1957 Movies
The Year in Review
I watched 12 Angry men as part of my project to finish watching the "top 100" films of all time. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
My Top Pics
12 Angry Men
Seventh Seal, The
20 Million Miles to Earth
Notable Mentions ("Surprise" Films)
12 Angry Men
The Biggest Disappointments
Seventh Seal, The: It's a great film but not as great as its reputation.
All the films I've seen from 1957
12 Angry Men
20 Million Miles to Earth
Abominable Snowman, The
Bridge on the River Kwai
Curse of Frankenstein, The
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Night of the Demon
Quatermass 2
Seventh Seal, The
What's Left to See from 1957?
3:10 to Yuma
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements
10th of May (Der 10. Mai) – (Switzerland)
1918 – (Finland)
Aasha – (India)
Abominable Snowman, The *
Across the Bridge – (GB)
Admirable Crichton, The – (GB)
Affair to Remember, An
All Mine to Give
And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) – (U.S.S.R.)
April Love
The Auntie from Chicago (I theia ap' to Chicago) – (Greece)
Baby Face Nelson
Bachelor Party, The
Band of Angels
Barnacle Bill – (GB)
Barretts of Wimpole Street, The – (GB)
Beau James, a biopic
La Bestia humana (The Human Beast) – (Argentina)
Big Land, The
Bitter Victory – (France/US)
Black Scorpion, The
Blue Murder at St Trinian's – (GB)
Bombers B-52
Boy on a Dolphin
Brothers in Law – (GB)
Brothers Rico, The
Burglar, The
Canal (Kanal) *
Careless Years, The
City of Gold – (Canada)
Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) – (West Germany)
Country Hotel (Rong Raem Narok) – (Thailand)
Cranes Are Flying, The (Letyat zhuravli) – (U.S.S.R.)
Crime of Passion
Crucible, The (Les Sorcières de Salem) – (France/East Germany)
Curse of Frankenstein, The – (GB)
D.I., The
Decision at Sundown
Delicate Delinquent, The
Delinquents, The
Designing Woman
Desk Set
Devil's Hairpin, The
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) – (India)
Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) – (U.S.S.R.)
Don't Go Near the Water
Drango
Duped Till Doomsday (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) – (East Germany)
Early Morning Chill – (China)
Edge of the City
Enemy Below, The *
Face in the Crowd, A
Les Fanatiques (The Fanatics) – (France)
Farewell to Arms, A
Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister, A (Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen) – (Japan)
Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli) – (Italy)
Fear Strikes Out
Fire Down Below
Flute and the Arrow, The (En Djungelsaga) – (Sweden)
Forty Guns, The
Funny Face, The *
Garment Jungle, The
Gates of Paris, The (Porte des Lilas), directed by René Clair – (France/Italy)
Girl in Black Stockings, The
Girl in the Kremlin, The
Girl Most Likely, The
Les Girls, aka Cole Porter's Les Girls
La grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) – (Italy)
Gun for a Coward
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Halliday Brand, The
Hatful of Rain, A
He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir) – (France)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Helen Morgan Story, The
Hell Drivers – (GB)
Hour of Decision – (GB)
House of the Angel, The (La Casa del ángel) – (Argentina)
I Am Waiting (Ore wa matteru ze) – (Japan)
Incredible Shrinking Man, The
Interlude
Island in the Sun
Istanbul
Jailhouse Rock
Jamboree
Jeanne Eagels
Jet Pilot
Joe Butterfly
Johnny Tremain
Joker Is Wild, The
Kabuliwala (aka The Man) – (India)
Kathputli (Puppet) – (India)
King in New York, A *
Kiss Them for Me
Land Unknown, The
Legend of the Lost
Let's Be Happy – (GB)
Little Hut, The – (GB/US)
Love in the Afternoon
Loving You
Lower Depths, The (Donzoko) – (Japan)
Man of a Thousand Faces, biopic of Lon Chaney
Matter of Dignity, A (To teleftaio psema) – (Greece)
Mayabazar (Fantasy Bazaar) – (India)
Mayerling
Men in War
Miracles of Thursday (Los jueves, milagro) – (Spain)
Mister Cory
The Monolith Monsters, The
The Monster That Challenged the World, The
Mother India
My Gun Is Quick
Mysterians, The (Chikyū Bōeigun) – (Japan)
N.Y. A documentary film
Naked Truth, The – (GB)
Naya Daur (New Era) – (India)
Night Passage
Nightfall
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) – (Italy) *
Nine Lives (Ni Liv) – (Norway)
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Oklahoman, The
Old Yeller
Omar Khayyam
One That Got Away, The – (GB)
Operation Mad Ball *
Osaka Story, An (Osaka Monogatari) – (Japan)
Outcry, The (Il Grido) – (Italy)
Pajama Game, The
Pal Joey
Paths of Glory *
Paying Guest – (India)
Perri
Peyton Place
Pied Piper of Hamelin, The
Pride and the Passion, The
Prince and the Showgirl, The
Public Pigeon No. 1
Pyaasa (Thirsty) – (India)
Quatermass 2 – (GB)
Raintree County
Real End of the Great War, The (Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny) – (Poland)
Rock All Night
Rose Bernd – (West Germany)
Run of the Arrow
Sad Sack, The
Saint Joan – (GB/U.S.)
Sayonara
Shiralee, The – (GB)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Silk Stockings
Singing Ringing Tree, The (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) – (East Germany)
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (aka ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
Sleepless (la anam) – (Egypt)
Smallest Show on Earth, The – (GB)
Snow Queen, The (Snezhnaya koroleva) – (USSR)
Something of Value
Spirit of St. Louis, The
Spring Reunion
Stopover Tokyo
Story of Esther Costello, The – (GB)
Strange One, The
Strange World of Planet X, The (The Cosmic Monsters) – (Britain)
Sweet Smell of Success, The
Tall T, The
Deadly Mantis, The
Giant Claw, The
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tattered Dress, The
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Three Faces of Eve, The
Three Violent People
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō) – (Japan) *
Time Limit
Tin Star, The
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Tizoc
Top Secret Affair
Tough, The (Al-Fetewa) – (Egypt)
Tumsa Nahin Dekha – (India)
Undead, The
Unholy Wife, The
Untamed Youth
Until They Sail
Valerie
El vampiro (The Vampire) – (Mexico)
Voodoo Island
Way to the Gold
Wayward Bus, The
White Nights (Le Notti Bianche) – (Italy)
Whom God Forgives (Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) – (Spain)
Wild Is the Wind
Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) – (Sweden) *
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Wings of Eagles, The *
Witness for the Prosecution
Woman in a Dressing Gown – (GB)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (Yagyu Bugeicho) – Japan
Yellow Crow (Kiiroi karasu) – (Japan)
Young and Dangerous
Zero Hour!