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."

Last 10 additions

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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  1. 52.
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    by Sam Peckinpah

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  2. 53.
    Broken Blossoms
    by D.W. Griffith

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  3. 54.
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    by Robert Wiene

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  4. 55.
    Cabiria
    by Giovanni Pastrone

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  5. 56.
    Casablanca
    by Michael Curtiz

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  6. 57.
    Cat People (1942)
    by Jacques Tourneur

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  7. 58.
    Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Marcel Carné

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  8. 59.
    Chimes At Midnight

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  9. 60.
    Chinatown

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    Chop Shop
    by Ramin Bahrani

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  12. 64.
    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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  13. 65.
    City Lights

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  14. 66.
    The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  15. 67.
    The Conversation

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  16. 68.
    Cool Hand Luke
    by Stuart Rosenberg

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  17. 69.
    Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  18. 70.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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  19. 71.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

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  20. 72.
    Dark City (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Alex Proyas

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  21. 73.
    Day for Night

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  22. 74.
    Days of Heaven
    by Terrence Malick

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  23. 75.
    The Dead [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ]
    by John Huston

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  24. 76.
    The Decalogue (Complete Set)

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  25. 77.
    Detour
    by Edgar G. Ulmer

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  26. 78.
    Diva
    by Jean-Jacques Beineix

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  28. 81.
    Dog Day Afternoon
    by Sidney Lumet

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  29. 82.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  30. 83.
    Double Indemnity
    by Billy Wilder

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  31. 84.
    The Double Life of Veronique - Criterion Collection
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

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  32. 86.
    Dracula

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  33. 87.
    Duck Soup
    by Leo McCarey

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  34. 88.
    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  35. 89.
    The Earrings of Madame de...
    by Max Ophuls

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    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
    by Werner Herzog

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  38. 93.
    Exotica
    by Atom Egoyan

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  39. 94.
    The Exterminating Angel
    by Luis Buñuel

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  40. 95.
    The Fall of the House of Usher
    by Jean Epstein

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  41. 97.
    Fargo
    by Joel Coen

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  42. 98.
    Faust
    by F.W. Murnau

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  43. 99.
    The Films of Buster Keaton

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  44. 100.
    The Firemen's Ball - Criterion Collection
    by Milos Forman

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update — 1 year ago

added dog day afternoon


Untitled — 1 year ago

added Bergman’s Through A Glass Darkly


update — 1 year ago

added Cool Hand Luke
One of my all time favorites
and a favorite among my family


sfcaf
San Francisco

The Earrings of Madame de... — 1 year ago

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


update — 1 year ago

added Triumph of the Will


update — 1 year ago

Just added Rocco and His Brothers
by Luchino Visconti


MestnyiGeroi
New York City

Picayune, but... — 1 year ago

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


'The Great List' grows.... — 1 year 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 — 1 year ago

added My Man Godfrey


update — 1 year ago

added johnny guitar



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