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Halliwell's Top 1000

Halliwell's Top 1000 is a ranked list published in 2005 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 188 of its 1041 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

  1. 1Tokyo Story (1953)Canon #10
  2. 2The Rules of the Game (1939)Canon #15
  3. 3Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Canon #11
  4. 4The Godfather (1972)Canon #2
  5. 5The Godfather Part II (1974)Canon #7
  6. 6The Godfather Part III (1990)
  7. 7Seven Samurai (1954)Canon #5
  8. 8Citizen Kane (1941)Canon #1
  9. 9Raging Bull (1980)Canon #32
  10. 10Vertigo (1958)Canon #3
  11. 11Some Like It Hot (1959)Canon #16
  12. 1281⁄2 (1963)Canon #27
  13. 13Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Canon #47
  14. 14Singin' in the Rain (1952)Canon #8
  15. 15Taxi Driver (1976)Canon #14
  16. 16The Searchers (1956)Canon #19
  17. 17The Seventh Seal (1957)Canon #73
  18. 18Sweet Smell of Success (1957)Canon #128
  19. 19Sunset Boulevard (1950)Canon #33
  20. 20The Third Man (1949)Canon #44
  21. 21Pather Panchali (1955)Canon #43
  22. 22Aparajito (1956)
  23. 23Apur Sansar (1959)Canon #191
  24. 24Children of Paradise (1945)Canon #68
  25. 25The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)Canon #234
  26. 26Andrei Rublev (1966)Canon #70
  27. 27The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)Canon #25
  28. 28Viridiana (1961)Canon #153
  29. 29Toy Story (1995)Canon #210
  30. 30Rashomon (1950)Canon #29
  31. 31Wild Strawberries (1957)Canon #169
  32. 32To Be or Not to Be (1942)Canon #88
  33. 33Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)Canon #18
  34. 34The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)Canon #148
  35. 35The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  36. 36The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Canon #218
  37. 372001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Canon #4
  38. 38The Battle of Algiers (1966)Canon #61
  39. 39Alexander Nevsky (1938)
  40. 40Belle de Jour (1967)Canon #240
  41. 41Casablanca (1942)Canon #17
  42. 42GoodFellas (1990)Canon #12
  43. 43Tristana (1970)
  44. 44The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)Canon #220
  45. 45Breaking the Waves (1996)
  46. 46Sullivan's Travels (1941)
  47. 47Frankenstein (1931)
  48. 48Battleship Potemkin (1925)Canon #53
  49. 49Double Indemnity (1944)Canon #62
  50. 50One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)Canon #154
  51. 51Weekend (1967)
  52. 52Jules and Jim (1962)Canon #236
  53. 53Breathless (1960)Canon #42
  54. 54Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Canon #131
  55. 55Wings of Desire (1987)Canon #182
  56. 56Fitzcarraldo (1982)Canon #184
  57. 57if.... (1968)
  58. 58The Wild Bunch (1969)Canon #79
  59. 59The Red Shoes (1948)Canon #78
  60. 60Annie Hall (1977)Canon #38
  61. 61Tom Jones (1963)
  62. 62On the Waterfront (1954)Canon #64
  63. 63West Side Story (1961)Canon #141
  64. 64Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
  65. 65The Grapes of Wrath (1940)Canon #168
  66. 66Great Expectations (1946)
  67. 67The Leopard (1963)Canon #81
  68. 68Schindler's List (1993)Canon #133
  69. 69Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
  70. 70À Nous la Liberté (1931)
  71. 71The 400 Blows (1959)Canon #24
  72. 72Stolen Kisses (1968)
  73. 73Bed and Board (1970)
  74. 74Love on the Run (1979)
  75. 75Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  76. 76Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)Canon #224
  77. 77Two Tars (1928)
  78. 78Big Business (1929)
  79. 79You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
  80. 80Hog Wild (1930)
  81. 81Laughing Gravy (1931)
  82. 82Helpmates (1932)
  83. 83The Music Box (1932)
  84. 84Towed in a Hole (1932)
  85. 85Dirty Work (1933)
  86. 86Block-Heads (1938)
  87. 87Chinatown (1974)Canon #9
  88. 88Star Wars (1977)
  89. 89The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  90. 90Return of the Jedi (1983)
  91. 91Gosford Park (2001)
  92. 92Rear Window (1954)Canon #49
  93. 93Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)Canon #120
  94. 94A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  95. 95M*A*S*H (1970)
  96. 96Cries and Whispers (1972)Canon #238
  97. 97All the President's Men (1976)
  98. 98Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  99. 99King Kong (1933)Canon #84
  100. 100Gone with the Wind (1939)Canon #37
  101. 101All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
  102. 102Fanny and Alexander (1982)Canon #91
  103. 103North by Northwest (1959)Canon #26
  104. 104The Band Wagon (1953)
  105. 105Yojimbo (1961)Canon #221
  106. 106Brief Encounter (1945)Canon #219
  107. 107Deliverance (1972)
  108. 108Fargo (1996)Canon #92
  109. 109Cabaret (1972)
  110. 110Once Upon a Time in America (1984)Canon #163
  111. 111Days of Heaven (1978)Canon #197
  112. 112The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Canon #249
  113. 113High Noon (1952)
  114. 114His Girl Friday (1940)Canon #76
  115. 115Manhattan (1979)Canon #121
  116. 116Duck Soup (1933)Canon #106
  117. 117Henry V (1944)
  118. 118This Is Spinal Tap (1984)Canon #204
