Greatest Films of All-Time
(Part 1)
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THE MOST
CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED FILM OF ALL-TIME
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GREATEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILMS
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| Battleship Potemkin (1925)
and
La Regle du Jeu (1939) (aka (The Rules of the Game)
and
Ladri di Biciclette (1949) (aka The Bicycle Thief)
Rashomon (1950)
The Seven Samurai (1954)
Pather Panchali (1955)
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FILM-GOERS' FAVORITE
FILMS
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Described as "the best Hollywood movie
of all time" in critic Leonard
Maltin's movie guide listing of the "100
Must-See Films of the 20th Century"
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Ranked # 2 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies
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Ranked # 16 in Film
Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest
Films of All Time"
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 The
Godfather (1972)
and
The
Godfather, Part II (1974)
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The Godfather (1972) - ranked # 1
in Time Out's Readers'
Top 100 Poll taken in 1998; Ranked # 1 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 1 (long-time ranking) in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; Ranked
# 2 in the Men's Journal's listing
of
"The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time" taken in
2003; Ranked
# 2 in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time" in
2001; Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies
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The Godfather, Part II (1974) - Ranked
# 1 in TV Guide's "50
Greatest Movies (on TV and Video)" selected in 1998;
Ranked # 2 in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked
# 7 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999;
Ranked # 31 in the Village Voice's listing
of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 32 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies
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Ranked # 4 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies
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Ranked # 2 (long-time ranking) in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; Voted
the best film never to have won "Best
Picture" in a 2005 BBC poll
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Ranked # 2 in Film
Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest
Films of All Time" in 2001
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MOST AWARD-WINNING
FILMS
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Gone With the Wind (1939) - with
13 nominations and 8 Oscar wins - both records for the
time, and it was the first color film to win Best Picture
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From Here to Eternity (1953) - tied
the record with 8 Oscar wins
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On the Waterfront (1954) - tied the
record again with 8 Oscar wins
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Gigi (1958) - won a record-breaking
9 Oscars
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| Titanic (1997)
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| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the
King (2003)
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BOX-OFFICE
BLOCKBUSTERS
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| Titanic (1997)
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La Voyage Dans La
Lune (1902)
The
Birth of a Nation (1915)
The
Big Parade (1925)
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Gone
with the Wind (1939)
The Sound of Music (1965)
The
Godfather (1972)
Jaws
(1975)
Star
Wars (1977)
E.T.:
The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Titanic (1997)
Other Top Box-Office Films
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Shrek 2 (2004)
The Dark Knight (2008)
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All of these films were --
at one time -- the highest grossing film of all time, until
superceded by the next film
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) -
Highest-grossing film until 1925
- The Big Parade (1925) - Highest
grossing silent film of all time
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Highest grossing until 1939
- Gone With the Wind (1939) - Highest
grossing until 1966
- The Sound of Music (1965) - Highest
grossing from August 1966 until the re-issue of Gone
With The Wind in 1971
- The Godfather (1972) - Highest
grossing until 1975
- Jaws (1975) - Highest grossing
until 1977
- Star Wars (1977) - Highest grossing
until January, 1983
- E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -
Highest grossing until 1993
- Jurassic Park (1993) - Highest
grossing until 1997
- Titanic (1997) - Highest grossing and most successful
US film ever (unadjusted
for inflation) - its worldwide gross was $1.835 billion, and it was the first movie to gross $1 billion
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RECOMMENDED FILMS OF
THE GREATEST
DIRECTORS
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Rebecca
(1940)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Notorious
(1946)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Rear
Window (1954)
Vertigo
(1958)
North
by Northwest (1959)
Psycho
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Ranked as the # 1 director
in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Ranked as the # 1 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 2 director
in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire
Magazine in 2005
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of D.W. Griffith
The
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Intolerance
(1916)
Broken
Blossoms (1919)
Way Down East (1920) |
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Ranked as the # 2 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 15 director
in a listing of "The
50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of Orson Welles
Citizen
Kane (1941)
The
Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
Touch
of Evil (1958) |
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Ranked as the # 2 director
in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Ranked as the # 3 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 9 director
in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire
Magazine in 2005
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of Jean-Luc Godard
Breathless (1959)
Une Femme est une Femme (1960)
Contempt (1963)
Pierrot le fou (1965)
Masculin Feminin (1966) |
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Ranked as the # 4 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 31 director
in a listing of "The
50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of John Ford
Stagecoach
(1939)
The
Grapes of Wrath (1940)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
My
Darling Clementine (1946)
The
Quiet Man (1952)
The
Searchers (1956) |
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Ranked as the # 3 director
in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Ranked as the # 5 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 18 director
in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire
Magazine in 2005
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of Howard Hawks
Bringing
Up Baby (1938)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
His
Girl Friday (1940)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The
Big Sleep (1946)
Red
River (1948) |
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Ranked as the # 4 director
in a listing of "The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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Ranked as the # 18 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 21 director
in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire
Magazine in 2005
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Highly Recommended, Must-See
Films of Stanley Kubrick
Paths
of Glory (1957)
Lolita (1962)
Dr.
Strangelove Or: How I Learned... (1964)
2001:
A Space Odyssey (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
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Ranked as the # 4 director
in a listing of the Top 40 "Greatest Directors of All Time" by Empire
Magazine in 2005
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Ranked as the # 6 director
in a listing of the "25 Most Influential Directors of All-Time" by MovieMaker
Magazine in 2002
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Ranked as the # 23 director
in a listing of "The
50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies" by Entertainment
Weekly in 1996
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