnes Varda






3. Ordet - Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer





2. Diabolique - Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot






1. Pather Panchali - Dir. Satyajit Ray





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