Roger Ebert's "The Great Movies"

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"Movie history did not begin in 1967, but my career as a movie critic did.
"Since then I’ve reviewed most of the new movies as they’ve opened, but there is almost never time to go back and write about the great movies of the past….

"Now I want to change that—to a small degree, anyway. Readers often helpfully suggest, ‘Why don’t you go back and review all the great movies of the past?’ I sigh and explain that there are about 250 new releases every year for me to review, that time is at a premium, that man doth not live by looking at movies alone, etc. But they have a point.

"I’ve begun a new bi-weekly feature called ‘The Great Movies,’ in which I review a classic from years past."

Last 10 additions

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Ordet (1955)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Diva (1981)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Winter Light (1962)

[Last update: June 12th 2008]-Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

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  1. 1.
    3 Women - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Altman

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  2. 2.
    8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

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  3. 3.
    12 Angry Men
    by Sidney Lumet

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  4. 4.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  5. 6.
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  6. 7.
    After Dark, My Sweet
    by James Foley

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  7. 8.
    The Age of Innocence

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  8. 9.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  9. 11.
    Alien
    by Ridley Scott

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  10. 12.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  11. 13.
    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

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  12. 14.
    Amarcord - Criterion Collection
    by Federico Fellini

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  13. 15.
    Annie Hall

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  14. 16.
    The Apartment

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  15. 17.
    Apocalypse Now

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  16. 18.
    The Apu Trilogy
    by Satyajit Ray

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  18. 20.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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  19. 21.
    Au Hasard Balthazar (Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

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  20. 22.
    Au revoir les enfants - Criterion Collection
    by Louis Malle

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  21. 23.
    Babel
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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  22. 24.
    The Band Wagon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  23. 25.
    The Bank Dick - Criterion Collection
    by Edward F. Cline

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  24. 26.
    The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

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  25. 27.
    Battleship Potemkin
    by Grigori Aleksandrov

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  26. 28.
    Beat the Devil
    by John Huston

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  27. 30.
    Being There

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  28. 31.
    Belle de Jour

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  29. 32.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

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  30. 33.
    The Bicycle Thief
    by Vittorio De Sica

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  31. 34.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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  32. 35.
    The Big Red One

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  33. 36.
    The Big Sleep (Snap case)
    by Howard Hawks

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  34. 37.
    The Birth of a Nation

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  35. 38.
    Blade Runner - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  36. 39.
    Blow Up
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  37. 40.
    The Blue Kite
    by Zhuangzhuang Tian

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  39. 42.
    Body Heat
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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  40. 43.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

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  41. 44.
    Breathless

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  42. 45.
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    by James Whale

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  43. 47.
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    by Sam Peckinpah

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  44. 48.
    Broken Blossoms
    by D.W. Griffith

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  45. 49.
    Cabiria
    by Giovanni Pastrone

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  46. 50.
    Casablanca
    by Michael Curtiz

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sfcaf
San Francisco

The Earrings of Madame de... — 5 days ago

Criterion is releasing The Earrings of Madame de… on DVD in September.


update — 1 week ago

added Triumph of the Will


update — 3 weeks ago

Just added Rocco and His Brothers
by Luchino Visconti


MestnyiGeroi
New York City

Picayune, but... — 4 weeks ago

it’s odd that El Topo is under T, while Le Samourai is under L.


'The Great List' grows.... — 4 weeks ago

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to update new entries as Mr. Ebert continues to revisit some true gems of cinema

Last 10 Additions

My Man Godfrey (1936)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Ordet (1955)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Diva (1981)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Winter Light (1962)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)


update — 5 weeks ago

added My Man Godfrey


update — 7 weeks ago

added johnny guitar


UPDATE — 16 weeks ago

Added Carl Th. Dreyer’s ORDET


keach
Rockingham County

Fun List! — 18 weeks ago

This list is great since new old titles keep getting added. Fun!

I’m at 25% done. If he newly reviews a few I’ve already seen, and if I get some serious watching done…maybe I’ll get up to 30% this year.


UPDATE — 20 weeks ago

added What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?



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