Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Halliwell’s Best Films: Top 100

Leslie Halliwell/John Walker:

Top 100 Films

From ThePendragonSociety.com: “The Halliwell film guide was a highly respected English publication, originally complied by Leslie Halliwell until his death in 1989 in partnership with John Walker. Walker continued to publish the guide into the 21st century and brought out a book listing what he considered to be the best 1000 films in 2005.” Listed here are the top 100.


1. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
2. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974) / The Godfather Part III (1990)
5. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Raging Bull (1980)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
12. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
13. Taxi Driver (1976)
14. The Searchers (1956)
15. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
16. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
17. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
18. The Third Man (1949)
19. The Apu Trilogy:

  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • Aparajito (1956)
  • The World of Apu (1959)
20. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

21. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
22. Andrei Rublev (1996)
23. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
24. Viridana (1961)
25. Toy Story (1995)
26. Rashômon (1950)
27. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
28. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
29. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
30. The Lord of the Rings:

31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
32. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
33. Alexander Nevsky (Aleksandr Nevskiy) (1938)
34. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
35. Casablanca (1942)
36. Goodfellas (1990)
37. Tristana (1970)
38. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
39. Breaking the Waves (1996)
40. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

41. Frankenstein (1931)
42. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
43. Double Indemnity (1944)
44. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
45. Week End (1967)
46. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
47. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
48. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
49. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
50. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

51. If… (1968)
52. The Wild Bunch (1969)
53. The Red Shoes (1948)
54. Annie Hall (1977)
55. Tom Jones (1963)
56. On the Waterfront (1954)
57. West Side Story (1961)
58. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
59. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
60. Great Expectations (1946)

61. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
62. Schindler’s List (1993)
63. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
64. Liberty for Us (À Nous la Liberté) (1931)
65. Antoine Doinel Tetralogy:

  • The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
  • Stolen Kisses (1968)
  • Bed and Board (1970)
  • Love on the Run (1979)
66. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
67. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot’s) (1953)
68. Laurel & Hardy short films (1921-1943)
69. Chinatown (1974)
70. Star Wars:

71. Gosford Park (2001)
72. Rear Window (1954)
73. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
74. A Short Film About Killing (1987)
75. M*A*S*H (1970)
76. Cries and Whispers (Viskningar Och Rop) (1972)
77. All the President’s Men (1976)
78. The Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957) *
79. King Kong (1933)
80. Gone with the Wind (1939)

81. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
82. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
83. North by Northwest (1959)
84. The Band Wagon (1953)
85. Yojimbo (1961)
86. Brief Encounter (1946)
87. Deliverance (1972)
88. Fargo (1996)
89. Cabaret (1972)
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

91. Days of Heaven (1978)
92. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
93. High Noon (1952)
94. His Girl Friday (1940)
95. Manhattan (1979)
96. Duck Soup (1933)
97. Henry V (1944)
98. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
99. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
100. The Graduate (1967)


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