Greatest Films of All-Time
(Part 2)
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TOP FILMS BY GENRE
(See also Top 5 Films in
each Main Genre Category)
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Animation: 
Up (2009)
The Incredibles (2004)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Spirited Away (2001, Jp.)
Shrek (2001)
Toy Story (1995)
The Lion King (1994)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Akira (1988, Jp.)
Tale of Tales (1979, Russian)
Bambi (1942)
Pinocchio (1940)
 Fantasia
(1940)
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
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- Up (2009) - the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, following Beauty and the Beast (1991), the first CG-animated Best Picture nominee, and the first to receive a Best Picture nomination since animated films received their own category in 2001
- The Incredibles (2004) -
won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and became one of
only four animated movies ever to be nominated for an Oscar
for Best Screenplay
- Shrek 2 (2004), the sequel, became the
highest grossing animated film of all time
- Finding Nemo (2003) - Ranked the # 10 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the first computer-generated motion picture to outgross The
Lion King as the highest-grossing animated film of all
time, until it was surpassed the next year by Shrek 2
- Spirited Away (2001) -
Ranked as the best animated movie in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; it was the
first anime (Japanese animation) film to win an Academy
Award
- Shrek (2001) - Ranked the # 8 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the first film to win
in the Best Animated Feature Film category
- Toy Story (1995) - Ranked the # 6 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 1 film
in OFCS' "Top
100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003
- The Lion King (1994) - Ranked the # 4 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest-grossing
hand-drawn animated film of all time
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Ranked the # 7 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the only animated film nominated for Best Picture before a
separate Best Animated Feature Film category was created by
the Academy
- Akira (1988) - voted as the Top anime
ever made by Anime Insider in 2001
- Tale of Tales (1979) (aka Skazka skazok) -
Yuri Norstein's short film was voted by critics to be the Greatest
Animated Film of All Time at a 1984 Los Angeles arts festival
- Bambi (1942) - Ranked the # 3 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
- Fantasia (1940) - Ranked the # 5 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 2 film
in OFCS' "Top
100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003; Ranked
# 58 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies
- Pinocchio (1940) - Ranked the # 2 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) -
Ranked # 34 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 animated film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked the # 3 film in OFCS' "Top
100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003;
Ranked # 23 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999;
Ranked # 49 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies
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Comedy: 
Borat (2006)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
The
Graduate (1967)
Dr.
Strangelove Or: (1964)
Some
Like It Hot (1959)
It
Happened One Night (1934)
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- Borat (2006), the #1 mockumentary at the box-office
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) -
voted # 1 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy
Films"
- National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) -
voted # 1 comedy by Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies";
Ranked # 36 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Laughs ranking in 2000; voted # 47 comedy in 2005
in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
- The Graduate (1967) - Ranked # 17 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 7 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 9 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 52 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002
- Dr. Strangelove Or:... (1964) - Ranked # 39 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked
# 3 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 14 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 26 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 29 comedy in
2005 in Channel 4's
"50 Greatest Comedy Films"; voted # 53 comedy by Bravo's
"100 Funniest Movies"
- Some Like It Hot (1959) - Ranked # 22 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked as
the # 1 "Greatest American Comedy " in AFI's 100
Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000; Ranked # 5 in Film
Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films
of All Time"; Ranked # 9 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; voted # 16 comedy in
2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy Films"
- It Happened One Night (1934) -
Ranked # 46 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 35 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 romantic comedy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the only comedy (and one of only three films) to win the
top five Academy Awards: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original
Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director; Ranked # 8 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking
in 2000
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Cult: 
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |
- This is Spinal Tap (1984) - Ranked # 29 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking
in 2000; Ranked
# 1 in Entertainment Weekly's polling
of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) -
Ranked # 2 in Entertainment Weekly's polling
of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003; also,
the longest theatrical release in film history, having been
in theaters for 30 years as of 2005
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Disaster: 
Titanic (1997)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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- Titanic (1997) -
highest-grossing and award-winning film (shared with other
films) of all-time
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) -
voted Best Disaster Film in a consumer poll commissioned by
UCI Cinemas in 2004
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Documentary
Films: 
March of the Penguins (2005,
Fr.)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
The Thin Blue Line (1985)
Gates of Heaven (1980)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
World in Action: Seven-Up! (1964)
Le Monde du Silence/The Silent World (1956, Fr.)
The Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Nanook of the North (1922)
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- March of the Penguins (2005, Fr.) -
the highest-grossing nature documentary ever to date, the
second-highest gross for a non-IMAX documentary, the 3rd
highest documentary ever, and Best Documentary Feature Academy
Award winner
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) - currently
the highest grossing documentary of all time, and the Palme
d'Or winner (the second documentary to win that award); voted
# 8 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
- Bowling for Columbine (2002) -
at one time, the highest-grossing documentary of all time,
until surpassed by director Michael Moore's next film; in 2002,
it was the first documentary to compete in the Cannes Film
Festival's main competition in 46 years; won the Best Documentary
Award at the Oscars; Ranked # 1 in 2002 by International Documentary
Association's "20 All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films";
voted # 3 in 2005 by Channel 4's polling of "50 Greatest
Documentaries"
- Hoop Dreams (1994) - the highest-grossing
documentary until 2002; influential in changing how AMPAS voted
for documentary films; also named the Best Film of the decade
(1990's) by noted critic Roger Ebert; Ranked # 4 in 2002 by
International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite
Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 11 in 2005 by Channel 4's
polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
- The Thin Blue Line (1985) -
by Errol Morris, responsible for solving a murder case and
helping to free a Texas death-row inmate; Ranked # 2 in 2002
by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time
Favorite Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 28 in 2005 by Channel
4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
- Gates of Heaven (1980) -
regarded by critic Roger Ebert as one of his 10 Best Films
of All Time
- The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) - the
highest ranking documentary in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
- World in Action: Seven-Up! Series
(1964 and following 1970-2005) - voted # 1 in 2005 by Channel
4's polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"; Ranked
# 13 in 2002 by International Documentary Association's "20
All-Time Favorite Non-Fiction Films"
- Le Monde du Silence/The Silent World (1956,
Fr.) - one of the most acclaimed
nature documentaries ever, including the Palme d'Or (it was
the first documentary to win this award) and the Best Documentary
Feature Academy Award; co-directed by Jacques Yves-Cousteau
with Louis Malle aboard the Calypso; it was also the first
film to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths
in color
- The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) -
always a highly-rated documentary film; Ranked # 19 in 2002
by International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time
Favorite Non-Fiction Films"
- Nanook of the North (1922) - the first
feature length documentary ever made; Ranked # 6 in 2002 by
International Documentary Association's "20 All-Time Favorite
Non-Fiction Films"; voted # 44 in 2005 by Channel 4's
polling of "50 Greatest Documentaries"
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Epics: 
Avatar (2009)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
Titanic (1997)
Lawrence
of Arabia (1962)
Ben-Hur
(1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
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- Avatar (2009) - surpassed Titanic (1997) as the highest-grossing film of all time (domestic and worldwide)
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) - the highest grossing motion picture trilogy worldwide of all time; the entire trilogy received 17 Oscars from its 30 nominations; The Fellowship of the RIng - Ranked the # 2 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; The Return of the King - the first fantasy film to ever win the
top Oscar prize, and also tied a record for the total number of Academy Awards won (11), with Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997)
- Titanic (1997) -
Ranked # 83 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 6 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; highest-grossing film of all-time (until surpassed by Avatar (2009)); Ranked #25 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills; Ranked # 37 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Passions; Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs ("My Heart Will Go On");
record-tying for both 14 Academy Award nominations and 11 Academy
Award wins; Ranked # 25 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001, and Ranked # 37 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions polling in 2002
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Ranked # 7 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked
# 1 epic film of all time by UK magazine's Total Film (May
2004 issue); ranked # 3 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999; Ranked
# 5 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 18
in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999;
voted "Best British Film of All Time"
in 2004 by a London Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's
leading filmmakers; Ranked # 23 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
- Ben-Hur (1959) - Ranked the # 2 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; ranked # 49 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 72
in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; record-setting 11 Academy Award
wins; Ranked # 100 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies
- The Ten Commandments (1956) - Ranked the # 10 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
- Gone With the Wind (1939) - Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 4 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
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Family/Children's
Film: 
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
It's
a Wonderful Life (1946)
The
Wizard of Oz (1939)
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- The BFI (British Film Institute) in mid-2005
released its Top 10 Children's
Films of All-Time - these choices were considered
must-see "films that all children should see by the
age of 14" - it was an unranked, alphabetical list of
recommendations, including three of the films listed here
- The BFI also provided a Top
Fifty List of "Must-See" Children's Films
- 100 Children's
Movies for children (ages
8-12) were recommended by The New York Times Essential
Library's profile of one hundred top cinematic works,
unranked, that were available on DVD or video; most of
