Monday, June 2, 2025

Film Affinity: Best Movies in the History of Film

Film Affinity

Best Movies in the History of Film: Top 100

FilmAffinity.com was launched in 2002. They claim that their 177 million votes from over a million users makes them the leading site for movie recommendations. They have more than a million registered users in more than 90 countries.

The only explanation of how the list was put together is that it is the 1000 top rated movies on the website with 1000 or more votes. There is no indication when this list was last updated or how often.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. 12 Angry Men (1957)
4. Schindler’s List (1939)
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
7. City Lights (1931)
8. The Great Dictator (1940)
9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
10. Modern Times (1936)

11. The Sting (1973)
12. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
13. Harakiri (aka “Seppuka”) (1962)
14. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
15. Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella) (1997)
16. Paths of Glory (1957)
17. All About Eve (1950)
18. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
19. High and Low (Tengoku to Jigoku) (1963)
20. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

21. Double Indemnity (1944)
22. The Apartment (1960)
23. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
24. The Kid (1921)
25. Psycho (1960)
26. The Hole (Le Trou) (1960)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. The Gold Rush (1925)
29. Casablanca (1942)
30. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
32. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
33. American History X (1998)
34. The Young and the Damned (Los Olvidados) (1950)
35. Red Beard (Akahige) (1965)
36. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
37. The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
38. Dersu Uzala (1974)
39. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
40. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)

41. M, the Vampire of Dusseldorf (M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder) (1931)
42. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)
43. Some Like It Hot (1959)
44. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
45. A Night at the Opera (1935)
46. Se7en (1995)
47. Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshô Dayû) (1954)
48. The General (1927)
49. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
50. The Pianist (2002)

51. North by Northwest (1959)
52. Limelight (1952)
53. Metropolis (1927)
54. The Executioner (El Verdugo) (1963)
55. Apocalypse Now (1979)
56. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
57. Vertigo (1958)
58. Unforgiven (1992)
59. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
60. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)

61. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
62. Rebecca (1940)
63. The Third Man (1949)
64. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
65. Rear Window (1954)
66. Scarface (1983)
67. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
68. The Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957)
69. Rocco and His Brothers (“Rocco e i suoi Fratelli” or “Rocco et Ses Freres”) (1960)
70. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

71. Forrest Gump (1994)
72. The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) (1924)
73. Scarlet Street (1945)
74. Freaks (1932)
75. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
76. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
77. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968)
78. Dial M for Murder (1954)
79. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
80. Samurai Rebellion (Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimaatsu) (1967)

81. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
82. The Hustler (1961)
83. The Great Escape (1963)
84. Gran Tarino (2008)
85. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
86. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
87. One, Two, Three (1961)
88. Touch of Evil (1958)
89. Citizen Kane (1941)
90. In the Name of the Father (1993)

91. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
92. The Shining (1980)
93. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (1956)
94. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon after the Rain”) (1953)
95. 1900 (Novecento) (1976)
96. Captain Courageous (1937)
97. The Road (La Strada) (1954)
98. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
99. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)
100. The Holy Innocents (1984)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
FilmAffinity.com “Best Movies in the History of Film” (top 1000 list)

Originally posted 6/3/2025.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Films 101: "The 100 Best Movies of All Time"

Films 101:

The 100 Best Movies of All Time

The home page for Films101.com says, “the best movies of all time, picked by critics and filmmakers.” On their about page, it offers slightly more detail, saying that the Films 101 database “comes from all-time best movie lists and movie awards.” There’s no indication when the list was initially posted and how often or when it has been updated but the most recent movies in their top 1000 are from 2024.

The website also offers ratings (again, with no explanation of where they come from), yearly top tens, and links for blockbusters, award winners, foreign films, genres, and more.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. The Godfather (1972)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
7. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948)
8. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Rashômon (1950)
12. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
13. The Searchers (1956)
14. Psycho (1960)
15. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. Casablanca (1942)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
20. Taxi Driver (1976)

21. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
22. Apocalypse Now (1979)
23. Chinatown (1974)
24. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
26. Metropolis (1927)
27. Goodfellas (1990)
28. Annie Hall (1977)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
30. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

31. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
32. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
33. The Godfather Part II (1974)
34. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
35. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
36. Schindler’s List (1939)
37. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
38. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
39. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
40. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

41. Gone with the Wind (1939)
42. On the Waterfront (1954)
43. Raise the Red Lantern (Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua) (1991)
44. All About Eve (1950)
45. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
46. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
47. The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)
48. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
49. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
50. Ran (1985)

51. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
52. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
53. Double Indemnity (1944)
54. To Live (Ikiru) (1952)
55. Nashville (1975)
56. Do the Right Thing (1989)
57. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
58. The Graduate (1967)
59. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
60. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

61. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
64. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
65. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
66. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
67. L.A. Confidential (1997)
68. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
69. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
70. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

71. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
72. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
73. King Kong (1933)
74. Unforgiven (1992)
75. The Third Man (1949)
76. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
77. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
78. It Happened One Night (1934)
79. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
80. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)

81. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
82. Mulholland Drive (2001)
83. The Apartment (1960)
84. The Wild Bunch (1969)
85. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
86. Blade Runner (1982)
87. Fargo (1996)
88. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
89. Rear Window (1954)
90. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)

91. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
92. The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena) (1973)
93. Touch of Evil (1958)
94. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
95. City Lights (1931)
96. Playtime (1967)
97. Jaws (1975)
98. Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946)
99. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
100. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Films101.com “The Best Movies of All Time”

Originally posted 8/11/2019; last updated 6/1/2025.