Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Critics’ Picks: Top 100 Movies

Critics’ Picks:

Top 100 Movies

These are the top 100 movies based on more than 20 lists from individuals in the movie industries, including critics such as Robert Ebert and Leonard Maltin, and directors such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. See links to sources at bottom of page.


1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3. The Godfather (1972)
4. Taxi Driver (1976)
5. Raging Bull (1980)
6. Vertigo (1958)
7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
8. Psycho (1960)
9. The Third Man (1949)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
12. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
13. Goodfellas (1990)
14. Schindler’s List (1993)
15. City Lights (1931)
16. The Wild Bunch (1969)
17. The Godfather Part II (1974)
18. Casablanca (1942)
19. Chinatown (1974)
20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

21. Paths of Glory (1957)
22. Jaws (1975)
23. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
25. North by Northwest (1959)
26. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
27. All About Eve (1950)
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
29. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
30. Rear Window (1954)

31. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
32. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
33. Fargo (1996)
34. Double Indemnity (1944)
35. Nashville (1975)
36. On the Waterfront (1954)
37. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
38. Pulp Fiction (1994)
39. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
40. The Apartment (1960)

41. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
42. Greed (1925)
43. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
44. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
45. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
46. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
47. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
48. High Noon (1952)
49. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
50. The General (1927)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. Manhattan (1979)
53. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
54. The Shining (1980)
55. Duck Soup (1933)
56. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
57. Gone with the Wind (1939)
58. Annie Hall (1977)
59. American Beauty (1999)
60. Some Like It Hot (1959)

61. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
62. King Kong (1933)
63. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
64. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
65. Blue Velvet (1986)
66. Modern Times (1936)
67. Amadeus (1984)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
70. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

71. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
72. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
74. Rashômon (1950)
75. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
76. Toy Story (1995)
77. The Searchers (1956)
78. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
79. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
80. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

81. Forrest Gump (1994)
82. Crumb (1994)
83. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
84. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
85. Stagecoach (1939)
86. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
87. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
88. Glory (1989)
89. Platoon (1986)
90. Pinocchio (1940)

91. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
92. The Lady Eve (1941)
93. Fantasia (1940)
94. Do the Right Thing (1989)
95. The Graduate (1967)
96. Blade Runner (1982)
97. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
98. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
99. Rocky (1976)
100. Se7en (1995)


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Originally posted 6/7/2023.

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

Dave’s Movie Database:

Movies Appearing on the Most Lists

These are the movies which appear on the most lists. Not surprisingly, most of these movies show up on the DMDB list of the top 100 movies of all time. Ties are broken by movies’ overall standing in Dave’s Movie Database.


99 lists:

1. The Godfather (1972)


88 lists:

2. Citizen Kane (1941)


82 lists:

3. Casablanca (1942)


81 lists:

4. Schindler’s List (1993)


75 lists:

5. Psycho (1960)
6. The Godfather Part II (1974)


73 lists:

7. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)


72 lists:

8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
10. Apocalypse Now (1979)
11. Vertigo (1958)


70 lists:

12. Pulp Fiction (1994)


69 lists:

13. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)


68 lists:

14. Taxi Driver (1976)


67 lists:

15. Goodfellas (1990)


66 lists:

16. Gone with the Wind (1939)


65 lists:

17. Raging Bull (1980)


64 lists:

18. Chinatown (1974)
19. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


62 lists:

20. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
21. The Wizard of Oz (1939)


61 lists:

22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)


60 lists:

23. Some Like It Hot (1959)
24. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
25. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)


57 lists:

26. Jaws (1975)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. All About Eve (1950)
29. On the Waterfront (1954)


55 lists:

30. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
31. Rear Window (1954)
32. Annie Hall (1977)
33. North by Northwest (1959)
34. Sunset Boulevard (1950)


54 lists:

35. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
36. Double Indemnity (1944)
37. The Searchers (1956)


53 lists:

38. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
39. The Third Man (1949)


51 lists:

40. Saving Private Ryan (1998)


50 lists:

41. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)


48 lists:

42. The Graduate (1967)
43. Fargo (1996)


47 lists:

44. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
45. City Lights (1931)


46 lists:

46. Forrest Gump (1994)
47. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
48. Modern Times (1936)


45 lists:

49. Blade Runner (1982)


44 lists:

50. A Clockwork Orange (1971)


43 lists:

51. Titanic (1997)
52. The Apartment (1960)
53. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
54. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)


42 lists:

55. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
56. American Beauty (1999)


41 lists:

57. The Sound of Music (1965)
58. The Dark Knight (2008)
59. West Side Story (1961)
60. Touch of Evil (1958)


40 lists:

61. 12 Angry Men (1957)
62. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)


39 lists:

63. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
64. King Kong (1933)
65. Unforgiven (1992)
66. L.A. Confidential (1997)
67. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
68. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


38 lists:

69. Alien (1979)
70. Metropolis (1927)
71. The Deer Hunter (1978)
72. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
73. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)


37 lists:

74. Ben-Hur (1959)
75. Toy Story (1995)
76. Gladiator (2000)
77. Rocky (1976)
78. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
79. The Shining (1980)


36 lists:

80. It Happened One Night (1934)
81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. Nashville (1975)


34 lists:

83. Back to the Future (1985)
84. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
85. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
86. The General (1927)
87. No Country for Old Men (2007)


33 lists:

88. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
89. Amadeus (1984)
90. Rashômon (1950)
91. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
92. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)


32 lists:

93. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
94. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
95. Blue Velvet (1986)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989)


31 lists:

97. The Exorcist (1973)
98. The Matrix (1999)
99. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
100. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)


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Originally posted 9/14/2019; last updated 6/3/2023.