100 Years... Series
of 100 Greatest American Movies
by American Film Institute
The American
Film Institute (AFI) of Los Angeles, California inaugurated a 100 Years...
Series to "celebrate, commemorate, and recognize the
very best in American Cinema's first 100 years."
Their first effort was the much-debated
1998 list: 100 Years ... 100 Movies
- a "definitive selection of the 100 greatest American movies
of all time, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the
American film community." On their 10th Anniversary, AFI re-did their 100 Greatest American Films list.
See below:
In subsequent years, the AFI has also produced
other lists:
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Academy Awards
Best Picture Winners
by
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards®
and Oscar® design mark are the trademarks and service marks
and the Oscar© statuette the copyrighted property, of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This site is neither
endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
The Academy Awards®, affectionately
known as the Oscars®, have been presented annually
since 1927 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best Picture is one of the original categories of the awards,
although it was named Best Production until the 1932/33 awards. This site has a Complete
History - year by year - of the Academy Awards, with facts,
trivia, records, Best Picture posters, and title screens from all Best Picture winners.See all of the Best Picture Academy Award
Winners Title Screens. |
50 Greatest Movies (on TV and Video)
by TV Guide
TV Guide Magazine
offered their picks for the perfect flicks to catch on television
or pop into one's VCR (or DVD). From hundreds of the magazine's
four-star titles, they chose the movies that play particularly
well on the small screen and hold up to repeated viewings. |
10 Best Films of All Time Polls
by Sight & Sound Magazine
Every ten years since 1952, Sight & Sound
Magazine has
published the results of their pollings of the world's leading
film critics, to compile a list of the ten best films of all
time. Film critics, writers, academics, and film directors
were asked to determine which films stood the test of time
in the face of shifting critical opinion. This section includes
the top ten films from the latest 2012 poll. |
100 Greatest Movies of All Time
by Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine readers selected The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, published in two pollings
that are found here: the 1999 polling (in the October, 1999 issue) and the updated 2003 polling (in the March 2004 issue). See also Empire Magazine's polling of The
50 Best Films from their November, 2001 publication. |
100 Best Movies Ever Made
by Movieline Magazine
Movieline
Magazine selected the 100 Best Movies
Ever Made (from silents to Spielberg) in their December 1995 issue
- 100 of the all-time greatest English-language films. |
100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made
by Premiere Magazine
In its October 1998 newstand issue, Premiere
Magazine presented "Rebel Cinema" or 100 Movies That Shook
the World, celebrating the filmmakers (and their films) who dared
to be ridiculous, offensive, or even unpopular, and who still
came up with classic films. |
100 Greatest Films of All Time
by FilmFour
UK's
Channel 4 created a ranked list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time - a wide
range of some of the most innovative, popular and striking films
across all major genres, with special consideration of their appeal
and significance to a modern British audience. The list aimed
to include films that are generally considered as classics of
cinema, broke new ground in technique, subject matter or ideas,
had phenomenal popular appeal and a lasting impact on popular
culture and represent the greatest work of cinema's most respected
directors and performers. |
100 Favorite British Films of the 20th Century
by the British Film Institute
Early in 1999, the
British Film Institute produced a selection booklet and sent copies to 1,000 people embracing
all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout
the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics,
exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics. Participants
were asked to consider (and vote for up to 100) 'culturally British'
feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century, which
they felt had made a strong and lasting impression. The final
selection spanned seven decades, from 1935 to 1998, accommodated
the work of 70 film directors and much international talent. |
100 Greatest Movies of All Time
by Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly's 100
Greatest Movies of All Time, a hardcover guide published in
1999, celebrated films that can't be forgotten, that "help
us understand and define who we are." The final list was
whittled down from a preliminary collection of 500 nominated
choices, excluding short films, documentaries, or any movies
from the previous five years. See Entertainment
Weekly's 2013 updated 100 All-Time
Greatest Films also. |
100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century
by Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin's Movie
and Video Guide 2000 contained the exclusive list of the author's 100 Must-See Films
of the 20th Century - an excellent starting point for film
viewing. As the leading film historian and critic Maltin admitted,
"these are not the only great films of the century, or the only
ones worth seeing." |
National Film Registry Titles
by Library of Congress
In 1988, the Library of Congress established
the National
Film Preservation Board to preserve 25 films
each year to add to the National Film Registry. As of 2015, there
were 675 films selected. The films that are selected must meet two
criteria: they must be culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant
and they must be at least ten years old. |
Top 100 Films
by Video Detective
This list was first publicized in the Video
Detective's
pocket-sized guide published in 1997 and written by Jim Riffel,
with a suggested list of both its top 1000 films and 100 films
of all-time for its readers, to provide advice on renting videos.
