In 2016 Time Out polled actors to come up with their top 10 picks for the best films of all-time and below is the top 100. Not sure about Tootsie at number 1 but A Woman Under the Influence has always been a favourite among actors. Splendid to see a film like Powell & Pressburger’s The Red Shoes in the top 10.
- 1. Tootsie (1982)
- 2. The Godfather (1972)
- 3. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
- 4. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- 5. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- 6. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- 7. Annie Hall (1977)
- 8. Boogie Nights (1997)
- 9. The Red Shoes (1948)
- 10. Taxi Driver (1976)
- 11. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- 12. Goodfellas (1990)
- 13. Withnail & I (1987)
- 14. Kes (1969)
- 15. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 16. On the Waterfront (1954)
- 17. The Shining (1980)
- 18. Breaking the Waves (1996)
- 19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
- 20. Gladiator (2000)
- 21. La Haine (1995)
- 22. Jaws (1975)
- 23. Raging Bull (1980)
- 24. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 25. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 26. Fargo (1996)
- 27. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- 28. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- 29. Chinatown (1974)
- 30. The Apartment (1960)
- 31. La Vie en Rose (2007)
- 32. There Will Be Blood (2007)
- 33. All About Eve (1950)
- 34. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
- 35. Apocalypse Now (1979)
- 36. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- 37. The Sting (1973)
- 38. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- 39. Citizen Kane (1941)
- 40. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- 41. The Celebration (1998)
- 42. The Lives of Others (2006)
- 43. American Beauty (1999)
- 44. Léon: The Professional (1994)
- 45. A Star Is Born (1954)
- 46. Casablanca (1942)
- 47. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- 48. An American in Paris (1951)
- 49. Mean Streets (1973)
- 50. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- 51. The Turin Horse (2011)
- 52. This is England (2006)
- 53. The Princess Bride (1987)
- 54. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- 55. Gone With the Wind (1939)
- 56. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- 57. Nil by Mouth (1997)
- 58. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- 59. All That Jazz (1979)
- 60. Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
- 61. Harold and Maude (1971)
- 62. Notorious (1946)
- 63. Being There (1979)
- 64. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- 65. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
- 66. The Sacrifice (1986)
- 67. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- 68. Monster (2003)
- 69. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- 70. Blade Runner (1982)
- 71. The Thin Red Line (1998)
- 72. The General (1926)
- 73. The Third man (1949)
- 74. Amour (2012)
- 75. Tender Mercies (1983)
- 76. Tokyo Story (1953)
- 77. Star Wars (1977)
- 78. A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
- 79. Scenes From a Marriage (1973)
- 80. Naked (1993)
- 81. The Goonies (1985)
- 82. Brazil (1985)
- 83. Caché (Hidden) (2005)
- 84. The Deer Hunter (1978)
- 85. The Piano (1993)
- 86. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- 87. Carmen Jones (1954)
- 88. The African Queen (1951)
- 89. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
- 90. Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
- 91. The Hustler (1961)
- 92. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
- 93. Whiplash (2014)
- 94. Love Actually (2003)
- 95. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- 96. Paris, Texas (1984)
- 97. Persona (1966)
- 98. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- 99. The Great Beauty (2013)
- 100. Schindler’s List (1993)