Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Filmsite Top Films of All-Time

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Top Films of All-Time
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Top Films of All-Time
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 The Top Films of All-Time: This section presents an overview of the rankings of films regarded as 'greatest' by other critics and film-makers' polls, box-office totals, awards organizations, and other tallies. (Not all entries are listed - these are only a representative sample.) Although this website doesn't strongly believe in the value of ranking films, it is nonetheless interesting to see how a certain number of films often appear at the very top of the rankings or ratings.
Note: The films marked with a yellow star  are the films that the site has selected as the "100 Greatest Films".

Top Films By Genre 
(See also Top 5 Films in each Main Genre Category)
  • The Matrix (1999) - rated as the # 5 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"; Ranked the # 66 film in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - ranked as the # 1 Action-Heroine film in terms of domestic box-office receipts (as of 2010); rated as the # 10 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"; Ranked the # 77 film in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked the # 8 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the # 4 ranked science-fiction film in IMDb's top rankings of science-fiction genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Die Hard (1988) - rated as the # 1 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"; Ranked the # 39 film in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
  • Aliens (1986) - rated as the # 2 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"; ranked as the # 7 Action-Heroine film in terms of domestic box-office receipts (as of 2010)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - rated as the # 3 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"; Ranked the # 10 film in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - the top-ranked 'action film' in IMDB's Action Genre listings (as of 2010); rated as the # 12 action film inEntertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"
  • The James Bond films - from 1962 to present, rated by the Guinness World Records as the "most profitable" film series of all-time - for example, Goldfinger (1964) rated as the # 19 action film in Entertainment Weekly's 2007 issue of the "Top 25 Greatest Action Movies"
Up (2009) 
WALL-E (2008)
The Incredibles (2004)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Spirited Away (2001, Jp.)
Shrek (2001)
Toy Story (1995)
The Lion King (1994) 
Beauty and the Beast (1991) 
Akira (1988, Jp.)
Tale of Tales (1979, Russian)
Bambi (1942)
Pinocchio (1940)
 Fantasia (1940) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)


  • Up (2009) - the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film in 2009; the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, followingBeauty and the Beast (1991), the first CG-animated Best Picture nominee, and the first to receive a Best Picture nomination since animated films received their own category in 2001; Ranked as the # 3 animated movie in IMDb's top animation title rankings, voted upon by site visitors, as of 2010
  • WALL-E (2008) - the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film in 2008; Ranked as the # 1 animated movie in IMDb's top animation title rankings, voted upon by site visitors, as of 2010
  • The Incredibles (2004) - won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film in 2004, and became one of only four animated movies ever to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay
  • Shrek 2 (2004), the sequel, became the highest grossing animated film of all time, surpassing Finding Nemo (2003) and The Lion King (1994); nominated for Best Animated Feature Film (lost to The Incredibles)
  • Finding Nemo (2003) - the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003; Ranked the # 10 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the first computer-generated motion picture to outgross The Lion King as the highest-grossing animated film of all time, until it was surpassed the next year by Shrek 2
  • Spirited Away (2001) - Ranked as the # 2 animated movie in IMDb's top animation title rankings, voted upon by site visitors, as of 2010; it was the first anime (Japanese animation) film to win an Academy Award
  • Shrek (2001) - Ranked the # 8 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the first film to win in the Best Animated Feature Film category (newly-established)
  • Toy Story (1995) - Ranked the # 6 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 1 film in OFCS' "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003
  • The Lion King (1994) - Ranked the # 4 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated film of all time
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Ranked the # 7 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the only animated film nominated for Best Picture before a separate Best Animated Feature Film category was created by the Academy
  • Akira (1988) - voted as the Top anime ever made by Anime Insider in 2001
  • Tale of Tales (1979) (aka Skazka skazok) - Yuri Norstein's short film was voted by critics to be the Greatest Animated Film of All Time at a 1984 Los Angeles arts festival
  • Bambi (1942) - Ranked the # 3 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
  • Fantasia (1940) - Ranked the # 5 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 2 film in OFCS' "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003; Ranked # 58 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  • Pinocchio (1940) - Ranked the # 2 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Ranked # 34 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 3 film in OFCS' "Top 100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003; Ranked # 23 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 49 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
Borat (2006)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
 Annie Hall (1977)  The Graduate (1967)
 Dr. Strangelove Or: (1964)
 Some Like It Hot (1959) 
 It Happened One Night (1934)
  • Borat (2006), the #1 mockumentary at the box-office
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - voted # 1 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
  • Annie Hall (1977) - Ranked # 4 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 22 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) - voted # 1 comedy by Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies"; Ranked # 36 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughsranking in 2000; voted # 47 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
