Best Movies of 1967 by Rank
31
1
Arthur Penn
Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Crime / Drama / Romance / Gangster / Biography / Period Film / Caper
USA
English
51
2
Luis Buñuel
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Drama
France / Italy
French
60
3
Mike Nichols
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English
87
4
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle
Comedy / Drama
France / Italy
French
196
5
Mel Brooks
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Estelle Winwood, Renée Taylor
Comedy / Musical / Cult
USA
English
204
6
Jean-Pierre Melville
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon
Thriller / Crime / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
France / Italy
French
223
7
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Timothy Scott
Drama / Mystery / Crime / Detective
USA
English
236
8
Jean-Luc Godard
Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange
Drama / Comedy / Experimental
Italy / France
French
475
9
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Drama
USA
English
500
10
John Boorman
Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor
Action / Crime / Thriller / Drama / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
776
12
Jean-Luc Godard
Joseph Gehrard, Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret
Drama
France
French
858
13
Robert Aldrich
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown
War / Drama / Adventure
UK / USA
English
863
14
Miklós Jancsó
József Madaras, Tibor Molnár
Drama / War
Hungary / Soviet Union
Hungarian
1064
15
Wolfgang Reitherman
Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway
Family / Animation / Comedy / Musical / Adventure
USA
English
1067
16
D.A. Pennebaker
Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Tito Burns
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
1098
17
Jim McBride
L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Lorenzo Mans, Louise Levine
Drama / Experimental / Comedy
USA
English
1278
18
Milos Forman
Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha
Comedy / Drama
Czechoslovakia / Italy
Czech
1299
19
Claude Berri
Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Luce Fabiole
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
France
French
1379
20
Robert Bresson
Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Maria Cardinal
Drama
France
French
1411
21
Joseph Losey
Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard
Drama / Crime / Romance
UK
English
1527
22
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
1532
23
Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda
Gene Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris
Musical / Comedy / Romance
France
French
1626
24
Michael Snow
Hollis Frampton, Amy Taubin
Drama / Experimental
Canada / USA
English
1683
26
Frantisek Vlácil
Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna
Romance / Drama / Epic / History
Czechoslovakia
Czech
1701
27
Bo Widerberg
Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren
Drama / Romance / Period Film
Sweden
Swedish
1719
28
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Terence Stamp, Alan Bates
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK
English
1725
29
Peter Brook
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Clifford Rose, Glenda Jackson
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Period Film
UK
English
1771
30
Franco Zeffirelli
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Italy / USA
English
1786
31
Richard Fleischer
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley
Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical / Period Film / Comedy
USA
English
1810
32
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell
Action / Western
USA
English
1842
33
Jean-Luc Godard
Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
Drama / Comedy
France
French
1865
34
James Clavell
Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu, Faith Brook
Drama
UK
English
1915
35
Albert Finney
Albert Finney, Colin Blakely, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli, Timothy Garland
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
1929
36
Luchino Visconti
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Georges Wilson
Drama / Crime
Italy / France / Algeria
French
1958
37
David Swift
Robert Morse, Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee, Anthony 'Scooter' Teague, Maureen Arthur
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
1965
38
Joshua Logan
Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings
Musical / Romance / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
1983
39
Theodore J. Flicker
James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington Jr.
Comedy / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2002
40
Glauber Rocha
Jardel Filho, Paulo Autran, José Lewgoy, Glauce Rocha, Paulo Gracindo
Drama
Brazil
Portuguese
2075
41
Eric Rohmer
Patrick Bauchau, Haydée Politoff, Daniel Pommereulle, Alain Jouffroy
Drama / Comedy / Romance
France
French
2087
42
Aleksandar Petrovic
Bekim Fehmiu, Olivera Vuco
Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2152
43
Mark Rydell
Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Keir Dullea, Glynne Morris
Drama
Canada
English
2198
45
Lewis Gilbert
Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Donald Pleasence
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2236
46
John Huston
Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris
Drama
USA
English
2239
47
Howard Hawks
John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Arthur Hunnicutt
Western / Action / Adventure
USA
English
2240
48
Bryan Forbes
Edith Evans, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman, Gerald Sim
Drama / Thriller / Crime
UK
English
2246
49
George Roy Hill
Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Comedy / Musical
USA
English
2266
50
Roman Polanski
Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins, Sharon Tate
Comedy / Horror
USA / UK
English
2266
50
Gene Kelly
Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Jackie Russell, Robert Morse
Comedy
USA
English
2305
51
Michael Winner
Orson Welles, Oliver Reed, Carol White, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern
Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2311
52
Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksei Glazyrin, Vadim Zakharchenko
Horror
Soviet Union
Russian
2356
54
Claude Lelouch
Yves Montand, Candice Bergen, Annie Girardot
Drama / Romance
France / Italy
French
2357
55
Stanley Donen
Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels
Drama / Comedy / Romance
UK
English
2387
56
Monte Hellman
Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Will Hutchins, Warren Oates
Western
USA
English
2402
57
Shirley Clarke
Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2420
58
Stanley Donen
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Alba, Robert Russell
Comedy / Fantasy / Religion / Romance
UK
English
2440
59
Gabriel Axel
