The 100 Greatest Films of All Time

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

THR #1 · DGA #1 · Empire 500 #1 · Time Out #2 · WGA #2 · Time Out '95 #2 · EW #2 · Empire #2 · S&S Directors #3 · Variety #3 · TIFF #4 · Halliwell's #4 · S&S Critics #12 · Village Voice #12 · Letterboxd #15 · Total Film #23 · Cahiers #40 · TIME · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

S&S Critics #2 · Total Film #2 · Village Voice #3 · Time Out '95 #4 · S&S Directors #6 · Cahiers #8 · Halliwell's #10 · Time Out #20 · DGA #29 · Variety #32 · EW #38 · TIFF #38 · Empire 500 #40 · Empire #53 · THR #70 · Letterboxd #289 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

S&S Directors #1 · Time Out #1 · S&S Critics #6 · Variety #7 · THR #9 · Village Voice #11 · Empire 500 #16 · EW #25 · Empire #25 · TIFF #26 · Total Film #36 · Halliwell's #37 · Cahiers #43 · Letterboxd #248 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Letterboxd #5 · Time Out '95 #5 · Variety #6 · TIFF #6 · Time Out #7 · Halliwell's #7 · S&S Directors #15 · S&S Critics #20 · Village Voice #23 · DGA #26 · Empire 500 #50 · Cahiers #57 · Empire #57 · THR #100 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

DGA #7 · Empire 500 #7 · THR #17 · Time Out '95 #17 · S&S Directors #18 · S&S Critics #19 · Total Film #20 · Empire #28 · EW #35 · Letterboxd #41 · TIFF #46 · Variety #51 · WGA #55 · Time Out #59 · Cahiers #66 · Halliwell's #377 · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Total Film #5 · Halliwell's #5 · DGA #6 · THR #7 · Letterboxd #8 · WGA #10 · Empire #16 · Variety #19 · Empire 500 #19 · S&S Directors #27 · Village Voice #31 · S&S Critics #105 · TIME · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Cahiers #7 · Empire 500 #8 · S&S Critics #10 · Time Out #10 · Variety #11 · Halliwell's #14 · EW #16 · DGA #35 · Total Film #48 · S&S Directors #54 · TIFF #62 · Village Voice #73 · Letterboxd #115 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

WGA #3 · DGA #11 · Total Film #12 · Empire 500 #13 · Time Out '95 #19 · Village Voice #21 · THR #21 · Variety #22 · EW #31 · Time Out #42 · S&S Directors #72 · TIFF #86 · Halliwell's #87 · S&S Critics #151 · Letterboxd #161 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

Halliwell's #1 · S&S Critics #4 · S&S Directors #4 · Total Film #7 · Time Out '95 #9 · Cahiers #14 · TIFF #15 · Variety #24 · Village Voice #36 · Letterboxd #44 · Empire 500 #67 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

DGA #3 · Halliwell's #3 · Time Out '95 #6 · WGA #14 · TIFF #22 · THR #23 · Time Out #37 · Variety #38 · Empire #39 · Empire 500 #57 · Letterboxd #62 · S&S Directors #69 · EW #76 · Total Film #77 · S&S Critics #134 · TIME · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Total Film #1 · Empire 500 #6 · Empire #7 · DGA #10 · Time Out #11 · Variety #12 · THR #19 · S&S Directors #28 · Letterboxd #33 · WGA #41 · Halliwell's #42 · S&S Critics #64 · EW #68 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Variety #1 · EW #5 · Village Voice #20 · DGA #32 · S&S Critics #33 · Time Out #38 · THR #41 · Empire 500 #45 · Empire #49 · S&S Directors #50 · TIFF #68 · Total Film #90 · WGA #92 · Letterboxd #147 · Halliwell's #205 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

S&S Directors #12 · Total Film #14 · Halliwell's #15 · Empire 500 #17 · S&S Critics #29 · Village Voice #34 · EW #42 · WGA #43 · DGA #44 · Empire #44 · Time Out #45 · TIFF #45 · THR #55 · TIME · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.

