Roger Ebert - 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."

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Nosferatu (1922)
Mon oncle d’Amerique (1980)
Leon Morin, Priest (1961)
Richard III (1996)
The Grey Zone (2002)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (2003)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Souls for Sale (1923)
Rio Bravo (1959)

[Last update: November 26, 2009]Nosferatu (1922)

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    Pan's Labyrinth (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Guillermo del Toro

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  3. 203.
    Paris, Texas
    by Wim Wenders

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  4. 204.
    The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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  5. 205.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  6. 206.
    Patton
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

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    Persona
    by Ingmar Bergman

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    The Phantom of the Opera (1924) (Silent Film Classic)
    by Rupert Julian

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  10. 210.
    Pickpocket
    by Robert Bresson

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  11. 211.
    Picnic at Hanging Rock - Criterion Collection
    by Peter Weir

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  12. 212.
    Pinocchio (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
    by Hamilton Luske

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  13. 213.
    Pixote
    by Hector Babenco

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  14. 214.
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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  15. 215.
    Playtime - Criterion Collection

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  16. 216.
    A Prairie Home Companion
    by Robert Altman

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  17. 217.
    The Producers (Special Edition)

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  18. 218.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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  19. 220.
    Raging Bull

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  20. 222.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Yimou Zhang

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    Ran - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  22. 224.
    Rashomon - Criterion Collection

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    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)

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  24. 227.
    Red River
    by Howard Hawks

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  25. 228.
    The Red Shoes - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  26. 229.
    Richard III
    by Richard Loncraine

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  27. 230.
    Rififi - Criterion Collection
    by Jules Dassin

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  28. 231.
    The Right Stuff (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Philip Kaufman

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    Ripley's Game
    by Liliana Cavani

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    The River - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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    Rocco and His Brothers
    by Luchino Visconti

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    Romeo & Juliet
    by Franco Zeffirelli

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  34. 237.
    The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  35. 238.
    Safety Last!

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  36. 239.
    Samurai Rebellion - Criterion Collection
    by Masaki Kobayashi

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  37. 241.
    Santa Sangre [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
    by Aljandro Jodorowski

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  38. 242.
    Saturday Night Fever

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  39. 243.
    Say Anything

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  40. 244.
    Scarface (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
    by Brian De Palma

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  41. 245.
    The Scarlet Empress - Criterion Collection
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  42. 246.
    Schindler's List

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  43. 247.
    The Searchers
    by John Ford

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  44. 248.
    Secrets and Lies
    by Mike Leigh

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  45. 249.
    Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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    The Seventh Seal - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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More Revisions — 3 years ago

Close to ten titles were missing, several were duplicated, some misrepresented as an entire trilogy when Ebert only names one film on his list, and many more simply not in alphabetical order.

Notes:

The Films of Buster Keaton – this ambiguous blanket term is confusing, because The General appears elsewhere on his list, and Ebert’s full article gives more of a biography than a filmography of Keaton. He also briefly mentions several full-length titles and several shorts. I chose Ebert’s label instead of guessing individual films he’d include or exclude. Make of this what you will.

Chuck Jones: Three Cartoons. Ebert specifies which cartoons in his review. They are: “Duck Amuck,” “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “One Froggy Evening.” They are available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD.


UPDATE: JUNE 3,2006 — 3 years ago

THIS LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED ~100 titles have been added to complete “THE GREAT LIST


WHO ever added the initial entries simply choose random titles and left out close to 100 off the list

It took a lot of time to add and sort out the rest


Apocalypse Oz — 3 years ago

Since Apocalypse Oz is inventing a new genre single-handedly (and quite excellent) I don’t see why it’s not on more top 100 lists. Granted, it’s pretty underground, but still…



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