  119. 119Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
  120. 120The Graduate (1967)Canon #82
  121. 121The Adventurer (1917)
  122. 122The Cure (1917)
  123. 123Easy Street (1917)
  124. 124American Beauty (1999)
  125. 125Z (1969)
  126. 126Unforgiven (1992)Canon #122
  127. 127The Maltese Falcon (1941)Canon #140
  128. 128E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Canon #63
  129. 129It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Canon #36
  130. 130The Blue Angel (1930)
  131. 131The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Canon #101
  132. 132The Gold Rush (1925)Canon #171
  133. 133Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Canon #144
  134. 134The Hustler (1961)Canon #232
  135. 135A Kind of Loving (1962)
  136. 136Walkabout (1971)
  137. 137City Lights (1931)Canon #21
  138. 138On the Town (1949)
  139. 139Oliver Twist (1948)
  140. 140The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
  141. 141After Life (1998)
  142. 142Cinema Paradiso (1988)Canon #190
  143. 143Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
  144. 144David Copperfield (1935)
  145. 145A Day at the Races (1937)
  146. 146The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
  147. 147The Celebration (1998)
  148. 148Day for Night (1973)Canon #229
  149. 149Obsession (1943)
  150. 150The General (1926)Canon #58
  151. 151Bicycle Thieves (1948)Canon #40
  152. 152Three Colours: Blue (1993)
  153. 153Three Colours: White (1994)
  154. 154Three Colours: Red (1994)Canon #250
  155. 155Jour de Fête (1949)
  156. 156Kes (1969)
  157. 157Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
  158. 158The Dead (1987)
  159. 159La Strada (1954)Canon #227
  160. 160The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
  161. 161Veronika Voss (1982)
  162. 162Lola (1981)
  163. 163A Hard Day's Night (1964)Canon #217
  164. 164Dead of Night (1945)
  165. 165Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)Canon #201
  166. 166All That Money Can Buy (1941)
  167. 167Rome, Open City (1945)Canon #228
  168. 168Napoleon (1927)
  169. 169Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
  170. 170Don't Look Now (1973)Canon #146
  171. 171The Driver (1978)
  172. 172In the Heat of the Night (1967)
  173. 173Way Out West (1937)
  174. 174The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
  175. 175Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  176. 176Mean Streets (1973)Canon #149
  177. 177The Lost Weekend (1945)
  178. 178The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
  179. 179The 39 Steps (1935)
  180. 180L.A. Confidential (1997)
  181. 181The Man in the White Suit (1951)
  182. 182Kings Row (1942)
  183. 183Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  184. 184The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
  185. 185The Last Metro (1980)
  186. 186Stagecoach (1939)Canon #209
  187. 187The Last Picture Show (1971)Canon #235
  188. 188An American in Paris (1951)
  189. 189Badlands (1973)Canon #215
  190. 190The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
  191. 191Marius (1931)
  192. 192Fanny (1932)
  193. 193César (1936)
  194. 194Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
  195. 195Touch of Evil (1958)Canon #48
  196. 196Persona (1966)Canon #31
  197. 197Paths of Glory (1957)Canon #199
  198. 198Alien (1979)Canon #69
  199. 19912 Angry Men (1957)Canon #137
  200. 200The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  201. 201A Matter of Life and Death (1946)Canon #136
  202. 202A Man for All Seasons (1966)
  203. 203Mephisto (1981)
  204. 204Midnight Cowboy (1969)Canon #212
  205. 205Psycho (1960)Canon #13
  206. 206Le Million (1931)
  207. 207Les Misérables (1935)
  208. 208The King of Comedy (1982)
  209. 209Destry Rides Again (1939)
  210. 210Network (1976)Canon #72
  211. 211A Night at the Opera (1935)
  212. 212October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
  213. 213The Tin Drum (1979)
  214. 214Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
  215. 215Passport to Pimlico (1949)
  216. 216The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  217. 217Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
  218. 218Throne of Blood (1957)
  219. 219The Piano (1993)Canon #129
  220. 220Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
  221. 221The Night of the Hunter (1955)Canon #34
  222. 222Kwaidan (1964)
  223. 223Pinocchio (1940)
  224. 224The Player (1992)
  225. 225Love Me Tonight (1932)
  226. 226The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
  227. 227Rembrandt (1936)
  228. 228M (1931)Canon #39
  229. 229Pygmalion (1938)
  230. 230Sons of the Desert (1933)
  231. 231Top Hat (1935)
  232. 232The Philadelphia Story (1940)Canon #241
  233. 233Trouble in Paradise (1932)Canon #145
  234. 234Bambi (1942)
  235. 235Ran (1985)Canon #187
  236. 236When Harry Met Sally... (1989)Canon #207
  237. 237The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  238. 238Grand Illusion (1937)Canon #77
  239. 239The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)Canon #110
  240. 240Solaris (1972)
  241. 241Come and See (1985)Canon #103
  242. 242Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  243. 243Whisky Galore! (1949)
