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Empire Magazine 100 Greatest Films (Australia)

The Australian edition of Empire conducted a poll of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2007. As one would expect from a readers poll there’s plenty here that wouldn’t impress the critics. Pirates of the Caribbean and Grease particularly stand out, surprisingly placed in the top 20!

1. Star Wars
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Aliens
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Donnie Darko
7. LotR: Return of the King
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. Amelie
10. Goodfellas
11. The Matrix
12. American Beauty
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
14. LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring
15. The Godfather
16. Grease (1978)
17. Braveheart
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street
19. Fight Club
20. Back to the Future
21. Alien
22. Apocalypse Now
23. Gone with the Wind
24. Titanic
25. Forrest Gump
26. Raiders of the Lost Ark
27. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
28. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
29. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
30. Schindler’s List
31. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
32. Scarface (1983)
33. The Princess Bride
34. Top Gun
35. Austin Powers
36. Rocky
37. Casino Royale (2006)
38. An American Werewolf in London
39. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
40. Casablanca
41. Zoolander
42. Gallipoli
43. LotR: The Two Towers
44. 2001: A Space Odyssey
45. Heat
46. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
47. Gladiator
48. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
49. The Sound of Music (1965)
50. Se7en

51. Die Hard
52. Return of the Jedi
53. Borat
54. The Usual Suspects
55. Jaws
56. Memento
57. The Godfather Part II
58. The Big Lebowski
59. Taxi Driver
60. The Shining
61. Stand By Me
62. Clerks
63. The Silence of the Lambs
64. Spider-Man
65. The Lion King
66. Chopper (2000)
67. Ben-Hur (1959)
68. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
69. Superman
70. Picnic at Hanging Rock
71. Batman (1989)
72. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
73. Platoon
74. To Kill a Mockingbird
75. Blade Runner
76. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
77. Mad Max
78. Brokeback Mountain
79. Chicago (2002)
80. Psycho
81. Moulin Rouge
82. The Breakfast Club
83. Citizen Kane
84. Reservoir Dogs
85. The Crow
86. Mad Max 2
87. Babel
88. Annie Hall
89. All About Eve
90. Animal House
91. Rear Window
92. Crocodile Dundee
93. The Seven Samurai
94. The Blues Brothers
95. Romeo + Juliet
96. Life of Brian
97. Airplane!
98. X-Men
99. The Terminator
100. It’s a Wonderful Life

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Empire 100 Greatest Movies 1999

Another readers poll from Empire Magazine for the Greatest films of all time unveiled in 1999. Titanic remarkably makes the top 10 although this was only 2 years after its release. There’s even a top 20 place for The Sound of Music!

1	Star Wars	1977
2	Jaws	1975
3	Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back	1980
4	Shawshank Redemption, The	1994
5	Goodfellas	1990
6	Pulp Fiction	1994
7	Godfather, The	1972
8	Saving Private Ryan	1998
9	Schindler’s List	1993
10	Titanic	1997
11	Usual Suspects, The	1995
12	Citizen Kane	1941
13	Godfather: Part II, The	1974
14	Aliens	1986
15	Blade Runner	1982
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981
17	Casablanca	1942
18	Gone with the Wind	1939
19	Sound of Music, The	1965
20	It’s a Wonderful Life	1946
21	Reservoir Dogs	1992
22	Apocalypse Now	1979
23	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968
24	L.A. Confidential	1997
25	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	1975
26	Silence of the Lambs, The	1991
27	Return of the Jedi	1983
28	Professional, The	1994
29	Braveheart	1995
30	Se7en	1995
31	Die Hard	1988
32	North by Northwest	1959
33	Truman Show, The	1998
34	Taxi Driver	1976
35	Jurassic Park	1993
36	Alien	1979
37	Psycho	1960
38	Raging Bull	1980
39	Some Like It Hot	1959
40	Lawrence of Arabia	1962
41	Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The	1966
42	Rear Window	1954
43	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982
44	Deer Hunter, The	1978
45	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991
46	Terminator, The	1984
47	Fargo	1996
48	Great Escape, The	1963
49	Face/Off	1997
50	Speed	1994

