Saturday, June 10, 2023

Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

Metacritic:

Top 100 Movies

This is a list of the top 100 movies based on Metascore’s ratings. There’s no indication of when this list was put together or how multiple ties were broken.


1. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Rear Window (1954)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
7. Boyhood (2014)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Notorious (1946)
10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11. Playtime (1967)
12. City Lights (1931)
13. Moonlight (2016)
14. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
15. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
16. Pinocchio (1940)
17. Touch of Evil (1958)
18. Zone of Interest (2023)
19. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
20. The Wild Bunch (1969)

21. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
22. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
23. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
24. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. North by Northwest (1959) 27. Hoop Dreams (1994)
28. Rashômon (1950)
29. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
30. All About Eve (1950)

31. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
32. My Left Foot (1989)
33. Ran (1985)
34. The Third Man (1949)
35. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
36. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)
37. Psycho (1960)
38. Gone with the Wind (1939)
39. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
40. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

41. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
42. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
43. American Graffiti (1973)
44. 12 Angry Men (1957)
45. Dumbo (1941)
46. Roma (2018)
47. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
48. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
49. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
50. Toy Story (1995)

51. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
52. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
53. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
54. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
55. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
56. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
57. Killer of Sheep (1977)
58. Nashville (1975)
59. Red River (1948)
60. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)

61. Ratatouille (2007)
62. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
63. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
64. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
65. Mean Streets (1973)
66. The Lady Eve (1941)
67. Gravity (2013)
68. Fantasia (1940)
69. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
70. Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020)

71. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
72. Don’t Look Now (1973)
73. The Social Network (2010)
74. My Fair Lady (1964)
75. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
76. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
77. Woodstock (1970)
78. Aftersun (2022)
79. Rocks (2021)
80. Amour (2012)

81. The Hurt Locker (2009)
82. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
83. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
84. Collective (2020)
85. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011)
86. Double Indemnity (1944)
87. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
88. Schindler’s List (1993)
89. Pulp Fiction (1994)
90. Wall-E (2008)

91. Carol (2015)
92. Before Midnight (2013)
93. Amazing Grace (2018)
94. Dunkirk (2017)
95. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
96. The Searchers (1956)
97. 45 Years (2015)
98. Taxi Driver (1976)
99. The Servant (1963)
100. Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) (2000)


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Originally posted 9/13/2019; last updated 6/10/2023.

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.

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies

Dave’s Movie Database:

Best-Rated Movies

This is a list of the best-rated movies according to Dave’s Movie Database. Go to the “Ratings/Reviews” page on this site to see what movie ratings have been aggregated to create this list. All the movies on this list averaged at least 4.5 out of 5 stars and had to be rated by 9 or more sources.


1. The Godfather (1972)
2. 12 Angry Men (1957)
3. Schindler’s List (1993)
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. Rear Window (1954)
9. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
10. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)

11. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
12. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
14. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
15. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
16. Casablanca (1942)
17. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
19. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
20. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)

21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
22. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
23. The Dark Knight (2008)
24. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
25. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
26. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
27. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
28. Apocalypse Now (1979)
29. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988)
30. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)

31. Modern Times (1936)
32. Touch of Evil (1958)
33. All About Eve (1950)
34. Shoah (1985)
35. Rashômon (aka “In the Woods”) (1950)
36. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
37. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
38. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
39. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
40. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)

41. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001)
42. Alien (1979)
43. Psycho (1960)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
45. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
46. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
47. Strangers on a Train (1951)
48. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
49. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
50. Gone with the Wind (1939)
51. Double Indemnity (1944)
52. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
53. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
54. Toy Story (1995)
55. Back to the Future (1985)
56. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
57. Chinatown (1974)
58. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
59. Raging Bull (1980)
60. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
61. The Great Dictator (1940)
62. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994)
63. Vertigo (1958)
64. Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) (1955)
65. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
66. The Third Man (1949)
67. Forrest Gump (1994)
68. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
69. The Red Shoes (1948)
70. Trouble in Paradise (1932)

71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. Citizen Kane (1941)
73. Metropolis (1927)
74. Paths of Glory (1957)
75. Yojimbo (Yôjinbô) (1961)
76. The Wild Bunch (1969)
77. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
78. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
79. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
80. Umberto D. (1952)

81. The Thin Man (1934)
82. It Happened One Night (1934)
83. Woman in the Dunes (Suna No Onna) (1964)
84. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
85. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
86. The Apu Trilogy: Aparajito (1956)
87. Rebecca (1940)
88. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
89. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
90. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

91. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019)
92. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
93. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
94. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
95. Laura (1944)
96. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
97. Goodfellas (1990)
98. The Heiress (1949)
99. Jaws (1975)
100. Notorious (1946)


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Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 6/4/2023.

Domestic Box Office: Best of the Year

Domestic Box Office:

Best of the Year

These are the top domestic grossing movies for each year based on the sources at the bottom of the page.



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Originally posted 6/4/2023.

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.