10 Movies of 1964

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.

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

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

* A young Frenchwoman who works at a small-town boutique selling umbrellas, falls for dashing mechanic Guy. Their brief romance is interrupted when Guy is drafted to serve in the Algerian War. *

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

* A poor, elderly woman and her daughter-in-law murder samurai in medieval Japan to survive. *

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

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe.

* Anthology of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. *

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