  244. 244Hud (1963)
  245. 245Easy Rider (1969)
  246. 246Marty (1955)
  247. 247Ivan's Childhood (1962)
  248. 248Crumb (1994)
  249. 249Blow-Up (1966)
  250. 250The Kid (1921)
  251. 251The Navigator (1924)
  252. 252The Invisible Man (1933)
  253. 253Fury (1936)
  254. 254The Magician (1958)
  255. 255Daybreak (1939)
  256. 256The Bank Dick (1940)
  257. 257An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
  258. 258Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  259. 259Gigi (1958)
  260. 260The Birth of a Nation (1915)Canon #194
  261. 261Shoah (1985)Canon #108
  262. 262All About Eve (1950)Canon #46
  263. 263Bringing Up Baby (1938)Canon #158
  264. 264La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
  265. 265Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)Canon #126
  266. 266Fantasia (1940)
  267. 267Southern Comfort (1981)
  268. 268Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
  269. 269The Exterminating Angel (1962)Canon #225
  270. 270Brighton Rock (1948)
  271. 271Trainspotting (1996)
  272. 272Blue Velvet (1986)Canon #102
  273. 273Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
  274. 274Ugetsu (1953)Canon #66
  275. 275The Wizard of Oz (1939)Canon #23
  276. 276Death in Venice (1971)
  277. 277Being There (1979)Canon #237
  278. 278The Blood of a Poet (1932)
  279. 279Orpheus (1950)
  280. 280Testament of Orpheus (1960)
  281. 281It Happened One Night (1934)Canon #170
  282. 282Contempt (1963)Canon #74
  283. 283Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
  284. 284The Thief (1997)
  285. 285Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  286. 286The Butcher (1970)
  287. 287Heimat (1984)
  288. 288Aladdin (1992)
  289. 289Witness (1985)
  290. 290WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
  291. 291Strangers on a Train (1951)
  292. 292The Wages of Fear (1953)Canon #243
  293. 293The Ladykillers (1955)
  294. 294Rebecca (1940)
  295. 295Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  296. 296Yi Yi (2000)
  297. 297Early Summer (1951)
  298. 298Oliver! (1968)
  299. 299The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
  300. 300Little Caesar (1931)
  301. 301My Childhood (1972)
  302. 302My Ain Folk (1973)
  303. 303My Way Home (1978)
  304. 304Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
  305. 305The Big Sleep (1946)
  306. 306The Dresser (1983)
  307. 307Diabolique (1955)
  308. 308Turkish Delight (1973)
  309. 309The Lady Eve (1941)Canon #162
  310. 310Angi Vera (1978)
  311. 311In the Mood for Love (2000)Canon #20
  312. 312Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  313. 313All About My Mother (1999)
  314. 314The Birds (1963)
  315. 315Army of Shadows (1969)
  316. 316The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
  317. 317The Killing Fields (1984)
  318. 318Forbidden Games (1952)
  319. 319Amadeus (1984)Canon #115
  320. 320The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)Canon #181
  321. 321Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
  322. 322The Crowd (1928)Canon #198
  323. 323The Big Red One (1980)Canon #242
  324. 324Nashville (1975)Canon #94
  325. 325The Southerner (1945)
  326. 326Ten (2002)
  327. 327The Lovers (1958)
  328. 328Face to Face (1976)
  329. 329Gandhi (1982)
  330. 330Billy Liar (1963)
  331. 331Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  332. 332A Clockwork Orange (1971)Canon #119
  333. 333Memento (2000)Canon #179
  334. 334L'Argent (1983)
  335. 335A Face in the Crowd (1957)
  336. 336Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)Canon #65
  337. 337Foreign Correspondent (1940)
  338. 338Morocco (1930)
  339. 339Metropolis (1927)Canon #99
  340. 340Things to Come (1936)
  341. 341Queen Christina (1933)
  342. 342Breaker Morant (1980)
  343. 343Central Station (1998)
  344. 344Casque d'Or (1952)
  345. 345O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  346. 346Day of Wrath (1943)
  347. 347Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  348. 348Black Narcissus (1947)
  349. 349Animal Crackers (1930)
  350. 350And Then There Were None (1945)
  351. 351The Conformist (1970)Canon #87
  352. 352Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
  353. 353The Conversation (1974)Canon #183
  354. 354Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
  355. 355Funny Games (1997)
  356. 356PlayTime (1967)Canon #90
  357. 357Triumph of the Will (1935)
  358. 358Performance (1970)
  359. 359Claire's Knee (1970)
  360. 360Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
  361. 361Black Robe (1991)
  362. 362The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)Canon #176
  363. 363The Go-Between (1971)
  364. 364Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
  365. 365Groundhog Day (1993)Canon #213
  366. 366A Touch of Zen (1970)
  367. 367The Straight Story (1999)
  368. 368My Fair Lady (1964)
  369. 369The Pianist (2002)
  370. 370Lady for a Day (1933)
  371. 371The Burmese Harp (1956)
  372. 372Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
  373. 373The Usual Suspects (1995)Canon #178
  374. 374The Son's Room (2001)
  375. 375Death by Hanging (1968)
  376. 376Do the Right Thing (1989)Canon #52
