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"Top 100 films ever"

Here are mine-

1. Citizen Kane
Orson Welles (1941)

2. Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock (1958)

3. Casablanca
Michael Curtiz (1943)

4. Schindler’s List
Steven Spielberg (1993)

5. The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola (1972)



6. It’s a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra (1946)

7. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston (1948)

8. Sherlock, Jr.
Buster Keaton (1924)

9. Sunset Blvd.
Billy Wilder (1950)

10. Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn (1967)

11. On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan (1954)

12. Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder (1959)

13. JFK
Oliver Stone (1991)

14. The Searchers
John Ford (1956)

15. The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah (1969)

16. The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin (1925)

17. The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)



18. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
Steven Spielberg (1982)

19. Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock (1960)

20. Gone With the Wind
Victor Fleming (1939)

21. Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean (1962)

22. The Graduate
Mike Nichols (1967)

23. Great Expectations
David Lean (1946)

24. Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock (1954)

25. Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese (1980)



26. The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford (1940)

27. The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming (1939)

28. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frank Capra (1939)

29. Dances With Wolves
Kevin Costner (1990)

30. Glory
Ed Zwick (1989)

31. Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick (1964)

32. Star Wars
George Lucas (1977)

33. The Maltese Falcon
John Huston (1941)

34. Red River
Howard Hawks (1948)



35. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg (1981)

36. North By Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock (1959)

37. His Girl Friday
Howard Hawks (1940)

38. The General
Buster Keaton (1927)

39. Singin’ in the Rain
Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen (1952)

40. Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder (1944)

41. Shakespeare In Love
John Madden (1998)

42. Annie Hall
Woody Allen (1977)

43. The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler (1946)

44. The Big Sleep
Howard Hawks (1946)

45. Wuthering Heights
William Wyler (1939)

46. The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean (1957)

47. High Noon
Fred Zinnemann (1952)

48. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick (1968)

49. Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray (1955)

50. Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson (1989)



51. Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino (1994)

52. East of Eden
Elia Kazan (1955)

53. Bringing Up Baby
Howard Hawks (1938)

54. From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann (1953)

55. The African Queen
John Huston (1951)

56. It Happened One Night
Frank Capra (1934)

57. Shadow of a Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock (1943)

58. Twelve Angry Men
Sidney Lumet (1957)

59. Duck Soup
Leo McCarey (1933)

60. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Milos Forman (1975)

61. Paths of Glory
Stanley Kubrick (1956)

62. Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger (1969)

63. Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger (1959)



64. The Day the Earth Stood Still
Robert Wise (1951)

65. Jaws
Steven Spielberg (1976)

66. All the President’s Men
Alan J. Pakula (1976)

67. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
George Roy Hill (1969)

68. Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur (1947)

69. Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg (1998)

70. City Lights
Charlie Chaplin (1931)

71. Touch of Evil
Orson Welles (1958)

72. Chinatown
Roman Polanski (1974)

73. Seven
David Fincher (1995)

74. Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton (1979)

75. The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino (1978)

76. The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kirshner (1980)

77. Network
Sidney Lumet (1976)

78. Patton
Franklin Schaffner (1970)

79. King Kong
Merian C. Cooper (1933)

80. The Quiet Man
John Ford (1952)

81. The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz (1938)

82. Gandhi
Richard Attenborough (1982)



83. Lone Star
John Sayles (1996)

84. Viva Zapata!
Elia Kazan (1952)

85. The Killing
Stanley Kubrick (1956)

86. Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock (1951)

87. Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis (1994)

88. The Thin Man
W.S. Van D**e (1934)

89. Pride of the Yankees
1942, Sam Wood (1942)

90. The Untouchables
Brian DePalma (1987)

91. A Streetcar Named Desire
Elia Kazan (1951)

92. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg (1977)

93. The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme (1991)

94. The Ox-Bow Incident
William A. Wellman (1943)

95. Fargo
Joel Coen (1996)

96. Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin (1936)

97. In a Lonely Place
Nicholas Ray (1950)

98. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Mervyn LeRoy (1932)

99. Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee (1989)

100. Pleasantville
Gary Ross (1998)

If you add up the running times of these, your favourite films, and consider that you have probably seen them all several times then you begin to see how you've wasted your lives!

Brilliant isn't it?!!!

Watching great movies is fantastic. I don't know about you but I can think of a lot worse things to do...

you must hace accidentally missed these from your list:

blade runner!
american beauty
election day
warriors
pulp fiction
la confidential

no problem.

I don't think I've even seen 100 films. If they made an Alan Partridge movie, I'd watch that 100 times. Yeah, that'd be my top 100.

carn't Be botherd with 100 or any american films

My Top 5 Films

1. Starwars - Trilogy
2. ID
3. Trainspotting
4. Kids
5. The Lost Boys

like Mr Neil i cannot be bothered to put my top 100, so i will put my top 10.

