In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the American Society of Cinematographers released a list of 100 milestone films as selected by their members. The original list only ranked the top ten; the other 90 movies have been ranked here based on their overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
4. Citizen Kane (1941)
5. The Godfather (1972)
6. Raging Bull (1980)
7. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
8. Days of Heaven (1978)
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
10. The French Connection (1971)
11. Gone with the Wind (1939)
12. Casablanca (1942)
13. Schindler’s List (1993)
14. The Godfather Part II (1974)
15. Vertigo (1958)
16. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
17. Taxi Driver (1976)
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
21. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
22. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
23. On the Waterfront (1954)
24. The Graduate (1967)
25. The Searchers (1956)
26. The Third Man (1949)
27. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
28. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
29. Alien (1979)
30. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
31. The Exorcist (1973)
32. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
33. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
34. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
35. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
36. Metropolis (1927)
37. American Beauty (1999)
38. The Deer Hunter (1978)
39. The Matrix (1999)
40. Touch of Evil (1958)
41. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
42. The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
43. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
44. L.A. Confidential (1997)
45. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
46. Unforgiven (1992)
47. The Wild Bunch (1969)
48. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
49. The Shining (1980)
50. Amadeus (1984)
51. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
52. Rashômon (1950)
53. Manhattan (1979)
54. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
55. Se7en (1995)
56. All the President’s Men (1976)
57. Cabaret (1972)
58. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
59. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
60. The Last Picture Show (1971)
61. Barry Lyndon (1975)
62. The English Patient (1996)
63. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
64. Brazil (1985)
65. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
66. The Red Shoes (1948)
67. The Right Stuff (1983)
68. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
69. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
70. All That Jazz (1979)
71. The Boat (Das Boot) (1981)
72. Reds (1981)
73. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
74. Chariots of Fire (1981)
75. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
76. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
77. The Last Emperor (1987)
78. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
79. JFK (1991)
80. Paris, Texas (1984)
81. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
82. Being There (1979)
83. The Thin Red Line (1998)
84. Black Narcissus (1947)
85. Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) (1973)
86. Hud (1963)
87. Napoléon (1927)
88. Last Year at Marienbad (L'Année Dernière à Marienbad) (1961)
89. Mississippi Burning (1988)
90. In Cold Blood (1967)
91. The Natural (1984)
92. Klute (1971)
93. Empire of the Sun (1987)
94. I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba) (1964)
95. The Black Stallion (1979)
96. The Mission (1986)
97. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
98. Bound for Glory (1976)
99. Baraka (1993)
100. The Duellists (1977)
Resources:
- American Society of Cinematographers (1/8/2019). “ASC Unveils List of 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century”