51	Matrix, The	1999
52	Singin’ in the Rain	1952
53	Exorcist, The	1973
54	Ben-Hur	1959
55	Trainspotting	1996
56	Forrest Gump	1994
57	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964
58	Zulu	1964
59	Vertigo	1958
60	Wild Bunch, The	1969
61	Once Upon a Time in the West	1968
62	Italian Job, The	1969
63	Shining, The	1980
64	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977
65	English Patient, The	1996
66	Heat	1995
67	Wizard of Oz, The	1939
68	A Clockwork Orange	1971
69	Grease	1978
70	Platoon	1986
71	Stand by Me	1986
72	Back to the Future	1985
73	Withnail & I	1987
74	JFK	1991
75	Seven Samurai	1954
76	Get Carter	1971
77	Third Man, The	1949
78	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	1997
79	Armageddon	1998
80	Chinatown	1974
81	Goldfinger	1964
82	Untouchables, The	1987
83	Once Upon a Time in America	1984
84	True Romance	1993
85	Unforgiven	1992
86	Scarface	1983
87	Blues Brothers, The	1980
88	Graduate, The	1967
89	When Harry Met Sally…	1989
90	Dances with Wolves	1990
91	Spartacus	1960
92	Toy Story	1995
93	Cinema Paradiso	1989
93	Life is Beautiful	1997
95	Grosse Pointe Blank	1997
96	Annie Hall	1977
97	Dead Poets Society	1989
98	Good Will Hunting	1997
99	12 Angry Men	1957
100	Easy Rider	1969

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Empire 100 Greatest Movies 2003

The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time – As voted for by the readers of Empire Magazine in 2003, shown in the March 2004 issue. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones had been released not long before voting but it’s still something of a surprise to see it placed 51 or even on the list! Buy – Empire Magazine – 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time – March, 2004

1	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	2001
2	Star Wars	1977
3	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	2002
4	Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back	1980
5	Shawshank Redemption, The	1994
6	Godfather, The	1972
7	Pulp Fiction	1994
8	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The	2003
9	Fight Club	1999
10	Jaws	1975
11	Jurassic Park	1993
12	Blade Runner	1982
13	Goodfellas	1990
14	Godfather: Part II, The	1974
15	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981
16	Grease	1978
17	Raging Bull	1980
18	Usual Suspects, The	1995
19	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	2003
20	Taxi Driver	1976
21	Donnie Darko	2001
22	Citizen Kane	1941
23	Return of the Jedi	1983
24	Casablanca	1942
25	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968
26	Schindler’s List	1993
27	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	2003
28	Gladiator	2000
29	Lawrence of Arabia	1962
30	Big Lebowski, The	1998
31	American Beauty	1999
32	Aliens	1986
33	Back to the Future	1985
34	It’s a Wonderful Life	1946
35	Apocalypse Now	1979
36	Magnolia	1999
37	Moulin Rouge!	2001
38	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	1975
39	Memento	2000
40	Professional, The	1994
41	Se7en	1995
42	Heat	1995
43	L.A. Confidential	1997
44	Gone with the Wind	1939
45	Vertigo	1958
46	Forrest Gump	1994
47	Seven Samurai	1954
48	Some Like It Hot	1959
49	Reservoir Dogs	1992
50	Saving Private Ryan	1998

51	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	2002
52	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964
53	Scarface	1983
54	Shining, The	1980
55	Singin’ in the Rain	1952
56	Matrix, The	1999
57	Titanic	1997
58	Ghost Busters	1984
59	Die Hard	1988
60	Fargo	1996
61	Once Upon a Time in the West	1968
62	Trainspotting	1996
63	Once Upon a Time in America	1984
64	Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The	1966
65	Withnail & I	1987
66	Amélie	2001
67	Stand by Me	1986
68	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977
69	Good Will Hunting	1997
70	Third Man, The	1949
71	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982
72	Psycho	1960
73	Silence of the Lambs, The	1991
74	Terminator, The	1984
75	Alien	1979
76	Rear Window	1954
77	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991
78	Grosse Pointe Blank	1997
79	Deer Hunter, The	1978
80	True Romance	1993
81	Chinatown	1974
82	Cinema Paradiso	1989
83	Searchers, The	1956
84	Wizard of Oz, The	1939
85	Great Escape, The	1963
86	Wild Bunch, The	1969
87	JFK	1991
88	North by Northwest	1959
89	Graduate, The	1967
90	12 Angry Men	1957
91	Annie Hall	1977
92	Spider-Man	2002
93	Ben-Hur	1959
94	Platoon	1986
95	Toy Story	1995
96	Blues Brothers, The	1980
97	Exorcist, The	1973
98	Braveheart	1995
99	Untouchables, The	1987
100	City of God	2002

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Empire Magazine’s The 301 Greatest Movies of all Time

In July 2014, for their 301st issue, Empire Magazine brought out a list of the 301 greatest films of all time. It’s a list dominated by big budget film trilogies but it’s good see that the New American Cinema of the 1970s is still well represented. Buy – EMPIRE 301 (July 2014) The 301 Greatest Movies of All Time

1) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
2) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
3) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
4) The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
5) Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
6) Star Wars: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
7) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
8 ) Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
9) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
10) Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
11) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
12) The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
13) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
14) Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
15) The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
16) Avengers Assemble (Joss Whedon, 2012)
17) Back To The Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
18) Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
19) Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
20) Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1970)
21) Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
22) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
23) The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)
24) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
25) Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
26) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
27) Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
28) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
29) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
30) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
31) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
32) The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
33) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
34) Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
35) Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)
36) Heat (Michael Man, 1995)
37) Seven (David Fincher, 1995)
38) The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
39) Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
40) It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
41) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
42) Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
43) Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
44) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
45) Skyfall (Sam Mendes, 2012)
46) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
47) The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)
48) Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
49) Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
50) Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)

51) 12 Angry Men (Sydney Lumet, 1957)
52) Gone With The Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood, 1939)
53) The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
54) A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
55) The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
56) Leon (Luc Besson, 1994)
57) Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
58) Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
59) Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
60) Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
61) Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
62) Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
63) Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
64) John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
65) E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
66) The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)
67) The Silence Of The Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
68) Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1999)
69) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
70) Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
71) Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
72) The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012)
73) Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
74) Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
75) Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
76) Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
77) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
78) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
79) L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
80) Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
81) Inglourious Bastards (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
82) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
83) North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
84) Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
85) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
86) Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
87) The 400 Blows (Francois Truffaut, 1959)
88) City Of God (Fernando Meirelles, KÃ¡tia Lund, 2002)
89) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)
90) Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
91) True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
92) Withnail And I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
93) Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
94) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
95) Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
96) Singing In The Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
97) Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
98) No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
99) The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
100) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 2007)

101) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
102) Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
103) The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
104) The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
105) The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
106) Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
107) The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
108) Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
109) The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
110) Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)
111) Up (Pete Docter & Bob Peterson, 2009)
112) Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)
113) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)
114) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
115) The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
116) Requiem For A Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
117) Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
118) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
119) 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
120) Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
121) Superman The Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
122) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
123) The Wizard Of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
124) RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
125) Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
126) Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
127) A Bout De Souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
128) Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
129) Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
130) In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008)
131) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997))
132) To Kill A Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
133) Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
134) Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
135) The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
136) The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
137) Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
138) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
139) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
140) Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
141) The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
142) Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
143) Dawn Of The Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
144) Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
145) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
146) Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
147) Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)
148) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
149) Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
150) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

151) When Harry Met Sally… (Rob Reiner, 1989)
152) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (David Yates, 2011)
153) Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)
154) American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
155) Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1980)
156) American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
157) Beauty And The Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991)
158) The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
159) Frozen (Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee, 2013)
160) Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
161) A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
162) Shaun Of The Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
163) Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
164) The Thin Red Line (Terrence Mallick, 1998)
165) The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
166) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson, 2013)
167) Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, 1975)
168) The Last Of The Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)
169) Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
170) Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
171) The Raid (Gareth Evans, 2011)
172) The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
173) (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009)
174) Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
175) Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
176) Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
177) Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
178) Dazed And Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
179) Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
180) Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012)
181) The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
182) Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, 2005)
183) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Anthony & Joe Russo, 2014)
184) Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (Gore Verbinsky, 2003)
185) The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997)
186) Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986)
187) City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
188) Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009)
189) Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
190) Kick Ass (Matthew Vaughn, 2010)
191) Field Of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson, 1989)
192) Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)
193) Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
194) The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, 1965)
195) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
196) An American Werewolf In London (John Landis, 1981)
197) Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
198) The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2001)
199) The Lives Of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
200) Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)

201) Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
202) Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 1947)
203) Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
204) Les Misérables (Tom Hooper, 2012)
205) Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
206) Planet Of The Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
207) Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni, 1997)
208) Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
209) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
210) Miller’s Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990)
211) Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
212) Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
213) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
214) The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
215) Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
216) My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
217) On The Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
218) The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
219) The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
220) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
221) Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
222) Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
223) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001)
224) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
225) Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)
226) Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)
227) The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
228) Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
229) Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
230) The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
231) Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
232) Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
233) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
234) All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
235) Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
236) Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988)
237) The Rules Of The Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
238) Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
239) Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
240) JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
241) The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
242) Iron Man 3 (Shane Black, 2013)
243) The World’s End (Edgar Wright, 2013)
244) Dumb And Dumber (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 1994)
245) Star Trek into Darkness (J.J. Abrams, 2013)
246) The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979)
247) The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
248) The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
249) District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
250) Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990)

251) Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
252) Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
253) The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012)
254) The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
255) Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
256) Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
257) South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (Trey Parker, 1999)
258) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
259) Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
260) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
261) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (George Miller, 1981)
262) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Peter Jackson, 2012)
263) Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
264) Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986)
265) Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
266) The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
267) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence, 2013)
268) Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
269) M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
270) Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
271) Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
272) The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1989)
273) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black, 2005)
274) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010)
275) The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
276) The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
277) Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
278) Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988)
279) Fantasia (Norman Ferguson, 1940)
280) How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010)
281) Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
282) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
283) In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai, 2000)
284) The Bridge On The River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
285) 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
286) Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013)
287) Prometheus (Ridley Scott, 2012)
288) Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
289) Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
290) Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
291) Conan the Barbarian (John Milius, 1982)
292) King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, 1933)
293) Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983)
294) Back To The Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
295) West Side Story (Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, 1961)
296) Love Actually (Richard Curtis, 2003)
297) A Nightmare On Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
298) Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, 2013)
299) 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
300) Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)
301) Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)

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Empire’s 201 Greatest Movies of All Time

In March 2006, Empire readers voted for what they thought was the 201 greatest movies of all time. Once again The Shawshank Redemption manages to hold its own against The Godfather and some box office giants.