  377. 377Apocalypse Now (1979)Canon #6
  378. 378Ikiru (1952)Canon #139
  379. 379Le Samouraï (1967)
  380. 380Sansho the Bailiff (1954)Canon #107
  381. 381Red Sorghum (1988)
  382. 382Lolita (1962)
  383. 383Zero for Conduct (1933)
  384. 384Ace in the Hole (1951)
  385. 385Richard III (1955)
  386. 386Amores Perros (2000)
  387. 387Jean de Florette (1986)
  388. 388Manon of the Spring (1986)
  389. 389Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
  390. 390Tunes of Glory (1960)
  391. 391The Life of Oharu (1952)
  392. 392Being John Malkovich (1999)
  393. 393RoboCop (1987)
  394. 394Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  395. 395Distant Thunder (1973)
  396. 396Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  397. 397Kagemusha (1980)
  398. 398Family Life (1971)
  399. 399A Brighter Summer Day (1991)Canon #231
  400. 400Limelight (1952)
  401. 401Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  402. 402The Fire Within (1963)
  403. 403The General (1998)
  404. 404Dogville (2003)
  405. 405Sons and Lovers (1960)
  406. 406Repentance (1984)
  407. 407Eight Men Out (1988)
  408. 408Farewell My Concubine (1993)
  409. 409The Elephant Man (1980)
  410. 410Padre Padrone (1977)
  411. 411The Fallen Idol (1948)
  412. 412Beauty and the Beast (1946)Canon #205
  413. 413Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  414. 414Earth (1930)
  415. 415Shane (1953)
  416. 416The Truman Show (1998)
  417. 417Rocco and His Brothers (1960)Canon #245
  418. 418My Darling Clementine (1946)
  419. 419The Hospital (1971)
  420. 420Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
  421. 421Strike (1925)
  422. 422The Grifters (1990)
  423. 423Gilda (1946)
  424. 424Short Cuts (1993)
  425. 425The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)Canon #188
  426. 426L'Eclisse (1962)
  427. 427Howards End (1992)
  428. 428Last Orders (2001)
  429. 429The Big Parade (1925)
  430. 430The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
  431. 431The Killers (1964)
  432. 432Ride the High Country (1962)
  433. 433Red River (1948)
  434. 434Goldfinger (1964)Canon #223
  435. 435Murmur of the Heart (1971)
  436. 436Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)Canon #186
  437. 437Henry V (1989)
  438. 438They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
  439. 439O Lucky Man! (1973)
  440. 440To Be and to Have (2002)
  441. 441Monkey Business (1931)
  442. 442Tootsie (1982)Canon #246
  443. 443Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  444. 444Hobson's Choice (1954)
  445. 445This Man Must Die (1969)
  446. 446L'Atalante (1934)Canon #30
  447. 447Shanghai Express (1932)
  448. 448A Taste of Honey (1961)
  449. 449American Graffiti (1973)
  450. 450Dirty Harry (1971)
  451. 451Dumbo (1941)
  452. 452Life of Brian (1979)
  453. 453Horse Feathers (1932)
  454. 454Genevieve (1953)
  455. 455How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  456. 456Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)Canon #147
  457. 457Jesus of Montreal (1989)
  458. 458Gaslight (1940)
  459. 459Thelma & Louise (1991)
  460. 460The Front Page (1931)
  461. 461La Ronde (1950)
  462. 462Ninotchka (1939)
  463. 463The Assault (1986)
  464. 464I'm All Right Jack (1959)
  465. 465The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)
  466. 466Last Tango in Paris (1972)
  467. 467La Chinoise (1967)
  468. 468The Full Monty (1997)
  469. 469Felicia's Journey (1999)
  470. 470Amarcord (1973)Canon #177
  471. 471Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
  472. 472Patton (1970)
  473. 473Alice (1988)
  474. 474The Blue Kite (1993)
  475. 475Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
  476. 476The Sound of Music (1965)Canon #123
  477. 477The Last Seduction (1994)
  478. 478Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  479. 479Utu (1983)
  480. 480Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
  481. 481Prospero's Books (1991)
  482. 482Heaven Can Wait (1943)
  483. 483Burnt by the Sun (1994)
  484. 484Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  485. 485The French Connection (1971)
  486. 486Key Largo (1948)
  487. 487The Killers (1946)
  488. 488Pulp Fiction (1994)Canon #22
  489. 489Dinner at Eight (1933)
  490. 490Intruder in the Dust (1949)
  491. 491Darling (1965)
  492. 492Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
  493. 493Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
  494. 494Newsfront (1978)
  495. 495Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
  496. 496The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
  497. 497Lost Horizon (1937)
  498. 498It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
  499. 499Lenny (1974)
  500. 500Heavenly Creatures (1994)
  501. 501Murder, My Sweet (1944)
  502. 502Holiday (1938)
  503. 503Donnie Brasco (1997)
  504. 504Klute (1971)
  505. 505Blade Runner (1982)Canon #45
  506. 506Land and Freedom (1995)
  507. 507Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
  508. 508Richard III (1995)
  509. 509L'Avventura (1960)Canon #59
  510. 510Woman in the Dunes (1964)
  511. 511Les Miserables (1995)
  512. 512Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
  513. 513A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
