A long time fan of this list, and while many attempts by critics and boards have been brilliant, there is always a handful of included films I have never seen, and some I have actually disliked. No list of this nature is perfect and is often the origin of serious debate and discussion. I have not even come close to seeing enough films to have this locked in as my final version, so spanning a period between 1915 and 2007, here are 100 Films I believe worthy of inclusion amongst the greatest of all time!
100. Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951)
99. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
98. The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
97. The Birth of a Nation (D.W Griffth, 1915)
96. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001/02/03)
95. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
94. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
93. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
92. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich, 1971)
91. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones, 1975)
90. Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes [Aguirre: The Wrath of God] (Werner Herzog, 1972)
89. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
88. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
87. La Grande Illusion [Grand Illusion] (Jean Renoir, 1937)
86. L.A Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
85. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
84. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)
83. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
82. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (James Cameron, 1991)
81. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
80. Masculin Feminin: 15 Faits Precis [Masculine Feminine: In 15 Acts] (Jean Luc Godard, 1966)
79. Dr Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
78. Roma, Citta Aperta [Rome, Open City] (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)
77. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
76. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
75. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
74. Cidade de Dues [City of God] (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
73. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
72. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
71. Les Quatre Cents Coups [The 400 Blows] (Francios Truffaut, 1959)
70. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
69. Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
68. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
67. Strachka [Strike] (Sergei Eisenstein, 1924)
66. Det Sjunde Indeglet [The Seventh Seal] (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
65. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
64. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
63. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
62. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
61. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
60. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
59. Ben Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
58. Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
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57. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
56. La Reglu Du Jeu [The Rules of the Game] (Jean Renoir, 1939)
55. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
54. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
53. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
52. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
51. Singing in the Rain (Stanley Donen, 1952)
50. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
49. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
48. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
47. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
46. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
45. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
44. Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
43. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
42. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
41. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
40. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
39. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
38. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)
37. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
36. Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
35. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
34. Brononosets Potyomkin [The Battleship Potemkin] (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
33. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)
32. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
31. Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)
30. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
29. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror (F. W Murnau, 1922)
28. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
27. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
26. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
25. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
24. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
23. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
22. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
21. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
20. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
19. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
18. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
17. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
16. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
14. Il Conformista [The Conformist] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1969)
13. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
12. There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
11. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Copolla, 1974)
Now the Top 10:
10. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
9. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
8. Vertigo (Alfred Hichcock, 1958)
7. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
6. Ladri Di Biciclette [The Bicycle Thief] (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
5. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Copolla, 1979)
4. Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
3. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
2. The Godfather (Francis Ford Copolla, 1972)
1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
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