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- The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ indelible comedy of alienation is that rare thing, a movie that really does define a generation. That’s because there has never been another movie like it (and no, “Rushmore” doesn’t count).
- 12 Angry Men (1957) How elemental — and riveting — is this: an entire courtroom drama set inside the jury room, where Henry Fonda, as the only member of the jury who suspects that a teenage defendant might not be guilty of murder, questions, cajoles and gradually convinces his fellow jurors to look more closely at the evidence.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) You never forget your first. That may be how many American art-house habituésthink of Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous comedy.
- Alien (1979) A smothering tentacled thingy attaches itself to an astronaut’s face. Several scenes later, an alien fetus erupts right out of his belly, and the cinema would never be the same.
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- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Director: Robert Wiene. - IMDb user rating: 8.1. - Votes: 49,984. - Metascore: data not available. - Runtime: 67 min. This heralded silent film brims with bizarre visuals and is considered the most quintessential example of German expressionism.
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein. - IMDb user rating: 8.0. - Votes: 48,321. - Metascore: data not available. - Runtime: 66 min. Sergei Eisenstein's second full-length film centers on a real-life event from 1905 when the sailors on Battleship Potemkin revolted against their superiors.
- The General (1926) - Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton. - IMDb user rating: 8.2. - Votes: 72,042. - Metascore: data not available. - Runtime: 67 min. Silent film legend Buster Keaton co-wrote, co-directed, and stars in one of the era's biggest blockbusters.
- Metropolis (1927) - Director: Fritz Lang. - IMDb user rating: 8.3. - Votes: 145,057. - Metascore: 98. - Runtime: 153 min. Loaded with prescient themes and elaborate set pieces, Fritz Lang's sci-fi epic was the most expensive movie of its time.
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The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their cinematic greatness from a directing/writing perspective. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
The Greatest Films of All Time. In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed.
This is a list of films considered the best in national and international surveys of critics and the public. Some surveys focus on all films, while others focus on a particular genre or country.
The unranked 100+ film selections were based upon popularity, critical reviews and awards, box-office appeal, memorable films with the best screenplays (characters and stories), and classic status in the genre (or sub-genre) category.
Best movies of all time. 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Film. Science fiction. The greatest film ever made began with the meeting of two brilliant minds: Stanley Kubrick and sci-fi...
