Best Movies of 1967 by Rank
29
1
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
46
2
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
58
3
Mike Nichols
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
96
4
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
185
5
Mel Brooks
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor
Comedy / Musical / Cult
USA
English
205
6
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
219
7
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
245
8
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
454
9
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
475
10
John Boorman
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
683
11
Jean-Luc Godard
Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret
Drama
France
French
788
13
Robert Aldrich
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown
War / Drama / Adventure
UK / USA
English
893
14
Miklós Jancsó
József Madaras, Tibor Molnár
Drama / War
Hungary / Soviet Union
Hungarian
1028
15
Wolfgang Reitherman
Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway
Family / Animation / Comedy / Musical / Adventure
USA
English
1039
16
Jim McBride
L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans, Louise Levine
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
USA
English
1051
17
D.A. Pennebaker
Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Tito Burns
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
1305
18
Milos Forman
Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha
Comedy / Drama
Czechoslovakia / Italy
Czech
1318
19
Claude Berri
Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
1395
20
Robert Bresson
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal
Drama
France
French
1472
21
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard
Drama / Crime / Romance
UK
English
1519
22
Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda
Gene Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris
Musical / Comedy / Romance
France
French
1614
23
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1646
24
Michael Snow
Hollis Frampton, Amy Taubin
Drama / Experimental
Canada / USA
English
1668
25
Frantisek Vlácil
Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna
Romance / Drama / Epic / History
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1669
26
Peter Brook
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
1746
27
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1787
28
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / USA
English
1796
29
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell
Action / Western
USA
English
1807
30
Bo Widerberg
Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1872
32
James Clavell
Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu, Faith Brook
Drama
UK
English
1875
33
Richard Fleischer
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley
Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical / Period Film / Comedy
USA
English
1885
34
Jean-Luc Godard
Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
Drama / Comedy
France
French
1899
35
David Swift
Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Maureen Arthur
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1936
36
Albert Finney
Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli, Timothy Garland
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
1967
37
Theodore J. Flicker
James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington Jr.
Comedy / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
1976
38
Luchino Visconti
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Georges Wilson
Drama / Crime
Italy / France / Algeria
French
2009
39
Joshua Logan
Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings
Musical / Romance / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
2029
40
Glauber Rocha
Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha, Paulo Gracindo
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2215
42
Mark Rydell
Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea, Glynne Morris
Drama
Canada
English
2229
43
Michael Winner
Orson Welles, Oliver Reed, Carol White, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2230
44
Roman Polanski
Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins, Sharon Tate
Comedy / Horror
USA / UK
English
2230
44
Gene Kelly
Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell, Robert Morse
Comedy
USA
English
2239
45
Aleksandar Petrovic
Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vuco
Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2247
46
Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt
Western / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2260
47
Lewis Gilbert
Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Donald Pleasence
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2297
48
John Huston
Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Drama
USA
English
2302
49
Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksei Glazyrin, Vadim Zakharchenko
Horror
Soviet Union
Russian
2308
50
George Roy Hill
Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
2365
51
Bryan Forbes
Edith Evans, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Gerald Sim
Drama / Thriller / Crime
UK
English
2406
52
Monte Hellman
Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Will Hutchins, Warren Oates
Western
USA
English
2422
53
Eric Rohmer
Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
2443
54
Stanley Donen
Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK
English
2470
56
Claude Lelouch
Yves Montand, Candice Bergen, Annie Girardot
Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
2472
57
Stanley Donen
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Alba, Robert Russell
Comedy / Fantasy / Religion / Romance
UK
English
2514
58
Burt Kennedy
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn
Action / Western / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2531
59
Terence Young
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2536
60
Shirley Clarke
Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2553