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
5. The Godfather
6. Pulp Fiction
7. The Lord Of The Rings III: The Return Of The King
8. Fight Club
9. GoodFellas
10. The Matrix
11. Jaws
12. The Usual Suspects
13. The Godfather II
14. Alien
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16. Gladiator
17. Aliens
18. The Lord Of The Rings II: The Two Towers
19. Casablanca
20. Back To The Future
21. Seven
22. Heat
23. LA Confidential
24. Apocalypse Now
25. The Big Lebowski
26. Citizen Kane
27. Reservoir Dogs
28. Die Hard
29. Raging Bull
30. Some Like It Hot
31. Lawrence Of Arabia
32. Blade Runner
33. 2001: A Space Odyssey
34. Jurassic Park
35. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
36. Batman Begins
37. Terminator II: Judgment Day
38. Lost In Translation
39. The Silence Of The Lambs
40. Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith
41. Donnie Darko
42. Amelie
43. Taxi Driver
44. Magnolia
45. Toy Story
46. Schindler’s List
47. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
48. Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi
49. Memento
50. Almost Famous

51. American Beauty
52. Chinatown
53. Rear Window
54. True Romance
55. The Shining
56. Ghostbusters
57. The Exorcist
58. Titanic
59. Dr Strangelove
60. Grosse Pointe Blank
61. Moulin Rouge!
62. City Of God
63. Vertigo
64. The Princess Bride
65. Scarface
66. Sin City
67. Once Upon A Time In The West
68. Gone With The Wind
69. Annie Hall
70. The Seven Samurai
71. Saving Private Ryan
72. Rocky
73. The Wizard Of Oz
74. Withnail & I
75. The Third Man
76. A Clockwork Orange
77. Cool Hand Luke
78. Toy Story II
79. Kill Bill I
80. Braveheart
81. It’s A Wonderful Life
82. Stand By Me
83. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
84. Evil Dead II
85. Monty Python’s Life Of Brian
86. Psycho
87. Garden State
88. Serenity
89. Double Indemnity
90. Clerks
91. Shaun Of The Dead
92. This Is Spinal Tap
93. The Searchers
94. Jerry Maguire
95. Edward Scissorhands
96. Leon
97. The Lion King
98. Superman
99. The Thing
100. The Terminator

101. The Blues Brothers 1980
102. North by Northwest 1959
103. Manhattan 1979
104. When Harry Met Sally… 1989
105. Speed 1994
106. The Great Escape 1963
107. Singin’ in the Rain 1952
108. 12 Angry Men 1957
109. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
110. Unforgiven 1992
111. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
112. The Graduate 1967
113. Brazil 1985
114. King Kong 2005
115. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
116. Beauty and the Beast 1991
117. The Thin Red Line 1998
118. Groundhog Day 1993
119. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
120. Fargo 1996
121. Top Gun 1986
122. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
123. Grease 1978
124. Once Upon a Time in America 1984
125. Hero 2002
126. Rushmore 1998
127. Spider-Man 2 2004
128. Cinema Paradiso 1988
129. The Last of the Mohicans 1992
130. Predator 1987
131. Oldboy 2003
132. Airplane! 1980
133. The Breakfast Club 1985
134. Dawn of the Dead 1978
135. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004
136. Breathless 1960
137. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
138. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
139. The Deer Hunter 1978
140. Casino 1995
141. Swingers 1996
142. Field of Dreams 1989
143. Platoon 1986
144. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
145. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
146. The Evil Dead 1981
147. Good Will Hunting 1997
148. Goldfinger 1964
149. Trainspotting 1996
150. Blue Velvet 1986

151. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004
152. Spirited Away 2001
153. Halloween 1978
154. The Truman Show 1998
155. Animal House 1978
156. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
157. The Bourne Identity 2002
158. The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
159. JFK 1991
160. Scream 1996
161. The Philadelphia Story 1940
162. The Wild Bunch 1969
163. On the Waterfront 1954
164. Blazing Saddles 1974
165. Dirty Dancing 1987
166. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999
167. Badlands 1973
168. The English Patient 1996
169. King Kong 1933
170. Sideways 2004
171. The Italian Job 1969
172. Full Metal Jacket 1987
173. The Sting 1973
174. X-Men 2 2003
175. The Elephant Man 1980
176. Crash 2004
177. The Sound of Music 1965
178. Mulholland Drive 2001
179. There’s Something About Mary 1998
180. Dead Man’s Shoes 2004
181. La Haine 1995
182. Do the Right Thing 1989
183. The Ladykillers 1955
184. Thelma & Louise 1991
185. Dirty Harry 1971
186. The Birds 1963
187. Boogie Nights 1997
188. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961
189. The Night of the Hunter 1955
190. Pretty Woman 1990
191. The Producers 1967
192. Romeo + Juliet 1996
193. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
194. Mad Max 1979
195. Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
196. Sense and Sensibility 1995
197. Enter the Dragon 1973
198. Rebel Without a Cause 1955
199. The Killer 1989
200. The Descent 2005
201. Eraserhead 1977

Empire’s 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

In 2008, Empire released the list of the 500 Best Movies of All Time, as voted by 10,000 Empire readers, 150 Hollywood filmmakers and 50 key film critics. Buy – Empire 100 Covers (Celebrating The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time)

1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
3. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
4. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
5. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
6. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
8. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)
9. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
10. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
11. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
12. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
13. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
14. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
15. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
17. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
18. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
19. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
20. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
21. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
23. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
25. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)
26. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
27. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
28. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
30. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
31. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
33. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
35. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
36. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)
37. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
38. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
39. The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1999)
40. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
41. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
42. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
43. The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998)
44. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
45. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
46. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
47. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
48. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
49. Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1987)
50. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

51. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
52. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
53. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
54. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
55. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
56. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
57. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
58. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
59. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
60. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
61. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
62. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
63. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
64. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
65. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
66. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
67. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
68. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
69. Three Colours Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
70. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
71. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
72. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
74. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
75. A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
76. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
77. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
78. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
79. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
80. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
81. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
82. The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
83. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
84. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
85. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
86. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
87. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
88. Ferris Bueller’s Day off (John Hughes, 1986)
89. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
90. When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989)
91. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
92. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
93. Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
94. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
95. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
96. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
97. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
98. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
99. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
100. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)

101. Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
102. The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
103. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
104. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
105. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
106. A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
107. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
108. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
109. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
110. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
111. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
112. I Am Cuba (Alexander Payne, 1964)
113. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
114. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
115. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
116. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
117. Miller’s Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990)
118. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
119. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
120. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
121. Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
122. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
123. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
124. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
125. A Bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
126. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
127. The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
128. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
129. Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
130. The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston, 1975)
131. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)
132. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
133. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
134. Seven (David Fincher, 1995)
135. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
136. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
137. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)
138. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
139. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
140. As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
141. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
142. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
143. Cyrano De Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1991)
144. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
145. Sophie’s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
146. Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975)
147. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
148. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
149. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
150. The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)

151. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
152. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
153. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
154. Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)
155. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
156. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
157. True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
158. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
159. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
160. Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979)
161. The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982)
162. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
163. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
164. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
165. Partie de campagne (Jean Renoir, 1936)
166. Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
167. Don’t Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
168. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
169. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
170. La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
171. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
172. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
173. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
174. Superman the Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
175. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
176. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1944)
177. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002)
178. Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter, 1941)
179. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)
180. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
181. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
182. Performance (Donald Cammell, Nic Roeg, 1970)
183. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
184. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
185. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
186. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
187. The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958)
188. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
189. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
190. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
191. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
192. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
193. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
194. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
196. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1999)
197. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
198. Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
199. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
200. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)

201. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
202. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
203. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
204. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
205. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
206. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
207. The Misfits (John Huston, 1961)
208. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
209. Local Hero (Billy Forsyth, 1983)
210. Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
211. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
212. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
213. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
214. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
215. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
216. Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
217. The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)
218. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
219. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
220. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
221. McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
222. Mother and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997)
223. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
224. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)
225. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
226. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996)
227. Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
228. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
229. Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
230. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
231. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
232. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
233. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
234. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
235. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
236. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
237. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, 1991)
238. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
239. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
240. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
241. Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
242. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
243. Heimat (Edgar Reitz, 1984)
244. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
245. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
246. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
247. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
248. Pandora’s Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929)
249. My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
250. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)

