Films of the '60s: 1968

[Petri]

It's time for 1968 poll!

You can post a list of anywhere between 1 and 15 films (or more, but only 15 will be counted) from the year we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the RYM list and the top 10 of each year will go on to the final top 100. The deadline is August 31st.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50
2. 40
3. 30
4. 20
5. 15
6. 10
7. 9
8. 8
9. 7
10. 6
11. 5
12. 4
13. 3
14. 2
15. 1
However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the great (and awful) films released in 1965, from a variety of sources:
IMDb
RYM
Films101
RottenTomatoes

[Petri]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. The Producers
3. C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West]
4. Rosemary's Baby
5. Il grande silenzio [The Great Silence]
6. Mustaa valkoisella [Black on White]
7. Where Eagles Dare
8. Planet of the Apes
9. The Boston Strangler
10. Night of the Living Dead
11. The Devil Rides Out
12. Faces
13. Diabolik [Danger: Diabolik]
14. Baisers volés [Stolen Kisses]
15. Bullitt

16. Fando y Lis [Fando and Lis]
17. Barbarella
18. Noin 7 veljestä
19. Бриллиантовая Рука [The Diamond Arm]
20 .Սայաթ-Նովա [The Colour of Pomegranates]
21. Targets
22. Punahilkka [Little Red Riding Hood]
23. The Love Bug

Very good year.

[Greg]

1. Once Upon a Time in the West / Sergio Leone / Italy
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey / Stanley Kubrick / U.K.
3. The Party / Blake Edwards / U.S.
4. Night of the Living Dead / George A. Romero / U.S.
5. Targets / Peter Bogdanovich / U.S.
6. The Great Silence / Sergio Corbucci / Italy
7. The Red and the White / Miklos Jancso / Hungary
8. Rosemary's Baby / Roman Polanski / U.S.
9. Hour of the Wolf / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden
10. The Swimmer / Frank Perry / U.S.
11. if... / Lindsay Anderson / U.K.
12. Kuroneko / Kaneto Shindo / Japan
13. The Hour of the Furnaces / Fernando E. Solanas / Argentina
14. Bullitt / Peter Yates / U.S.
15. The Colour of Pomegranates / Sergei Parajanov / U.S.S.R.

16. Signs of Life / Werner Herzog / West Germany
17. Faces / John Cassavetes / U.S.
18. Shame / Ingmar Bergman / Sweden
19. Planet of the Apes / Franklin J. Schaffner / U.S.
20. The Producers / Mel Brooks / U.S.
21. Barbarella / Roger Vadim / France
22. Reenactment / Lucian Pintilie / Romania
23. Monterey Pop / D.A. Pennebaker / U.S.
24. The Diamond Arm / Leonid Gaidai / U.S.S.R.
25. City of Contrasts / Djibril Diop Mambety / Senegal
26. Teorema / Pier Paolo Pasolini / Italy

[bonnielaurel]

1. Rosemary's Baby
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. The Producers
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Oliver!
6. La Mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black)
7. Buena Sera, Mrs. Campbell
8. Le Gendarme se marie (The Gendarme Gets Married)
9. The Odd Couple
10. Bandolero!
11. Barbarella
12. The Thomas Crown Affair
13. The Love Bug
14. Funny Girl
15. The High Commissioner (Nobody Runs Forever)

[Henrik]

1. C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West]
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Targets
4. Rosemary's Baby
5. The Odd Couple
6. The Producers
7. Baisers volés [Stolen Kisses], 1p

[stone37]

1. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
2. Planet of the Apes (1968)
3. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
4. 2001 (1968)
5. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
6. Salesman (1968)
7. Oliver! (1968)
8. The Producers (1968)
9. Pretty Poison (1968)
10. Targets (1968)

[Gillingham]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
2. C'era una Volta il West (Sergio Leone)
3. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski)
4. Skammen (Ingmar Bergman)
5. Faces (John Cassavetes)
6. Vargtimmen (Ingmar Berman)
7. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero)
8. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner) 6
9. Coogans's Bluff (Don Siegel) 4
10. The Odd Couple (Gene Saks) 1

[Gillingham]

Not much love for Bergman yet, unfortunately.

[stone37]

Gillingham,

Hour of the Wolf was my #11.

