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• Roger Ebert's The Great Movies -- and Greatest Films

• 100 Greatest Films
  
  
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• 100 "Greatest Films" (alphabetical by title)
  
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  • Summaries - Part 1
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• Another 100 "Greatest Films" (alphabetical)
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  • Summaries - Part 1
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• Third 100 "Greatest Films" (alphabetical)
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  • Summaries - Part 1
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• 200 Greatest Films (chronological listing of top two lists)
  
  
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• "Greatest Films" Lists - This Site
  
  
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• Total Film's The Greatest Directors Ever
  
  
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies - The Top 100 Greatest American Movies
  
  
• 100 Years...100 Movies Series of Best American Films by American Film Institute (AFI):
  
  
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  • 400 Greatest American Films (nominees)
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    • 500 Greatest Comedies (nominees)
      
      
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    • 400 Greatest Thrillers (nominees)
      
      
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    • 300 Greatest Inspirational Films (nominees)
      
      
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  • 100 Greatest American Films - 10th Anniversary Edition
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    • The 10 Top 10 (500 nominees, 10 in each genre category, and 100 winners)

Box-Office Greats

• All-Time Box-Office Top 100 (domestic, unadjusted and adjusted for inflation, and worldwide)
• Box-Office Top 10 (By Decade and Year)
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• Greatest Box-Office Bombs, Disasters, and Flops

Academy Awards or "Oscars" (1927/8 to present)

• Major Awards Categories
  
  
• Academy Awards Summaries
  
  
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  • Best Picture Winners (1927/28 - present)
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  • Best Picture Oscar Winners Genre Biases
  • Best Picture Milestones (multi-sectioned, by decade)
    
    
  • Best Director Winners (1927/28 - present)
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  • Best Screenplay/Writer Winners (1927/28 - present)
  • 101 Greatest Film Screenplays of All-Time
    
    
• Academy Award Nominees and Winners by Decade
  (A Complete Academy Awards History and Commentary)
  
  
  • 1927/8-1939 (individual years branch off decades)
  • 1940-1949
  • 1950-1959
  • 1960-1969
  • 1970-1979
  • 1980-1989
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  • 2000-2009
  • 2010-present
    
    
• Academy Awards Mistakes and Omissions
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  • Great Actors, Great Actresses, and Great Directors Who Have Not Won Actor, Actress and Best Director Academy Awards®
    
    
• The Worst Oscar Awards

• Introduction - Greatest Film Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Scenes Mini-Quiz
  
  
• A Tribute to the 100 Greatest Film Scenes of All Time (chronological and illustrated)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • Silents (1)
  • Silents (2)
  • 1930s (1)
  • 1930s (2)
  • 1940s (1)
  • 1940s (2)
  • 1950s (1)
  • 1950s (2)
  • 1960s
  • 1970s-1990s
    
    
• 100's More -- Greatest Film Moments and Scenes (alphabetical by film title, and illustrated)
  Intro | Quiz | A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | E
  F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | H1 | H2 | H3 | I1 | I2 | I3 | J | K | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | M1 | M2 | M3
  M4 | M5 | M6 | N1 | N2 | N3 | O1 | O2 | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5Q | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4
  S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | U | V | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | YZ
  
  
• 100 Great Movie Moments (Roger Ebert) (illustrated)
  

• 50 Greatest Movie Moments of All Time - by TV Guide (ranked)
  
  
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
    
    
• 100 Years at the Movies, short film by Chuck Workman

• Introduction

• Scariest Movie Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Movie Death Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Movie Entrances of All-Time
  
  
• Best and Most Memorable Film Kisses of All Time in Cinematic History
  
  
• Greatest Tearjerker Films, Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Plot Twists, Spoilers, and Surprise Endings
  
  
• Funniest Movie Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Musical Song/Dance Movie Moments and Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Classic Chase Scenes in Films
  
  
• Greatest Disaster Film Scenes
  
  
• Greatest Crowd Film Scenes
  
  
• Greatest War Films
  
  
• Greatest Westerns
  
  
• Great Christmas Movies
  
  
• Memorable and Great 'Chick' Flicks
  
  
• Greatest 'Guy' Movies of All-Time
  
  
• Sexiest Films of All-Time
  
  
• Greatest Film Series-Franchises of All-Time

Film History and Film Milestones Timelines

• Cinematic History and Timelines By Decade - (illustrated)
  Index (individual years branch off decades)
  
  
  • Pre-20s History
  • 1920s Film History
  • 1930s Film History
  • 1940s Film History
  • 1950s Film History
  • 1960s Film History
  • 1970s Film History
  • 1980s Film History
  • 1990s Film History
  • 2000s Film History
  • 2010s Film History
    
    
• Film History Milestones - Timelines
  
  
  • Pre-1900s (Part 1, to 1889), Pre-1900s (Part 2, 1890-1899)
  • 1900s - 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
  • 1910s - 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
  • 1920s - 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
  • 1930s - 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
  • 1940s - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
  • 1950s - 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
  • 1960s - 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
  • 1970s - 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
  • 1980s - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
  • 1990s - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • 2000s - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • 2010s - 2010, 2011, 2012

  Box-Office Top 10 (by decade)

• History of Sex in Cinema: Greatest and Most Influential Erotic / Sexual Films and Scenes
  (chronological by film title and illustrated)
  

• Greatest Femmes Fatales in Classic Film Noir (illustrated)
  
  
• Film Milestones in Visual and Special Effects
  (chronological by date, multiple parts and illustrated)
  
  
• The 100 Most Controversial Films of All-Time
  (chronological, multiple parts, and illustrated)
  
  
• Robots in Film
  (A Comprehensive Illustrated History)
  
  
• Superheroes on Film
  
  
• Greatest James Bond Girls (illustrated)
  
