Showing posts with label best films all time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best films all time. Show all posts

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.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Halliwell’s Best Films: Top 100

Leslie Halliwell/John Walker:

Top 100 Films

From ThePendragonSociety.com: “The Halliwell film guide was a highly respected English publication, originally complied by Leslie Halliwell until his death in 1989 in partnership with John Walker. Walker continued to publish the guide into the 21st century and brought out a book listing what he considered to be the best 1000 films in 2005.” Listed here are the top 100.

1. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
2. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
4. The Godfather (1972) / The Godfather Part II (1974) / The Godfather Part III (1990)
5. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Raging Bull (1980)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)

11. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
12. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
13. Taxi Driver (1976)
14. The Searchers (1956)
15. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
16. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
17. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
18. The Third Man (1949)
19. The Apu Trilogy:

  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • Aparajito (1956)
  • The World of Apu (1959)
20. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)

21. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise (Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie) (1972)
22. Andrei Rublev (1996)
23. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
24. Viridana (1961)
25. Toy Story (1995)
26. Rashômon (1950)
27. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
28. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
29. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
30. The Lord of the Rings:

31. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
32. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
33. Alexander Nevsky (Aleksandr Nevskiy) (1938)
34. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
35. Casablanca (1942)
36. Goodfellas (1990)
37. Tristana (1970)
38. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
39. Breaking the Waves (1996)
40. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

41. Frankenstein (1931)
42. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
43. Double Indemnity (1944)
44. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
45. Week End (1967)
46. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
47. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
48. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
49. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988)
50. Fitzcarraldo (1982)

51. If… (1968)
52. The Wild Bunch (1969)
53. The Red Shoes (1948)
54. Annie Hall (1977)
55. Tom Jones (1963)
56. On the Waterfront (1954)
57. West Side Story (1961)
58. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
59. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
60. Great Expectations (1946)

61. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
62. Schindler’s List (1993)
63. Ashes and Diamonds (Popiól I Diament) (1958)
64. Liberty for Us (À Nous la Liberté) (1931)
65. Antoine Doinel Tetralogy:

  • The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
  • Stolen Kisses (1968)
  • Bed and Board (1970)
  • Love on the Run (1979)
66. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
67. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot’s) (1953)
68. Laurel & Hardy short films (1921-1943)
69. Chinatown (1974)
70. Star Wars:

71. Gosford Park (2001)
72. Rear Window (1954)
73. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972)
74. A Short Film About Killing (1987)
75. M*A*S*H (1970)
76. Cries and Whispers (Viskningar Och Rop) (1972)
77. All the President’s Men (1976)
78. The Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957) *
79. King Kong (1933)
80. Gone with the Wind (1939)

81. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
82. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
83. North by Northwest (1959)
84. The Band Wagon (1953)
85. Yojimbo (1961)
86. Brief Encounter (1946)
87. Deliverance (1972)
88. Fargo (1996)
89. Cabaret (1972)
90. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

91. Days of Heaven (1978)
92. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
93. High Noon (1952)
94. His Girl Friday (1940)
95. Manhattan (1979)
96. Duck Soup (1933)
97. Henry V (1944)
98. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
99. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
100. The Graduate (1967)

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Originally posted 8/22/2019; last updated 6/9/2023.
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Friday, October 13, 2000

All About Eve released 50 years ago today

All About Eve

Released: October 13, 1950

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: drama

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 0.30 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 155.60 Worldwide: ?

Directing: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Screenwriting: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter, Gary Merrill

Review:

This “brilliantly sophisticated (and cynical) look at life in and around the theater” LM has become “an all-time classic.” VD “Wit and sarcasm reign supreme” FS in “Hollywood’s definitive backstage drama” TV via memorable lines such as “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!” Based on Mary Orr’s short story “The Wisdom of Eve,” “Mankiewicz’s biting script of ambition and betrayal in the New York theatre” A07 “says trunkloads about show business, human behavior and the direct correlation between talent and utter viciousness.” TV