  • The Graduate (1967) - Ranked # 17 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 7 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 9 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; the # 25 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Dr. Strangelove Or:... (1964) - Ranked # 39 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 14 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 26 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 29 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"; voted # 53 comedy by Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies"
  • Some Like It Hot (1959) - Ranked # 22 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked as the # 1 "Greatest American Comedy " in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 5 inFilm Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked # 9 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 16 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"; the # 9 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • It Happened One Night (1934) - Ranked # 46 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 35 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 romantic comedy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the only comedy (and one of only three films) to win the top five Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director; Ranked # 8 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 17 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • This is Spinal Tap (1984) - Ranked # 29 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 1 in Entertainment Weekly's polling of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Ranked # 2 in Entertainment Weekly's polling of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003; also, the longest theatrical release in film history, having been in theaters for 30 years as of 2005
Titanic (1997)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
  • Titanic (1997) - highest-grossing and award-winning film (shared with other films) of all-time
  • The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - voted Best Disaster Film in a consumer poll commissioned by UCI Cinemas in 2004
March of the Penguins (2005, Fr.)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
The Thin Blue Line (1985)
Gates of Heaven (1980)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
World in Action: Seven-Up! (1964)
Le Monde du Silence/The Silent World (1956, Fr.)
Night and Fog (1955)
The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Nanook of the North (1922) 
  • March of the Penguins (2005, Fr.) - the highest-grossing nature documentary ever to date, the second-highest gross for a non-IMAX documentary, the 3rd highest documentary ever, and Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winner
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) - currently the highest grossing documentary of all time, and the Palme d'Or winner (the second documentary to win that award); voted # 8 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
  • Bowling for Columbine (2002) - at one time, the highest-grossing documentary of all time, until surpassed by director Michael Moore's next film; in 2002, it was the first documentary to compete in the Cannes Film Festival's main competition in 46 years; won the Best Documentary Award at the Oscars; Ranked # 1 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 3 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
  • Hoop Dreams (1994) - the highest-grossing documentary until 2002; influential in changing how AMPAS voted for documentary films; also named the Best Film of the decade (1990's) by noted critic Roger Ebert; Ranked # 4 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 11 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
  • The Thin Blue Line (1985) - by Errol Morris, responsible for solving a murder case and helping to free a Texas death-row inmate; Ranked # 2 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 28 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
  • Gates of Heaven (1980) - regarded by critic Roger Ebert as one of his 10 Best Films of All Time
  • The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) - the # 8-ranked documentary in IMDb's top rankings of documentary films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • World in Action: Seven-Up! Series (1964 and following 1970-2005) - voted # 1 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"; Ranked # 13 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"
  • Le Monde du Silence/The Silent World (1956, Fr.) - one of the most acclaimed nature documentaries ever, including the Palme d'Or (it was the first documentary to win this award) and the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award; co-directed by Jacques Yves-Cousteau with Louis Malle aboard the Calypso; it was also the first film to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color
  • Night and Fog (1955) - the top-ranked documentary in IMDb's top rankings of documentary films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) - always a highly-rated documentary film; Ranked # 19 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"
  • Nanook of the North (1922) - the first feature length documentary ever made; Ranked # 6 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 44 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
  • Avatar (2009) - surpassed Titanic (1997) as the highest-grossing film of all time (domestic and worldwide) 
  • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) - the highest grossing motion picture trilogy worldwide of all time; the entire trilogy received 17 Oscars from its 30 nominations; The Fellowship of the RIng - Ranked the # 2 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; The Return of the King - the first fantasy film to ever win the top Oscar prize, and also tied a record for the total number of Academy Awards won (11), with Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997)
  • Schindler's List (1993) - Ranked the # 6 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008;
  • Titanic (1997) - Ranked # 83 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 6 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; highest-grossing film of all-time (until surpassed by Avatar (2009)); Ranked # 25 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills; Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ("My Heart Will Go On"); record-tying for both 14 Academy Award nominations and 11 Academy Award wins; Ranked # 25 in AFI's 100 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001, and Ranked # 37 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions polling in 2002
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Ranked # 7 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 epic film of all time by UK magazine's Total Film (May 2004 issue); ranked # 3 in BFI's "Favorite British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999; Ranked # 5 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 18 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; voted "Best British Film of All Time" in 2004 by a London Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers; Ranked # 23 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