the films listed to the left were also found on their top
100 list
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Ranked # 24 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 44 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -
Ranked # 20 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 7 in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked #
8 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking
in 2002; Ranked # 10 in Time Out's Readers'
Top 100 Poll taken in 1998; Ranked # 11 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 16 in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
Ranked # 56 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) -
Ranked # 10 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 15
in the Village Voice's listing
of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 32 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999
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Film
Noir: 
Sunset
Boulevard (1950)
The
Maltese Falcon (1941) |
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) -
Ranked # 16 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 12 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 28 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 52 in Film
Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films
of All Time";
- The Maltese Falcon (1941) -
Ranked # 31 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 6 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 23 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 24 in the Men's
Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of
All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 26 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 31 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999
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Horror: 
Thriller: 
The Silence
of the Lambs (1991)
Halloween (1978)
Jaws
(1975)
The Exorcist (1973)
Psycho (1960)
Vertigo
(1958)
The
Third Man (1949)
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- Saw II (2005) took top box-office honors among the recent 'torture-porn' films of the decade
- The Ring (2002) - the most successful horror remake
- Wes Craven's Scream (1996) - the top-grossing 'slasher' horror film
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - the
only 'horror-thriller' to win Best Picture; also only one
of three films to win the top five Oscar Awards; Ranked #
1 in AFI's 'Greatest
Villains' (Dr. Hannibal Lecter); Ranked # 5 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; selected by Entertainment
Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All
Time"
in 2004
- Halloween (1978) -
this low-budget horror film was the highest grossing independent
film for awhile; voted Best Horror Film of All Time by readers
of SFX Magazine in 2004; selected by Entertainment
Weekly as one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in
2004
- Jaws (1975) - Ranked # 2 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 12
in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked
# 48 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 52 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; selected by Entertainment Weekly as
one of the "20 Scariest Movies of All Time" in
2004
- The Exorcist (1973) -
selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20
Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004
- Psycho (1960) - Ranked # 14 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 1 as the "Greatest
American Thriller" in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 11 in Film
Four's compilation of the "100 Greatest Films
of All Time"; Ranked # 11 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 18 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 20 in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20
Scariest Movies of All Time"
in 2004
- Vertigo (1958) - Ranked # 9 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 7 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; three appearances in
the top 10 of Sight & Sound's
polling in the last 20 years; also the highest ranked suspense
thriller (# 3) in the Village Voice's listing
of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 18 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 18 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking
in 2002; Ranked # 19 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 61 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies
- The Third Man (1949) - Ranked the # 5 mystery film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999;
Ranked # 30 in the Village Voice's listing
of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 57 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 65 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 75 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
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Musicals: 
Chicago (2002)
Grease (1978)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
The Sound of Music (1965)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
West
Side Story (1961)
Singin'
in the Rain (1952)
The
Wizard of Oz (1939) |
- Chicago (2002) - won six Oscars, including Best Picture, the first musical to win the top
honor since Oliver! (1968) - 34 years earlier
- Grease (1978) - voted # 1 in 2003 by
Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; Ranked
the # 20 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked
# 27 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Best Film Soundtracks"; "Summer Nights" was
ranked the # 70 song in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
- Saturday Night Fever (1977) -
Ranked # 3 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; "Stayin'
Alive" was ranked the # 9 song in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs ("More Than a Woman" was
in the Top 400); Ranked # 41 in TV
Guide's "50 Greatest Movies (On TV and Video)";
Ranked # 83 in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"
- The Sound of Music (1965) -
Ranked # 2 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; voted
# 2 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals";
Ranked the # 4 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; "The
Sound of Music"
was ranked the # 10 song in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) - Ranked #
1 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Best Film Soundtracks"; included in Premiere's "100
Most Daring Movies Ever Made" listing in October
1998; also noted in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
as "Just Too Beloved to Ignore", and mentioned in
many unranked Top 100 lists, including The
New York Times' "100
Recommended Children's Movies", Time
Magazine's "All-Time 100 Best Movies", Mr.
