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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)

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Originally posted 8/11/2019; last updated 6/1/2025.
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Monday, December 5, 2022

Sight & Sound: Top 100 Movies

Sight & Sound:

Top 100 Movies

The British magazine, Sight & Sound, has done a poll of critics and/or directors every decade since 1952. 12 of those lists have been aggregated here to create this top 100.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
3. Vertigo (1958)
4. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
5. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
8. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
9. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

11. The Bicycle Thief, aka “The Bicycle Thieves” (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
12. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
14. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
15. The Searchers (1956)
16. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
17. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
18. Raging Bull (1980)
19. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
20. Apocalypse Now (1979)

21. Rashômon (1950)
22. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
23. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
24. Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik) (1960)
25. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
26. The General (1927)
27. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
28. City Lights (1931)
29. Mulholland Drive (2001)
30. The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)

31. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
32. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
33. Taxi Driver (1976)
34. Andrei Rublev (1996)
35. La Strada (1954)
36. Stalker (1979)
37. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
38. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
39. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
40. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)

41. Modern Times (1936)
42. Le Mépris (1963)
43. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
44. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
45. Beau Travail (1999)
46. Playtime (1967)
47. Psycho (1960)
48. Some Like It Hot (1959)
49. Shoah (1985)
50. Greed (1924)

51. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
52. Barry Lyndon (1975)
53. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
54. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
55. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
56. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
57. Come and See (1985)
58. Goodfellas (1990)
59. Late Spring (1949)
60. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

61. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
62. A Man Escaped (Un Condamné À Mort S’est Échappé Ou Le Vent Souffle Où Il Veut) (1956)
63. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
64. The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) (1962)
65. Viridiana (1961)
66. Once Upon a Time in the West (C'era Una Volta il West) (1968)
67. The Gold Rush (1925)
68. Satan’s Tango (Sátántangó) (1994)
69. Gertrud (1964)
70. Journey to Italy (1954)

71. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst Essen Seele Auf) (1974)
72. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
73. Blade Runner (1982)
74. Blue Velvet (1986)
75. Pierrot Goes Wild (or "Crazy Pete") (Pierrot le Fou) (1965)
76. Jaws (1975)
77. Kes (1969)
78. Don’t Look Now (1973)
79. Pickpocket (1959)
80. The Mother and the Whore (La Maman et la Putain) (1973)

81. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
82. Salo, or The 120 days of Sodom (Salò o le centoventi giornate di sodoma) (1975)
83. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
84. Chinatown (1974)
85. Sunless (Sans Soleil) (1983)
86. Money (L’Argent) (1983)
87. Hidden (Caché) (2004)
88. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
89. Louisana Story (1948)
90. Ivan the Terrible (1944)

91. Daybreak (Le Jour Se Lève) (1939)
92. The Earth Trembles (La Terra Trema) (1948)
93. Brief Encounter (1946)
94. Crash (2005)
95. Le Million (1931)
96. Touch of Evil (1958)
97. Do the Right Thing (1989)
98. Amarcord (1972)
99. Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
100. Metropolis (1927)

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Originally posted 7/28/2019; last updated 5/29/2023.
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Tuesday, November 24, 1998

50 years ago: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) released

Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette)

Released: November 24, 1948

Studio: Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche

Genre: foreign

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 0.33 Worldwide: --

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: -- Worldwide: --

Directing: Vittorio De Sica

Screenwriting: Oreste Biancoli, Suso D'Amico, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Gerardo Guerrieri, Cesare Zavattini

Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

Review:

The Bicycle Thieves is a “timeless humanist gem of Italian Neorealism.” VY that “that deservedly earned a special Academy Award (before foreign films had a category of their own).” LM It is “an honest, beautiful film” LM and “one of the all-time classics.” LM

This is a “simple, realistic tale” LM “with urgent working-class concerns” VY during “unforgiving post-World War II Italy where the poor must own bikes for below-minimum-wage jobs.” VY

The focus is on the “dignified yet underprivileged Antonio” VY as he “desperately searches for his stolen pedals and tries to set an upstanding example for his impressionable young son.” VY

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Oscars:

Wins: 1 – most outstanding foreign language film (honorary award)

Nominations: 1 – Best Adapted Screenplay

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First posted 6/9/2023.
 
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