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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)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Dave’s Movie Database: “Critics’ Lists of Favorites”
Dave’s Movie Database: “Directors’ Lists of Favorites”

Originally posted 6/7/2023.

Friday, May 26, 2023

The Greatest Films: Top 100

TheGreatestFilms.com:

Top 100 Films

This is a personal website created by Thomas Evenson around 2015. As it says on the site, this list was created “by aggregating the ratings of over 930 movies from 40 movie lists.” Lists are weighted based on various criteria, such as lists by critics favored over lists by the general public.

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
5. Casablanca (1942)
6. Schindler’s List (1993)
7. Annie Hall (1977)
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
9. Vertigo (1958)
10. Pulp Fiction (1994)

11. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
12. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
13. The Godfather Part II (1974)
14. Apocalypse Now (1979)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Chinatown (1974)
17. The Searchers (1956)
18. Psycho (1960)
19. Some Like It Hot (1959)
20. All About Eve (1950)

21. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
22. On the Waterfront (1954)
23. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
24. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
25. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
26. Gone with the Wind (1939)
27. The Third Man (1949)
28. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
29. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
30. North by Northwest (1959)

31. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
32. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
33. Raging Bull (1980)
34. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
35. Jaws (1975)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
37. The Hurt Locker (2009)
38. The Graduate (1967)
39. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
40. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

41. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
42. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
43. The Apartment (1960)
44. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
45. Rear Window (1954)
46. City Lights (1931)
47. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
48. The Gold Rush (1925)
49. Forrest Gump (1994)
50. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)

51. Nashville (1975)
52. Rashômon (1950)
53. The Shining (1980)
54. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
55. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
56. Blade Runner (1982)
57. It Happened One Night (1934)
58. West Side Story (1961)
59. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
60. Modern Times (1936)

61. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
62. Fargo (1996)
63. American Beauty (1999)
64. Boyhood (2014)
65. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
66. There Will Be Blood (2007)
67. All the President’s Men (1976)
68. The Wild Bunch (1969)
69. L.A. Confidential (1997)
70. Mean Streets (1973)

71. Double Indemnity (1944)
72. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
73. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
74. Touch of Evil (1958)
75. The Sound of Music (1965)
76. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
77. King Kong (1933)
78. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
79. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
80. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

81. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
82. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
83. Do the Right Thing (1989)
84. Mulholland Drive (2001)
85. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
86. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
87. Gandhi (1982)
88. The Deer Hunter (1978)
89. Toy Story (1995)
90. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

91. Notorious (1946)
92. Duck Soup (1933)
93. Ben-Hur (1959)
94. Gladiator (2000)
95. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
96. The Social Network (2010)
97. The Dark Knight (2008)
98. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
99. The General (1927)
100. Amadeus (1984)

Resources:

Originally posted 8/21/2019; last updated 5/26/2023.

Monday, July 20, 2015

BBC: Top 100 Movies

BBC:

Top 100 Movies

These are the top 100 movies according to the British BBC News, as determined by aggregating five different lists. See the details and links at the bottom of the page.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
6. Back to the Future (1985)
7. Forrest Gump (1994)
8. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
9. Taxi Driver (1976)
10. The Searchers (1956)

11. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
12. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
14. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Some Like It Hot (1959)
17. Psycho (1960)
18. Schindler’s List (1993)
19. Jaws (1975)
20. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

21. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
22. Gone with the Wind (1939)
23. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
24. The Godfather Part II (1974)
25. Die Hard (1988)
26. Apocalypse Now (1979)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
29. Raging Bull (1980)
30. Vertigo (1958)

31. The Graduate (1967)
32. Brief Encounter (1946)
33. West Side Story (1961)
34. Blade Runner (1982)
35. Titanic (1997)
36. Braveheart (1995)
37. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
38. Toy Story (1995)
39. The Great Escape (1963)
40. Aliens (1986)

41. Ben-Hur (1959)
42. The Sound of Music (1965)
43. Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
44. Alien (1979)
45. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
46. Trainspotting (1996)
47. The Third Man (1949)
48. Jurassic Park (1993)
49. The Usual Suspects (1995)
50. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

51. Ghost (1990)
52. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
53. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
54. The Shining (1980)
55. The Dark Knight (2008)
56. The Terminator (1984)
57. North by Northwest (1959)
58. Se7en (Seven) (1995)
59. Annie Hall (1977)
60. L.A. Confidential (1997)