  • Ben-Hur (1959) - Ranked the # 2 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; ranked # 49 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 72 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; record-setting 11 Academy Award wins; Ranked # 100 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  • The Ten Commandments (1956) - Ranked the # 10 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
  • Gone With the Wind (1939) - Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 4 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
  • The BFI (British Film Institute) in mid-2005 released its Top 10 Children's Films of All-Time - these choices were considered must-see "films that all children should see by the age of 14" - it was an unranked, alphabetical list of recommendations, including three of the films listed here
  • The BFI also provided a Top Fifty List of "Must-See" Children's Films
  • 100 Children's Movies for children (ages 8-12) were recommended by The New York Times Essential Library's profile of one hundred top cinematic works, unranked, that were available on DVD or video; most of the films listed to the left were also found on their top 100 list
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Ranked # 24 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 44 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Ranked # 20 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 7 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked # 8 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; Ranked # 10 in Time Out's Readers' Top 100 Poll taken in 1998; Ranked # 11 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 16 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 56 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Ranked # 10 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 15 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 32 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Ranked as the # 1 Fantasy - Live Action film in terms of domestic box-office receipts (as of 2010); this was the first fantasy film to win the Best Picture Oscar-Academy Award; the top-ranked genre 'fantasy film' on the IMDB (as of 2010)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Ranked the # 2 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the # 3 ranked genre 'fantasy film' on the IMDB (as of 2010)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Ranked the # 1 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; see above also; the # 16 ranked genre 'fantasy film' on the IMDB (as of 2010)
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Ranked # 16 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 12 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 28 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 52 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time";
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941) - Ranked # 31 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 6 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 23 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 24 in the Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 26 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 31 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  • Saw II (2005) took top box-office honors among the recent 'torture-porn' films of the decade
  • The Ring (2002) - the most successful horror remake in terms of domestic box-office
  • Wes Craven's Scream (1996) - the top-grossing 'slasher' horror film
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - the only 'horror-thriller' to win Best Picture; also only one of three films to win the top five Oscar Awards; Ranked # 1 in AFI's 'Greatest Villains' (Dr. Hannibal Lecter); Ranked # 5 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; selected byEntertainment Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004
  • Halloween (1978) - this low-budget horror film was the highest grossing independent film for awhile; voted Best Horror Film of All Time by readers of SFX Magazine in 2004; selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004; the # 24 ranked horror film in IMDb's top rankings of horror genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Jaws (1975) - Ranked # 2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 12 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked # 48 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 52 inEntertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004
  • The Exorcist (1973) - selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004; the # 10 ranked horror film inIMDb's top rankings of horror genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Psycho (1960) - Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 1 as the "Greatest American Thriller" in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; the # 1 ranked horror film inIMDb's top rankings of horror genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 11 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked # 11 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 18 in AFI's100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 20 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004
  • Vertigo (1958) - Ranked # 9 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 7 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; three appearances in the top 10 of Sight & Sound's polling in the last 20 years; also the highest ranked suspense thriller (# 3) in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 18 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 18 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; Ranked # 19 inEntertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 61 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
  • The Third Man (1949) - Ranked the # 5 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in BFI's "Favorite British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999; Ranked # 30 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 57 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 65 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 75 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
Chicago (2002) Grease (1978)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
The Sound of Music (1965)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
 West Side Story (1961) 
 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • Chicago (2002) - won six Oscars, including Best Picture, the first musical to win the top honor since Oliver! (1968) - 34 years earlier
  • Grease (1978) - voted # 1 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; Ranked the # 20 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI'sGreatest Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked # 27 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; "Summer Nights" was ranked the # 70 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
  • Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Ranked # 3 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; "Stayin' Alive" was ranked the # 9 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ("More Than a Woman" was in the Top 400); Ranked # 41 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest Movies (On TV and Video)"; Ranked # 83 in Film Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"