Village Voice #2 · Halliwell's #2 · Cahiers #3 · S&S Critics #13 · Variety #13 · Time Out #26 · Total Film #29 · TIFF #32 · S&S Directors #39 · Empire 500 #104 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

WGA #9 · Halliwell's #11 · EW #21 · Empire 500 #27 · Total Film #27 · S&S Critics #39 · Variety #39 · THR #47 · DGA #50 · Cahiers #52 · S&S Directors #70 · Time Out #75 · TIFF #78 · Letterboxd #192 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

WGA #1 · EW #3 · DGA #5 · THR #6 · TIFF #8 · Variety #16 · Empire 500 #18 · Empire #30 · Halliwell's #41 · S&S Critics #63 · Total Film #98 · Letterboxd #193 · TIME · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Cahiers #4 · Village Voice #6 · S&S Critics #11 · Variety #15 · Total Film #22 · TIFF #25 · EW #30 · S&S Directors #33 · Halliwell's #33 · Empire 500 #250 · Letterboxd #397 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Village Voice #4 · Cahiers #10 · EW #12 · S&S Critics #15 · Halliwell's #16 · Time Out #22 · DGA #33 · Total Film #34 · TIFF #41 · S&S Directors #81 · WGA #97 · Empire 500 #164 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

BBC 21C #2 · RS 21C #2 · NYT 21C #4 · S&S Critics #5 · Guardian 21C #5 · Time Out #8 · S&S Directors #10 · TIFF #52 · Variety #53 · Empire #77 · Letterboxd #88 · Halliwell's #311 · 1001 Movies

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

Time Out #16 · Cahiers #17 · Variety #28 · TIFF #29 · S&S Critics #36 · Village Voice #38 · S&S Directors #48 · Letterboxd #133 · Halliwell's #137 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Variety #5 · THR #5 · Empire 500 #9 · Empire #11 · Time Out '95 #13 · WGA #16 · EW #19 · DGA #22 · Time Out #35 · TIFF #40 · Total Film #49 · S&S Critics #130 · Letterboxd #265 · Halliwell's #488 · TIME · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Variety #2 · THR #2 · DGA #12 · Village Voice #15 · WGA #25 · EW #28 · TIFF #36 · Total Film #83 · S&S Critics #111 · Empire 500 #172 · Halliwell's #275 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.

TIFF #16 · Variety #26 · Time Out #29 · S&S Directors #34 · Empire 500 #41 · Village Voice #47 · S&S Critics #50 · Cahiers #58 · Halliwell's #71 · Letterboxd #159 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth.

TIFF #1 · Brussels '58 #4 · Village Voice #8 · S&S Critics #21 · Halliwell's #27 · S&S Directors #31 · Time Out #31 · Letterboxd #47 · Variety #61 · Cahiers #64 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Time Out #12 · WGA #21 · Cahiers #28 · EW #29 · DGA #41 · S&S Critics #45 · Village Voice #51 · THR #62 · Total Film #71 · Empire 500 #98 · Halliwell's #103 · Letterboxd #369 · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

S&S Directors #7 · TIFF #12 · Halliwell's #12 · S&S Critics #32 · Variety #33 · Cahiers #46 · Empire 500 #51 · Total Film #65 · Letterboxd #199 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

BBC 21C #1 · NYT 21C #2 · S&S Critics #8 · RS 21C #9 · Guardian 21C #11 · Time Out #13 · S&S Directors #23 · Empire #40 · Cahiers #94 · Letterboxd #217 · Empire 500 #391 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Village Voice #10 · TIFF #14 · S&S Directors #20 · Time Out #25 · Halliwell's #30 · S&S Critics #42 · DGA #79 · Empire 500 #290 · Letterboxd #344 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000 · Golden Lion

Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.

Cahiers #5 · Village Voice #7 · Time Out '95 #10 · TIFF #19 · S&S Critics #34 · S&S Directors #49 · Total Film #67 · Halliwell's #446 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.

S&S Directors #9 · Total Film #11 · S&S Critics #18 · Variety #18 · Time Out #23 · TIFF #23 · Letterboxd #82 · Halliwell's #196 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Time Out '95 #7 · Halliwell's #9 · Empire 500 #11 · DGA #13 · S&S Directors #25 · Total Film #28 · THR #65 · WGA #76 · TIFF #84 · Time Out #86 · Empire #87 · S&S Critics #131 · Letterboxd #313 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

WGA #7 · Halliwell's #19 · Total Film #25 · DGA #30 · Letterboxd #43 · Village Voice #45 · THR #58 · Empire 500 #63 · S&S Directors #64 · S&S Critics #82 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Cahiers #2 · Time Out '95 #11 · S&S Critics #26 · Village Voice #35 · S&S Directors #42 · Total Film #62 · Empire 500 #71 · Letterboxd #220 · Halliwell's #221 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.