1. Reservoir Dogs

2. Usual Suspects

3. Fight Club

4. Schindler’s List

5. Pulp Fiction

6. Platoon

7. Casino

8. Shawshank Redemption

9. The Green Mile

10. Gladiator

I really can't be bothered to put in 100

so in a generalised format:

Empire Strikes Back
Fight Club
Apocalypse Now and Platoon (man I love 'em both)
Pulp Fiction
Stand By Me
Usual Suspects

oh sorry they are yours,

Good list although you haven't mentioned a single film from Luc Besson.

are these your top 100 films or whose?>?

Here are mine-

1. Citizen Kane
Orson Welles (1941)

2. Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock (1958)

3. Casablanca
Michael Curtiz (1943)

4. Schindler’s List
Steven Spielberg (1993)

5. The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola (1972)



6. It’s a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra (1946)

7. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston (1948)

8. Sherlock, Jr.
Buster Keaton (1924)

9. Sunset Blvd.
Billy Wilder (1950)

10. Bonnie and Clyde
Arthur Penn (1967)

11. On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan (1954)

12. Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder (1959)

13. JFK
Oliver Stone (1991)

14. The Searchers
John Ford (1956)

15. The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah (1969)

16. The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin (1925)

17. The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)



18. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
Steven Spielberg (1982)

19. Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock (1960)

20. Gone With the Wind
Victor Fleming (1939)

21. Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean (1962)

22. The Graduate
Mike Nichols (1967)

23. Great Expectations
David Lean (1946)

24. Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock (1954)

25. Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese (1980)



26. The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford (1940)

27. The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming (1939)

28. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frank Capra (1939)

29. Dances With Wolves
Kevin Costner (1990)

30. Glory
Ed Zwick (1989)

31. Dr. Strangelove
Stanley Kubrick (1964)

32. Star Wars
George Lucas (1977)

33. The Maltese Falcon
John Huston (1941)

34. Red River
Howard Hawks (1948)



35. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg (1981)

36. North By Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock (1959)

37. His Girl Friday
Howard Hawks (1940)

38. The General
Buster Keaton (1927)

39. Singin’ in the Rain
Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen (1952)

40. Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder (1944)

41. Shakespeare In Love
John Madden (1998)

42. Annie Hall
Woody Allen (1977)

43. The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler (1946)

44. The Big Sleep
Howard Hawks (1946)

45. Wuthering Heights
William Wyler (1939)

46. The Bridge on the River Kwai
David Lean (1957)

47. High Noon
Fred Zinnemann (1952)

48. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick (1968)

49. Rebel Without a Cause
Nicholas Ray (1955)

50. Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson (1989)



51. Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino (1994)

52. East of Eden
Elia Kazan (1955)

53. Bringing Up Baby
Howard Hawks (1938)

54. From Here to Eternity
Fred Zinnemann (1953)

55. The African Queen
John Huston (1951)

56. It Happened One Night
Frank Capra (1934)

57. Shadow of a Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock (1943)

58. Twelve Angry Men
Sidney Lumet (1957)

59. Duck Soup
Leo McCarey (1933)

60. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Milos Forman (1975)

61. Paths of Glory
Stanley Kubrick (1956)

62. Midnight Cowboy
John Schlesinger (1969)

63. Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger (1959)



64. The Day the Earth Stood Still
Robert Wise (1951)

65. Jaws
Steven Spielberg (1976)

66. All the President’s Men
Alan J. Pakula (1976)

67. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
George Roy Hill (1969)

68. Out of the Past
Jacques Tourneur (1947)

69. Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg (1998)

70. City Lights
Charlie Chaplin (1931)

71. Touch of Evil
Orson Welles (1958)

72. Chinatown
Roman Polanski (1974)

73. Seven
David Fincher (1995)

74. Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton (1979)

75. The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino (1978)

76. The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kirshner (1980)

77. Network
Sidney Lumet (1976)

78. Patton
Franklin Schaffner (1970)

79. King Kong
Merian C. Cooper (1933)

80. The Quiet Man
John Ford (1952)

81. The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz (1938)

82. Gandhi
Richard Attenborough (1982)



83. Lone Star
John Sayles (1996)

84. Viva Zapata!
Elia Kazan (1952)

85. The Killing
Stanley Kubrick (1956)

86. Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock (1951)

87. Forrest Gump
Robert Zemeckis (1994)

88. The Thin Man
W.S. Van D**e (1934)

89. Pride of the Yankees
1942, Sam Wood (1942)

90. The Untouchables
Brian DePalma (1987)

91. A Streetcar Named Desire
Elia Kazan (1951)

92. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Steven Spielberg (1977)

93. The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme (1991)

94. The Ox-Bow Incident
William A. Wellman (1943)

95. Fargo
Joel Coen (1996)

96. Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin (1936)

97. In a Lonely Place
Nicholas Ray (1950)

98. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
Mervyn LeRoy (1932)

99. Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee (1989)

100. Pleasantville
Gary Ross (1998)