  • The Sound of Music (1965) - Ranked # 2 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; voted # 2 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; Ranked the # 4 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; "The Sound of Music" was ranked the # 10 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
  • A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Ranked # 1 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; included in Premiere's "100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made" listing in October 1998; also noted in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999 as "Just Too Beloved to Ignore", and mentioned in many unranked Top 100 lists, including The New York Times' "100 Recommended Children's Movies", Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Best Movies", Mr. Showbiz' "Critics' Picks: 100 Best Movies of All Time" and Movieline Magazine's "The 100 Best Movies Ever Made"
  • West Side Story (1961) - Ranked the # 2 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked # 4 inEntertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; noted as having the most Oscar wins (10) of any musical; Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; voted # 4 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; Ranked # 41 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; "Somewhere" was ranked the # 20 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
  • Singin' in the Rain (1952) - Ranked # 5 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked the highest-rated musical in IMDb's top rankings of musical genre titles, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; voted # 6 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; "Singin' in the Rain" was ranked the # 3 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling in 2004; Ranked # 25 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Ranked the # 3 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; voted # 3 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; Ranked # 5 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; the highest-ranked musical (# 6) (also fantasy film and family film) in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies taken in 1998; "Over The Rainbow" was ranked the # 1 song in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling in 2004; Ranked # 15 in theVillage Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 32 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) - the independent sleeper movie that was the highest-grossing romantic comedy -- and also held honors as the top-earning movie to never reach No. 1 while in theaters
  • Titanic (1997) - the highest-grossing romantic drama of all-time; the winner of many other accolades, including Best Picture (see above under Epics)
  • Brief Encounter (1946) - Ranked # 2 in BFI's "Favorite British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999
  • Casablanca (1942) - Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; the # 1 ranked romance film in IMDb's top rankings of romance sub-genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 1 as the "Greatest American Love Story" in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; Ranked # 3 in BFI's "Favorite British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999
  • Gone With the Wind (1939) - Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 4 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002
  • Blade Runner (1982) - Ranked the # 6 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Guardian Newspapers Limited'slisting of the "Top 10 Sci-Fi Films" taken in 2004; Ranked # 4 in Time Out's Readers' Top 100 Poll taken in 1998; Ranked # 8 in Film Four'scompilation of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked # 9 in Entertainment Weekly's polling of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003; the # 14 ranked science-fiction film in IMDb's top rankings of science-fiction genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 74 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 94 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004
  • Star Wars (1977) - Ranked # 13 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 2 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the # 2 ranked science-fiction film in IMDb's top rankings of science-fiction genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010, along with The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as the top-ranked film on the list; voted the # 1 best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004; see also all its honors under "Film-Goers' Favorite Films" above
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Ranked the # 4 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the # 7 ranked science-fiction film inIMDb's top rankings of science-fiction genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Ranked # 15 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest ranked science-fiction film (# 11) in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 2 in Guardian Newspapers Limited's listing of the "Top 10 Sci-Fi Films" taken in 2004; the # 10 ranked science-fiction film in IMDb's top rankings of science-fiction genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 11 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 22 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 26 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Voted the second-best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004
  • Modern Times (1936) - one of the last true 'silent' films; Ranked # 33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 3 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • City Lights (1931) - Ranked # 11 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 38 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; the # 1 ranked comedy film in IMDb's top rankings of comedy genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Sunrise (1927) - although Wings (1927) won the Best Production award (now termed Best Picture), Sunrise won the equally prestigious Best Unique and Artistic Picture award - a second 'Best Picture' category that was discontinued after the first year
  • The Big Parade (1925) - the highest grossing silent film of all time
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) - the highest ranked silent film (# 44) in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 14 in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 44 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies
The Blind Side (2009) 
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Bull Durham (1988)
 Raging Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976)
  • The Blind Side (2009) - the # 1 box-office sports-related film of all time
  • Hoop Dreams (1994) - Named the Best Film of the decade (1990's) by noted critic Roger Ebert; Ranked # 3 in Total Film's '25 Greatest Sports Movies'; Ranked # 4 in Sports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 8 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 13 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'