  514. 514Husbands and Wives (1992)
  515. 515The Circle (2000)
  516. 516Mrs Brown (1997)
  517. 517City of Hope (1991)
  518. 518In Cold Blood (1967)
  519. 519The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
  520. 520Modern Times (1936)Canon #135
  521. 521Umberto D. (1952)Canon #239
  522. 522The Long Day Closes (1992)
  523. 523Love Affair (1939)
  524. 524Shadowlands (1993)
  525. 525The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
  526. 526Onibaba (1964)
  527. 527The Quiet American (2002)
  528. 528Notorious (1946)Canon #75
  529. 529The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
  530. 530Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
  531. 531A Room with a View (1986)
  532. 532My American Uncle (1980)
  533. 533Charlie Bubbles (1968)
  534. 534Chimes at Midnight (1965)
  535. 535May Fools (1990)
  536. 536Field of Dreams (1989)
  537. 537Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Canon #54
  538. 538Scarface (1932)
  539. 539Together (2000)
  540. 540Mother and Son (1997)
  541. 541Diary for My Children (1984)
  542. 542Niagara (1953)
  543. 543The Kid Brother (1927)
  544. 544From Russia with Love (1963)
  545. 545In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
  546. 546The Scarlet Empress (1934)
  547. 547Mine Own Executioner (1947)
  548. 548Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
  549. 549Shine (1996)
  550. 550The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
  551. 551Before the Rain (1994)
  552. 552Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  553. 553The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
  554. 554Harvey (1950)
  555. 555Green for Danger (1946)
  556. 556The Old Dark House (1932)
  557. 557Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  558. 558My Name Is Joe (1998)
  559. 559Ginger and Fred (1986)
  560. 560Dr. No (1962)
  561. 561Nosferatu (1922)Canon #124
  562. 562The China Syndrome (1979)
  563. 563Moonlighting (1982)
  564. 564All That Jazz (1979)
  565. 565Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
  566. 566Ordinary People (1980)
  567. 567The Candidate (1972)
  568. 568The Way to the Stars (1945)
  569. 569Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  570. 570My Learned Friend (1943)
  571. 571The Nada Gang (1974)
  572. 572The Narrow Margin (1952)
  573. 573Kolya (1996)
  574. 574Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
  575. 575Jezebel (1938)
  576. 576A Night to Remember (1958)
  577. 577Night Train to Munich (1940)
  578. 578Ermo (1994)
  579. 579Nixon (1995)
  580. 580The Jazz Singer (1927)
  581. 581My Favorite Wife (1940)
  582. 582Nothing Sacred (1937)
  583. 583Odd Man Out (1947)
  584. 584The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
  585. 585The Innocent (1976)
  586. 586The Naked City (1948)
  587. 587White Heat (1949)
  588. 588Death of a Salesman (1951)
  589. 589The Parallax View (1974)
  590. 590The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
  591. 591Planet of the Apes (1968)
  592. 592I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
  593. 593Of Mice and Men (1939)
  594. 594The Nasty Girl (1990)
  595. 595Hardcore (1979)
  596. 596A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
  597. 597Our Relations (1936)
  598. 598Lantana (2001)
  599. 599Journey into Fear (1943)
  600. 600The Palm Beach Story (1942)
  601. 601Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
  602. 602The Great Race (1965)
  603. 603The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
  604. 604The Ghost Goes West (1935)
  605. 605Touching the Void (2003)
  606. 606The Wind (1928)
  607. 607Out of Sight (1998)
  608. 608Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
  609. 609Once Were Warriors (1994)
  610. 610Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
  611. 611Pride and Prejudice (1940)
  612. 612A Private Function (1984)
  613. 613Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
  614. 614Saving Private Ryan (1998)Canon #118
  615. 615Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  616. 616Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
  617. 617The Quiet Man (1952)
  618. 618My Favorite Year (1982)
  619. 619The Shootist (1976)
  620. 620Casino (1995)
  621. 621Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
  622. 622The Best Man (1964)
  623. 623The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
  624. 624This Sporting Life (1963)
  625. 625Sense and Sensibility (1995)
  626. 626Barton Fink (1991)
  627. 627The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
  628. 628Atlantic City (1980)
  629. 629Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
  630. 630Knife in the Water (1962)
  631. 631The Invitation (1973)
  632. 632A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
  633. 633The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
  634. 634Private's Progress (1956)
  635. 635Tango (1993)
  636. 636Run Lola Run (1998)
  637. 637Room at the Top (1958)
  638. 638Germinal (1993)
  639. 639The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)Canon #130
  640. 640The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
  641. 641Taking Off (1971)
