Yes. The practical approach is to filter files by their timestamp metadata or filename time pattern, rather than sorting manually.

From the community answers, two workable methods were suggested:

• Use a file manager with bulk-rename/filter tools, such as Total Commander. One answer describes sorting by date and using its Multi-Rename tool so only the first matching file for each time interval is kept after duplicate-name conflicts.
• Use a command-line script (for example in Bash) to select files whose timestamps match the exact times you want, such as only files captured at minute and second 00.

For your goal of one photo per hour, the key is selecting images where the capture time ends in :00:00. If your camera timestamps are accurate, a script or metadata-aware file tool is the fastest way to do it. Before deleting anything, test on copies first, since bulk renaming or filtering can be hard to undo.