61
Gabriel Axel
Gitte Hænning, Oleg Vidov, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Denmark / Iceland / Sweden
Danish
2608
62
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Stuart Whitman
Documentary / War / History / Biography
France
French
2608
62
Masaki Kobayashi
Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara
Drama / History / Period Film / War / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2608
62
Buzz Kulik
David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish
Mystery / Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2608
62
Howard Morris
Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2633
63
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene
Drama
Italy / Morocco
Italian
2645
64
Marco Bellocchio
Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina
Drama / Comedy
Italy
Italian
2654
65
Robert Mulligan
Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton
Drama
USA
English
2655
66
Jack Clayton
Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin
Drama / Thriller
UK
English
2662
67
Dusan Makavejev
Eva Ras, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ruzica Sokic, Aleksander Kostic
Drama / Comedy
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2662
67
Peter Watkins
Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, Max Bacon
Sci-Fi / Music / Drama
UK
English
2684
68
Seijun Suzuki
Jo Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Koji Nambara
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2692
69
Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish
Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet
Comedy / Action / Adventure / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2692
69
Charles Chaplin
Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill
Comedy / Romance
UK / USA
English
2692
69
Irvin Kershner
George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, Alice Ghostley
Comedy / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2692
69
George Sidney
Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard, Penelope Horner, Elaine Taylor
Musical / Romance / Comedy
UK
English
2692
69
Louis Malle
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Caper / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2692
69
Roy Ward Baker
James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont
Sci-Fi / Horror
UK
English
2692
69
Roger Corman
Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Salli Sachse
Drama / Cult
USA
English
2692
69
Mark Robson
Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti
Drama / Music
USA
English
2712
70
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Antonio Gades, La Polaca, Rafael de Córdoba, Morucha
Drama
Spain
Spanish
2712
70
Noboru Nakamura
Tetsuro Tamba, Shima Iwashita, Eiji Okada
Drama / Biography
Japan
Japanese
2742
71
Peter Glenville
Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov
Drama / Comedy
USA / France
English
2751
72
Med Hondo
Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Ambroise M'Bia, Gabriel Glissant
Drama
France / Mauritania
French
2758
73
George Lucas
Dan Natchsheim, Joy Carmichael, David Munson, Marvin Bennett, Ralph Stell
Short / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2758
73
Charlie 'Brown' Davis, David 'Bat' Williams, Jimmy 'Country' Robinson
Short / Documentary / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2777
74
Frank Tashlin
Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edward Mulhare, Lilia Skala
Comedy / Thriller / Mystery / Action / Spy / Caper
USA
English
2777
74
Richard Lester
Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran
Comedy / War
UK
English
2790
75
Anthony Harvey
Shirley Knight, Al Freeman Jr., Frank Lieberman, Robert Calvert
Drama / Crime
UK
English
2790
75
Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic
Milena Dravic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Mija Aleksic, Neda Arneric
War / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2790
75
Edgar Reitz
Heidi Stroh, Georg Hauke, Nina Frank, Ruth von Zerboni
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
2791
76
Pietro Germi
Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Renée Longarini
Comedy
France / Italy
Italian
2791
76
Michael Winner
Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2791
76
Desmond Davis
Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle
Comedy / Musical
UK
English
2794
77
Jean-Luc Godard
Jacques Charrier, Anna Karina, Marilù Tolo, Daniel Bart
Comedy / Drama
France
French
2803
78
Bud Yorkin
Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson
Comedy
USA
English
2803
78
Murray Lerner
Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Donovan
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2803
78
John Sturges
James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman
Western / History
USA
English
2803
78
Martin Scorsese
Zina Bethune, Harvey Keitel, Anne Collette, Lennard Kuras, Michael Scala
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2809
79
Joe Layton, Walter C. Miller
Barbra Streisand, Jason Robards, Lee Allen, Susan Alpern, John William Sublett
Music
USA
English
2824
80
Vilgot Sjöman
Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt
Documentary / Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2834
81
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2839
82
Gene Saks
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2841
83
Kira Muratova
Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Kira Muratova, Lidiya Bazilskaya, Olga Viklandt
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
2844
84
Mikio Naruse
Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue, Mitsuko Mori
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
NR
-
Robert Parrish
Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Rossano Brazzi, Adolfo Celi, Hattie Jacques
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
NR
-
Gordon Douglas
James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee, Hanna Landy
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi / Spy / Cult
USA
English
