Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Rotten Tomatoes: Top 100 Movies

Originally posted 7/31/2019.

Rotten Tomatoes may be the most famous movie review site in the world. They aggregate reviews from multiple sources and movies get a score from 0 to 100% based on how many of those reviews are positive.

They also rate the top movies of all time, but those lists are neither a straight rundown of movies scoring the best nor are they reflections of those movies receiving the most reviews. One would assume as that list is updated, the changes would merely reflect the inclusion of a few newer titles, but the lists have varied widely over the years (for example, see the lists referenced in the resources at the bottom of the page). Also, Rotten Tomatoes annoyingly updates their “Top 100 Movies of All Time” list without indicating any dates of revisions.

Rotten Tomatoes also puts out a list of the “200 Essential Movies to Watch Now” which is put together by their editorial staff, seemingly not driven by how the movies have been rated on the site. Again, they frustratingly don’t bother to post dates to show when this list was posted. I have found a couple of those lists which I’ve factored into the mix.

With all that in mind, Dave’s Movie Database assembled its own Rotten Tomatoes list by averaging three lists from over the years along with a ranking of the 300+ movies to have received 100% ratings over the years. Here are the results:

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Third Man (1949)
3. All About Eve (1950)
4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
5. Rear Window (1954)
6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
7. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
8. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
9. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
10. 12 Angry Men (1957)

11. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
12. Get Out (2017)
13. Inside Out (2015)
14. Metropolis (1927)
15. Moonlight (2016)
16. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
17. It Happened One Night (1934)
18. The Godfather (1972)
19. Selma (2014)
20. North by Northwest (1959)

21. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
22. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
23. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
24. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
25. Vertigo (1958)
26. Jaws (1975)
27. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
28. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
29. Toy Story (1995)
30. Casablanca (1942)

31. Modern Times (1936)
32. Laura (1944)
33. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
34. King Kong (1933)
35. Toy Story 2 (1999)
36. The Terminator (1984)
37. Psycho (1960)
38. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920)
39. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
40. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

41. Taxi Driver (1976)
42. The Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
43. On the Waterfront (1954)
44. M (1931)
45. Alien (1979)
46. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
47. Playtime (1967)
48. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
50. Rebecca (1940)

51. Frankenstein (1931)
52. The Dark Knight (2008)
53. Spotlight (2015)
54. Wonder Woman (2017)
55. Lady Bird (2017)
56. The Big Sick (2017)
57. Paddington 2 (2017)
58. Boyhood (2014)
59. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
60. Arrival (2016)

61. Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
62. Repulsion (1965)
63. Zootopia (2016)
64. La La Land (2016)
65. Baby Driver (2017)
66. The Searchers (1956)
67. Toy Story 3 (2010)
68. The Godfather Part II (1974)
69. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
70. Up (2009)

71. Let the Right One In (Låt Den Rätte Komma In) (2008)
72. Chinatown (1974)
73. The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939)
74. Mary Poppins (1964)
75. Hell or High Water (2016)
76. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
77. The Babadook (2014)
78. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
79. Double Indemnity (1944)
80. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969)

81. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
82. The Jungle Book (2016)
83. Finding Nemo (2003)
84. Pinocchio (1940)
85. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
86. Schindler’s List (1993)
87. Apocalypse Now (1979)
88. High Noon (1952)
89.

  • Before Sunrise (1952)
    90. Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la Peur) (1953)

    91. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
    92. Man on Wire (2008)
    93. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
    94. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
    95. Waste Land (2010)
    96. Poetry (2010)
    97. Still Walking (Aruitemo Aruitemo) (2008)
    98. Dunkirk (2017)
    99. Afghan Star (2008)
    100. Leave No Trace (2018)

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    Thursday, July 18, 2019

    Internet Movie Database: Top 100 Movies

    Internet Movie Database:

    Top 100 Movies

    The Internet Movie Database includes ratings for movies. Their “Top Rated Movies” list shows which movies rate highest. A 2013 list ranks movies based on their metascores. A 2012 list, simply identified as being created by ChrisWalczyk55, was posted on the site which appears to be his own personal list, but includes 65 movies from the IMDB “Top Rated Movies” list. The three lists have been aggregated here to create one list. Here are the top 100 movies:

    1. The Godfather (1972)
    2. Schindler’s List (1993)
    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    5. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
    6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    7. Pulp Fiction (1994)
    8. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
    9. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    10. Amadeus (1984)

    11. Apocalypse Now (1979)
    12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    13. Raging Bull (1980)
    14. Taxi Driver (1976)
    15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    16. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
    18. 12 Angry Men (1957)
    19. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    20. Forrest Gump (1994)

    21. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
    22. Casablanca (1942)
    23. Psycho (1960)
    24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
    26. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    27. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
    28. Modern Times (1936)
    29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    30. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    31. Citizen Kane (1941)
    32. Goodfellas (1990)
    33. Gladiator (2000)
    34. Vertigo (1958)
    35. The French Connection (1971)
    36. Wall-E (2008)
    37. The Pianist (2002)
    38. City Lights (1931)
    39. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    40. The Green Mile (1999)

    41. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
    42. Patton (1970)
    43. Metropolis (1927)
    44. Braveheart (1995)
    45. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    46. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011)
    47. Rear Window (1954)
    48. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
    49. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
    50. The Great Dictator (1940)

    51. Some Like It Hot (1959)
    52. Chinatown (1974)
    53. Toy Story 3 (2010)
    54. Unforgiven (1992)
    55. On the Waterfront (1954)
    56. The Apartment (1960)
    57. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
    58. Gone with the Wind (1939)
    59. North by Northwest (1959)
    60. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    61. Good Will Hunting (1997)
    62. Double Indemnity (1944)
    63. L.A. Confidential (1997)
    64. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
    65. There Will Be Blood (2007)
    66. Ran (1985)
    67. No Country for Old Men (2007)
    68. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    69. Ben-Hur (1959)
    70. The Third Man (1949)

    71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
    72. Jurassic Park (1993)
    73. Fargo (1996)
    74. Platoon (1986)
    75. Finding Nemo (2003)
    76. Rocky (1976)
    77. It Happened One Night (1934)
    78. The Truman Show (1998)
    79. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    80. Network (1976)

    81. Jaws (1975)
    82. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    83. The Exorcist (1973)
    84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    85. Before Sunset (2004)
    86. The Dark Knight (2008)
    87. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
    88. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
    89. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
    90. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)

    91. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
    92. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
    93. Fight Club (1999)
    94. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969)
    95. Shoah (1985)
    96. Inception (2010)
    97. Superman II (1980)
    98. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    99. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    100. Pépé le Moko (1937)

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    Originally posted 7/31/2019; last updated 5/26/2023.
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