My Top 20 by Year - 1967
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of 150 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Jun 2015)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
In Cold Blood (R. Brooks, 1967)
Voyna i mir (War and Peace, Bondarchuk, 1967)
Barefoot in the Park (Saks, 1967)
The Whisperers (Forbes, 1967)
Marketa Lazarová (Vlácil, 1967)
Terra em Transe (Entranced Earth, Rocha, 1967)
Koroshi no rakuin (Branded To Kill, Suzuki, 1967)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Schlesinger, 1967)
Le vieil homme et l'enfant (Two of Us, Berri, 1967)
Konec srpna v Hotelu Ozon (Late August at the Hotel Ozone, J. Schmidt, 1967)
Vivre pour vivre (Life for Life, Lelouch, 1967)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (Samurai Rebellion, Kobayashi, 1967)
The Comedians (Glenville, 1967)
Oi voskoi (Thanos and Despina, Papatakis, 1967)
The Illiac Passion (Markopoulos, 1967)
...mehri to ploio (To the Ship, Damianos, 1967)
Portrait of Jason (S. Clarke, 1967, doc)
Rush to Judgment (de Antonio, 1967, doc)
The Flim-Flam Man (Kershner, 1967)
Det Perfekte Menneske (The Perfect Human, Leth, 1967, sh)
I Call First (Scorsese, 1967)
Don’t Look Back (Pennebaker, 1967)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of 150 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Jun 2015)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
In Cold Blood (R. Brooks, 1967)
Voyna i mir (War and Peace, Bondarchuk, 1967)
Barefoot in the Park (Saks, 1967)
The Whisperers (Forbes, 1967)
Marketa Lazarová (Vlácil, 1967)
Terra em Transe (Entranced Earth, Rocha, 1967)
Koroshi no rakuin (Branded To Kill, Suzuki, 1967)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Schlesinger, 1967)
Le vieil homme et l'enfant (Two of Us, Berri, 1967)
Konec srpna v Hotelu Ozon (Late August at the Hotel Ozone, J. Schmidt, 1967)
Vivre pour vivre (Life for Life, Lelouch, 1967)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (Samurai Rebellion, Kobayashi, 1967)
The Comedians (Glenville, 1967)
Oi voskoi (Thanos and Despina, Papatakis, 1967)
The Illiac Passion (Markopoulos, 1967)
...mehri to ploio (To the Ship, Damianos, 1967)
Portrait of Jason (S. Clarke, 1967, doc)
Rush to Judgment (de Antonio, 1967, doc)
The Flim-Flam Man (Kershner, 1967)
Det Perfekte Menneske (The Perfect Human, Leth, 1967, sh)
I Call First (Scorsese, 1967)
Don’t Look Back (Pennebaker, 1967)
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- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiBarbara DennekRita MaidenMonsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.Cinema. 11/10.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveJean SorelMichel PiccoliA frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsMireille DarcJean YanneJean-Pierre KalfonA surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.PC.
- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsBekim FehmiuOlivera KatarinaVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicTensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.TV.
- DirectorOldrich LipskýStarsVladimír MensíkJaroslava ObermaierováJosef AbrhámA dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.OL.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental film with various flashing lights, colors, and World War II footage. This is part of the Song series by Stan Brakhage.OL.
- DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoFranco CittiAlida ValliRescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy--he'll murder his father and marry his mother.Cinema.
- DirectorMladomir 'Purisa' DjordjevicStarsLjubisa SamardzicNeda ArnericMilena DravicThe war has ended leaving a deep trace in people. Going through a different conflicts in the first days of peace - dealing with a former enemy's collaborators and executing traitors - a former soldier continues with killing even in peace. So, the war goes on, a struggle within himself and with the people around him.TV.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsEva RasSlobodan AligrudicRuzica SokicA young female starts a love relationship with a serious young man. However, while he is away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's desires.Cinema.
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianStarsFelix DzerzhinskyVladimir LeninSergo OrdzhonikidzePhilosophical essay about the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, its influence on the destiny of the world in the 20th century.OL.
- DirectorDan McLaughlinA short film in which 3,000 years of art are shown in 3 minutes while the score Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is played.OL.
- DirectorHawley PrattSeeking winter shelter, the Pink Panther enters Zammo the Great's house while the magician is away, and the panther discovers a mischievous rabbit that leads him through a series of phantasmagorical phenomena, including a mobile door with stairs that change from ascending to descending, depending on what position the door is at in relation to the floor, a tilted will picture that, when straightened, causes the whole house to tilt, a deceptive, two-way mirror, and a subjective, psychedelic hole in the floor.OL. 10/10.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsAnne WiazemskyJean-Pierre LéaudJuliet BertoA small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.PC. 9.5/10.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJan VostrcilJosef SebánekJosef ValnohaA volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Cinema.
- DirectorJan NemecStarsPetr KoprivaMarta KubisováHana KuberováA series of loosely-connected shorts comprised of three tales representing different aspects of love: temptation, dreams, and adventure.PC.
- DirectorVilgot SjömanStarsLena NymanVilgot SjömanBörje AhlstedtTold in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.Cinema.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Luc GodardYves BeneytonJuliet BertoA day in the life of a Parisian housewife/prostitute, interspersed with musings on the Vietnam War and other contemporary issues.PC.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsElizabeth TaylorMarlon BrandoBrian KeithBizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.Cinema.
- DirectorMark RydellStarsKeir DulleaSandy DennisAnne HeywoodBased on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A gentle but powerful man named Paul Grenfell who used to live on their farm returns and puts things in order. But his proposal of marriage to Ellen awakens the homosexuality dormant in the girls: Jill uses her weakness to make Ellen feel protective, and the women become active lovers.Cinema.
