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Top Movies of All Time

Ranked according to average ranking by AFI, CinePad.com and IMDB (see below)
Rnk Movie Year Rank Score
AFI cine
pad
imdb Yahoo
Users
1 Citizen Kane 1941 1 1 8.6 B+
2 Schindler's List 1993 9 10 8.8 A-
3 Godfather, The 1972 3 26 9.1 A-
4 Casablanca 1942 2 25 8.8 B+
5 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 5 29 8.5 B+
6 Singin' In The Rain 1952 10 6 8.3 B+
7 Star Wars 1977 15 32 8.7 A-
8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 20 33 8.7 B+
9 The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 13 31 8.4 B+
10 All About Eve 1950 16 18 8.3 B+
11 On The Waterfront 1954 8.0 16 8.2 B+
12 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 22 12 8.3 B
13 Godfather Part II 1974 32 40 8.9 B+
14 It's A Wonderful Life 1946 11 58 8.5 B+
15 Psycho 1960 18 63 8.6 B+
16 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 30 38 8.4 B+
18 Raging Bull 1980 24 35 8.3 B+
17 Vertigo 1958 61 3 8.5 B+
19 The Wizard of Oz 1939 6 54 8.2 B+
20 Chinatown 1974 19 63 8.4 B+
22 Some Like It Hot 1959 14 59 8.3 B+
21 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 26 70 8.6 B+
23 Gone With The Wind 1939 4 28 8.0 B+
24 Annie Hall 1977 31 14 8.1 B
25 Taxi Driver 1976 47 50 8.5 B+
26 High Noon 1952 33 41 8.2  
27 Maltese Falcon, The 1941 23 69 8.3  
28 Rear Window 1954 42 78 8.7
29 North by Northwest 1959 40 76 8.6
30 Amadeus 1984 53 26 8.2
31 Sunset Boulevard 1950 12   8.5
32 The Graduate 1967 7 57 8.0
33 It Happened One Night 1934 35 42 8.1
34 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 25 36 8.0
35 Silence of the Lambs, The 1991 65 60 8.6
36 City Lights 1931 76 8 8.2
37 A Clockwork Orange 1971 46 82 8.4
38 African Queen, The 1951 17 62 8.0
39 Apocalypse Now 1979 28 120 8.5
40 Pulp Fiction 1994 95 48 8.8
41 Seven Samurai, The 1954 100 43 8.8
42 goodfellas 1990 94 47 8.6
43 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 34 120 8.4
44 Best Years of our Lives, The 1946 37 20 7.9
45 Gold Rush, The 1925 74 7 8.0
46 Ben-Hur 1959 72 34 8.1
47 Deer Hunter 1978 79 37 8.1
48 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 60 120 8.6
49 West Side Story 1961 41 21  
50 Apartment, The 1960 93 46 8.2
51 Bonnie And Clyde 1967 27 72 7.9
52 Midnight Cowboy 1969 36 43  
53 Jaws 1975 48 120 8.2
54 Forest Gump 1994 71 104 8.3
55 Manchurian Candidate, The 1962 67 101 8.2
56 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 29 74  
57 Unforgiven 1992 98 51 8.1
58 King Kong 1933 43 79 7.9
59 From Here to Eternity 1953 52 53  
60 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 45 81 7.9
61 General, The 1927 100 39 8.0
62 Searchers, The 1956 96 11 7.9
63 M*A*S*H 1970 56 54  
64 Fargo 1996 84 109 8.2
65 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 50 120 8.0
66 The Birth Of A Nation 1915 44 80  
67 Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs 1937 49 83  
68 Platoon 1986 83 113 8.1
69 An American In Paris 1951 68 63  
70 Sound of Music, The 1965 55 96  
71 Philadelphia Story, The 1940 51 120 7.9
72 Rocky 1976 78 73  
73 Tootsie 1982 62 99  
74 Network 1976 66 100  
75 All Quiet On The Western Front 1930 54 120  
76 French Connection 1971 70 103  
77 Dances With Wolves 1990 75 106  
78 American Grafitti 1973 77 107  
Others with a top ranking in some database Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 8.2 93 Toy Story 1995 7.9 91 Patton 1970 114 8.0 91 Queen, The 2006 91 Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 90 L.A. Confidential 1997 90 Saving Private Ryan 1998 90 Monty Python and the Holy Grail re-release) 2001 90 United 93 2006 90 High Noon re-release) 2004 89 Piano, The 1993 89 English Patient, The 1996 87 American Beauty 1999 86 Departed, The 2006 86 Easy Rider 1969 86 Bourne Ultimatum, The 2007 85 Love Story 1970 84 Manhattan 1979 82 Parenthood 1989 82 Animal House 1978 82 Blair Witch Project, The 1999 81
Rnk Movie Year Rank Score
AFI cine
pad
imdb Yahoo
Users
Meata-
Critic
  Shawshank Redemption, The 1994     9.1 A- 
  Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King, The
2003     8.8 A- 
  Star Wars: Episode V
- The Empire Strikes Back
1980     8.8   
  Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The 1966, 2003     8.8  90
  Superman II 1981        99
  Army of Shadows 2006         
Foreign
  Pan's Labyrinth (Spain)
Laberinto del fauno, El
2006     8.4 B+
  Rules of the Game, The
Règle du jeu, La (FR)
1939   2 8.0  
  8 1/2 (IT) 1963   4 8.0  
  Battleship Potemkin (USSR)
Bronenosets Potyomkin
1925   4    
  Adventure, The (IT)
L'Avventura
1960   8 7.9  

