The August 8-14, 1998 issue of TV Guide included a list of their picks for the top 50 movies that hold up on the small screen and to repeated viewings. Here’s the list.
1. The Godfather Part II (1974)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
5. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
6. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
7. The Godfather (1972)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. Chinatown (1974)
10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
11. Vertigo (1958)
12. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
13. Pinocchio (1940)
14. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
15. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
16. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
17. Some Like It Hot (1959)
18. The Searchers (1956)
19. Duck Soup (1933)
20. Raging Bull (1980)
21. Annie Hall (1977)
22. Ninotchka (1939)
23. All About Eve (1950)
24. Double Indemnity (1944)
25. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
26. The Exorcist (1973)
27. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
28. Gone with the Wind (1939)
29. The Lion King (1994)
30. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
31. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
32. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
33. Schindler’s List (1993)
34. Apollo 13 (1995)
35. The African Queen (1951)
36. The Graduate (1967)
37. American Graffiti (1973)
38. Jaws (1975)
39. Laura (1944)
40. On the Waterfront (1954)
41. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
42. Modern Times (1936)
43. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
44. Babe (1995)
45. Top Hat (1935)
46. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
47. Cabaret (1972)
48. The Quiet Man (1952)
49. Dirty Harry (1971)
50. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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