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All-Time Top 100
Box-Office Hits of All-Time
Rankings of Box-Office blockbusters have been
compiled from various recent sources, regularly updated on this site. In the
unadjusted (for inflation) list of domestic box office-champs, few films
that are classics or films from Hollywood's Golden Era are included
in a top-heavy list of recent films. The adjusted list takes into
account inflationary factors such as ticket prices and any re-issues
or re-releases, and is more reflective of the film's actual appeal. |
100 Great Movie Moments
by Roger Ebert
To honor the centennial of cinema, film critic Roger Ebert provided a list of his "100 Great Movie Moments" on his website, dated April 23, 1995. Filmsite.org notified Ebert of some corrections to the list, reposted the corrected list and also added illustrations for each of the "movie moments". |
100 Years at the Movies
by Chuck Workman
A short film titled 100 Years at the Movies
(1994), a Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Production, was compiled by
film-maker Chuck Workman to celebrate "100 Years at the Movies" for the
1994 Academy Awards show. It was nine minutes long and included a montage
of clips from at least 225 movies. Earlier, Workman had directed a film
titled Precious Images (1986), with short clips from films of 50
years of cinematic history. |
The 100 Best Movies of All Time
(Critics and Reader's Picks) by Mr. Showbiz
Mr. Showbiz's Critics' Picks and Readers'
Picks were compiled on the Mr. Showbiz Web site (no longer
accessible) by responses of visitors who were asked to vote for
their Ten Best Movies of All Time. Their criteria were simple:
the films chosen were limited to English language films made since
the birth of the talkies. |
100 Essential Films - The A List
by The National Society of Film Critics
In 2002, the A List compiled
by editor Jay Carr, provided 100 insightful and provocative
essays on what the National Society of Film Critics concluded
were 100 Essential Films for viewing. According to the book's blurb, "the Society
has made its selections based on a film's intrinsic merits, its
role in the development of the motion-picture art, and its impact
on culture and society." |
100 Best Films of the 20th Century
by the Village Voice
At the conclusion of the 20th century, the reknowned Village Voice newspaper held its "First Annual Film
Critics' Poll." They asked 50 or more distinguished film
critics, including Molly Haskell, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Andrew
Sarris and others, to vote in their film poll. One of the film
poll categories asked the participants to rank their top ten
best films of the century, and the results were the 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. |
Top 100 Films
by Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database asked its
registered users to rank and rate films for their Top 250 Films survey. Here are the top 100 films from the results of their weighted,
unscientific poll, regularly updated. |
Vintage Video - A Hot 100 Films the Past
by San Francisco Chronicle Film Critics
Two San Francisco Chronicle film reviewers
and critics (Mick LaSalle and Edward Guthmann) compiled a list
of recommended Vintage Videos (in alphabetical order) in an October
1997 issue of the paper. As they admitted, it's a more personal
and idiosyncratic list: "It's not a list of the best 100 films
ever made, or the most important. It doesn't represent a condensed
history of the feature film, with all periods and movements represented."