  • Field of Dreams (1989) - Ranked the # 6 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 5 in Total Film's 25 Greatest Sports Movies; Ranked # 7 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 7 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 17 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; Ranked # 28 in AFI's '100 Years...100 Cheers'; Ranked # 38 in Sports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'
  • Bull Durham (1988) - Ranked the # 5 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Sports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 1 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 3 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 5 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; # 12 in Total Film's '25 Greatest Sports Movies'; Ranked # 24 in O Magazine's '50 Greatest Chick Flicks'; Ranked # 97 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000
  • Raging Bull (1980) - Ranked # 4 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Voted by American film critics as the best film of the decade (1980's); Ranked # 1 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; the # 1 ranked sports film in IMDb's top rankings of sports sub-genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 2 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 3 inSports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 3 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 4 in Total Film's 'Greatest Sports Movies'; Ranked # 5 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 6 in Rolling Stone's 'Maverick Movies'; Ranked # 7 in Time Out's Centenary Top 100 Films; Ranked # 14 in Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 17 in Empire Magazine's '100 Greatest Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 20 in Film Four's'100 Greatest Films of All Time'; Ranked # 20 in TV Guide's '50 Greatest Movies'; Ranked # 22 in Maxim's '100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made'; Ranked # 24 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998
  • Rocky (1976) - Ranked the # 2 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Total Film's '25 Greatest Sports Movies'; Ranked # 1 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 2 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 2 inSports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 4 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; Ranked # 7 in AFI's 'Greatest Heroes' (Rocky Balboa); the # 8 ranked sports film in IMDb's top rankings of sports sub-genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 10 in the Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 14 in Maxim's'100 Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made'; Ranked # 52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 78 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998; Ranked # 78 in WGA's '101 Greatest (Film) Screenplays of All-Time'
The Hurt Locker (2009) 
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
 Schindler's List (1993)
 Apocalypse Now (1979)
 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
 All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  • The Hurt Locker (2009) - with nine Oscar nominations
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Ranked the # 8 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"; the # 6 ranked war-related film in IMDb's top rankings of war genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Schindler's List (1993) - Ranked # 8 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest-ranked war-related film in IMDb's top rankings of war genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 4 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"
  • Apocalypse Now (1979) - Ranked # 30 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 2 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"; the # 3 ranked war-related film in IMDb'stop rankings of war genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Ranked # 10 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"; Ranked # 11 in BFI's"Favorite British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999; Ranked # 13 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 46 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; Ranked # 48 in the Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 58 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; the # 9 ranked war-related film in IMDb's top rankings of war genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) - Ranked the # 7 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Received Best Picture Oscar; Ranked # 54 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies, Ranked # 33 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War Films"
  • Battleship Potemkin (1925) - see above in "Foreign Language Films"
Unforgiven (1992)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
 The Searchers (1956)
 High Noon (1952)
  • Unforgiven (1992) - Ranked the # 4 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; with the second most Oscar wins (4) and nominations (9) of any western in film history; also one of three westerns that won the Academy Award for Best Picture; the # 5 ranked western in IMDb's top rankings of western genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • Dances With Wolves (1990) - the highest-grossing western of all time, and also with the most Oscar wins (7) and nominations (12) of any western in film history; one of only three westerns to win the Best Picture Academy Award; the # 17 ranked western in IMDb's top rankings of western genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) - the highest-ranked western in IMDb's top rankings of western genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010
  • The Searchers (1956) - Ranked # 12 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest ranked western film (# 4) in the Village Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 13 in Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999; the # 14 ranked western in IMDb's top rankings of western genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 31 in the Men's Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 96 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German languageSteadycam Magazine
  • High Noon (1952) - Ranked # 27 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 2 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest ranked western film (#33) in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies; the # 7 ranked western in IMDb's top rankings of western genre films, voted upon by site visitors in 2010; Ranked # 33 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies



Other
'Great Films'
Lists

100 Years... Series
of 100 Greatest American Movies 
by American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) of Los Angeles, California inaugurated a 100 Years... Series to "celebrate, commemorate, and recognize the very best in American Cinema's first 100 years."