  642. 642The Producers (1967)
  643. 643Loves of a Blonde (1965)
  644. 644The Opposite of Sex (1998)
  645. 645The Best Intentions (1992)
  646. 646Safety Last! (1923)
  647. 647Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
  648. 648Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
  649. 649Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  650. 650Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
  651. 651Panic in the Streets (1950)
  652. 652Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
  653. 653About Schmidt (2002)
  654. 654Secrets & Lies (1996)
  655. 655The Sting (1973)Canon #211
  656. 656Port of Shadows (1938)
  657. 657The Red Head (1932)
  658. 658Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
  659. 659One False Move (1991)
  660. 660Comrades (1986)
  661. 661Man with a Movie Camera (1929)Canon #67
  662. 662Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  663. 663Rocky (1976)
  664. 664She Done Him Wrong (1933)
  665. 665Strictly Ballroom (1992)
  666. 666The Informer (1935)
  667. 667The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
  668. 668My Apprenticeship (1939)
  669. 669My Universities (1940)
  670. 670Meet John Doe (1941)
  671. 671Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
  672. 672Metropolitan (1990)
  673. 673A Star Is Born (1937)
  674. 674The Thin Red Line (1998)
  675. 675The Talk of the Town (1942)
  676. 676Son of Frankenstein (1939)
  677. 677Chariots of Fire (1981)
  678. 678The Crying Game (1992)
  679. 679Jane Eyre (1943)
  680. 680The Pajama Game (1957)
  681. 681The Set-Up (1949)
  682. 682Pixote (1980)
  683. 683Ship of Fools (1965)
  684. 684Sunshine State (2002)
  685. 685Robinson Crusoe (1954)
  686. 686Happiness (1998)
  687. 687Cabaret Balkan (1998)
  688. 688Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)
  689. 689Women in Love (1969)
  690. 690The Men (1950)
  691. 691Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  692. 692Empire of the Sun (1987)
  693. 693Wise Blood (1979)
  694. 694Daisies (1966)
  695. 695Taste of Cherry (1997)
  696. 696A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
  697. 697A Day in the Country (1946)
  698. 698Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
  699. 699The Roaring Twenties (1939)
  700. 700Bob le Flambeur (1956)
  701. 70142nd Street (1933)
  702. 702Summertime (1955)
  703. 703House of Games (1987)
  704. 704The Madness of King George (1994)
  705. 705Vagabond (1985)Canon #192
  706. 706Now, Voyager (1942)
  707. 707The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
  708. 708The Lion King (1994)
  709. 709The Way Ahead (1944)
  710. 710Rosetta (1999)
  711. 711The Butcher Boy (1997)
  712. 712Fat City (1972)
  713. 713A Self-Made Hero (1996)
  714. 714Spirited Away (2001)Canon #55
  715. 715The Hours (2002)
  716. 716The Young and the Damned (1950)
  717. 717War and Peace (1965)
  718. 718Wuthering Heights (1939)
  719. 719The Thin Man (1934)
  720. 720Election (1999)
  721. 721A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  722. 722Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
  723. 723The Bachelor Party (1957)
  724. 724The Ruling Class (1972)
  725. 725The Big Chill (1983)
  726. 726Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
  727. 727The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
  728. 728Lamerica (1994)
  729. 729From Here to Eternity (1953)
  730. 730Hellzapoppin' (1941)
  731. 731Our Hospitality (1923)
  732. 732Gladiator (2000)
  733. 733Elizabeth (1998)
  734. 734Fail Safe (1964)
  735. 735Seven Days in May (1964)
  736. 736Crossfire (1947)
  737. 737Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
  738. 738Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
  739. 739Dracula (1931)
  740. 740Closely Watched Trains (1966)
  741. 741Scrooge (1951)
  742. 742Mother (1926)
  743. 743Greed (1924)Canon #96
  744. 744One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
  745. 745The Court Jester (1955)
  746. 746Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  747. 747Late Spring (1949)Canon #196
  748. 748The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Canon #83
  749. 749Woodstock (1970)
  750. 750The Son (2002)
  751. 751La Terra Trema (1948)
  752. 752Three Kings (1999)
  753. 753Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  754. 754A Simple Plan (1998)
  755. 755The Wedding Banquet (1993)
  756. 756Delicatessen (1991)
  757. 757Interrogation (1989)
  758. 758The Matrix (1999)Canon #200
  759. 759The Nun's Story (1959)
  760. 760The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Canon #134
  761. 761Dracula (1958)
  762. 762Shrek (2001)
  763. 763The Damned (1969)
  764. 764Se7en (1995)
  765. 765Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  766. 766The Defiant Ones (1958)
  767. 767East Is East (1999)
  768. 768The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  769. 769Man of Marble (1977)
  770. 770Man of Iron (1981)
  771. 771Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
  772. 772Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
  773. 773The Road (1982)
  774. 774The Big Country (1958)
  775. 775Stormy Weather (1943)
  776. 776The Cameraman (1928)
