R TITLE L L% Lists By Year
1 Anatomy of a Murder 230 74% 1959 (230)
2 Ben-Hur 226 66% 1959 (32) | 1960 (194)
3 The Diary of Anne Frank 180 58% 1959 (180)
4 The Nun's Story 167 54% 1959 (167)
5 Pillow Talk 151 49% 1959 (151)
6 North by Northwest 150 48% 1959 (150)
7 Room at the Top 145 47% 1959 (145)
8 Some Like it Hot 129 42% 1959 (129)
9 Compulsion 121 39% 1959 (121)
10 Suddenly, Last Summer 101 29% 1960 (101)
11 Operation Petticoat 83 24% 1960 (83)
12 A Hole in the Head 71 23% 1959 (71)
13 The FBI Story 63 20% 1959 (63)
14 The Mouse That Roared 69 20% 1960 (69)
15 The Big Fisherman 57 18% 1959 (57)
16 Middle of the Night 53 17% 1959 (53)
17 A Summer Place 51 15% 1960 (51)
18 Imitation of Life (1959) 39 13% 1959 (39)
19 The Shaggy Dog 36 12% 1959 (36)
20 The Sound and the Fury 31 10% 1959 (31)
20 But Not For Me 31 10% 1959 (31)
22 Rio Bravo 30 10% 1959 (30)
22 The Hanging Tree 30 10% 1959 (30)
22 Career 30 10% 1959 (30)
25 This Earth is Mine 28 9% 1959 (28)
26 Darby O'Gill and the Little People 27 9% 1959 (27)
27 The Devil's Disciple 26 8% 1959 (26)
28 Sapphire 25 8% 1959 (25)
29 It Started With a Kiss 24 8% 1959 (24)
30 Third Man on the Mountain 23 7% 1959 (23)
31 The Horse Soldiers 21 7% 1959 (21)
32 Sleeping Beauty 20 6% 1959 (20)
33 Ask Any Girl 19 6% 1959 (19)
34 The Big Circus 17 5% 1959 (17)
35 Al Capone 16 5% 1959 (16)
36 The Roof 14 5% 1959 (14)
36 Gidget 14 5% 1959 (14)
38 The Last Angry Man 11 4% 1959 (11)
39 On the Beach 10 3% 1959 (10)
Lists Included 310 (estimated)
L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L% Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll
The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list. Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.