251. Darling (John Schlesinger, 1965)
252. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1980)
253. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
254. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
255. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
256. Le Quai des brumes (Marcel Carné, 1938)
257. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
258. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
259. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
260. Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robisnon, 1989)
261. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
262. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
263. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
264. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
265. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
266. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
267. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
268. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
269. A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
270. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
271. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
272. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970)
273. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
274. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, 2005)
275. My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
276. Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2004)
277. On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949)
278. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
279. National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Landis, 1978)
280. Mad Max 2 (George Miller, 1982)
281. Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
282. The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
283. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
284. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
285. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
286. L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
287. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
288. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)
289. John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
290. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
291. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
292. Le belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
293. La maman et la putain (Jean Eustache, 1973)
294. The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
295. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
296. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
297. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
298. Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
299. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
300. Sawdust and Tinsel (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)

301. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
302. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
303. Together (Lukas Moodyson, 2000)
304. Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987)
305. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
306. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
307. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
308. The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
309. Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
310. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
311. American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
312. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
313. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
314. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
315. Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995)
316. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
317. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
318. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
319. The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)
320. Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
321. Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957)
322. Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker, 1992)
323. The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)
324. Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
325. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
326. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
327. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
328. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
329. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
330. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
331. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
332. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
333. Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)
334. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
335. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
336. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
337. 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
338. Jules et Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)
339. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
340. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
341. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
342. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
343. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
344. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
345. Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne, 1987)
346. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
347. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
348. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
349. Arthur (Steve Gordon, 1981)
350. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)

351. Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
352. Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948)
353. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
354. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
355. Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
356. Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927)
357. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
358. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
359. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
360. The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
361. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
362. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
363. Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, 1987)
364. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
365. The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
366. Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
367. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
368. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
369. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
370. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
371. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
372. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992)
373. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
374. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
375. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994)
376. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
377. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
378. The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
379. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
380. Children of Men (Alfondo Cuarón, 2006)
381. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, 1975)
382. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
383. Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
384. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
385. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
386. The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
387. Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
388. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
389. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
390. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)
391. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
392. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
393. Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
394. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008)
395. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
396. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
397. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
398. Killer of Sheep (Charless Burnett, 1977)
399. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
400. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)

401. Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)
402. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2006)
403. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
404. RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
405. Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
406. Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
407. The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967)
408. Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
409. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
410. A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
411. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
412. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989)
413. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
414. The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
415. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
416. Bad Taste (Peter Jackson, 1987)
417. Lords of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke, 2005)
418. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
419. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
420. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996)
421. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
422. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
423. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
424. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
425. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
426. Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004)
427. Spring in a Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948)
428. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, 1974)
429. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
430. Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986)
431. Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
432. X-Men 2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)
433. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
434. The Cat Concerto (William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, 1947)
435. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
436. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1991)
437. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
438. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
439. Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
440. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)
441. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
442. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
443. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
444. Hairspray (John Waters, 1988)
445. Dumb and Dumber (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 1994)
446. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
447. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
448. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
449. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
450. King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)

451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
452. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
453. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
455. Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
458. Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
459. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
460. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
461. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
462. Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
463. Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)
464. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, 1954)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
468. The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
470. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)
471. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
472. Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
474. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
475. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
476. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
477. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
478. Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968)
479. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947)
480. The Son’s Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
481. Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
482. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
483. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980)
484. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
487. Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007)
488. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
489. Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)
490. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
492. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
493. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
494. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
495. Jailhouse Rock (Richard Thorpe, 1957)
496. Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)
497. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
498. Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
499. Saw (James Wan, 2004)
500. Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

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Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Best American Film Soundtracks

Now here’s a curious list from Entertainment Weekly magazine. Described as the best American soundtracks it includes music from A Hard Day’s Night, Once Upon a Time in the West, Oliver! and others which are really not American films. It’s good to see some entries here where the film’s not been that well received but the soundtracks are excellent, such as Morricone’s stunning work for The Mission and John Barry’s beautiful score for Out of Africa.

1. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
2. The Sound Of Music (1965)
3. Saturday Night Fever (1997)
4. West Side Story (1961)
5. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
6. Superfly (1972)
7. The Graduate (1967)
8. The Godfather (1972)
9. Purple Rain (1984)
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
11. Oklahoma! (1955)
12. The Harder They Come (1973)
13. Psycho (1960)
14. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
15. American Graffiti (1973)
16. Vertigo (1958)
17. Trainspotting (1996)
18. My Fair Lady (1964)
19. Gone With The Wind (1939)
20. Mary Poppins (1964)
21. Once Upon A Time In The West (1969)
22. Pat Garret & Billy The Kid (1973)
23. Pinocchio (1940)
24. Goldfinger (1964)
25. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
26. Star Wars (1977)
27. Grease (1978)
28. Pulp Fiction (1994)
29. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
30. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
31. Easy Rider (1969)
32. Ben-Hur (1959)
33. Help! (1965)
34. Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
35. Performance (1970)
36. The Band Wagon (1953)
37. Chinatown (1974)
38. Cabaret (1972)
39. King Kong (1933)
40. Shaft (1971)
41. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
42. Carousel (1956)
43. The Pink Panther (1964)
44. Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
45. Let It Be (1970)
46. Fantasia (1940)
47. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
48. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
49. The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
50. Oliver! (1968)