Gitte Hænning, Oleg Vidov, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Denmark / Iceland / Sweden
Danish
2456
60
Burt Kennedy
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn
Action / Western / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2471
61
Terence Young
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2498
62
Masaki Kobayashi
Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Etsuko Ichihara
Drama / History / Period Film / War / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2545
63
Robert Mulligan
Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White, Jean Stapleton
Drama
USA
English
2546
64
Jack Clayton
Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin
Drama / Thriller
UK
English
2574
65
Marco Bellocchio
Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi, Daniela Surina
Drama / Comedy
Italy
Italian
2591
66
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Stuart Whitman
Documentary / War / History / Biography
France
French
2591
66
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene
Drama
Italy / Morocco
Italian
2591
66
Buzz Kulik
David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish
Mystery / Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2591
66
Howard Morris
Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver
Comedy / Crime / Caper
USA
English
2606
67
Francisco Rovira Beleta
Antonio Gades, La Polaca, Rafael de Córdoba, Morucha
Drama
Spain
Spanish
2606
67
Noboru Nakamura
Tetsuro Tamba, Shima Iwashita, Eiji Okada
Drama / Biography
Japan
Japanese
2614
68
Dusan Makavejev
Eva Ras, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ruzica Sokic, Aleksander Kostic
Drama / Comedy
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2614
68
Peter Watkins
Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, Max Bacon
Sci-Fi / Music / Drama
UK
English
2628
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
2628
69
Charles Chaplin
Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin, Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill
Comedy / Romance
UK / USA
English
2628
69
Irvin Kershner
George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan, Jack Albertson, Alice Ghostley
Comedy / Crime / Drama
USA
English
2628
69
George Sidney
Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard, Penelope Horner, Elaine Taylor
Musical / Romance / Comedy
UK
English
2628
69
Louis Malle
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois, Julien Guiomar
Comedy / Drama / Crime / Caper / Period Film
France / Italy
French
2628
69
Roy Ward Baker
James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont
Sci-Fi / Horror
UK
English
2628
69
Roger Corman
Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Salli Sachse
Drama / Cult
USA
English
2628
69
Mark Robson
Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti
Drama / Music
USA
English
2634
70
Med Hondo
Robert Liensol, Théo Légitimus, Ambroise M'Bia, Gabriel Glissant
Drama
France / Mauritania
French
2645
71
Peter Glenville
Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov
Drama / Comedy
USA / France
English
2653
72
Seijun Suzuki
Jo Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Koji Nambara
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2661
73
George Lucas
Dan Natchsheim, Joy Carmichael, David Munson, Marvin Bennett, Ralph Stell
Short / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2661
73
Charlie 'Brown' Davis, David 'Bat' Williams, Jimmy 'Country' Robinson
Short / Documentary / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2690
74
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine-Isabelle Duport, Jacqueline Bir, Paul Roland
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Crime
Belgium
French
2693
75
Ulrich Schamoni
Ulla Jacobsson, Sabine Sinjen, Hans-Dieter Schwarze, Johannes Schaaf, Hans Posegga
Drama
West Germany
German
2697
76
Aleksandr Askoldov
Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskaya
Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian
2699
77
Anthony Harvey
Shirley Knight, Al Freeman Jr., Frank Lieberman, Robert Calvert
Drama / Crime
UK
English
2699
77
Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic
Milena Dravic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Mija Aleksic, Neda Arneric
War / Drama
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
2699
77
Edgar Reitz
Heidi Stroh, Georg Hauke, Nina Frank, Ruth von Zerboni
Drama / Romance
West Germany
German
2700
78
Pietro Germi
Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Renée Longarini
Comedy
France / Italy
Italian
2700
78
Michael Winner
Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, James Donald
Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2700
78
Desmond Davis
Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle
Comedy / Musical
UK
English
2712
79
Bud Yorkin
Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards, Jean Simmons, Van Johnson
Comedy
USA
English
2712
79
Murray Lerner
Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Donovan
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2712
79
John Sturges
James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi, Charles Aidman
Western / History
USA
English
2712
79
Martin Scorsese
Zina Bethune, Harvey Keitel, Anne Collette, Lennard Kuras, Michael Scala
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2713
80
Frank Tashlin
Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edward Mulhare, Lilia Skala
Comedy / Thriller / Mystery / Action / Spy / Caper
USA
English
2713
80
Richard Lester
Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran
Comedy / War
UK
English
2719
81
Joe Layton, Walter C. Miller
Barbra Streisand, Jason Robards, Lee Allen, Susan Alpern, John William Sublett
Music
USA
English
2739
82
Vilgot Sjöman
Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt
Documentary / Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2745
83
Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann, James Tenney
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2751
84
Jean-Luc Godard
Jacques Charrier, Anna Karina, Marilù Tolo, Daniel Bart
Comedy / Drama
France
French
2753
85
Kira Muratova
Nina Ruslanova, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Kira Muratova, Lidiya Bazilskaya, Olga Viklandt
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
2756
86
Mikio Naruse
Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue, Mitsuko Mori
Drama / Romance
Japan
Japanese
2759
87
Gene Saks
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Comedy / Romance
USA
English
2765
88
King Hu
Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu, Chien Tsao, Han Hsieh
Action / Adventure
Taiwan / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2765
88
Jorge Briand, Leonardo Favio
Federico Luppi, Elsa Daniel, María Vaner, Edgardo Suárez, Cacho Mendoza
Drama / Romance
Argentina
Spanish
2765
88
Marlen Khutsiev
Evgeniya Uralova, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Yuriy Vizbor, Evgeniya Kozyreva
Drama / Romance
Soviet Union
Russian
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