  777. 777Major Barbara (1941)
  778. 778Night of the Demon (1957)
  779. 779Gregory's Girl (1980)
  780. 780Smile (1975)
  781. 781Boys Don't Cry (1999)
  782. 782Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  783. 783The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  784. 784Woman of the Year (1942)
  785. 785The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  786. 786Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
  787. 787Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
  788. 788Show Boat (1936)
  789. 789An American Werewolf in London (1981)
  790. 790The Fencing Master (1992)
  791. 791The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
  792. 792The Game (1997)
  793. 793Hue and Cry (1947)
  794. 794Ulee's Gold (1997)
  795. 795The Sugarland Express (1974)
  796. 796Marathon Man (1976)
  797. 797This Gun for Hire (1942)
  798. 798Blithe Spirit (1945)
  799. 799City Slickers (1991)
  800. 800Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
  801. 801The Day of the Jackal (1973)
  802. 802Gunga Din (1939)
  803. 803Two English Girls (1971)
  804. 804Sitting Pretty (1948)
  805. 805Billy Elliot (2000)
  806. 806The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
  807. 807Quiet Wedding (1941)
  808. 808Blue Collar (1978)
  809. 809Zelig (1983)
  810. 810The Music Man (1962)
  811. 811Reds (1981)
  812. 812Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
  813. 813The Insider (1999)
  814. 814Dear Diary (1993)
  815. 815Victim (1961)
  816. 816A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
  817. 817The Awful Truth (1937)
  818. 818The Blue Lamp (1950)
  819. 819I Married a Witch (1942)
  820. 820My Man Godfrey (1936)
  821. 821State of the Union (1948)
  822. 822As Good as It Gets (1997)
  823. 823Picnic (1955)
  824. 824All the King's Men (1949)
  825. 825The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
  826. 826Thunder Rock (1942)
  827. 827Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
  828. 828The Public Enemy (1931)
  829. 829Bachelor Mother (1939)
  830. 830Man Bites Dog (1992)
  831. 831Mary Poppins (1964)
  832. 832Double Suicide (1969)
  833. 833Life Is Beautiful (1997)
  834. 834The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  835. 835Diner (1982)
  836. 836Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  837. 837Soldier of Orange (1977)
  838. 838The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  839. 839Sing As We Go (1934)
  840. 840Toy Story 2 (1999)
  841. 841Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
  842. 842The Spiral Staircase (1946)
  843. 843The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
  844. 844Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
  845. 845Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  846. 846Magnolia (1999)
  847. 847The Night of the Iguana (1964)
  848. 848Bagdad Cafe (1987)
  849. 849The Little Foxes (1941)
  850. 850The Women (1939)
  851. 851Little Women (1933)
  852. 852The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
  853. 853Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
  854. 854Charley Varrick (1973)
  855. 855Cousin, Cousine (1975)
  856. 856Folies Bergère (1935)
  857. 85749th Parallel (1941)
  858. 858Love on the Dole (1941)
  859. 859The Children of the Marshland (1999)
  860. 860The Enforcer (1951)
  861. 861One Hour with You (1932)
  862. 862The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
  863. 863The Body Snatcher (1945)
  864. 864Speed (1994)
  865. 865Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
  866. 866The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
  867. 867The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  868. 868Julia (1977)
  869. 869Boomerang! (1947)
  870. 870I'm No Angel (1933)
  871. 871The Three Musketeers (1948)
  872. 872The Paleface (1948)
  873. 873My Favorite Blonde (1942)
  874. 874The Happy Time (1952)
  875. 875Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
  876. 876A Walk in the Sun (1945)
  877. 877The Fugitive (1993)
  878. 878Erin Brockovich (2000)
  879. 879Sabotage (1936)
  880. 880Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
  881. 881Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  882. 882The Gay Divorcee (1934)
  883. 883Read My Lips (2001)
  884. 884French Cancan (1955)
  885. 885Pickup on South Street (1953)
  886. 886Fourteen Hours (1951)
  887. 887The Last Laugh (1924)
  888. 888Arise, My Love (1940)
  889. 889Damnation (1988)
  890. 890The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
  891. 891The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
  892. 892Bay of Angels (1963)
  893. 893Cape Fear (1991)
  894. 894Gimme Shelter (1970)
  895. 895The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
  896. 896The Sixth Sense (1999)
  897. 897Mandy (1952)
  898. 898Best Boy (1979)
  899. 899Adaptation. (2002)
  900. 900The Young in Heart (1938)
  901. 901Hoop Dreams (1994)
  902. 902Mr. Skeffington (1944)
  903. 903Dead End (1937)
  904. 904Lady Killer (1933)
  905. 905On the Run (2002)
  906. 906After Life (2002)
  907. 907An Amazing Couple (2002)
  908. 908A Star Is Born (1954)
  909. 909Kanal (1957)
  910. 910Paris, Texas (1984)