51. The Sting (1973)
52. Funny Girl (1968)
53. Jaws (1975)
54. Woodstock (1970)
55. The Music Man (1962)
56. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
57. Amadeus (1984)
58. The King And I (1956)
59. Beat Street (1984)
60. The Man With The Golden Arm (1955)
61. The Mission (1986)
62. Pretty In Pink (1986)
63. Taxi Driver (1976)
64. The Last Waltz (1978)
65. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
66. Singles (1992)
67. Manhattan (1979)
68. South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut (1999)
69. Magnolia (1999)
70. Spartacus (1960)
71. Pump Up The Volume (1971)
72. Ragtime (1981)
73. Tommy (1975)
74. The Moderns (1988)
75. Repo Man (1984)
76. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
77. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
78. Out Of Africa (1985)
79. Stop Making Sense (1984)
80. Beauty And The Beast (1991)
81. Local Hero (1983)
82. Do The Right Thing (1989)
83. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
84. Rushmore (1998)
85. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1984)
86. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
87. The Long Riders (1980)
88. Waiting To Exhale (1995)
89. Jackie Brown (1997)
90. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
91. Hedwig And The Angry Inch (2001)
92. The Piano (1993)
93. The Virgin Suicides (2000)
94. Planet Of The Apes (1968)
95. Good Will Hunting (1997)
96. Above The Rim (1994)
97. Nashville (1975)
98. Beetlejuice (1988)
99. One From The Heart (1982)
100. Blue Velvet (1986)

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100 ALL-TIME GREATEST MOVIES by Entertainment Weekly 2013

Entertainment Weekly’s 100 All-Time Greatest Movies was printed in the magazine’s July 5/12, 2013 double-issue. An interesting list that seems to favour well known American classics although there are some foreign language gems in there such as Kurosawa’s beloved Seven Samurai, The Rules of the Game with Godard, Truffaut, Fellini and Bergman also represented. Buy – The 100 All-Time Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Albums, Novels & More – Entertainment Weekly – 1266-1267 – July 5-12, 2013 – Tribute to James Gandolfini

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
5. Psycho (1960)
6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
7. Mean Streets (1973)
8. The Gold Rush (1925)
9. Nashville (1975)
10. Gone With The Wind (1939)
11. King Kong (1933)
12. The Searchers (1956)
13. Annie Hall (1977)
14. Bambi (1942)
15. Blue Velvet (1986)
16. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
17. Seven Samurai (1954, Jp.)
18. Jaws (1975)
19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
20. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969, Fr.)
21. Some Like It Hot (1959)
22. Toy Story (1995)
23. Notorious (1946)
24. The Sound of Music (1965)
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
26. Bicycle Thieves (1948, It.)
27. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
28. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
29. North By Northwest (1959)
30. Sunrise (1927)
31. Chinatown (1974)
32. Duck Soup (1933)
33. The Graduate (1967)
34. Adam’s Rib (1949)
35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
36. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
37. Manhattan (1979)
38. Vertigo (1958)
39. The Rules of the Game (1939, Fr.)
40. Double Indemnity (1944)
41. The Road Warrior (1981, Australia) (aka Mad Max 2)
42. Taxi Driver (1976)
43. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
44. On The Waterfront (1954)
45. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
46. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
47. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
48. It Happened One Night (1934)
49. Goldfinger (1964)
50. Intolerance (1916)

51. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
52. Titanic (1997)
53. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
54. Breathless (1960, Fr.)
55. Frankenstein (1931)
56. Schindler’s List (1993)
57. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
58. The Seventh Seal (1957, Swe.)
59. All the President’s Men (1976)
60. Top Hat (1935)
61. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
62. E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
63. Network (1976)
64. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
65. Last Tango in Paris (1973)
66. The Shining (1980)
67. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
68. GoodFellas (1990)
69. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying… (1964)
70. L’Avventura (1960, It.)
71. American Graffiti (1973)
72. The 400 Blows (1959, Fr.)
73. Cabaret (1972)
74. The Hurt Locker (2009)
75. Touch Of Evil (1958)
76. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
77. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
78. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
79. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
80. Dazed and Confused (1993)
81. Blade Runner (1982)
82. Scenes From a Marriage (1973, Swe.)
83. The Wild Bunch (1969)
84. Olympia (1938, Ger.)
85. Dirty Harry (1971)
86. All About Eve (1950)
87. La Dolce Vita (1960, It.)
88. The Dark Knight (2008)
89. Woodstock (1970)
90. The French Connection (1971)
91. Do The Right Thing (1989)
92. The Piano (1993, NZ)
93. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
94. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
95. Rushmore (1998)
96. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
97. Diner (1982)
98. All About My Mother (1999, Sp.)
99. There Will Be Blood (2007)
100. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Entertainment Weekly’s 100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

In 1999 Time-Life Inc. published Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. A good mix of classics from around the world with The Godfather and Citizen Kane once again at the top. La Dolce Vita is the highest placed of the non-American films, for once not overshadowed by Fellini’s other great masterpiece 8 1/2. Buy – 100 Greatest Movies of All Time book.