[Stephan]

1. Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone)
2. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski) (10)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) (1)

[antonius]

1.2001: A Space Odyssey
2.C'era una volta il West
3.Planet of the Apes
4.Monsieur Hawarden
5.Une Histoire Immortelle
6.Rosemary's Baby
7.Where Eagles Dare
8.Bullitt
9.The Party
10.The Thomas Crown Affair
11.Yellow Submarine

[Harold]

1. Once Upon a Time in the West
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Petulia
4. The Producers
5. Faces
6. The Lion in Winter
7. Targets
8. Bullitt
9. Night of the Living Dead
10. Rosemary's Baby

Would love to see more people check out, and vote for, Richard Lester's Petulia, an underrated gem that may contain George C. Scott's finest performance.

[Michel]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick)
2. C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (Sergio Leone)
3. if.... (Lindsay Anderson)
4. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polański)
5. The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer)
6. Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
7. Sympathy for the Devil [One Plus One] (Jean-Luc Godard)
8. Alexandre le bienheureux [Alexander] (Yves Robert)
9. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner)
10. Baisers volés [Stolen Kisses] (François Truffaut)
11. The Party (Blake Edwards)
12. Le pacha (Georges Lautner)
13. Je t'aime, je t'aime (Alain Resnais)
14. La mariée était en noir [The Bride Wore Black] (François Truffaut)
15. The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tony Richardson)

Faces (John Cassavetes)
La prisonnière [Woman in Chains] (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
The Swimmer (Frank Perry)

[Miguel]

1. 2001, A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick (USA/UK)
2. The Boston Strangler – Richard Fleischer (USA)
3. Planet of the Apes – Franklin Schaffner (USA)
4. Hang 'Em High – Ted Post (USA)
5. C’era una volta il west (Once Upon a Time in the West) – Sergio Leone (Italy, USA)
6. Hell in the Pacific – John Boorman (USA)
7. Night of the Living Dead – George Romero (USA)
8. Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf) – Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)
9. The Party – Blake Edwards (USA)
10. Rachel, Rachel – Paul Newman (USA)
11. House of Cards – John Guillermin (USA)
12. La mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black) – François Truffaut (France/Italy)
13. 5 Card Stud – Henry Hathaway (USA)
14. Targets – Peter Bogdanovich (USA)

[Petri]

Voting is now closed.

[Petri]

When 2001 and Once Upon a TIme in the West (in advance two biggest favorites to win the whole decade poll) were almost everyone's #1 and #2, Rosemary's Baby was high in every list and some of the regular movie poll voters didn't participate - two movies with less than 50 points were qualified to final.

rank. title (director) - points / votes / #1 votes
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) - 411 / 11 / 5
2. C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (Sergio Leone) - 395 / 10 / 5
3. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski) - 199 / 10 / 1
4. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner) - 121 / 6 / 0
5. The Producers (Mel Brooks) - 108 / 5 / 0
6. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero) - 81 / 6 / 0
7. Targets (Peter Bogdanovich) - 62 / 5 / 0
8. The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer) - 62 / 3 / 0
9. The Party (Blake Edwards) - 49 / 4 / 0
10. Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli)- 40 / 1 / 0

[Henrik]

Petri, when we changed to the steeper scale I think Stephan and I decided that a minimum of two votes would be required to go to the final. I'd say it's your call though as you run this now. Perhaps you don't want to take away the fun for bonnielaurel.

[Petri]

Petri, when we changed to the steeper scale I think Stephan and I decided that a minimum of two votes would be required to go to the final. I'd say it's your call though as you run this now. Perhaps you don't want to take away the fun for bonnielaurel.

Yeah I remember too that we talked about “more than one vote” rule but I didn’t find the conversation anymore. I also thought that Tokyo Olympiad already qualified from 65 poll with only one vote (and that was even more problematic case with three movies with the same score, and especially because The Hill would have got more points if Stephan had voted for (or watched?) more movies. Actually Stephan or I didn’t announce the winner of tie-breaker that got zero votes).

I think I don’t want to steal the fun from bonnielaurel so let’s say one vote is enough (maybe we re-discuss about the rule before 50s polls). So Romeo & Juliet and Tokyo Olympiad will be in the final.

About the results in general: I thought Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf) would have easily gone to the final. Seemingly it’s hard to get to see the movie (I know it’s on YouTube but I want to watch movies with at least DVD quality if possible). For example libraries in Helsinki have over 20 different Ingmar Bergman films but not Vargtimmen (or any other of his films from 68 and 69).

[SuperFurry]

Completely forgot about my list.

1. Once Upon A Time In The West
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Bullitt
4. Rosemary's Baby
5. The Alphabet
6. The Party

[Petri]

With your votes Bullitt would had got 49 points (5 votes) which had been enough to the final. Unfortunately the results have been released so we don't see the legendary car chase scene with the same turning car in zillion different situations.