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      • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
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      • Days of Heaven
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      • Incindies (2010)
      • In the Mood For Love (2000)
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    • The 1910's >
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      • The Cheat
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      • Frank Capra & Barbara Stanwyck: The Evolution of a Romance
      • Heroes for Sale
      • The Invisible Man (1933)
      • L'Atalante (1934)
      • Let Us Be Gay
      • My Man Godfrey
      • No Man of Her Own (1932)
      • Platinum Blonde ('31)
      • Reckless ('35)
      • The Sign of the Cross (1932)
      • The Sin of Nora Moran (1932)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • Casablanca (1942)
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Double indemnity
      • Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair
      • The Killers 1946 & 1964 Comparison
      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
      • My Gal Sal (1942)
      • Nightmare Alley
      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • They Won't Believe Me (1947)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • The Asphalt Jungle Secret Cinema Intro
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • The Crimson Kimono (1959)
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Singin' in the Rain Introduction
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • The April Fools (1969)
      • Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • Cool Hand Luke (1967) Intro
      • Dr Strangelove Intro
      • For a Few Dollars More (1965)
      • Fistful of Dollars (1964)
      • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Man With No Name Trilogy
      • The Misfits ('61)
      • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/La La Land
    • The 1970's >
      • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
      • American Graffiti Introduction
      • Chinatown Introduction
      • The Friends of Eddie Coyle ('73)
      • Jaws Intro
    • The 1980's >
      • Blood Simple ('84)
      • A Christmas Story Intro
      • Scarface (1983)
    • The 1990's >
      • The General (1998)
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      • Belfast (2021)
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      • Hunger (2008)
      • In Bruges (2008)
      • Joy Division
      • Mank (2020)
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      • The Top 10 Films I watched in 2020
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Sight & Sound Top 100 2022

Top 100 Films-Chosen by 1,600+ Critics & Scholars

  1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
  2. Vertigo (1958)
  3. Citizen Kane (1941)
  4. Tokyo Story (1953)
  5. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  7. Beau Travail (1999)
  8. Mulholland Drive (2001)
  9. Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
  10. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  11. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
  12. The Godfather (1972)
  13. The Rules of the Game (1939)
  14. Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
  15. The Searchers (1956)
  16. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
  17. Close-Up (1990)
  18. Persona (1966)
  19. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  20. Seven Samurai (1954)
  21. (Tied for 21st) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  22. (Tied for 21st) Late Spring (1949)
  23. Playtime (1967)
  24. Do the Right Thing (1989)
  25. (Tied for 25th) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  26. (Tied for 25th) The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  27. Shoah (1985)
  28. Daisies (1966)
  29. Taxi Driver (1976)
  30. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
  31. (Tied for 31st) 8 1/2 (1963)
  32. (Tied for 31st) Mirror (1975)
  33. (Tied for 31st) Psycho (1960)
  34. L’Atalante (1934)
  35. Panther Panchali (1955)
  36. (Tied for 36th) City Lights (1931)
  37. (Tied for 36th) M (1931)
  38. (Tied for 38th) Breathless (1960)
  39. (Tied for 38th) Some Like It Hot (1959)
  40. (Tied for 38th) Rear Window (1954)
  41. (Tied for 41st) Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  42. (Tied for 41st) Rashomon (1950)
  43. (Tied for 43rd) Stalker (1979)
  44. (Tied for 43rd) Killer of Sheep (1978)
  45. (Tied for 45th) Barry Lyndon (1975)
  46. (Tied for 45th) The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  47. (Tied for 45th) North by Northwest (1959)
  48. (Tied for 48th) Ordet (1955)
  49. (Tied for 48th) Wanda (1970)
  50. (Tied for 50th) The 400 Blows (1959)
  51. (Tied for 50th) The Piano (1993)
  52. (Tied for 52nd) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  53. (Tied for 52nd) News From Home (1977)
  54. (Tied for 54th) Contempt (1963)
  55. (Tied for 54th) Blade Runner (1982)
  56. (Tied for 54th) Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  57. (Tied for 54th) The Apartment (1960)
  58. (Tied for 54th) Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  59. Sans Soleil (1983)
  60. (Tied for 60th) La Dolce Vita (1960)
  61. (Tied for 60th) Moonlight (2016)
  62. (Tied for 60th) Daughters of the Dust (1991)
  63. (Tied for 63rd) Goodfellas (1990)
  64. (Tied for 63rd) The Third Man (1949)
  65. (Tied for 63rd) Casablanca (1942)
  66. Touki Bouki (1973)
  67. (Tied for 67th) Andrei Rublev (1966)
  68. (Tied for 67th) La Jetée (1962)
  69. (Tied for 67th) The Red Shoes (1948)
  70. (Tied for 67th) The Gleaners and I (2000)
  71. (Tied for 67th) Metropolis (1927)
  72. (Tied for 72nd) L’Avventura (1960)
  73. (Tied for 72nd) Journey to Italy (1954)
  74. (Tied for 72nd) My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  75. (Tied for 75th) Spirited Away (2001)
  76. (Tied for 75th) Imitation of Life (1959)
  77. (Tied for 75th) Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  78. (Tied for 78th) Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  79. (Tied for 78th) Sátántangó (1994)
