51. Midnight Cowboy
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Schlesinger
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Ruth White
Plot: A lonely male prostitute finds an unwanted friend who both try to survive life on the streets in urban New York City.
52. Virgin Spring, The ( Jungfrukällan )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Pettersson, Axel Düberg, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom
Plot: During the early 1500s in Sweden, a young virgin is murdered. The murders ironically seek shelter in the parents home in which a plot of revenge is taken against the sinners.
53. Z
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer
Plot: Costa-Gavras chronicles the overthrow of the democratic government in Greece. When a liberal politician is murdered in an attack during a peace demonstration, the right wing established figures in the military and the police try and hide not only their parts in it, but try to cover up the murder as well. The magistrate must act as a detective in order to go through the cover up. While historically accurate, it is told as a combination mystery and thriller
54. True Grit
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeremy Slate
Plot: A grizzled and often-times drunk U.S. Marshal joins a Texas Ranger to help a stubborn young girl track down her fathers' killers in Indian territory.
55. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Kizo Nagashima
Actors: Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Larry D. Mann, Paul Kligman
Plot: A young reindeer is outcast because of his glowing red nose. He goes to live amongst the misfit toys, only to become a hero when a foggy night threatens Santa's Christmas voyage.
56. Godson, The ( Samouraï, Le )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: François Périer, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Michel Boisrond, Jean-Pierre Posier
Plot: An expert hitman, living a meticulously planned existence, finds himself
in a web of intrigue after he is witnessed leaving his latest assignment.
57. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bill Melendez
Actors: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Kathy Steinberg, Gail DeFaria, Glenn Mendelson
Plot: Linus tells Charlie Brown the story of the Great Pumpkin on Halloween.
58. Peeping Tom
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Powell
Actors: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Michael Goodliffe, Shirley Anne Field
Plot: A lonely, repressed young man's life revolves around the camera: when not working for film studio or proving pornographic pictures for a local shop, he's exploring the depths of fear as he films women while murdering them.
59. Kwaidan
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Katsuo Nakamura, Kanemon Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Keiko Kishi
Plot: Four Japanese tales revolving around the supernatural: A poor samurai disowns his wife in order to marry for money only to regret the decision and return home, but something has changed; a woodcutter is rescued from a snowstrom by an ice spirit who saves him on condition he never tell anyone about her - 10 years later he breaks the promise; a blind musician in a monastery is commissioned by a ghostly host to sing their ballad, but as his lifeforce is drained the monks rush to save him; finally, a writer recounts the story of man who keeps seeing a mysterious face in his cup of tea.
60. World of Apu , The ( Apur Sansar )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Bengali
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Alok Chakravarty, Sharmila Tagore, Dhiresh Majumdar
Plot: Apu is an aimless young man is invited to a wedding by an old college friend. This is a life-altering event, for after arriving and finding the bridegroom to be quite mad, Apu is offered as a substitute. Although not so keen on the idea, he accepts and takes his beautiful bride with him to Calcutta. But the bliss is not to last, as she dies in childbirth and, in a fit of grief, Apu leaves his child, and much of the world, behind. It takes years before he is able to face worldly responsibilities again.