Empire #1 · Total Film #3 · Empire 500 #5 · DGA #14 · EW #18 · THR #24 · Time Out #27 · WGA #63 · S&S Directors #71 · TIFF #79 · S&S Critics #107 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

EW #6 · Variety #8 · Total Film #15 · Village Voice #16 · Letterboxd #40 · Empire #47 · Cahiers #62 · Halliwell's #129 · S&S Critics #135 · Empire 500 #195 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

DGA #9 · EW #10 · THR #15 · Time Out '95 #18 · Variety #21 · WGA #23 · TIFF #24 · Empire 500 #31 · Halliwell's #100 · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

WGA #6 · EW #13 · THR #18 · DGA #24 · Variety #37 · Total Film #44 · Halliwell's #60 · Empire 500 #68 · Time Out #74 · TIFF #80 · S&S Critics #246 · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network.

Cahiers #6 · Village Voice #22 · S&S Critics #37 · Time Out #52 · TIFF #66 · Letterboxd #176 · Empire 500 #212 · Halliwell's #228 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.

Brussels '58 #3 · TIFF #10 · Time Out #14 · S&S Directors #21 · S&S Critics #41 · Variety #67 · Cahiers #99 · Halliwell's #151 · Letterboxd #179 · Empire 500 #194 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Guardian 21C #1 · RS 21C #1 · NYT 21C #3 · BBC 21C #3 · Time Out #9 · Empire #24 · Letterboxd #32 · DGA #61 · EW #99 · S&S Critics #124 · Empire 500 #143 · 1001 Movies

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

S&S Directors #16 · TIFF #18 · S&S Critics #38 · Variety #50 · Time Out #50 · Halliwell's #53 · Cahiers #65 · Empire 500 #125 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Alone, his wife, Sarbojaya, looks after her rebellious daughter, Durga, and her young son, Apu, as well as Harihar's elderly aunt Indir.

TIFF #7 · Village Voice #13 · Halliwell's #21 · S&S Directors #24 · S&S Critics #35 · Variety #55 · Letterboxd #135 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Halliwell's #20 · Empire 500 #21 · Total Film #26 · Village Voice #30 · WGA #33 · DGA #37 · S&S Critics #65 · TIFF #91 · Letterboxd #260 · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Empire #15 · DGA #20 · Empire 500 #20 · THR #29 · Total Film #47 · Time Out #53 · S&S Critics #58 · TIFF #58 · S&S Directors #68 · EW #81 · Village Voice #94 · Halliwell's #505 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife.

WGA #5 · Variety #9 · Total Film #18 · THR #52 · DGA #59 · Village Voice #77 · EW #86 · Letterboxd #97 · S&S Critics #215 · Halliwell's #262 · Empire 500 #347 · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

WGA #12 · Halliwell's #13 · Empire 500 #26 · THR #37 · S&S Directors #51 · Time Out #51 · EW #69 · Letterboxd #158 · S&S Critics #198 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Time Out '95 #8 · Total Film #37 · Cahiers #41 · Village Voice #55 · DGA #74 · EW #75 · Empire 500 #109 · S&S Critics #113 · Halliwell's #195 · Letterboxd #410 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Time Out '95 #21 · Total Film #24 · DGA #39 · S&S Critics #40 · THR #49 · Empire #51 · WGA #83 · Halliwell's #92 · Letterboxd #98 · Empire 500 #103 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Empire 500 #12 · WGA #15 · Total Film #16 · Variety #23 · Letterboxd #42 · S&S Critics #54 · DGA #54 · Halliwell's #913 · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

S&S Directors #13 · Village Voice #46 · S&S Critics #47 · Letterboxd #61 · Cahiers #67 · DGA #73 · Time Out #85 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees.

Variety #14 · S&S Critics #24 · Time Out #24 · S&S Directors #29 · Letterboxd #65 · Empire #67 · EW #91 · WGA #93 · Halliwell's #376 · Empire 500 #403 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.

