BBC 100 Greatest American Films

A list of "the 100 greatest American films":

What defines an American film? For the purposes of this poll, it is any movie that received funding from a US source. The directors of these films did not have to be born in the United States - in fact, 32 films on the list were directed by film-makers born elsewhere - nor did the films even have to be shot in the US. Each critic who participated submitted a list of 10 films, with their pick for the greatest film receiving 10 points and their number 10 pick receiving one point. The points were added up to produce the final list. Critics were encouraged to submit lists of the 10 films they feel, on an emotional level, are the greatest in American cinema - not necessarily the most important, just the best. These are the results.

This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.

Rank	Title	Year	Rating
1	Citizen Kane	1941
2	Godfather, The	1972
3	Vertigo	1958
4	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968
5	Searchers, The	1956
6	Sunrise aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	1927
7	Singin' in the Rain	1952
8	Psycho	1960
9	Casablanca	1942
10	Godfather: Part II, The	1974
11	Magnificent Ambersons, The	1942
12	Chinatown	1974
13	North by Northwest	1959
14	Nashville	1975
15	Best Years of Our Lives, The	1946
16	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	1971
17	Gold Rush, The	1925
18	City Lights	1931
19	Taxi Driver	1976
20	Goodfellas	1990
21	Mulholland Drive	2001
22	Greed	1924
23	Annie Hall	1977
24	Apartment, The	1960
25	Do the Right Thing	1989
26	Killer of Sheep	1977
27	Barry Lyndon	1975
28	Pulp Fiction	1994
29	Raging Bull	1980
30	Some Like It Hot	1959
31	A Woman Under the Influence	1974
32	Lady Eve, The	1941
33	Conversation, The	1974
34	Wizard of Oz, The	1939
35	Double Indemnity	1944
36	Star Wars	1977
37	Imitation of Life	1959
38	Jaws	1975
39	Birth of a Nation, The	1915
40	Meshes of the Afternoon	1943
41	Rio Bravo	1959
42	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964
43	Letter from an Unknown Woman	1948
44	Sherlock, Jr.	1924
45	Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The	1962
46	It's a Wonderful Life	1946
47	Marnie	1964
48	A Place in the Sun	1951
49	Days of Heaven	1978
50	His Girl Friday	1940
51	Touch of Evil	1958
52	Wild Bunch, The	1969
53	Grey Gardens	1975
54	Sunset Boulevard	1950
55	Graduate, The	1967
56	Back to the Future	1985
57	Crimes and Misdemeanors	1989
58	Shop Around the Corner, The	1940
59	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975
60	Blue Velvet	1986
61	Eyes Wide Shut	1999
62	Shining, The	1980
63	Love Streams	1984
64	Johnny Guitar	1954
65	Right Stuff, The	1983
66	Red River	1948
67	Modern Times	1936
68	Notorious	1946
69	Koyaanisqatsi	1983
70	Band Wagon, The	1953
71	Groundhog Day	1993
72	Shanghai Gesture, The	1941
73	Network	1976
74	Forrest Gump	1994
75	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977
76	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	1980
77	Stagecoach	1939
78	Schindler's List	1993
79	The Tree of Life	2011
80	Meet Me in St. Louis	1944
81	Thelma & Louise	1991
82	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981
83	Bringing Up Baby	1938
84	Deliverance	1972
85	Night of the Living Dead	1968
86	Lion King, The	1994
87	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004
88	West Side Story	1961
89	In a Lonely Place	1950
90	Apocalypse Now	1979
91	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982
92	Night of the Hunter, The	1955
93	Mean Streets	1973
94	25th Hour	2002
95	Duck Soup	1933
96	Dark Knight, The	2008
97	Gone with the Wind	1939
98	Heaven's Gate	1980
99	12 Years a Slave	2013
100	Ace in the Hole	1951