Their first effort was the much-debated 1998 list: 100 Years ... 100 Movies - a "definitive selection of the 100 greatest American movies of all time, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the American film community." On their 10th Anniversary, AFI re-did their 100 Greatest American Films list.
See below:
In subsequent years, the AFI has also produced other lists:
Academy Awards
Best Picture Winners
by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) 
Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® and Oscar® design mark are the trademarks and service marks and the Oscar© statuette the copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Academy Awards®, affectionately known as the Oscars®, have been presented annually since 1927 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture is one of the original categories of the awards, although it was named Best Production until the 1932/33 awards.
This site has a Complete History - year by year - of the Academy Awards, with facts, trivia, records, Best Picture posters, and title screens from all Best Picture winners.
50 Greatest Movies (on TV and Video)
by TV Guide
TV Guide Magazine offered their picks for the perfect flicks to catch on television or pop into one's VCR (or DVD). From hundreds of the magazine's four-star titles, they chose the movies that play particularly well on the small screen and hold up to repeated viewings.
10 Best Films of All Time Polls
by Sight & Sound Magazine
Every ten years since 1952, Sight & Sound Magazine has published the results of their pollings of the world's leading film critics, to compile a list of the ten best films of all time. Film critics, writers, academics, and film directors were asked to determine which films stood the test of time in the face of shifting critical opinion. This section includes the top ten films from the latest 2002 poll.
100 Greatest Movies of All Time
by Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine readers selected The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, published in two pollings that are found here: the 1999 polling (in the October, 1999 issue) and the updated 2003 polling (in the March 2004 issue). See also Empire Magazine's polling of The 50 Best Films from their November, 2001 publication.
100 Best Movies Ever Made
by Movieline Magazine
Movieline Magazine selected the 100 Best Movies Ever Made (from silents to Spielberg) in their December 1995 issue - 100 of the all-time greatest English-language films.
100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made
by Premiere Magazine
In its October 1998 newstand issue, Premiere Magazine presented "Rebel Cinema" or 100 Movies That Shook the World, celebrating the filmmakers (and their films) who dared to be ridiculous, offensive, or even unpopular, and who still came up with classic films.
100 Greatest Films of All Time
by FilmFour
UK's Channel 4 created a ranked list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time - a wide range of some of the most innovative, popular and striking films across all major genres, with special consideration of their appeal and significance to a modern British audience. The list aimed to include films that are generally considered as classics of cinema, broke new ground in technique, subject matter or ideas, had phenomenal popular appeal and a lasting impact on popular culture and represent the greatest work of cinema's most respected directors and performers.
100 Favorite British Films of the 20th Century
by the British Film Institute
Early in 1999, the British Film Institute produced a selection booklet and sent copies to 1,000 people embracing all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. Participants were asked to consider (and vote for up to 100) 'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century, which they felt had made a strong and lasting impression. The final selection spanned seven decades, from 1935 to 1998, accommodated the work of 70 film directors and much international talent.
100 Greatest Movies of All Time
by Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, a hardcover guide published in 1999, celebrated films that can't be forgotten, that "help us understand and define who we are." The final list was whittled down from a preliminary collection of 500 nominated choices, excluding short films, documentaries, or any movies from the previous five years.