Brussels '58 #1 · TIFF #13 · Cahiers #37 · Time Out #48 · Halliwell's #48 · S&S Critics #55 · Village Voice #79 · S&S Directors #101 · Empire 500 #313 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

Empire 500 #2 · Time Out #5 · THR #13 · Empire #14 · DGA #28 · WGA #42 · Total Film #74 · EW #78 · S&S Critics #224 · Letterboxd #459 · Halliwell's #537 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

BBC 21C #4 · NYT 21C #9 · RS 21C #15 · Guardian 21C #22 · Letterboxd #39 · Time Out #46 · Empire #56 · S&S Critics #77 · Empire 500 #338 · Halliwell's #714 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

Empire #8 · THR #11 · Empire 500 #22 · Time Out #30 · TIFF #30 · Total Film #33 · WGA #68 · Halliwell's #88 · Village Voice #93 · S&S Critics #229 · Letterboxd #439 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Time Out #6 · TIFF #34 · S&S Directors #36 · Empire 500 #55 · Cahiers #59 · S&S Critics #61 · Letterboxd #209 · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.

Cahiers #18 · Village Voice #32 · Variety #52 · Time Out #65 · S&S Critics #96 · Halliwell's #150 · Letterboxd #352 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.

TIFF #3 · Cahiers #36 · S&S Directors #40 · Variety #44 · S&S Critics #74 · Empire 500 #286 · Halliwell's #509 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A lonely young widow lives with her son following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.

S&S Critics #1 · Time Out #4 · S&S Directors #5 · Village Voice #19 · Variety #78 · Letterboxd #210 · Slant · 1001 Movies

Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation.

S&S Directors #22 · Letterboxd #30 · Halliwell's #38 · S&S Critics #46 · TIFF #51 · Time Out #89 · Empire 500 #120 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000 · Golden Lion

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

WGA #26 · Time Out #28 · Variety #29 · EW #40 · Halliwell's #49 · Empire 500 #133 · S&S Critics #204 · Letterboxd #223 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.

THR #8 · DGA #23 · Total Film #40 · Empire 500 #47 · Variety #58 · EW #62 · WGA #67 · Empire #96 · Halliwell's #128 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

WGA #18 · DGA #21 · Variety #36 · EW #44 · Empire 500 #46 · Halliwell's #62 · THR #80 · Letterboxd #427 · TIME · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Empire 500 #14 · Total Film #17 · Time Out #32 · S&S Directors #47 · Letterboxd #79 · DGA #80 · S&S Critics #97 · Halliwell's #336 · TIME · 1001 Movies

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Cahiers #16 · TIFF #17 · Village Voice #29 · S&S Critics #92 · Letterboxd #211 · Halliwell's #274 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

Village Voice #5 · S&S Critics #9 · TIFF #9 · S&S Directors #32 · Halliwell's #661 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Cahiers #9 · Halliwell's #24 · Total Film #32 · TIFF #60 · S&S Critics #137 · Letterboxd #165 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer.

Empire #17 · Time Out #33 · Empire 500 #33 · THR #42 · DGA #64 · Variety #97 · S&S Critics #146 · Halliwell's #198 · Letterboxd #236 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work.

S&S Directors #26 · Halliwell's #26 · Empire 500 #36 · Letterboxd #37 · Time Out #40 · S&S Critics #69 · Cahiers #77 · TIFF #87 · 1001 Movies

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

Empire #34 · THR #39 · DGA #46 · Empire 500 #52 · EW #66 · Time Out #70 · Total Film #81 · S&S Critics #88 · Variety #90 · Letterboxd #294 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

WGA #8 · Variety #31 · EW #63 · DGA #78 · Empire 500 #100 · Halliwell's #210 · Letterboxd #212 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life.

Halliwell's #17 · Village Voice #33 · Time Out #43 · TIFF #48 · S&S Directors #73 · Letterboxd #136 · S&S Critics #142 · Empire 500 #335 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

Cahiers #15 · S&S Directors #46 · Village Voice #49 · S&S Critics #57 · Halliwell's #282 · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil.

EW #23 · Cahiers #38 · Variety #46 · Village Voice #80 · WGA #101 · S&S Critics #133 · Empire 500 #147 · Halliwell's #528 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

Total Film #10 · Time Out #18 · WGA #31 · Empire 500 #58 · Halliwell's #114 · S&S Critics #129 · TIME · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp.

