http://www.listsofbests.com/list/4392 This isn't like Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series. It's not my idea of The Best Movies Ever Made (that would be a different list, though there's some overlap here), or that they were my favorites or the most important or influential films, but that they were the movies you just kind of figure everybody ought to have seen in order to have any sort of informed discussion about movies. They're the common cultural currency of our time, the basic cinematic texts that everyone should know, at minimum, to be somewhat "movie-literate." -Jim Emerson Thu, 31 May 2012 11:17:53 GMT en-us 0 50 102 50 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36085 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36085"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5119RHKXZFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333759 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/333759"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AVGM3EBGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by François Truffaut</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36299"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NENWV55VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Federico Fellini</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65536"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CCKZWGPDL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Herzog</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55494"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/313B32K0EYL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36565 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36565"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VK2V8PJ1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph L. Mankiewicz</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35047 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35047"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5151PZXEVYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Woody Allen</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40001 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40001"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517A5XYN5AL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Francis Ford Coppola</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37334 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37334"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514YVH923XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62785 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62785"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WC36P9E3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46454 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46454"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51aHCyw38-L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Wyler</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145044 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/145044"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eAG0o5XlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Fuller</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40194 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40194"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YSZ5SV4FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vittorio De Sica</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39454 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39454"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hT4%2BiCYhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Howard Hawks</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23589 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23589"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ST8TQP63L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42360 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42360"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513P-EsZfeL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54452 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54452"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5153KZR18HL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46281 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46281"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21CPETCQH8L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Penn</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44808 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44808"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C1JW9YXYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean-Luc Godard</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175990 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175990"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EXPBXEZFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65272 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65272"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lE2KdGJ4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian De Palma</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35084"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ih%2Bl%2BGY5L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Curtiz</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71364 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71364"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518F88KSJML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div 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Welles</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52093"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513U10H8xKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/100043 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/100043"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415ENNFFEAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Jordan</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65285 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65285"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PT8FHSSVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> 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src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415341ZXMCL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38827"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516ZF6YQKAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63920 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63920"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M-jIQa9nL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Whale</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45083 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45083"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YNTG9B84L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div 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Scorsese</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44136 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44136"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4166Z733MAL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Nichols</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36752 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36752"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZDAY3B9JL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Carpenter</div>