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: 
 Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Fantasia
(1940)
Tale of Tales (1979, Russian)
Akira (1988, Jp.)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
The Lion King (1994)
Toy Story (1995)
Shrek (2001)
Spirited Away (2001, Jp.)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Shrek 2 (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
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- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) -
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
- Fantasia (1940) - 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
- 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
- Akira (1988) - voted as the Top anime
ever made by Anime Insider in 2001
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) -
the only animated film nominated for Best Picture, before a
separate Best Animated Feature Film category was created by
the Academy
- The Lion King (1994) - the highest-grossing
hand-drawn animated film of all time
- Toy Story (1995) - Ranked the # 1 film
in OFCS' "Top
100 Animated Features of All Time" polling in 2003
- Shrek (2001) - the first film to win
in the Best Animated Feature Film category
- 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
- Finding Nemo (2003) -
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
- Shrek 2 (2004), the sequel, became the
highest grossing animated film of all time
- 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
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Comedy: 
It
Happened One Night (1934)
Some
Like It Hot (1959)
Dr.
Strangelove Or: (1964)
The
Graduate (1967)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) |
- It Happened One Night (1934) -
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
- Some Like It Hot (1959) - 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"
- Dr. Strangelove Or:... (1964) - 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"
- The Graduate (1967) - 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
- 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"
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) -
voted # 1 comedy in 2005 in Channel 4's "50 Greatest Comedy
Films"
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Cult: 
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) |
- This is Spinal Tap (1984) - 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: 
Lawrence
of Arabia (1962)
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Titanic (1997) |
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - 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
- Ben-Hur (1959) - 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
- Titanic (1997) -
highest-grossing film of all-time (unadjusted for inflation)
at $600M domestic, $1,835M worldwide; 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
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Family/Children's
Film: 
The
Wizard of Oz (1939)
It's
a Wonderful Life (1946)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
The Night of the Hunter (1955) |
- 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
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) -
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
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -
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
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Film
Noir: 
Sunset
Boulevard (1950)
The
Maltese Falcon (1941) |
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) -
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 # 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)
The Exorcist (1973)
Psycho
(1960)
The
Third Man (1949)
Vertigo
(1958)
Jaws
(1975)
Halloween (1978) |
- 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
- The Exorcist (1973) -
selected by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "20
Scariest Movies of All Time" in 2004
- Psycho (1960) - 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
- The Third Man (1949) - 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
- Vertigo (1958) - 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
- 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
- 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
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Musicals: 
Singin'
in the Rain (1952)
West
Side Story (1961)
The
Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Sound of Music (1965)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Grease (1978)
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Romance: 
Casablanca
(1942)
Gone
with the Wind (1939)
Brief Encounter (1946) |
- Casablanca (1942) - 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 #
2 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions ranking
in 2002
- Brief Encounter (1946) - Ranked # 2 in BFI's "Favorite
British Film of the 20th Century" polling taken in 1999
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Science-Fiction: 
2001:
A Space Odyssey (1968)
Blade
Runner (1982)
Star
Wars (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) |
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 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
- Blade Runner (1982) - 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) -
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
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Silent
Films: 
The
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Modern
Times (1936)
The
Big Parade (1925)
Sunrise
(1927) |
- 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
- 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
- The Big Parade (1925) - the highest grossing
silent film of all time
- 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
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| Sports:  Rocky (1976)
Raging
Bull (1980)
Bull Durham (1988)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Hoop Dreams (1994) |
- Rocky (1976) -
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'
- Raging Bull (1980) -
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
- Bull Durham (1988) -
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
- Field of Dreams (1989) - 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'
- 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'
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War: 
All
Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Schindler's
List (1993)
Apocalypse
Now (1979)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -
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"
- 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
- Schindler's List (1993) -
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"
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) -
see above in "Foreign Language Films"
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Ranked
# 1 in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest
War Films"
- Apocalypse Now (1979) - Ranked # 2
in 2005 in the Channel 4 poll of the "100 Greatest War
Films"
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Westerns: 
The
Searchers (1956)
High
Noon (1952)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
Unforgiven (1992) |
- The Searchers (1956) - 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) - 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
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) -
the highest-ranked western in IMDb's top
250 films rankings, voted upon by site visitors
- 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
- Unforgiven (1992) -
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
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