1966 Recap and Ten Favorite Films

I have now watched 94 films that were released in 1966.  A complete list can be found here.  Despite my endless complaints, 1966 was actually a fairly strong year at the top.  Not for Hollywood, however, which has only one film on my list.  The films are only in very rough order.  I gave the number one slot to the film I would be most likely to put in my DVD player if I had to choose today.  I reluctantly left Alfie and King of Hearts off my list.

I’m excited to be moving on to 1967!

10.  Nayak – Directed by Satyajit Ray

9.  The Face of Another – Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

8.  The Endless Summer – Directed by Bruce Brown

7.  Sword of Doom – Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

6. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Directed by Mike Nichols

5.  Blow-Up – Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

4. Andrei Rublev – Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

3.  The Battle of Algiers – Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

2.  Persona – Directed by Ingmar Bergman

1.  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Directed by Sergio Leone