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Berardinelli's All-Time Top 100


Rank Movie Title
   
     Introduction  (Revised 12/24/03) 
   
 1    "Patton" (1970)  
 2    "Decalogue" (1988)  
 3    "Rear Window" (1954)  
 4    "City Lights" (1931)  
 5    "Schindler's List" (1993)  
 6    "The Godfather" (1972)  
 7    "Casablanca" (1942)  
 8    "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)  
 9    "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)  
 10    "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988)  
 11    "Citizen Kane" (1941)  
 12    "The Life of Brian" (1979)  
 13    "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975)  
 14    "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)  
 15    "Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources" (1986)  
 16    "Raging Bull" (1980)  
 17    "Dr. Strangelove" (1964)  
 18    "Three Colors: Red" (1994)  
 19    "Cinema Paradiso" (1988)  
 20    "The Lord of the Rings" (2001-2003)  
 21    "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997)  
 22    "Amadeus" (1984)  
 23    "Raise the Red Lantern" (1991)  
 24    "My Fair Lady" (1964)  
 25    "The War Zone" (1999)  
 26    "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)  
 27    "Wages of Fear" (1953)  
 28    "High Noon" (1952)  
 29    "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)  
 30    "The Princess Bride" (1987)  
 31    "Seven Samurai" (1954)  
 32    "Chinatown" (1974)  
 33    "Das Boot" (1981)  
 34    "Rashomon" (1950)  
 35    "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967)  
 36    "Diabolique" (1955)  
 37    "Do the Right Thing" (1989)  
 38    "Goodfellas" (1990)  
 39    "Sunset Blvd." (1950)  
 40    "The Hidden Fortress" (1958)  
 41    "The World of Apu" (1959)  
 42    "Dances with Wolves" (1990)  
 43    "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)  
 44    "Aliens" (1986)  
 45    "All About Eve" (1950)  
 46    "The Godfather Part II" (1974)  
 47    "Platoon" (1986)  
 48    "Taxi Driver" (1976)  
 49    "Glory" (1989)  
 50    "Requiem for a Dream" (2000)  
 51    "The Apartment" (1960)  
 52    "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962)  
 53    "Star Wars" (1977)  
 54    "Blue Velvet" (1986)  
 55    "Jaws" (1975)  
 56    "Beauty & the Beast" (1991)  
 57    "The Untouchables" (1987)  
 58    "Die Hard" (1988)  
 59    "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992)  
 60    "Time Bandits" (1981)  
 61    "Gettysburg" (1993)  
 62    "Nashville" (1975)  
 63    "Memento" (2000)  
 64    "Before Sunrise" (1995)  
 65    "Yojimbo" (1961)  
 66    "Nosferatu" (1922)  
 67    "The Hustler" (1961)  
 68    "Cries and Whispers" (1972)  
 69    "Un coeur en hiver" (1992)  
 70    "The Third Man" (1949)  
 71    "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)  
 72    "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984)  
 73    "Halloween" (1978)  
 74    "The 400 Blows" (1959)  
 75    "The Wild Bunch" (1969)  
 76    "Crumb" (1994)  
 77    "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)  
 78    "Hamlet" (1996)  
 79    "Pulp Fiction" (1994)  
 80    "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)  
 81    "The Departed (2006)  
 82    "Boyfriends and Girlfriends" (1987)  
 83    "Say Anything" (1989)  
 84    "Swept Away" (1974)  
 85    "Stop Making Sense" (1984)  
 86    "Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)" (1960)  
 87    "The Natural" (1984)  
 88    "Psycho" (1960)  
 89    "Munich" (2005)  
 90    "On the Waterfront" (1954)  
 91    "Magnolia" (1999)  
 92    "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989)  
 93    "King Kong" (1933)  
 94    "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)  
 95    "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964)  
 96    "Manhattan" (1979)  
 97    "Vertigo" (1958)  
 98    "Dead Again" (1991)  
 99    "When Harry Met Sally" (1989)  
 100    "The Big Sleep" (1946)  
   
 Hon.
 Mention 
  "Lost in Translation" (2003)  
 Hon.
 Mention 
  "Once Were Warriors" (1994)  
 Hon.
 Mention 
  "From Russia with Love" (1963)  
 Hon.
 Mention 
  "Gone with the Wind" (1939)  
 Hon.
 Mention 
  "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982)  


Change Log:

Date Change
 Jan.
 2003 
 Added The Two Towers to The Lord of the Rings;
 Moved LotR from #98 to #82;
 Shifted films #82 to #97 down one spot. 
 Jan.
 2004 
 Added Return of the King to complete The Lord of the Rings;
 Moved LotR from #82 to #20;
 Added Lost in Translation at #97;
 Shifted films #20 to #81 down one spot;
 Shifted films #97-99 down one spot;
 Moved Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to "Honorable Mention." 
 Jan.
 2005 
 No changes 
 Jan.
 2006 
 Added Munich at #86;
 Shifted films #86 to #99 down one spot;
 Moved Gone with the Wind to "Honorable Mention." 
 Jan.
 2007 
 Added The Apartment at #51;
 Shifted films #51 to #57 down one spot;
 Added Glengarry Glen Ross at #59;
 Shifted films #58 to #78 down two spots;
 Added The Departed at #81;
 Shifted #79 to #97 down three spots;
 Moved Lost in Translation, Once Were Warriors, From Russia with Love to "Honorable Mention." 
 Jan.
 2008 
 No changes 



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