My favorites from CNET's Top 40 must-have Blu-ray discs
2001: A Space Odyssey $13.67 Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series $39.92 Lawrence of Arabia $17.59 Braveheart $12.66 Chinatown $28.99

Top Movies at:
1. American Film Institute (AFI) - 100 Greatest American Movies
400 greatest films.

2. Jeeem's CinePad (all time) (Movies from 1915-1997)
No single group or organization or poll has really done a good job of selecting the best movies of all time. Naturally, they all have their biases and limitations.
Jeeem's CinePad uses their exclusive Cine-Sort technology ©™® (involving ultra-complex mathematical formulas to precisely adjust for and counter-balance the strengths and shortcomings of the various sources).
Some Sources: American Film Institute poll of greatest American Films, 1915-1997. Listed by rank; Sight & Sound -- respected British film magazine's international critics' poll of top ten greatest films of all time selected each decade.

3. Internet Movie Database Inc. (IMDB) (Movies from 1920-2006)
User ratings from 1-10. (Movies from 1920-2006)

4. Yahoo (more recent)
Top 50 listd by user ratings. Also contains critics ratings (A - F)

5. MetaCritic.com (Movies from 1962-2006)
Based on reviews of 28 critics to provide a score from 1 to 100..

6. Top Films Of All-Time at FilmSite.org (Movies from 1941-2004)

7. CNET's Top 40 must-have Blu-ray discs

Academy Awards at Wikipedia
  Best Picture | Best Leading Actor | Best Leading Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress

Some Actors: Ben Affleck, Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, John Belushi, Mel Blanc, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, George Clooney, Sean Connery, Gary Cooper, Bill Cosby, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Tony Curtis, Matt Damon, Ted Danson, Robert De Niro, James Dean, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood,, Henry Fonda, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Clark Gable, James Garner, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Cary Grant, Alec Guinness, Gene Hackman, Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson, Charlton Heston, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Rock Hudson, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Bruce Lee, Jack Lemmon, Steve Martin, Lee Marvin, Groucho Marx, Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Dudley Moore, Rodger Moore, Eddie Murphy, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, David Niven, Peter O'Toole, Lawrence Olivier, Al Pacino, Gregory Peck, Senn Penn, Brad Pitt, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Jason Robards, Mickey Rooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Will Smith, Sylvester Stallone, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, John Travolta, Jon Voight, Denzel Washington, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Robin Williams, Gene Wilder, Bruce Willis

Some Actresses: Ursula Andress, Julie Andrews, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Kim Basinger, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Sandra Bullock, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Bo Derek, Catherine Deneuve, Cameron Diaz, Mia Farrow, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Judy Garland, Whoopi Goldberg, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Grace Kelly, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Lange, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Monroe, Demi Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Susan Shields, Sissy Spacek, Sharon Stone, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor, Kathleen Turner, Liv Ullmann, Sigourney Weaver, Debra Winger, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Wood, Renée Zellweger

Actor/Actress Lists at: Listology


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last updated 24 Oct 2007