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Dec 21, 2022 · Variety breaks down the best movies of all time, as determined by film critics. From Psycho to Parasite, these are the best films ever made.
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 seer Arthur C Clarke.
- 55 The Grapes of Wrath
- 54 Ratatouille
- 53 12 Years A Slave
- 52 The Treasure of The Sierra Madre
- 51 Jaws
- 50 City Lights
- 49 Three Colors: Red
- 48 Touch of Evil
- 47 Pinocchio
- 46 Hoop Dreams
Classic Adaptation of A Depression-Era Story Of Heroism
An incredibly important moment in the history of the United States of America, The Grapes of Wrath began life in 1939 asJohn Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning novel. A year later, legend of cinema John Ford took the reins of an adaptation that stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad, a recently released prisoner who leads his family across the States to California after the Great Depression robs them of their farm and livelihood. One of the greatest realist movies ever made, Ford's take on the novel i...
Pixar's Beautiful Story Of Talent In Unexpected Places
After convincing the world's children that their toys were alive, and painting imaginative worlds for insects, cars, the monsters under their beds, fish, and superheroes, Pixar took their boldest step by telling the story of a gourmet rat. As perverse as the idea might have appeared, Ratatouille — directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava — is a gentle meditation on following dreams and the wholesome pursuit of art. Patton Oswalt is the rat, Remy, who commandeers the career of aspiring chef Alfre...
Best Picture Winning Story Of Stolen Freedom
The 2013 biographical drama is based on the1853 memoir by Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1941. Northup is forced to work on Louisiana plantations with varying cruelties for 12 years before being released. The Steve McQueen-directed drama 12 Years a Slaveisn't easy to watch, but it’s an important and crucial piece of filmmaking that tells the honest, painful stories that need to be told. It’s an upsetting portrait of the lows of humanity and a deeply emoti...
Humphrey Bogart's Dark Performance Leads This Tale Of Greed
John Huston’s Western tells the story of two men who unite with an old prospector to search for gold in Mexico, only to face trouble from themselves and bandits after striking rich. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a thrilling portrait of greed and corruption, with the character of Fred Dobbs being one of the best performances of the legendary Humphrey Bogart’s career. It’s an exciting Western and adventure film that uses dark humor to tell its moral lesson, with superb direction by master...
An Epic Battle Between One Man And The Shark Terrorizing His Community
Jaws is the ultimate expression of the power of suggestion in cinema. Partly out of necessity, thanks to a notoriously bumpy production, Spielberg's big fish movie conspicuously chooses to show Bruce the shark, as he was affectionately known, very little. In place of showing him, his presence was anxiously felt thanks to perfect camera trickery that put the audience in the perverse position of underwater attacker, and a couple of notes on a tuba. And that was more than enough. The film isn't...
A Silent And Romantic Charlie Chaplin Adventure
The wide-eyed Tramp recruits the help of an alcoholic millionaire to raise money to restore the eyesight of a blind flower seller with whom he has fallen in love. City Lights is the greatest use of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin’s iconic character The Tramp, with the actor-director continuing to delight critics and audiences with a silent picture four years after “talkies” began. The film features some of the Tramp’s funniest sequences and a touching pathos as he attempts to romance a blind flower...
The Highlight Of The Art-House Trilogy
Three Colors: Redfollows a model who meets a retired judge with an interest in listening to others’ private moments, after which time the two form an unexpected bond. The brilliant 1994 film is a quintessential example of art-house cinema that provides a warm and contemplative narrative of fate and human connection. The final installment in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy about French ideals, Redis celebrated for its beautiful depiction of camaraderie, bonds, and the interconnecte...
A B-Movie Crime Plot Told By A Master Filmmaker
Orson Welles’ film noir centers on a murder mystery at the US/Mexico border. As a Mexican drug enforcement agent suspects an American police captain of planting evidence, the investigation places himself and his wife in danger. The twists and turns of Touch of Evil are a masterpiece in film noir and depict thegrayness of good and evil. Welles’ style, the performances of himself, Charlton Heston, and Janet Leigh, as well as the poignant music combine to form a vividly entertaining unorthodox p...
Disney Magic Brings The Fairy Tale To Life
Adapted from an 1883 Italian children’s story, Disney’s Pinocchio is about a wooden puppet who must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Following Snow White (1937), Pinocchiois the second animated feature made by Disney, which was an ambitious venture with an emotional core that has stood the test of time. Still culturally relevant today, the film was a brilliant technical achievement for Disney that set the tone for the enchanting nature, beautiful visuals, and storytelling power that...
A Documentary About Aspiring Basketball Stars
The groundbreaking sports documentary depicts the stories of two aspiring inner-city Chicago basketball players, following them through high school as they work toward college scholarships and their dreams of playing professionally in the NBA. Proving the emotional power of documentary filmmaking, Hoop Dreams remains one of the most inspiring films of all time as a sobering portrait of social inequality with high school basketball as the backdrop. Hoop Dreamslooks at the impacts that race, cl...
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Apr 26, 2012 · I am faced once again with the task of voting in Sight & Sound magazine's famous poll to determine the greatest films of all time. Apart from my annual year's best lists, this is the only list I vote in. It is a challenge. After voting in 1972, 1982 and 1992, I came up with these ten titles in 2002:
