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Films 101 Top Films Ranking

Ranking from Films101.com.

Films that have been strongly recommended by critics and filmmakers. The bulk come from all-time best movie lists and major movie award lists (with around 7000 ranked). New movie releases and new DVD releases are added regularly when picked by selected critics. Care has been taken to include as many foreign film releases as possible, making this a truly international movie list.

Note: A few films are tied for their ranking: #42 and #43; #98 and #99.

(Last update: November 3, 2009)

(found at: http://films101.com/filmsr.htm)

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1. Citizen Kane
by Orson Welles
 
2. The Bicycle Thief
by Vittorio De Sica
 
3. Psycho (Collector's Edition)  
4. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
by Stanley Kubrick
 
5. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
by Francis Ford Coppola
 
6. Singin' in the Rain
by Stanley Donen
 
7. Bonnie and Clyde
by Arthur Penn
 
8. The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
 
9. The Searchers
by John Ford
 
10. Casablanca
by Michael Curtiz
 
11. Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
 
12. Annie Hall  
13. Chinatown  
14. Pulp Fiction  
15. Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by George Lucas
 
16. Rashomon - Criterion Collection  
17. The 400 Blows - Criterion Collection  
18. Raging Bull  
19. Vertigo (Collector's Edition)  
20. Breathless  
21. Schindler's List
by Steven Spielberg
 
22. Lawrence of Arabia (Limited Edition)  
23. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Full Screen Collector's Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
 
24. 8 1/2 - Criterion Collection  
25. Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
by Fritz Lang
 
26. All About Eve
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 
27. Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Martin Scorsese
 
28. Gone with the Wind
by Victor Fleming
 
29. The Wizard of Oz
by Victor Fleming
 
30. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie - Criterion Collection
by Luis Buñuel
 
31. On the Waterfront
by Elia Kazan
 
32. M - Criterion Collection (Special Edition)  
33. Some Like It Hot
by Billy Wilder
 
34. Taxi Driver (Collector's Edition)  
35. The Conformist (Extended Edition)
by Bernardo Bertolucci
 
36. Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
by Stanley Kubrick
 
37. La Dolce vita
by Federico Fellini
 
38. The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by Francis Ford Coppola
 
39. Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
 
40. Raise the Red Lantern
by Yimou Zhang
 
41. Double Indemnity
by Billy Wilder
 
42. Tokyo Story - Criterion Collection
by Yasujiro Ozu
 
43. The World of Apu
by Satyajit Ray
 
44. Children of Paradise
by Marcel Carné
 
45. Belle de Jour  
46. Persona
by Ingmar Bergman
 
47. Apocalypse Now  
48. Nashville
by Robert Altman
 
49. Fanny and Alexander (The Theatrical Version) - Criterion Collection
by Ingmar Bergman
 
50. Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection
by François Truffaut
 
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Created by James on Nov 15, 2006.