  
• Ranked James Bond Films
  
  
• Sexiest Films of All-Time
  
  
• Best Film Editing Sequences (illustrated)
  

Classic and Vintage Film Posters

• Alphabetical Index (By Film Title)
  
  
  • Main Poster Directory
  • A-B
  • C-D
  • E-G
  • H-K
  • L-N
  • O-Q
  • R-S
  • T-Z
    
    
• 100 Greatest American Movie Poster Classics

Great Film Quotes, Speeches, and Misquotes

• Great Film Quotes - Index of Contents
  
  
  • Best Film Speeches and Monologues (in multiple parts, and illustrated)
    
    
  • Greatest Film Misquotes
    
    
  • Ten Best Movie Lines Ever
  • Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes
  • Most Popular Movie Lines
  • Top 10 Worst Film Quotes
    
    
  • Brief Film Quotes
  • Great Film Taglines
    
    
  • Greatest Opening Film Lines and Quotes
  • Greatest Last Words and Film Lines
    
    
• Great Film Quotes By Decade (Introduction)
• Great Film Quotes - 1920s-1930s
  
• Great Film Quotes - 1940s
• Great Film Quotes - 1950s
• Great Film Quotes - 1960s
• Great Film Quotes - 1970s
• Great Film Quotes - 1980s
• Great Film Quotes - 1990s
• Great Film Quotes - 2000s
  
  
• 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - The Top 100 Movie Quotes in American Movies
  • 400 Greatest Movie Quotes (nominees)

Film Classifications: Film Genres, Film Subgenres, Non-Genres

• Main Film Genres
  
  
  • Action Films
  • Adventure Films
  • Comedy Films
  • Crime and Gangster Films
  • Drama Films
  • Epics
  • Horror Films
  • Musicals (Dance) Films
  • Science Fiction Films
  • War (Anti-War) Films
  • Western Films
    
    
• Film Sub-Genres
  
  
  • Biopics (Biographical)
  • Chick Flicks
  • Detective-Mystery Films
  • Disaster films
  • Fantasy Films
  • Film Noir
  • Guy Films
  • Melodrama Films
  • Road Films
  • Romance Films
  • Sports Films
  • Superhero Films
  • Supernatural Films
  • Thriller-Suspense Films
    
    
• Film Sub-Genres Types (and Hybrids)

• Other Major (Non-Genre) Film Categories
  
  
  • Animated Films
  • British (UK) Films
  • Childrens - Kids - Family-Oriented Films (also Top 10 'Must-See' and Top 100 Children's Films)
  • Classic Films
  • Cult Films (also Top 50 Cult Movies)
  • Documentary Films
  • Serial Films
  • Sexual (or Erotic) Films
  • Silent Films
    
    
• Guinness Book of Films Top 100 Films (by Genre Category)
  
  
• Best Picture Oscar Winners Genre Biases

Reference Materials: Film Books, Links, Film Terms Glossary, Tips on Viewing Films Critically, etc.

• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 1)
• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 2)
• Reference Film and Book Resources (part 3)
  
  
• Internet Links and Other Resources
  
  
• Tips on Viewing Films Critically (two parts)
  
  
• Film-Making Dictionary or Glossary (alphabetical, and illustrated)
  
  
  • A1 A2-B1 B2 B3-C1 C2 C3 C4-D1 D2-E1 F1 F2-I1
    I2-L1 L2-M1 M2-O1 O2-P1 P2-S1 S2 S3 S4 S5-T1 T2-Z

Greatest Directors and Stars/Legends

• Greatest Directors (of English-Language Films) (alphabetical by last name, unranked and illustrated)

  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films (Introduction)
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 1
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 2
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 3
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 4
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 5
  • Greatest Directors and Their Best Films - Part 6
    
    
• More Greatest Directors (alphabetical by last name, unranked)
  
  
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 1
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 2
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 3
  • More Great Directors and Their Best Films - Part 4
    
    
• Film Director Cameos
  
  
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Cameos (multiple parts, and illustrated)
  • Most Famous Film Director Cameos (illustrated)
  • Notable Appearances of Directors in Films of Other Directors (illustrated)
    
    
• 100 Greatest Film Stars of All-Time (unranked)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • 50 Greatest Film Star Actors (multiple parts, and illustrated)
  • 50 Greatest Film Star Actresses (multiple parts, and illustrated)
    
    
• Greatest Starring Roles and Filmographies (alphabetical by last name, and illustrated)
  
  Introduction
  A1 A2-B1 B2 B3 B4 B5-C1 C2 C3 C4-D1 D2
  D3 D4-F1 F2 F3-G1 G2 G3-H1 H2 H3 H4-J1 J2-K1
  K2-L1 L2 L3-M1 M2 M3 M4 N O-P1 P2 P3-R1
  R2 R3 R4-S1 S2 S3 S4-T1 T2 U-W1 W2 W3-Z
  
  
• 50 Greatest Film Star Legends (alphabetical by last name, and illustrated)
  
  
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
    
    
• Greatest Film Characters of All-Time
  
  • Introduction to Greatest Film Characters of All-Time (alphabetical by character name, and illustrated) - multiple parts
    
    
• Greatest Hollywood Bombshells
  • History of Hollywood Bombshells
  • Top 20 Sexy Hollywood Bombshells (alphabetical by last name, illustrated)
    
    
• 100 Best Female Characters (Movieline Magazine)
  
  
• 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time (Premiere Magazine)
  
  
• 100 Greatest Movie Performances of All-Time (Premiere Magazine)

Other Site Features: Film Search Tools, Site Awards and Site Reviews (Archived)

• Film Search Tools
  
  
• Site Awards (Archived)
  
  
• Site Reviews Archive (two pages)