100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century
by Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2000 contained the exclusive list of the author's 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century - an excellent starting point for film viewing. As the leading film historian and critic Maltin admitted, "these are not the only great films of the century, or the only ones worth seeing."
National Film Registry Titles
by Library of Congress
In 1988, the Library of Congress established the National Film Preservation Board to preserve 25 films each year to add to the National Film Registry. As of 2010, there were 550 films selected. The films that are selected must meet two criteria: they must be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant and they must be at least ten years old.
Top 100 Films
by Video Detective
This list was first publicized in the Video Detective's pocket-sized guide published in 1997 and written by Jim Riffel, with a suggested list of both its top 1000 films and 100 films of all-time for its readers, to provide advice on renting videos.
All-Time Top 100
Box-Office Hits of All-Time
Rankings of Box-Office blockbusters have been compiled from various recent sources, regularly updated on this site. In the unadjusted (for inflation) list of domestic box office-champs, few films that are classics or films from Hollywood's Golden Era are included in a top-heavy list of recent films. The adjusted list takes into account inflationary factors such as ticket prices and any re-issues or re-releases, and is more reflective of the film's actual appeal.
100 Great Movie Moments
by Roger Ebert
To honor the centennial of cinema, film critic Roger Ebert provided a list of his "100 Great Movie Moments" on his website, dated April 23, 1995. Filmsite.orgnotified Ebert of some corrections to the list, reposted the corrected list and also added illustrations for each of the "movie moments".
100 Years at the Movies
by Chuck Workman
A short film titled 100 Years at the Movies (1994), a Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Production, was compiled by film-maker Chuck Workman to celebrate "100 Years at the Movies" for the 1994 Academy Awards show. It was nine minutes long and included a montage of clips from at least 225 movies. Earlier, Workman had directed a film titled Precious Images (1986), with short clips from films of 50 years of cinematic history.
The 100 Best Movies of All Time
(Critics and Reader's Picks) by Mr. Showbiz
Mr. Showbiz's Critics' Picks and Readers' Picks were compiled on the Mr. Showbiz Web site (no longer accessible) by responses of visitors who were asked to vote for their Ten Best Movies of All Time. Their criteria were simple: the films chosen were limited to English language films made since the birth of the talkies.
100 Essential Films - The A List
by The National Society of Film Critics
In 2002, the A List compiled by editor Jay Carr, provided 100 insightful and provocative essays on what the National Society of Film Critics concluded were 100 Essential Films for viewing. According to the book's blurb, "the Society has made its selections based on a film's intrinsic merits, its role in the development of the motion-picture art, and its impact on culture and society."
100 Best Films of the 20th Century
by the Village Voice
At the conclusion of the 20th century, the reknowned Village Voice newspaper held its "First Annual Film Critics' Poll." They asked 50 or more distinguished film critics, including Molly Haskell, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Andrew Sarris and others, to vote in their film poll. One of the film poll categories asked the participants to rank their top ten best films of the century, and the results were the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century.
Top 100 Films
by Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database asked its registered users to rank and rate films for their Top 250 Films survey. Here are the top 100 films from the results of their weighted, unscientific poll, regularly updated.
Vintage Video - A Hot 100 Films the Past 
by San Francisco Chronicle Film Critics
Two San Francisco Chronicle film reviewers and critics (Mick LaSalle and Edward Guthmann) compiled a list of recommended Vintage Videos (in alphabetical order) in an October 1997 issue of the paper. As they admitted, it's a more personal and idiosyncratic list: "It's not a list of the best 100 films ever made, or the most important. It doesn't represent a condensed history of the feature film, with all periods and movements represented." They figured that any film history book could tell you to see Griffith's  Intolerance (1916) or Keaton's  The General (1927), and chances are you've already seen  Casablanca (1942),  The Godfather (1972) and  Raging Bull (1980).
The 100 Most Influential People in the History of the Movies
by The Film 100
The authors of the Film 100 site (no longer accessible) and Film 100 book gathered and ranked a list of film's most important visionaries, collecting only the names of those whose work and techniques had been felt by millions of moviegoers. Following each entry were some selected or recommended films which helped to illustrate each person's influence and innovations.