They figured that any film history book could tell you to see
Griffith's  Intolerance (1916) or Keaton's The General (1927), and chances are you've already
seen Casablanca (1942), The Godfather (1972) and Raging Bull (1980). |
The 100 Most Influential People in the History of the Movies
by The Film 100
The authors of the Film 100 site (a
website no longer accessible) and Film 100 book gathered
and ranked a list of film's most important visionaries, collecting
only the names of those whose work and techniques had been
felt by millions of moviegoers. Following each entry were
some selected or recommended films which helped to illustrate
each person's influence and innovations. |
Greatest Silent Films
by Filmsite.org
The greatest examples of silent films from the
early 20th century. |
All-Time 100 Best Movies
by Time Magazine
Time Magazine's movie critics,
Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel, offered their picks for
the All-Time
100 Best Movies in mid-2005. Their unranked list
comprised the 100 most influential movies of the past 82 years
(since 1923, Time's first year of publicaton). The films
spanned comedy, horror, drama, romance, action and more. |
Greatest American Films
by Los Angeles Daily News - Readers' Poll
When the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, California announced its list of 400 films to be voted upon for their selection of the 100 greatest American
films of all time, the Los Angeles Daily News conducted
its own poll in late 1997. They asked their readership to choose
their own top feature films of the century from the same list
of 400 nominated candidates. |
Top 100 Films (By Genre Category)
by Guinness Book of Film
An essential hard-cover movie guide published
in 1999, The Guinness Book of Film, subtitled The Ultimate
Guide to the Best Films Ever, reviewed the Top 1000 Movies
of the 20th Century. The ultimate selection of films was based
upon a few criteria: sound films that were easily available in
video format (with a few exceptions), and "the movies that have
given the most pleasure to the most people." The Top 100 Films
are a listing of the guide's "essential recommendations categorized
into a Top 5 for each genre." |
Top 100 Spiritually-Significant Films
by Arts & Faith
Arts
& Faith, an online discussion
group comprised of film critics and other movie buffs, announced its list of the Top 100 Spiritually
Significant Films ever made in mid-2004 (a list that was substantially
updated/changed in late 2005). |
100 Maverick Movies of the Last 100 Years
by Rolling Stone Magazine
In its 1999 end of the year Millenium issue, Rolling Stone Magazine (and film critic Peter Travers)
offered picks for the best (or essential) movies of the last 100
years that were made by mavericks who "busted rules to follow
their obsessions...in the defiant spirit of rock & roll." |
50 Best Films
by Empire Magazine
In their November 2001 magazine, Empire
Magazine published the results of their 'The
Ultimate Movie Poll', including 50 Best Films, 50 Best Actors,
50 Best Actresses, 50 Best Directors, and much more. With each
winning entry in the article, the magazine included a brief
description of the film and the must-see moment. |
100 Greatest Foreign Films
by Movieline Magazine
Movieline Magazine also selected the 100 Greatest
Foreign Films in their July 1996 issue - 100 of the all-time greatest
non English-language films. |
50 Greatest Independent Films
by Empire Magazine
The decidedly pro-British film Empire Magazine in 2005
offered their picks for the bravest, most innovative, and most
creative films - the "ultimate indie lineup" of 50 Greatest Independent Films -
the best non-studio works ever made. |
50 Greatest Films of All-Time
by Vanity Fair Magazine
Vanity Fair Magazine (September,
2005 issue) offered their picks for the "50 Greatest Films"
of all-time (unranked and alphabetical), in a special tear-out
section, "with the scoop on how and why" -- although
the "how and why" was simply composed of the film
title, production company/studio, date, director, writer(s),
the starring cast, Oscar win(s) - if any, and a factual section
about some aspect of the film's making. |
100 Best Movie Soundtracks
by Entertainment Weekly Magazine
Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Movie Soundtracks ranged from A Hard Day's Night to Blue Velvet, with 98 other choices in-between. See also a listing of 101 Film Score Milestones from Film Comment. |
Top Hundred Films:
Centenary Top 100 and Readers'
Top 100
by Time Out
The Time Out Film Guide is a collection of capsule reviews written originally for the London magazine Time Out. The 1995 edition included Time Out's Centenary
Top One Hundred to mark the Centenary of Cinema. Time
Out's Readers' Top One Hundred was compiled in 1998 from readers who submitted their all-time Top Ten film lists. |
101 Greatest
Film Screenplays
by Writers Guild of America
The Writer's Guild of America
(WGA) (2005) voted upon and decided 101
Greatest (Film) Screenplays of All-Time, to celebrate
the greatest achievements in film writing in cinematic
history. |
101 Funniest
Screenplays
by Writers Guild of America
The Writer's Guild of America
(WGA) (2015) voted upon and decided 101
Funniest Screenplays of All-Time, and thus honored
86 years of outstanding comedy screenwriting. |
100 Recommended Children's Movies
by the New York Times Essential Library
The New York Times Essential Library: A Critic's
Guide to the Best Films Available on Video and DVD, selected 100 Children's Movies in their publication authored by
Peter Nichols. It profiled one hundred top cinematic works available
on DVD or video that are recommended for children (ages 8-12).
See also the British Film Institute's Top
10 (and Top 50) Children's Films of All-Time, listed in
mid-2005. |
