MY TOP 40 MOVIES FOR 1964 (in list order)

In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

The two front runners for their party"s presidential nomination, one principled and the other ruthless, vie for the former president"s endorsement.

An American Naval Officer"s talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.

A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.

Four vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.

Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.

A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.

A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Reality movie of a few days in the life of a Czech teenager when he starts work.

In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.

A young woman separated from her lover by war faces a life-altering decision.

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Andrea Artusi begins to have doubts about the loyalty of his beautiful wife. When doubt becomes an obsession, his behavior becomes completely crazy, stalking her relentlessly.

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

While investigating a gold magnate"s smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

Mark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.

In his wanderlust, Joe Cullen moves from the US to South America to work in a mining camp, he leaving behind his wife Julie and their infant daughter, Ellen Mary. After Joe stops writing and sending money, Julie, not expecting Joe ever to return to her in he being dissatisfied with married life, files for divorce, and moves with Ellen Mary to the town of Howard to start life anew working in the payroll department of Howard Factory. Among the people she meets and befriends in Howard is coworker Frank Richards, the friendship with him which slowly but eventually blossoms into romance. Despite some opposition from his parents, especially his father, Frank and Julie get married, Frank, in the process, becoming the only father that Ellen Mary has really ever known, a loving one at that. After Julie and Frank have a child of their own, William so named after his father, Joe, four years after his departure, returns solely wanting to reestablish a relationship of sorts with now adolescent Ellen Mary. After Joe sees Julie"s new life, he changes his want from that relationship with Ellen Mary to suing for full custody. The sole issue, originally with William"s Sr."s objection to the marriage, and to Joe"s want for full custody, is that Julie and Joe, and thus by association Ellen Mary, are white, while Frank is black.

Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney"s mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.

The 1746 Battle of Culloden, the last land battle fought in the British Isles and the battle that ensured that Scotland was controlled by England.

Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger, and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it all, he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately, the only one who blindly believes that Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray himself, because it"s obvious to everyone else that Joe not only back-stabs him at every chance, but is also sleeping with his wife.

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God"s divine will rather than the King"s.