Variety 100 Greatest

Variety 100 Greatest is a ranked list published in 2022 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 78 of its 100 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. 1Psycho (1960)Canon #13
2. 2The Wizard of Oz (1939)Canon #23
3. 3The Godfather (1972)Canon #2
4. 4Citizen Kane (1941)Canon #1
5. 5Pulp Fiction (1994)Canon #22
6. 6Seven Samurai (1954)Canon #5
7. 72001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Canon #4
8. 8It's a Wonderful Life (1946)Canon #36
9. 9All About Eve (1950)Canon #46
10. 10Saving Private Ryan (1998)Canon #118
11. 11Singin' in the Rain (1952)Canon #8
12. 12GoodFellas (1990)Canon #12
13. 13The Rules of the Game (1939)Canon #15
14. 14Do the Right Thing (1989)Canon #52
15. 15Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)Canon #18
16. 16Casablanca (1942)Canon #17
17. 17Nashville (1975)Canon #94
18. 18Persona (1966)Canon #31
19. 19The Godfather Part II (1974)Canon #7
20. 20Blue Velvet (1986)Canon #102
21. 21Gone with the Wind (1939)Canon #37
22. 22Chinatown (1974)Canon #9
23. 23The Apartment (1960)Canon #50
24. 24Tokyo Story (1953)Canon #10
25. 25Bringing Up Baby (1938)Canon #158
26. 26The 400 Blows (1959)Canon #24
27. 27Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Canon #131
28. 28City Lights (1931)Canon #21
29. 29Double Indemnity (1944)Canon #62
30. 30The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
31. 31Network (1976)Canon #72
32. 32Vertigo (1958)Canon #3
33. 3381⁄2 (1963)Canon #27
34. 34Stagecoach (1939)Canon #209
35. 35The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Canon #83
36. 36On the Waterfront (1954)Canon #64
37. 37Annie Hall (1977)Canon #38
38. 38Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Canon #11
39. 39Some Like It Hot (1959)Canon #16
40. 40Fargo (1996)Canon #92
41. 41The Wild Bunch (1969)Canon #79
42. 42Moonlight (2016)Canon #89
43. 43Shoah (1985)Canon #108
44. 44L'Avventura (1960)Canon #59
45. 45Titanic (1997)Canon #206
46. 46Notorious (1946)Canon #75
47. 47Mean Streets (1973)Canon #149
48. 48The Piano (1993)Canon #129
49. 49The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Canon #222
50. 50Breathless (1960)Canon #42
51. 51Apocalypse Now (1979)Canon #6
52. 52The General (1926)Canon #58
53. 53In the Mood for Love (2000)Canon #20
54. 54Mad Max 2 (1981)
55. 55Pather Panchali (1955)Canon #43
56. 56Rosemary's Baby (1968)
57. 57Brokeback Mountain (2005)Canon #173
58. 58E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Canon #63
59. 59Vagabond (1985)Canon #192
60. 60Moulin Rouge! (2001)
61. 61The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)Canon #25
62. 62Dazed and Confused (1993)
63. 63Bambi (1942)
64. 64Carrie (1976)
65. 65A Man Escaped (1956)Canon #114
66. 66Paris Is Burning (1990)
67. 67Bicycle Thieves (1948)Canon #40
68. 68King Kong (1933)Canon #84
69. 69Beau Travail (1999)Canon #86
70. 7012 Years a Slave (2013)Canon #157
71. 71My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
72. 72Breaking the Waves (1996)
73. 73Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)Canon #126
74. 74My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
75. 75Boogie Nights (1997)
76. 76The Tree of Life (2011)Canon #156
77. 77Goldfinger (1964)Canon #223
78. 78Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)Canon #60
79. 79Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. 80Pixote (1980)
81. 81The Dark Knight (2008)Canon #85
82. 82Parasite (2019)Canon #80
83. 83Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
84. 84Pan's Labyrinth (2006)Canon #226
85. 85Natural Born Killers (1994)
86. 86Close-Up (1990)Canon #109
87. 87The Sound of Music (1965)Canon #123
88. 88Malcolm X (1992)
89. 89Belle de Jour (1967)Canon #240
90. 90The Shining (1980)Canon #71
91. 91Scenes from a Marriage (1974)
92. 92Pink Flamingos (1972)
93. 93Le Samouraï (1967)
94. 94Bridesmaids (2011)
95. 95Toy Story (1995)Canon #210
96. 96A Hard Day's Night (1964)Canon #217
97. 97Alien (1979)Canon #69
98. 98Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
99. 9912 Angry Men (1957)Canon #137
100. 100The Graduate (1967)Canon #82

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