61. Do the Right Thing (1969)
62. The Italian Job (1969)
63. Scream (1996)
64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
65. Dances with Wolves (1990)
66. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
67. Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (1988)
68. Highlander (1986)
69. Thelma & Louise (1991)
70. 12 Monkeys (1995)

71. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
72. The Deer Hunter (1978)
73. The English Patient (1996)
74. The Fifth Element (1997)
75. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
76. The Lion King (1994)
77. The Exorcist (1973)
78. Brazil (1985)
79. The Blues Brothers (1980)
80. Blue Velvet (1986)

81. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
82. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
83. My Fair Lady (1964)
84. Stagecoach (1939)
85. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
86. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
87. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
88. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
89. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
90. Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

91. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
92. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
93. Inception (2010)
94. The Full Monty (1997)
95. Fight Club (1999)
96. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
97. Chinatown (1974)
98. The Big Lebowski (1998)
99. Grease (1978)
100. Nashville (1975)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
BBC (7/20/2015). “The 100 Greatest American Films”
BBC Radio (2011). “Favourite Movies”
BBC (2009?). “Top 100 Movie List”
BBC (12/8/1999). “The Film 99 top 100” (chosen by Film 99 viewers)
BBC (7/11/1999). “Star Wars hailed best film” (determined by fans)

Originally posted 5/26/2025.

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Time Magazine: “All-TIME 100 Movies”

Time:

All-TIME 100 Movies

These movies were selected by Time magazine’s Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel. As the website says, “The idea was to assemble 100 estimable films since Time began, with the March 3, 1923 issue.” The two film critics each created lists of 100+ films. They had 31 movies in common (with The Godfather and The Godfather Part II considered as one entry) and then negotiated with each other to flesh out the remainder.

The original Time list was presented unranked. However, this list has been ranked based on the movies’ overall status in Dave’s Movie Database with the shared films ranked and then the remaining films ranked.

Maddingly, this list does NOT add up to 100 titles. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are listed as one entry, as are the two-part Olympia, the Apu Trilogy and Lord of the Rings. If these titles were broken out separately, the list would be…105 titles? Someone at Time needs to learn to count (or I’ve missed a movie somewhere, despite checking this list several times).

1. The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
6. Taxi Driver (1976)
7. Chinatown (1974)
8. Double Indemnity (1944)
9. City Lights (1931)
10. King Kong (1933)

11. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
12. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
13. Pinocchio (1940)
14. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
15. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
16. The Manchurian Candidate (1961)
17. His Girl Friday (1940)
18. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
19. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
20. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)

21. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
22. The Lady Eve (1941)
23. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
24. Yojimbo (1961)
25. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Mongatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
26. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
27. White Heat (1949)
28. Ikiru (1952)
29. Detour (1945)
30. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

31. Talk to Her (Hable Con Ella) (2002)
32. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
33. The Lord of the Rings:

34. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
35. Psycho (1960)
36. Raging Bull (1980)
37. Pulp Fiction (1994)
38. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
39. Some Like It Hot (1959)
40. Goodfellas (1990)

41. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
42. On the Waterfront (1954)
43. The Searchers (1956)
44. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
45. Blade Runner (1982)
46. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
47. Finding Nemo (2003)
48. Unforgiven (1992)
49. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
50. Metropolis (1927)

51. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)
52. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
53. Brazil (1985)
54. Notorious (1946)
55. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
56. City of God (Cidade de Deus) (2002)
57. Swing Time (1936)
58. Barry Lyndon (1975)
59. Out of the Past (1947)
60. The Apu Trilogy:

Pather Panchali (1955)
Aparajito (1956)
The World of Apu (Apur Sansar) (1959)

61. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
62. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
63. Ninotchka (1939)
64. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
65. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
66. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
67. Dodsworth (1936)
68. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
69. The Crowd (1928)
70. The Awful Truth (1937)

71. In a Lonely Place (1950)
72. Chungking Express (1994)
73. It’s a Gift (1934)
74. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
75. Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) (1973)
76. Umberto D. (1952)
77. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
78. Closely Watched Trains (Ostre Sledované Vlaky) (1966)
79. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988)
80. Camille (1937)

81. Farewell My Concubine (1993)
82. Olympia (1938)
83. My American Uncle (Mon Oncle D’Amrique) (1980)
84. Léolo (1992)
85. The Fly (1986)
86. A Touch of Zen (Xia Nü) (1969)
87. The Last Command (1928)
88. Nayakan (1987)
89. The Singing Detective (1986)
90. Pyaasa (1957)

91. Charade (1963)
92. Drunken Master II (1994)
93. Band of Outsiders (Bande à Part) (1964)
94. Mouchette (1967)
95. Baby Face (1933)
96. Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)
97. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Le Crime de Monsieur Lange) (1936)
98. Kandahar (aka The Sun Behind the Moon”) (2002)
99. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists
Time (2/12/2005). “All-TIME 100 Movies”

Originally posted 7/30/2019; last updated 6/2/2023.