Brussels '58 #5 · Time Out #17 · TIFF #21 · Cahiers #68 · WGA #85 · S&S Critics #148 · Halliwell's #238 · Letterboxd #319 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Time Out #19 · Letterboxd #58 · Halliwell's #59 · S&S Critics #70 · S&S Directors #91 · Empire 500 #149 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Time Out '95 #22 · Variety #41 · Halliwell's #58 · DGA #63 · Total Film #75 · EW #83 · Empire 500 #94 · WGA #99 · S&S Critics #139 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

NYT 21C #1 · RS 21C #4 · Letterboxd #14 · Empire #27 · Variety #82 · S&S Critics #93 · S&S Directors #98 · Palme d'Or · Oscar · 1001 Movies

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life.

Cahiers #25 · TIFF #33 · Halliwell's #67 · S&S Critics #91 · Empire 500 #252 · Letterboxd #455 · Ebert · Palme d'Or · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

WGA #13 · DGA #18 · THR #28 · EW #33 · Empire 500 #62 · Total Film #78 · Variety #100 · Halliwell's #120 · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

THR #22 · Variety #35 · DGA #53 · WGA #61 · EW #61 · Empire #75 · Letterboxd #124 · Empire 500 #124 · Halliwell's #748 · Ebert · Oscar · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

EW #11 · Village Voice #39 · Cahiers #55 · Variety #68 · Halliwell's #99 · Empire 500 #242 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Empire #10 · Time Out #15 · Empire 500 #15 · Letterboxd #25 · NYT 21C #28 · BBC 21C #33 · RS 21C #44 · THR #57 · Variety #81 · EW #88 · Guardian 21C #98 · 1001 Movies

Foreign Legion officer Galoup recalls his once glorious life, training troops in the Gulf of Djibouti. His existence there was happy, strict and regimented, until the arrival of a promising young recruit, Sentain, plants the seeds of jealousy in Galoup's mind.

S&S Critics #7 · S&S Directors #14 · Time Out #21 · Variety #69 · Slant · 1001 Movies

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

Time Out '95 #12 · TIFF #43 · Village Voice #58 · DGA #66 · Time Out #81 · S&S Directors #96 · S&S Critics #121 · Letterboxd #338 · Halliwell's #351 · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Cahiers #13 · Halliwell's #32 · S&S Critics #115 · Letterboxd #120 · Slant · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

RS 21C #3 · NYT 21C #5 · Guardian 21C #8 · Variety #42 · S&S Critics #62 · S&S Directors #94 · Empire #94 · Letterboxd #340 · Oscar · 1001 Movies

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another.

S&S Critics #23 · S&S Directors #41 · Cahiers #71 · TIFF #100 · Letterboxd #337 · Halliwell's #356 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop.

Cahiers #44 · Letterboxd #51 · S&S Directors #60 · Halliwell's #102 · S&S Critics #132 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying.

WGA #32 · THR #33 · Variety #40 · DGA #52 · Empire #60 · Halliwell's #108 · Empire 500 #198 · Letterboxd #479 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

Empire 500 #3 · Empire #4 · Total Film #8 · Variety #30 · THR #32 · EW #53 · Letterboxd #66 · Halliwell's #89 · 1001 Movies

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.

EW #9 · Variety #17 · Total Film #46 · TIFF #71 · Time Out #97 · S&S Critics #117 · Halliwell's #324 · Letterboxd #413 · Ebert · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Empire #3 · THR #4 · Empire 500 #4 · Letterboxd #7 · DGA #17 · WGA #22 · Total Film #56 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

Brussels '58 #6 · Cahiers #11 · Village Voice #28 · TIFF #77 · S&S Critics #187 · Empire 500 #399 · Halliwell's #743 · Ebert · 1001 Movies

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

BBC 21C #6 · NYT 21C #7 · RS 21C #17 · WGA #24 · THR #56 · Empire #62 · Time Out #66 · Empire 500 #73 · Total Film #82 · S&S Directors #93 · Letterboxd #253 · Ebert

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

NYT 21C #8 · RS 21C #22 · Guardian 21C #25 · Empire #54 · S&S Critics #98 · Time Out #100 · 1001 Movies

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Village Voice #40 · TIFF #50 · S&S Critics #68 · Time Out #76 · Total Film #84 · Letterboxd #243 · Halliwell's #339 · TIME · Ebert · 1001 Movies

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

BBC 21C #8 · RS 21C #8 · Letterboxd #13 · NYT 21C #40 · S&S Critics #94 · S&S Directors #103 · Halliwell's #296 · 1001 Movies · NYT 1000