1957: World Premieres 1957: U.S. Releases 1957: Still Left to See 1957: Cannes Festival Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1957: World Premieres  By Grade // By Title, with Full Reviews Top Ten List 1.  The Seventh Seal Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe A+ 2.  The Bridge on the River Kwai Dir. David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness A– 3.  Forty Guns Dir. Samuel Fuller. With Barry Sullivan, Barbara Stanwyck, Dean Jagger, John Ericson A– 4.  The Cranes Are Flying Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov. With Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov B+ Remainder of Films Screened A Face in the Crowd Dir. Elia Kazan. With Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa B Night of the Demon Dir. Jacques Tourneur. With Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins B Witness for the Prosecution Dir. Billy Wilder. With Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power B 12 Angry Men Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, E.G. Marshall B– Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Dir. John Huston. With Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr B– Paths of Glory Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou B– Peyton Place Dir. Mark Robson. With Lana Turner, Michael Rossi, Diane Varsi, Russ Tamblyn B– Clash by Night Dir. John Frankenheimer. TV Movie. With Kim Stanley, E.G. Marshall C+ The Three Faces of Eve Dir. Nunnally Johnson. With Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb C+ Wild Is the Wind Dir. George Cukor. With Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa C+ 3:10 to Yuma Dir. Delmer Daves. With Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, Leora Dana, Robert Emhardt C Crime of Passion Dir. Gerd Oswald. With Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr C Raintree County Dir. Edward Dmytryk. With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor D In Need of Reappraisal Sweet Smell of Success Dir. Alexander Mackendrick. With Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster Wild Strawberries Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin