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100 Greatest Films |
These films were chosen using the same Selection Criteria that was employed for the previous 100 selections. The views of distinguished critics, other polls, awards recognitions, and other criteria have been considered to produce this compilation. Arguably, there is reasonable consensus by most film historians, critics and reviewers that these selections are among cinema's most critically-acclaimed, significant "must-see" films (of predominantly Hollywood-American production). A compiled, chronological listing of all film choices is indexed at 200 and 300 Greatest Films. As before, these choices were limited to English-language, theatrically-distributed, narrative feature films. That means foreign-language films, documentaries, TV movies and mini-series, and short films were not considered. Emphasis in these selections is purposely directed toward earlier, more classic Hollywood/American films (and other English-language films) than more recent films, although some recent films (and British films) are included. All of these choices are influential films with a singular vision - they provide a diverse palette of movie memories and experiences. Constructive arguments may still be generated about what should and should not be in these alternative lists. Hopefully, however, younger audiences and others new to film will be encouraged or directed to discover the combined power of these film lists from the cinematic past: to determine for themselves what a 'great movie' is, and to discuss the merits of each one. The lists (and links to reviews) provide your own private film studies course or a crash course in cinema literacy. Comparative analysis and criticism provide the rationale for having many other Greatest Film Lists available for viewing on this site. For comparison's sake, you may wish to see the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Films and their original list of 400 Nominated Films. |
Another 100 Greatest Films: The
riches of cinematic history have produced many hundreds of
essential films which constitute a reasonable grounding in
the best of the medium. This suggested list of 
Another
100 Greatest Films