Greatest Silent Films
by Filmsite.org
The greatest examples of silent films from the early 20th century.
All-Time 100 Best Movies
by Time Magazine
Time Magazine's movie critics, Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel, offered their picks for the All-Time 100 Best Movies in mid-2005. Their unranked list comprised the 100 most influential movies of the past 82 years (since 1923, Time's first year of publicaton). The films spanned comedy, horror, drama, romance, action and more.
Greatest American Films
by Los Angeles Daily News - Readers' Poll
When the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California announced its list of 400 films to be voted upon for their selection of the 100 greatest American films of all time, the Los Angeles Daily News conducted its own poll in late 1997. They asked their readership to choose their own top feature films of the century from the same list of 400 nominated candidates.
Top 100 Films (By Genre Category)
by Guinness Book of Film
An essential hard-cover movie guide published in 1999, The Guinness Book of Film, subtitled The Ultimate Guide to the Best Films Ever, reviewed the Top 1000 Movies of the 20th Century. The ultimate selection of films was based upon a few criteria: sound films that were easily available in video format (with a few exceptions), and "the movies that have given the most pleasure to the most people." The Top 100 Films are a listing of the guide's "essential recommendations categorized into a Top 5 for each genre."
Top 100 Spiritually-Significant Films
by Arts & Faith
Arts & Faith, an online discussion group comprised of film critics and other movie buffs, announced its list of the Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films ever made in mid-2004 (a list that was substantially updated/changed in late 2005).
100 Maverick Movies of the Last 100 Years
by Rolling Stone Magazine
In its 1999 end of the year Millenium issue, Rolling Stone Magazine (and film critic Peter Travers) offered picks for the best (or essential) movies of the last 100 years that were made by mavericks who "busted rules to follow their obsessions...in the defiant spirit of rock & roll."
50 Best Films
by Empire Magazine
In their November 2001 magazine, Empire Magazine published the results of their 'The Ultimate Movie Poll', including 50 Best Films, 50 Best Actors, 50 Best Actresses, 50 Best Directors, and much more. With each winning entry in the article, the magazine included a brief description of the film and the must-see moment.
100 Greatest Foreign Films
by Movieline Magazine
Movieline Magazine also selected the 100 Greatest Foreign Films in their July 1996 issue - 100 of the all-time greatest non English-language films.
50 Greatest Independent Films
by Empire Magazine
The decidedly pro-British film Empire Magazine in 2005 offered their picks for the bravest, most innovative, and most creative films - the "ultimate indie lineup" of50 Greatest Independent Films - the best non-studio works ever made.
50 Greatest Films of All-Time
by Vanity Fair Magazine
Vanity Fair Magazine (September, 2005 issue) offered their picks for the "50 Greatest Films" of all-time (unranked and alphabetical), in a special tear-out section, "with the scoop on how and why" -- although the "how and why" was simply composed of the film title, production company/studio, date, director, writer(s), the starring cast, Oscar win(s) - if any, and a factual section about some aspect of the film's making.
100 Best Movie Soundtracks
by Entertainment Weekly Magazine
Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks ranged from A Hard Day's Night to Blue Velvet, with 98 other choices in-between. See also a listing of 101 Film Score Milestones from Film Comment.
Top Hundred Films - Centenary and Readers'
by Time Out
The Time Out Film Guide is a collection of capsule reviews written originally for the London magazine Time Out. The 1995 edition included Time Out's Centenary Top One Hundred to mark the Centenary of Cinema. Time Out's Readers' Top One Hundred was compiled in 1998 from readers who submitted their all-time Top Ten film lists.
100 Recommended Children's Movies
by the New York Times Essential Library
The New York Times Essential Library: A Critic's Guide to the Best Films Available on Video and DVD, selected 100 Children's Movies in their publication authored by Peter Nichols. It profiled one hundred top cinematic works available on DVD or video that are recommended for children (ages 8-12). See also theBritish Film Institute's Top 10 (and Top 50) Children's Films of All-Time, listed in mid-2005.

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