In “the high point of Bette Davis’s long career,” TV she plays Broadway veteran Margo Channing, an “aging, bitchy accomplished star.” FS She takes an adoring fan – the ambitious, young starlet Eve Harrington (Baxter) – under her wing. As the story unfolds, we see the supposedly naïve protégé “insinuating herself into the life of her idol, and scheming to steal her theatrical roles and her lover Bill (Merrill). By ruthlessly exploiting the older woman’s kindness and hospitality, she manages to achieve her present success while almost destroying the veteran star in the process.” FS

“George Sanders is perfect as Addison De Witt – a cynical, egotistical columnist/critic.” FS The film also features “the young Marilyn Monroe as a budding talent” RS in a bit part and “the most literate catfight ever filmed.” TV in this “razor sharp satire on the theater world.” VD “This nearly flawless film was nominated for an astounding 14 Oscars, a feat not duplicated until 47 years later with James Cameron’s Titanic.” MSN

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Awards/Honors/Lists:

Dave’s Movie Database Lists:

Awards:

Oscars:

Wins: 6 – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Sanders), Best B/W Costume Design, Best Sound

Nominations: 14 – including Best Actress (Baxter), Best Actress (Davis), Best Supporting Actress (Holm), Best Supporting Actress (Ritter)

Other Lists/Honors:

Critics’ Picks:

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Friday, August 4, 2000

Sunset Boulevard released 50 years ago today

Sunset Boulevard

Released: August 4, 1950

Studio: Paramount

Genre: drama/film noir

Box Office (numbers in millions):

Domestic: 0.30 Worldwide: ?

Adjusted for Inflation:

Domestic: 39.60 Worldwide: ?

Directing: Billy Wilder

Screenwriting: Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder; D. M. Marshman, Jr.

Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Jack Webb

Review:

“All About Eve might be Hollywood’s greatest look at Broadway, but Sunset Blvd. remains Tinseltown’s best gaze into its own fun-house reflection.” TV This “witty black comedy” FS is “one of Wilder’s finest, and certainly the blackest of all Hollywood’s scab-scratching accounts of itself.” T95

The movie “opens with a shocking flashback narrated in voice-over by a dead corpse – a victim floating face-down in a Sunset Boulevard mansion’s swimming pool.” FS “In the first version, the opening and closing scenes were at the L.A. County Morgue. Preview audiences found the scenes hilarious, much to the chagrin of Wilder, who was not going for that reaction.” MSN From that moment “through Norma’s deranged final close-up, the stunning Sunset is the standard against which all movies about movies must be viewed.” TV “The performances are suitably sordid, the direction precise, the camerawork appropriately noir, and the memorably sour script” T95 is “all deliriously dark and nightmarish.” T95

“Gloria Swanson is smashing” TV as Norma Desmond, “a reclusive, former silent screen actress” A98 “who refuses to accept the end of her stardom” FS (“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”) “and heading for outright insanity.” T95 Von Stroheim is “superb as Swanson’s devotedly watchful butler Max.” T95 “William Holden makes for a terrific pre-Richard Gere gigolo” TV as Joe Gillis, an “aspiring, debt-ridden screenwriter” FS who “sees a lucrative break for himself when she wants to make a return to the screen.” A07 While writing a script for her impending comeback, “he takes advantage, encouraging her false hopes” FS so he can move in her mansion and hide out for creditors. However, “his exploitative dependence upon the film star with romantic attention toward young script-reader Betty Schaefer (Olson), [ends up] creating a lethal situation.” FS

“The perverse, cynical film references Swanson’s actual career, with excerpts from one of her unfinished films (Queen Kelly, directed by von Stroheim) and cameos by other forgotten silent film stars,” FS “[Buster] Keaton, H.B. Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson appearing in a brief card-game scene).” T95

Sources:

Awards/Honors/Lists:

Dave’s Movie Database Lists:

Dave’s Movie Database Genre Lists:

Awards:

Oscars:

Wins: 3 – Best Story and Screenplay, Best Art Direction/Interior Direction (black and white), Best Original Music Score

Nominations: 11, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Holden), Best Actress (Swanson), Best Supporting Actor (von Stroheim), Best Supporting Actress (Olson)

Other Lists/Honors:

Critics’ Picks:

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