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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.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? "The 100 Greatest Films"

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?:

The 100 Greatest Films

They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (Theyshootpictures.com) offers up a list of the 1000 greatest films, as generated by aggregating more than 15,000 lists. The introduction page offers a list of some of the most prominent sources. Lists are weighted although there isn’t a detailed explanation of exactly how.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
8. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
9. The Searchers (1956)
10. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)

11. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
12. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
14. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
15. Taxi Driver (1976)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
18. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
19. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
20. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)

21. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
22. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
23. The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)
24. Rashômon (1950)
25. City Lights (1931)
26. Psycho (1960)
27. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
28. Andrei Rublev (1996)
29. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
30. Some Like It Hot (1959)

31. The Godfather Part II (1974)
32. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
33. Mulholland Drive (2001)
34. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
35. Raging Bull (1980)
36. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
37. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
38. Rear Window (1954)
39. Playtime (1967)
40. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

41. Touch of Evil (1958)
42. Casablanca (1942)
43. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
44. Contempt (Le Mépris) (1963)
45. Barry Lyndon (1975)
46. Stalker (1979)
47. Blade Runner (1982)
48. Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik) (1989)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
50. The General (1926)

51. Beau Travail (1999)
52. Modern Times (1936)
53. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
54. The Third Man (1949)
55. Late Spring (1949)
56. North by Northwest (1959)
57. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
58. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
59. The Apartment (1960)
60. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)

61. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
62. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
63. Rio Bravo (1959)
64. Goodfellas (1990)
65. Shoah (1985)
66. Pierrot Goes Wild (or "Crazy Pete") (Pierrot le Fou) (1965)
67. Journey to Italy (1954)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
70. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)

71. Chinatown (1974)
72. La Strada (1954)
73. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
74. Do the Right Thing (1989)
75. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
76. Amarcord (1972)
77. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
78. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (1956)
79. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
80. Pulp Fiction (1994)

81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
83. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)
84. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
85. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
86. Viridiana (1961)
87. Blue Velvet (1986)
88. Pickpocket (1959)
89. Nashville (1975)
90. The Shining (1980)

91. Gertrud (1964)
92. The Gold Rush (1925)
93. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
94. Jaws (1975)
95. The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) ()
96. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
97. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
98. Sunless (Sans Soleil) (1983)
99. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
100. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (4/5/2023). “Introduction”
They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (4/5/2023). “The 1000 Greatest Films”

Originally posted 5/31/2023.