  80. (Tied for 78th) A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  81. (Tied for 78th) Modern Times (1936)
  82. (Tied for 78th) A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
  83. (Tied for 78th) Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974)
  84. (Tied for 84th) Blue Velvet (1986)
  85. (Tied for 84th) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
  86. (Tied for 84th) Pierrot le Fou (1965)
  87. (Tied for 84th) Histoire(s) du Cinéma (1988)
  88. (Tied for 88th) The Shining (1980)
  89. (Tied for 88th) Chungking Express (1994)
  90. (Tied for 90th) Parasite (2019)
  91. (Tied for 90th) Yi Yi (2000)
  92. (Tied for 90th) Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
  93. (Tied for 90th) The Leopard (1963)
  94. (Tied for 90th) The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
  95. (Tied for 95th) A Man Escaped (1956)
  96. (Tied for 95th) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  97. (Tied for 95th) Tropical Malady (2004)
  98. (Tied for 95th) Black Girl (1966)
  99. (Tied for 95th) The General (1926)
  100. (Tied for 95th) Get Out (2017)
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    • My Top 10 Favorite Movies
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  • Reviews
    • Quick Hits: Short Takes on Recent Viewing >
      • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
      • Elevator to the Gallows ('58)
      • Days of Heaven
      • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
      • Incindies (2010)
      • In the Mood For Love (2000)
      • Last Picture Show Teaser Intro
      • Le Silence De La Mer ('49)
      • The Princess Bride ('87) Intro
      • Pulp Fiction ('94) Intro
    • The 1910's >
      • The Lubitsch German Silents
    • The 1920's >
      • The Odessa Steps Sequence as Continuing Film History
      • Sunrise (1927)
      • Wild Orchids ('29)
    • The 1930's >
      • Becky Sharp (1935)
      • Blonde Crazy
      • Bombshell ('33)
      • The Cheat
      • The Conquerors
      • The Crowd Roars
      • The Divorcee
      • Frank Capra & Barbara Stanwyck: The Evolution of a Romance
      • Heroes for Sale
      • The Invisible Man (1933)
      • L'Atalante (1934)
      • Let Us Be Gay
      • My Man Godfrey
      • No Man of Her Own (1932)
      • Platinum Blonde ('31)
      • Reckless ('35)
      • The Sign of the Cross (1932)
      • The Sin of Nora Moran (1932)
      • True Confession ('37)
      • Virtue ('32)
      • The Women
    • The 1940's >
      • Casablanca (1942)
      • The Story of Citizen Kane
      • Criss Cross (1949)
      • Double indemnity
      • Jean Arthur in A Foreign Affair
      • The Killers 1946 & 1964 Comparison
      • The Maltese Falcon Intro
      • Moonrise (1948)
      • My Gal Sal (1942)
      • Nightmare Alley
      • Notorious Intro ('46)
      • Overlooked Christmas Movies of the 1940's
      • Pursued (1947)
      • Remember the Night ('40)
      • The Red Shoes (1948)
      • The Set-Up ('49)
      • They Won't Believe Me (1947)
      • The Third Man
    • The 1950's >
      • The Asphalt Jungle Secret Cinema Intro
      • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ('58) Intro
      • The Crimson Kimono (1959)
      • A Face in the Crowd (1957)
      • In a Lonely Place
      • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
      • Mogambo ('53)
      • Niagara (1953)
      • The Night of The Hunter ('55)
      • Pushover Noir City
      • Rear Window (1954)
      • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
      • Red Dust ('32 vs Mogambo ('53)
      • The Searchers ('56)
      • Singin' in the Rain Introduction
      • Some Like It Hot ('59) >
        • Some Like it Hot Intro (Beyond the Bay)
    • The 1960's >
      • The April Fools (1969)
      • Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
      • Cape Fear ('62)
      • Cool Hand Luke (1967) Intro
      • Dr Strangelove Intro
      • For a Few Dollars More (1965)
      • Fistful of Dollars (1964)
      • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968)
      • The Hustler ('61) Intro
      • The Man With No Name Trilogy
      • The Misfits ('61)
      • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/La La Land
    • The 1970's >
      • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
      • American Graffiti Introduction
      • Chinatown Introduction
      • The Friends of Eddie Coyle ('73)
      • Jaws Intro
    • The 1980's >
      • Blood Simple ('84)
      • A Christmas Story Intro
      • Scarface (1983)
    • The 1990's >
      • The General (1998)
    • 2000's >
      • Belfast (2021)
      • Blonde (2022)
      • Hunger (2008)
      • In Bruges (2008)
      • Joy Division
      • Mank (2020)
      • No Man's Land (2001)
      • Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
      • Wall-E
      • Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
      • The Top 10 Films I watched in 2020
  • Artists
    • Actors/Actresses >
      • Joan Blondell
      • Faye Dunaway: 1967-1976
      • The Noir Villainy of Dan Duryea
      • Clark Gable Bio
      • Jean Harlow Bio
      • Veronica Lake
      • Norma Shearer
    • Directors/Producers/Cinematographers >
      • Founders Series: Alice Guy-Blache
      • John Alton
      • Joan Harrison-Producer/Writer
      • Hitchcock & Cary Grant
      • William Wellman
    • Books >
      • Book Reviews >
        • Book Review: Clark Gable by D. Bret
      • Pre-Code
      • Actor Bios
      • Film Noir
      • Director Bios
      • Studio Head Bios
      • Hollywood History
    • Studio
  • Resources
    • Sight & Sound Top 100 2022
    • NOTES >
      • American Graffiti Notes
      • Anatomy of a Murder Notes
      • The Asphalt Jungle Outline
      • Breakfast Club Notes
      • Citizen Kane Notes
      • It's A Wonderful Life Notes
      • Rebel Without a Cause Notes
      • Singin' in the Rain Notes
    • CMBA Interview/Profile
    • Bay Cinema Society Press
    • Hollywood History >
      • Production Code
      • Film Noir
  • Video Introductions
    • Video Introductions
  • Last Picture Show Notes
  • Paul Verhoeven