My 100 Greatest Films of All Time
1. The Color Purple (1985) .. Steven Spielberg
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) .. Frank Darabont
3. Reservoir Dogs (1992) .. Quentin Tarantino
4. Goodfellas (1990) .. Martin Scorsese
5. Pulp Fiction (1994) .. Quentin Tarantino
6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) .. Ang Lee
7. Stand by Me (1986) .. Rob Reiner
8. Brokeback Mountain (2005) .. Ang Lee
9. Full Metal Jacket (1987) .. Stanley Kubrick
10. L.A. Confidential (1997) .. Curtis Hanson
11. Airplane! (1980) .. Jim Abrahams & David Zucker & Jerry Zucker
12. Once (2006) .. John Carney
13. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) .. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
14. Million Dollar Baby (2004) .. Clint Eastwood
15. The Lion King (1994) .. Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
16. Sideways (2004) .. Alexander Payne
17. Star Wars (1977) .. George Lucas
18. All About Eve (1950) .. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
19. City of God (2002) .. Fernando Meirelles
20. The Godfather (1972).. Francis Ford Coppola
21. The Godfather: Part II (1974) .. Francis Ford Coppola
22. In Bruges (2008) .. Martin McDonagh
23. The Usual Suspects (1995) .. Bryan Singer
24. American History X (1998) .. Tony Kaye
25. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) .. Elia Kazan
26. Donnie Darko (2001) .. Richard Kelly
27. Abre los Ojos (1997) .. Alejandro Amenábar
28. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) .. Jonathan Demme
29. The Professional (1994) .. Luc Besson
30. Cool Hand Luke (1967) .. Stuart Rosenberg
31. The Wrestler (2008) .. Darren Aronofsky
32. House of Sand and Fog (2003) .. Vadim Perelman
33. Trainspotting (1996) .. Danny Boyle
34. Requiem for a Dream (2000) .. Darren Aronofsky
35. In the Bedroom (2001) .. Todd Field
36. Being John Malkovich (1999) .. Spike Jonze
37. Moulin Rouge! (2001) .. Baz Luhrmann
38. The Station Agent (2003) .. Thomas McCarthy
39. Se7en (1995) .. David Fincher
40. The Dark Knight (2008) .. Christopher Nolan
41. Rear Window (1954) .. Alfred Hitchcock
42. Fight Club (1999) .. David Fincher
43. Hotel Rwanda (2004) .. Terry George
44. Little Children (2006) .. Todd Field
45. Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) .. Stanley Kubrick
46. Gods and Monsters (1998) .. Bill Condon
47. The Matrix (1999) .. The Wachowski Brothers
48. American Beauty (1999) .. Sam Mendes
49. Saving Private Ryan (1998) .. Steven Spielberg
50. Glory (1989) .. Edward Zwick
51. Good Will Hunting (1997) .. Gus Van Sant
52. The Hurt Locker (2009).. Kathryn Bigelow
53. Inglourious Basterds (2009).. Quentin Tarantino
54. Vertigo (1958)… Alfred Hitchcock
55. City Lights (1931).. Charlie Chaplin
56. Rules of the Game (1939).. Jean Renoir
57. Seven Samurai (1954).. Akira Kurosawa
58. Let the Right One In (2008).. Tomas Alfredson
59. North by Northwest (1959).. Alfred Hitchcock
60. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).. Stanley Kubrick
61. The Breakfast Club (1984).. John Hughes
62. Double Indemnity (1944).. Billy Wilder
63. The Apartment (1960).. Billy Wilder
64. Jaws (1975).. Steven Spielberg
65. A Single Man (2009).. Tom Ford
66. Primer (2004).. Shane Carruth
67. Annie Hall (1977).. Woody Allen
68. The Exorcist (1973).. William Friedkin
69. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).. Lewis Milestone
70. Nosferatu (1922).. F.W. Murnau
71. A Clockwork Orange (1971).. Stanley Kubrick
72. His Girl Friday (1940).. Howard Hawkes
73. 12 Angry Men (1957).. Sidney Lumet
74. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).. Steven Spielberg
75. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).. Milos Forman
76. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).. Sergio Leone
77. Stripes (1981).. Ivan Reitman
78. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).. Steven Spielberg
79. Unforgiven (1992).. Clint Eastwood
80. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).. Robert Mulligan
81. The Piano (1993).. Jane Campion
82. The Terminator (1984).. James Cameron
83. All the President’s Men (1976).. Alan J. Pakula
84. Boogie Nights (1997).. Paul Thomas Anderson
85. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961).. Agnès Varda
86. M*A*S*H (1970).. Robert Altman
87. The Fly (1986).. David Cronenberg
88. Grey Gardens (1975).. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
89. My Fair Lady (1964).. George Cukor
90. Ordinary People (1980).. Robert Redford
91. Lost in Translation (2003).. Sofia Coppola
92. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984).. Rob Epstein
93. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988).. Robert Zemeckis
94. From Here to Eternity (1953).. Fred Zinnemann
95. Saints and Soldiers (2003).. Ryan Little
96. Adaptation. (2002).. Spike Jonze
97. 21 Grams (2003).. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
98. Almost Famous (2000).. Cameron Crowe
99. Away From Her (2006).. Sarah Polley
100. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007).. Alex Gibney
I know that some people will be surprised by some of the picks on my list. I understand, but this list is fluid. I wouldn’t be surprised if the list is not going to be the same a year from now.
Posted on June 1, 2010, in Meme and tagged 100 Greatest Films of All-Time. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Comments.
Foolish Blatherings 
Nice to see In Bruges @ 22, so few people know about this film.
Well, this list is not what is best and less than best. I just put them in there.
It kicks ASS Fitz.
I LOVE THE COLOR PURPLE. It would make it in my top movies of all time as well.
Love that L.A. Confidential is in your Top Ten.
Really great list. I love most of the movies you have on here. And relaly dig to new look of the layout.
Oh, thank you, Heather. Damn, I’ve been gone for a long time. I need a new look.
L.A. Confidental was eclipsed by that movie about that sinking ship. (I dare not speak its name.)
The list was in any particular order. I wanted to list my favorite films.
This top five is flawless, Foolish Blatherer. FLAWLESS. Overall you’ve got a great mix of classic films and more contemporary ones, plus movies all over the genre map. And “The Fly” is in here! I haven’t seen that on anyone’s list so far, but it’s a great film — horror and Kafka-esque sci-fi with a touch of human drama.
Thank you, Meredith. I was a bitch trying to get 100 movies on this list. There are some movies that people loved that I hated. I didn’t want to be snobby with my list. There are movies that people never heard and others that almost everyone in the world has seen. I wanted to put my list out there for the world to see.
I agree, glad to see In Bruges in the list, such a great gem of a movie. Many great classics and modern greats in this list.
That is one of the movies that I have now. I love that movie. It’s politically incorrect and I love it.
“They’re filming midgets.”
I’m impressed merely by the fact that you could make a top 100 list because I sure can’t. But good choices for your top 10, like M. Carter pointed out. Some of them I wouldn’t rank quite as high (mainly “Brokeback”), but I have a great deal of love and respect for the vast majority of them.
They are not in particular order. I just put them on the list. It was hard to get 100 films that I loved to somewhat liked on this list.
Nonetheless, I’m still impressed that you can compile a list like this.
Well, thank you.
Some very interesting choices – particularly in your top 20 or so. The Color Purple is a film I’ve always felt was one of Spielberg’s weaker but thats certainly not saying it’s a bad film. That said, I’d be interested why you rate it more highly than some of Spielberg’s true classics – Close Encounters, Jaws, E.T., for example?
Nice to see Once so highly rated. I first watched it and wondered whether I was watching a music video or a musical and ended deciding I was watching neither. Good film, great music.
I am a bit surprised – since you love gangster flicks so much – Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction all together in the top 5, why The Godfather doesn’t rate higher?
My list is not in particular order. I just put movies in clusters. That’s why gangsters films with bundled together.
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