Showbiz' "Critics' Picks: 100 Best Movies of All
Time"
and Movieline Magazine's "The
100 Best Movies Ever Made"
- West Side Story (1961) - Ranked the #
2 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked
# 4 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Best Film Soundtracks"; noted as having the most Oscar
wins (10) of any musical; Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; voted # 4 in
2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals";
Ranked # 41 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies;
"Somewhere" was ranked the # 20 song in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs polling in 2004
- Singin' in the Rain (1952) -
Ranked # 5 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; Ranked
the highest-rated musical in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; voted #
6 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals"; "Singin'
in the Rain"
was ranked the # 3 song in AFI's 100
Years...100 Songs polling in 2004; Ranked # 25 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Ranked the
# 3 Greatest Movie Musical in AFI's Greatest
Movie Musicals of All Time polling in 2006; voted
# 3 in 2003 by Channel 4's polling of "100 Greatest Musicals";
Ranked # 5 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Best Film Soundtracks"; the
highest-ranked musical (# 6) (also fantasy
film and family film)
in AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling,
a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies taken in
1998; "Over The Rainbow" was ranked the # 1 song
in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs polling
in 2004; Ranked # 15 in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked
# 32 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999
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Romance: 
Brief Encounter (1946)
Casablanca
(1942)
Gone
with the Wind (1939)
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- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) - the independent sleeper movie that was the highest-grossing romantic comedy -- and also held honors as the top-earning movie to never reach No. 1 while in theaters
- Brief Encounter (1946) - Ranked # 2 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999
- Casablanca (1942) -
Ranked # 3 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 1 as the "Greatest
American Love Story" in AFI's 100
Years...100 Passions ranking in 2002; Ranked
# 3 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in
1999
- Gone With the Wind (1939) - Ranked # 6 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 4 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked #
2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking
in 2002
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Science-Fiction: 
Blade
Runner (1982)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star
Wars (1977)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
2001:
A Space Odyssey (1968)
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- Blade Runner (1982) - Ranked the # 6 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Guardian
Newspapers Limited's listing of the "Top 10 Sci-Fi
Films"
taken in 2004; Ranked # 4 in Time
Out's Readers' Top 100 Poll taken in 1998; Ranked
# 8 in Film Four's compilation
of the "100 Greatest Films of All Time"; Ranked
# 9 in Entertainment Weekly's polling
of the "Top 50 Cult Movies" taken in 2003; Ranked
# 74 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 94 in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
Voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists
assembled by the British newspaper The Guardian in 2004
- Star Wars (1977) -
Ranked # 13 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 2 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest-ranked science-fiction film in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors, along with The
Empire Strikes Back (1980); voted the third-best science
fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British
newspaper The Guardian in 2004; see also all its honors
under "Film-Goers' Favorite Films" above
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Ranked the # 4 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Ranked # 15 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 science-fiction film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the
highest ranked science-fiction film (# 11) in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
Ranked # 2 in Guardian Newspapers Limited's listing
of the "Top 10 Sci-Fi Films" taken in 2004; Ranked
# 11 in the Village Voice's listing
of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century'; Ranked # 22 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 26 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Voted the second-best science fiction
film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper The
Guardian in 2004
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Silent
Films: 
Modern
Times (1936)
City Lights (1931)
Sunrise
(1927)
The
Big Parade (1925)
The
Birth of a Nation (1915)
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- Modern Times (1936) -
one of the last true 'silent' films, and the highest-ranked
silent film in IMDb's top 250
films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; Ranked # 33 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking
in 2000
- City Lights (1931) - Ranked # 11 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 38 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs ranking
in 2000
- Sunrise (1927) - although Wings (1927) won
the Best Production award (now termed Best Picture), Sunrise won
the equally prestigious Best Unique and Artistic Picture award
- a second 'Best Picture' category that was discontinued after
the first year
- The Big Parade (1925) - the highest grossing
silent film of all time
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) - the
highest ranked silent film (# 44) in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 14 in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
Ranked # 44 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies
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| Sports:  The Blind Side (2009)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Bull Durham (1988)
Raging
Bull (1980)
Rocky (1976) |
- The Blind Side (2009) - the # 1 box-office sports-related film of all time
- Hoop Dreams (1994) -
Named the Best Film of the decade (1990's) by noted critic
Roger Ebert; Ranked # 3 in Total Film's '25 Greatest
Sports Movies'; Ranked # 4 in Sports Illustrated's '50
Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 8 in Palm Beach
(Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked
# 13 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time'
- Field of Dreams (1989) - Ranked the # 6 fantasy film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 5 in Total
Film's 25 Greatest Sports Movies; Ranked # 7 in Palm
Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports Movies of All-Time';
Ranked # 7 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports Movies of All
Time'; Ranked # 17 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best
Sports Movies on DVD'; Ranked # 28 in AFI's '100
Years...100 Cheers'; Ranked # 38 in Sports Illustrated's '50
Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'
- Bull Durham (1988) -
Ranked the # 5 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Sports Illustrated's '50 Greatest Sports
Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 1 in ESPN's 'Top 20 Sports
Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 3 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top
50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 5 in Entertainment
Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; # 12 in Total
Film's '25 Greatest Sports Movies'; Ranked # 24 in O
Magazine's '50 Greatest
Chick Flicks'; Ranked # 97 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Laughs ranking in 2000
- Raging Bull (1980) -
Ranked # 4 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Voted by American film critics as the best film of the decade
(1980's); Ranked # 1 in Entertainment Weekly's '30 Best
Sports Movies on DVD'; Ranked # 2 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top
50 Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked #3 in Sports Illustrated's '50
Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 3 in ESPN's 'Top
20 Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 4 in Total Film's 'Greatest
Sports Movies'; Ranked # 5 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 6 in Rolling Stone's 'Maverick
Movies'; Ranked # 7 in Time
Out's Centenary Top 100 Films; Ranked # 14 in Men's
Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of
All Time"
taken in 2003; Ranked # 17 in Empire
Magazine's '100 Greatest Movies of All Time'; Ranked
# 20 in Film Four's '100 Greatest
Films of All Time'; Ranked # 20 in TV
Guide's '50 Greatest Movies'; Ranked # 22 in Maxim's '100
Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made'; Ranked # 24 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998
- Rocky (1976) -
Ranked the # 2 sports film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked # 1 in Total Film's '25 Greatest Sports Movies';
Ranked # 1 in Palm Beach (Fla.) Post's 'Top 50 Sports
Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 2 in ESPN's 'Top 20
Sports Movies of All Time'; Ranked # 2 in Sports Illustrated's '50
Greatest Sports Movies of All-Time'; Ranked # 4 in Entertainment
Weekly's '30 Best Sports Movies on DVD'; Ranked # 7 in AFI's 'Greatest
Heroes' (Rocky Balboa); Ranked # 10 in the Men's
Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies
of All Time"
taken in 2003; Ranked # 14 in Maxim's '100
Greatest Guy Movies Ever Made'; Ranked # 52 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001; Ranked # 78 in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies polling
in 1998; Ranked # 78 in WGA's '101 Greatest (Film) Screenplays
of All-Time'
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War: 
The Hurt Locker (2009)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler's
List (1993)
Apocalypse
Now (1979)
The
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
All
Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
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- The Hurt Locker (2009) - with nine Oscar nominations
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Ranked the # 8 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Ranked
# 1 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest
War Films"
- Schindler's List (1993) -
Ranked # 8 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 3 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest-ranked war-related film in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors; Ranked # 4
in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War
Films"
- Apocalypse Now (1979) - Ranked # 30 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 2
in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War
Films"
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -
Ranked # 10 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100
Greatest War Films"; Ranked # 11 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999;
Ranked # 13 in AFI's 100 Years...100
Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100 greatest
English-language movies; Ranked # 46 in Entertainment
Weekly's "100 Greatest Movies of All Time" book
published in 1999; Ranked # 48 in the Men's
Journal's listing of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of
All Time" taken in 2003; Ranked # 58 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Thrills polling in 2001
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -
Ranked the # 7 epic film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; Received Best Picture Oscar; Ranked # 54 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the
100 greatest English-language movies, Ranked # 33
in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War
Films"
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) -
see above in "Foreign Language Films"
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Westerns: 
Unforgiven (1992)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
The
Searchers (1956)
High
Noon (1952) |
- Unforgiven (1992) -
Ranked the # 4 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; with the second most Oscar wins (4) and nominations
(9) of any western in film history; also one of three westerns
that won the Academy Award for Best Picture
- Dances With Wolves (1990) -
the highest-grossing western of all time, and also with the
most Oscar wins (7) and nominations (12) of any western in
film history; one of only three westerns to win the Best Picture
Academy Award
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) -
the highest-ranked western in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
- The Searchers (1956) - Ranked # 12 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 1 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest
ranked western film (# 4) in the Village
Voice's listing of the '100 Best Films of 20th Century';
Ranked # 13 in Entertainment Weekly's "100
Greatest Movies of All Time" book published in 1999;
Ranked # 31 in the Men's Journal's listing
of "The 50 Best Guy Movies of All Time"
taken in 2003; Ranked # 96 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies; most often mentioned in a
poll of the favorite films of directors by German language Steadycam
Magazine
- High Noon (1952) - Ranked # 27 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary edition) polling in 2007, a list of
the 100 greatest English-language movies; Ranked the # 2 western film in AFI's 10 Top 10 polling in 2008; the highest ranked
western film (#33) in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies; Ranked # 33 in AFI's 100
Years...100 Movies polling in 1998, a list of the 100
greatest English-language movies
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