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)
3. Casablanca (1942)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. Raging Bull (1980)
6. La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (1960) (It.)
7. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
8. Gone With The Wind (1939)
9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
10. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
11. Psycho (1960)
12. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1954) (Jp.)
13. The Searchers (1956)
14. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying… (1964)
15. The Gold Rush (1925)
16. Star Wars (1977)
17. On The Waterfront (1954)
18. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
19. Vertigo (1958)
20. E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
21. All About Eve (1950)
22. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948) (It.)
23. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
24. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
25. Intolerance (1916)
26. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
27. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
28. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
29. Pulp Fiction (1994)
30. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
32. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
33. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1962) (Fr.)
34. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
35. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
36. 8 1/2 (Otto e Mezzo) (1963) (It.)
37. Blue Velvet (1986)
38. Nashville (1975)
39. Swing Time (1936)
40. Schindler’s List (1993)
41. Taxi Driver (1976)
42. Aliens (1986)
43. Duck Soup (1933)
44. North By Northwest (1959)
45. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957) (Swd.)
46. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
47. King Kong (1933)
48. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
49. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
50. Double Indemnity (1944)

51. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) (Fr.)
52. Jaws (1975)
53. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
54. Touch Of Evil (1958)
55. The Graduate (1967)
56. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
57. The Wild Bunch (1969)
58. The Rules of the Game (La Regle du Jeu) (1939) (Fr.)
59. The Lady Eve (1941)
60. Annie Hall (1977)
61. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
62. Henry V (1944) (Br.)
63. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1960) (Fr.)
64. Mean Streets (1973)
65. The Third Man (1949)
66. Notorious (1946)
67. Airplane! (1980)
68. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
69. The Conformist (1970) (It./Fr./WGer.)
70. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
71. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
72. M (1931) (Ger.)
73. Great Expectations (1946) (Br.)
74. Funny Face (1957)
75. Tootsie (1982)
76. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
77. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) (USSR)
78. White Heat (1949)
79. It’s a Gift (1934)
80. Nosferatu (1922) (Ger.)
81. Do the Right Thing (1989)
82. Diabolique (Les Diaboliques) (1955) (Fr.)
83. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
84. Blow-Up (1966) (Br.)
85. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
86. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
87. L’Age d’Or (1930) (Fr.)
88. The Producers (1968)
89. Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) (1988) (WGer./Fr.)
90. Pickup on South Street (1953)
91. Mildred Pierce (1945)
92. Sunrise (1927)
93. The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) (1981) (Austr.)
94. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
95. Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari) (1953) (Jp.)
96. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
97. The Piano (1993) (Austr.)
98. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
99. Swept Away… (1975) (It.)
100. Celine & Julie Go Boating (1974) (Fr.)

AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals

In 2006, as part of the AFI 100 Years… series, the AFI unveiled its Greatest Movie Musicals list of the top musicals in American cinema. In a change to the majority of AFI lists in this series only the top 25 films are shown. It’s hard to question the placings on this list with Singin’ in the Rainm placed at no. 1, not just the greatest musical ever made but arguably one of the greatest films ever made.

1	Singin’ in the Rain	1952	MGM
2	West Side Story	1961	United Artists
3	The Wizard of Oz	1939	MGM
4	The Sound of Music	1965	20th Century Fox
5	Cabaret	1972	Allied Artists
6	Mary Poppins	1964	Disney
7	A Star Is Born	1954	Warner Bros.
8	My Fair Lady	1964	Warner Bros.
9	An American in Paris	1951	MGM
10	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944	MGM
11	The King and I	1956	20th Century Fox
12	Chicago	2002	Miramax
13	42nd Street	1933	Warner Bros.
14	All That Jazz	1979	20th Century Fox
15	Top Hat	1935	RKO
16	Funny Girl	1968	Columbia
17	The Band Wagon	1953	MGM
18	Yankee Doodle Dandy	1942	Warner Bros.
19	On the Town	1949	MGM
20	Grease	1978	Paramount
21	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	1954	MGM
22	Beauty and the Beast	1991	Disney
23	Guys and Dolls	1955	MGM
24	Show Boat	1936	Universal
25	Moulin Rouge!	2001	20th Century Fox

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