1958

1. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati)
3. Brink of Life (Ingmar Bergman)
4. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)
5. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (Sergei Eisenstein)
6. Man of the West (Anthony Mann)
7. Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle)
8. Equinox Flowers (Yasujiro Ozu)
9. The Last Hurrah (John Ford)
10. Buchanan Rides Alone (Budd Boetticher)

Honorable Mentions:
China Doll (Frank Borzage), Wind Across the Everglades (Nicholas Ray), The Line Up (Don Siegel), The Magician (Ingmar Bergman), Jalsaghar (Satyajit Ray), Gigi (Vincente Minnelli), The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa), Horror of Dracula (Terence Fisher), Bonjour Tristesse (Otto Preminger), Ashes and Diamonds (Andzej Wajda)