- DirectorMauro BologniniVittorio De SicaPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoAnnie GirardotFrancisco RabalFive short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.TV.
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonCyril CusackBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.TV.
- DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsDragan NikolicRuzica SokicNeda SpasojevicThe story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.Cinema.
- DirectorVatroslav MimicaStarsZaim MuzaferijaUgljesa KojadinovicJolanda DjacicAn experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the Eve of Italian occupation of the country.TV.
- DirectorAnte BabajaStarsManca KosirVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicFabijan SovagovicBeautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.TV.
- DirectorMichael SnowStarsHollis FramptonLyne GrossmanNaoto NakazawaClaimed by some to be one of the most unconventional and experimental films ever made, Wavelength is a structural film of a 45-minute long zoom in on a window over a period of a week. Very unconventional and experimental, indeed.PC.
- DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsSlobodan 'Cica' PerovicDusica ZegaracSeverin BijelicA lonely man struggles to find the money for his ill sister's treatment while at the same time trying to escape his past and to make sense of the present.Cinema.
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsPaul JonesJean ShrimptonMark LondonBritain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter (Paul Jones), receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie (Jean Shrimpton), is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.PC.
- DirectorStan BrakhageAn experimental short film by Stan Brakhage which combines color, lights, and blurred images of children. This is part of the Scenes from Under Childhood Series.OL.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsZero MostelGene WilderDick ShawnA stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.TV.
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardJoris IvensWilliam KleinStarsAnne BellecKaren BlanguernonFidel CastroIn seven different segments, Godard, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy and support for the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.Cinema.
- DirectorBahrudin 'Bato' CengicStarsStojan 'Stole' ArandjelovicMarija TocinoskiZaim MuzaferijaAfter the end of World War II a blonde boy arrives at an orphanage made for the children of partisans or people killed in the war. The headmaster knows that the boy's parents were Nazis but conceals that fact from others, fearing violence by vengeful children. He invents the boy's life story, but the other children get suspicious.TV.
- DirectorCarolee SchneemannStarsCarolee SchneemannJames TenneyAn experimental short in which a couple engaged in lovemaking is superimposed over ocean and beach scenes.OL.
- DirectorZelimir ZilnikStory follows a weekend in a village where young adults after a hard working week let there steam off in taverns eating, drinking, singing, breaking glasses and occasionally other things every Sunday.OL.
- DirectorBruno BozzettoFrom being born until his death, a man spends most of his time "imprisoned" in boxes.OL.
- DirectorFred WolfAn old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. The other patrons try, with varying success, to find out what's inside.PC.
- DirectorVal GuestKen HughesJohn HustonStarsDavid NivenPeter SellersUrsula AndressIn an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.Cinema.
- DirectorHawley PrattThe Pink Panther joins the crew at a building site, where his inexperience causes a series of disasters. By slamming a door, he repeatedly ruins a little man's wall-plaster work as the plaster liquefies due to the noise of the slamming door and spills off of the wall. Looking for a place to dispose of trash, the panther removes hot rivets from a bucket and pours them into a man's hat; when the man puts the hat on, he experiences scorching pain, and the rivets burn a hole in the wood under him, which he falls through. Things go seriously wrong when the Pink Panther tries to move a steel girder, which hits a wooden beam being carried by one of the workers and triggers a chain-reaction of collisions that destroys the foundations of the building. The Pink Panther flees the enraged construction workers.OL.
- DirectorHawley PrattA little pointy-nosed man tries to plant yellow poses, while the Pink Panther replaces them with pink ones.OL.
- DirectorGerry ChiniquyThis cartoon consists of a series of bizarre black-out gags with the Pink Panther. In one, he is a painter who finds that his paint bucket is dry and screws a hole in the scaffolding above and through the bottom of the bucket belonging to the painter on the next level, whose paint pours into the panther's bucket. Unbeknownst to the panther, a painter underneath him has the same idea! In another gag, the Pink Panther is relaxing on what appears to be a beach, but he sinks into the sand and falls into what is revealed to be the bottom of an hourglass. In yet another gag, the Pink Panther folds a backdrop into a finger-sized square and eats it, and the backdrop springs back to full size inside the panther's stomach! Another gag involves the Pink Panther attempting to demolish a condemned building, but the wrecking ball crumbles to pieces after striking the building, as does the panther, his vehicle, the building, and the whole scene itself! A recurring gag has the panther on a lawnmower. He finds what appears to be a large weed and attempts to clip it, to find it is either a long-legged bird, or a string whose cutting causes the entire scene, panther included, to fall into darkness.OL.
- DirectorHawley PrattStarsMel BlancThe Pink Panther is determined to complete his journey to Anaheim, which is 1250 miles away! He tries hitchhiking, but no cars stop for him. Then, he spots a laughing horse on a nearby farm and decides to ride the horse to Anaheim. But the horse has no intention of letting the panther ride him. The Pink Panther attempts to climb on the horse's back by using a ladder, but is shot upward by the horse's hooves. He tries sliding on a saddle off of a roof and onto the horse, but the horse rams him into a wooden arch. He ties himself, in a saddle, to the horse, but the horse walks so as to cause the rope to rotate the unwanted rider to the horse's underside, bumping the panther's head painfully on the ground and submerging him in a river. Undaunted, the Pink Panther puts rollerskates on the horse and ascends onto the horse's back. The out-of-control skates send the pair into the path of a train, and the train pushes them at high speed into a stop sign. The wounded Pink Panther is no nearer to Anaheim.OL.
- DirectorWitold GierszOL. 9/10.