Here’s what it says on their website about the making of this list: “Who better to judge the best movies of all time than the people who make them? Studio chiefs, Oscar winners and TV royalty all were surveyed as THR publishes its first definitive entertainment-industry ranking of cinema's most superlative.” Here is the top 100 list:
1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Casablanca (1942)
7. The Godfather Part II (1974)
8. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
10. Schindler’s List (1993)
11. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
12. Back to the Future (1985)
13. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
14. Forrest Gump (1994)
15. Gone with the Wind (1939)
16. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
17. Apocalypse Now (1979)
18. Annie Hall (1977)
19. Goodfellas (1990)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
21. Chinatown (1974)
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
23. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
24. Jaws (1975)
25. The Sound of Music (1965)
26. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
27. The Breakfast Club (1985)
28. The Graduate (1967)
29. Blade Runner (1982)
30. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
31. The Princess Bride (1987)
32. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
33. Fargo (1996)
34. American Beauty (1999)
35. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
36. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
37. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
38. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
39. The Shining (1980)
40. Fight Club (1999)
41. Psycho (1960)
42. Alien (1979)
43. Toy Story (1995)
44. The Matrix (1999)
45. Titanic (1997)
46. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
47. Some Like It Hot (1959)
48. The Usual Suspects (1995)
49. Rear Window (1954)
50. Jurassic Park (1993)
51. The Big Lebowski (1998)
52. All About Eve (1950)
53. Good Will Hunting (1997)
54. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
55. Taxi Driver (1976)
56. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
57. The Dark Knight (2008)
58. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
59. Thelma & Louise (1991)
60. Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain) (2001)
61. West Side Story (1961)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. Groundhog Day (1993)
64. Mary Poppins (1964)
65. Raging Bull (1980)
66. The Lion King (1994)
67. Avatar (2009)
68. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
69. Gladiator (2000)
70. Vertigo (1958)
71. Almost Famous (2000)
72. Young Frankenstein (1974)
73. All the President’s Men (1976)
74. Blazing Saddles (1974)
75. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
76. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
77. Ghostbusters (1984)
78. 12 Angry Men (1957)
79. Wall-E (2008)
80. On the Waterfront (1954)
81. Amadeus (1984)
82. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
83. Die Hard (1988)
84. Inception (2010)
85. Se7en (1995)
86. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
87. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
88. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
89. Braveheart (1995)
90. Memento (2001)
91. Rocky (1976)
92. Up (2009)
93. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
94. The Deer Hunter (1978)
95. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
96. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
97. Airplane! (1980)
98. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
99. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
100. The Seven Samurai (Shichinin No Samurai) (1954)
Resources:
- Hollywood Reporter (6/25/2014). “ Hollywood’s 100 Favorite Films”
