My Top 100 Films of All Time

Rank Film Title Year Rating IMDb Top 250 IMDb Site
1Schindler's List 19939.9*(site)
2The Manchurian Candidate 19629.7*(site)
3Patton 19709.6*(site)
4Ran 19859.6*(site)
5The Usual Suspects 19959.5*(site)
6North by Northwest 19599.5*(site)
7Casablanca 19439.5*(site)
8My Neighbour Totoro 19889.4 (site)
9It's a Wonderful Life 19469.4*(site)
10Rear Window 19549.4*(site)
11Children of Paradise 19459.4*(site)
12Groundhog Day 19939.4*(site)
13Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 19679.3 (site)
14Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 19399.3*(site)
15The Lion in Winter 19689.3*(site)
16Dr. Strangelove 19649.3*(site)
17The Best Years of Our Lives 19469.3*(site)
18The English Patient 19969.3 (site)
19Touch of Evil 19589.2*(site)
20Open Your Eyes 19989.2 (site)
21All About Eve 19509.2*(site)
22Sunrise 19279.2 (site)
23Citizen Kane 19419.2*(site)
24L'Appartement 19969.2 (site)
25Before Sunrise 19959.2 (site)
26E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 19829.2 (site)
27I Was Born, But... 19469.2 (site)
28Singin' in the Rain 19529.2*(site)
29Brief Encounter 19469.2 (site)
30Saving Private Ryan 19989.2*(site)
31The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 20019.2*(site)
32Gandhi 19829.2*(site)
33Judgment at Nuremberg 19619.1*(site)
34Annie Hall 19779.1*(site)
35Pleasantville 19989.1 (site)
36The Counterfeit Traitor 19629.1 (site)
37Charade 19639.1*(site)
38Vertigo 19589.1*(site)
39Hilary and Jackie 19989.1 (site)
40It Happened One Night 19349.1*(site)
41Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 20049.1*(site)
42To Be or Not to Be 19429.1*(site)
43Gettysburg 19939.1 (site)
44The Apartment 19609.1*(site)
45My Name Is Joe 19999.1 (site)
46Glory 19899.1*(site)
47Chicago 20029.0 (site)
48Long Day's Journey Into Night 19629.0 (site)
49The Big Sleep 19469.0*(site)
50The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 19449.0 (site)
51The Red Violin 19999.0 (site)
52The Odd Couple 19689.0 (site)
53Malcolm X 19929.0 (site)
54Manhattan 19799.0*(site)
55Rififi 19559.0 (site)
56The Corporation 20049.0 (site)
57Mildred Pierce 19459.0 (site)
58Braveheart 19959.0*(site)
59The Sound of Music 19659.0 (site)
60Lorenzo's Oil 19939.0 (site)
61Double Indemnity 19449.0*(site)
62The Godfather 19728.9*(site)
63The Shawshank Redemption 19948.9*(site)
64Kings Row 19428.9 (site)
65Some Like It Hot 19598.9*(site)
66Delicatessen 19918.9 (site)
67The Day of the Jackal 19738.9 (site)
68American History X 19988.9*(site)
69Cinema Paradiso 19888.9*(site)
70Dances With Wolves 19908.9 (site)
71Rashomon 19508.9*(site)
72Comrades, Almost a Love Story 19978.9 (site)
73To Each His Own 19468.9 (site)
74Contact 19978.9 (site)
75A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 19458.9 (site)
76Memento 20018.9*(site)
77A Man and a Woman 19668.9 (site)
78Forrest Gump 19948.9*(site)
79Barry Lyndon 19758.9 (site)
80American Beauty 19998.9*(site)
81Once Upon a Time in the West 19698.9*(site)
82A Simple Plan 19988.9 (site)
83Psycho 19608.9*(site)
84A Short Film About Love 19888.9 (site)
85Kind Hearts and Coronets 19498.9*(site)
8612 Angry Men 19578.9*(site)
87Once Were Warriors 19948.9 (site)
Jean de Florette Part I and II 19868.9
88L.A. Confidential 19978.9*(site)
89Meet John Doe 19418.9 (site)
90The Killer 19898.9*(site)
91Traffic 20008.9*(site)
92Chinatown 19748.9*(site)
93Lantana 20018.8 (site)
94JFK 19918.8 (site)
95Bowling for Columbine 20028.8?(site)
96The Horse Whisperer 19988.8 (site)
97Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 20008.8*(site)
98Ben-Hur 19598.8*(site)
99Searching for Bobby Fischer 19938.8 (site)
100Castle in the Sky 19868.8 (site)


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