Monday, December 31, 1979

Top Movies of the 1970s

This page offers lists of the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by two different metrics. The first list is based on box office and the second is based on critics’ picks.

Box Office:

Top 25 of the 1970s

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by worldwide box office gross. The first number indicates dollars made in millions. See sources for box office figures here.

1) 3753.70: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
2) 2712.00: Jaws (1975)
3) 2680.60: The Exorcist (1973)
4) 1938.60: Grease (1978)
5) 1851.00: The Sting (1973)

6) 1820.00: Enter the Dragon (1973)
7) 1730.00: The Godfather (1972)
8) 1560.10: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
9) 1507.90: Superman: The Movie (1978)
10) 1240.10: Rocky (1976)

11) 1132.89: Airport (1970)
12) 1060.28: Blazing Saddles (1974)
13) 1012.40: American Graffiti (1973)
14) 984.50: Moonraker (1979)
15) 977.10: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

16) 937.10: Rocky II (1979)
17) 823.55: Robin Hood (1973)
18) 640.52: Love Story (1970)
19) 561.49: The Towering Inferno (1974)
20) 547.90: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

21) 519.93: Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
22) 514.37: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
23) 503.80: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
24) 502.26: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
25) 491.26: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Critics’ Picks:

Top 25 of the 1970s

These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by a combination of the movies’ ratings points and awards points.

1) The Godfather (1972)
2) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
3) The Godfather Part II (1974)
4) Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
5) Apocalypse Now (1979)

6) The Deer Hunter (1978)
7) Annie Hall (1977)
8) Chinatown (1974)
9) Patton (1970)
10) Taxi Driver (1976)

11) Rocky (1976)
12) Jaws (1975)
13) The Sting (1973)
14) The French Connection (1971)
15) The Exorcist (1973)

16) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
17) Nashville (1975)
18) All the President’s Men (1976)
19) Network (1976)
20) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

21) American Graffiti (1973)
22) A Clockwork Orange (1971)
23) M*A*S*H (1970)
24) Alien (1979)
25) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Resources:

Dave’s Movie Database: Eras
Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year
Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office
Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page
Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page

Originally posted 3/8/2025.

Saturday, February 7, 1976

Taxi Driver released

Taxi Driver

Released: February 7, 1976

Studio: Columbia

Genre: crime drama

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 28.26 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 114.40 Worldwide: ?

Directing: Martin Scorsese

Screenwriting: Paul Schrader

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle

Review:

“An all-time classic.” ^VD and “one of Martin Scorsese’s greatest films.” ^FS He recreates “the landscape of [New York City] in a way that constitutes a truly original and terrifying Gothic canvas.” ^T95 The movie is “a profoundly troubling” ^T98 and “intelligent appraisal of the fundamental ingredients of contemporary insanity.” ^T95 Much of that is because of “De Niro’s extreme implosive performance” ^T95 which “subconsciously informs all the great actor’s subsequent performances: there is the spring, waiting to uncoil.” ^T98

De Niro is ex-Marine Travis Bickle, “a violent, alienated, unfocused, psychotic NYC taxi driver” ^FS who works the night shift in Times Square. His “rage builds in a lonely, dark world” ^A07 “fatalistically disturbed by the squalid, hellish urban underbelly of pimps, whores, winos, and junkies.” ^FS “His one feeble attempt at social and emotional contact – a date with a blonde political campaign worker Betsy (Shepherd) fails miserably when he takes her to a porn film.” ^FS

“His fantasized one-man campaign/mission to clean up the streets focuses on saving a prepubescent child prostitute Iris (Foster). It ends with a failed political assassination attempt, and a rage-filled, pent-up blood-bath massacre, including the killing of Iris’ pimp ‘Sport’ (Harvey Keitel). In the aftermath, the repellent character emerges as a vindicated, folk savior-hero.” ^FS

“One of film’s most iconic lines wasn't written by screenwriter Paul Schrader. Rather, Robert De Niro improvised, taking it from rocker Bruce Springsteen whom he’d seen in concert with Martin Scorsese in New York. Springsteen responded to the audience calling his name for an encore by asking: ‘You talkin’ to me?" ^MSN