  911. 911Braveheart (1995)
  912. 912The Iron Giant (1999)
  913. 913The Apartment (1960)Canon #50
  914. 914Withnail & I (1987)
  915. 915The Big Heat (1953)
  916. 916Laura (1944)
  917. 917The Letter (1940)
  918. 918Witchfinder General (1968)
  919. 919The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
  920. 920The Winslow Boy (1948)
  921. 921Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
  922. 922The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
  923. 923East of Eden (1955)
  924. 924Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
  925. 925Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
  926. 926Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
  927. 927Ghost World (2001)
  928. 928Call Me Madam (1953)
  929. 929Bowling for Columbine (2002)
  930. 930Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  931. 931The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
  932. 932Jubilee (1978)
  933. 933The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
  934. 934Ordet (1955)Canon #104
  935. 935The Butterfly Murders (1979)
  936. 936Love (1971)
  937. 937Black God, White Devil (1964)
  938. 938Bullitt (1968)
  939. 939Melvin and Howard (1980)
  940. 940The Gunfighter (1950)
  941. 941Audition (1999)
  942. 942Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
  943. 943Get Carter (1971)
  944. 944The League of Gentlemen (1960)
  945. 945The Mark of Zorro (1940)
  946. 946Born Yesterday (1950)
  947. 947Tampopo (1985)
  948. 948The Great McGinty (1940)
  949. 949The Great Lie (1941)
  950. 950Airplane! (1980)
  951. 951The Bedford Incident (1965)
  952. 952Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
  953. 953Straw Dogs (1971)
  954. 954Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  955. 955The Wicker Man (1973)
  956. 956In the Eyes of the World (1991)
  957. 957For Me and My Gal (1942)
  958. 958My Brilliant Career (1979)
  959. 959Nothing But the Best (1964)
  960. 960Random Harvest (1942)
  961. 961The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
  962. 962Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
  963. 963The Good Earth (1937)
  964. 964Midnight (1939)
  965. 965Babe (1995)
  966. 966The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
  967. 967Saboteur (1942)
  968. 968San Francisco (1936)
  969. 969Il Posto (1961)
  970. 970Only Two Can Play (1962)
  971. 971The Prize (1963)
  972. 972One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
  973. 973The Hot Rock (1972)
  974. 974Tobacco Road (1941)
  975. 975Alias Nick Beal (1949)
  976. 976Without Witness (1983)
  977. 977They Won't Forget (1937)
  978. 978The Sign of the Cross (1932)
  979. 979La Balance (1982)
  980. 980On Approval (1944)
  981. 981My Life as a Dog (1985)
  982. 982Repulsion (1965)
  983. 983The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
  984. 984My Antonia (1995)
  985. 985Father Brown (1954)
  986. 986Back to the Future (1985)Canon #174
  987. 987Force of Evil (1948)
  988. 988Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
  989. 989Shock Corridor (1963)
  990. 990The Devils (1971)
  991. 991Pickpocket (1959)Canon #152
  992. 992Salaam Bombay! (1988)
  993. 993Rome Express (1932)
  994. 994Bad Company (1972)
  995. 995Bombshell (1933)
  996. 996The Black Swan (1942)
  997. 997Dodsworth (1936)
  998. 998The More the Merrier (1943)
  999. 999Dark Eyes (1987)
  1000. 1000The Woman in the Window (1944)
  1001. 1001Written on the Wind (1956)
  1002. 1002Peeping Tom (1960)
  1003. 1003Stage Door (1937)
  1004. 1004The Sea Hawk (1940)
  1005. 1005Dodge City (1939)
  1006. 1006Satyricon (1969)
  1007. 1007The Blue Bird (1940)
  1008. 1008Chicken Run (2000)
  1009. 1009The Rains Came (1939)
  1010. 1010The Black Pirate (1926)
  1011. 1011Young Frankenstein (1974)
  1012. 1012Trash (1970)
  1013. 1013Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
  1014. 1014Donnie Darko (2001)
  1015. 1015The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
  1016. 1016The Last Waltz (1978)
  1017. 1017Sherlock Jr. (1924)Canon #155
  1018. 1018The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
  1019. 1019Lover Come Back (1961)
  1020. 1020Häxan (1922)
  1021. 1021On Golden Pond (1981)
  1022. 1022The Ghost Breakers (1940)
  1023. 1023One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
  1024. 1024The Bowery (1933)
  1025. 1025Dark Star (1974)
  1026. 1026Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
  1027. 1027Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
  1028. 1028The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
  1029. 1029Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
  1030. 1030Patterns (1956)
  1031. 1031Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
  1032. 1032Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
  1033. 1033The Group (1966)
  1034. 1034The Great Waltz (1938)
  1035. 1035Kipps (1941)
  1036. 1036The Blair Witch Project (1999)
  1037. 1037Starship Troopers (1997)
  1038. 1038Fire Over England (1937)
  1039. 1039Tin Pan Alley (1940)
  1040. 1040Blackmail (1929)
  1041. 1041The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Canon #222

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.