Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
A list from Total Film.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
| Rank |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
|
1
|
Goodfellas
|
1990
|
|
|
2
|
Vertigo
|
1958
|
|
|
3
|
Jaws
|
1975
|
|
|
4
|
Fight Club
|
1999
|
|
|
5
|
Godfather: Part II, The
|
1974
|
|
|
6
|
Citizen Kane
|
1941
|
|
|
7
|
Tokyo Story
aka Tokyo monogatari
|
1953
|
|
|
8
|
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
|
1980
|
|
|
9
|
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The
|
2001
|
|
|
9
|
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The
|
2003
|
|
|
9
|
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
|
2002
|
|
|
10
|
His Girl Friday
|
1940
|
|
|
11
|
Persona
|
1966
|
|
|
12
|
Chinatown
|
1974
|
|
|
13
|
Manhattan
|
1979
|
|
|
14
|
Taxi Driver
|
1976
|
|
|
15
|
It's a Wonderful Life
|
1946
|
|
|
16
|
Apartment, The
|
1960
|
|
|
17
|
Once Upon a Time in the West
aka C'era una volta il West
|
1968
|
|
|
18
|
All About Eve
|
1950
|
|
|
19
|
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The
|
1974
|
|
|
20
|
Apocalypse Now
|
1979
|
|
|
21
|
Crash
|
1996
|
|
|
22
|
Sunrise
aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
|
1927
|
|
|
23
|
Godfather, The
|
1972
|
|
|
24
|
Rear Window
|
1954
|
|
|
25
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
1950
|
|
|
26
|
Third Man, The
|
1949
|
|
|
27
|
Some Like It Hot
|
1959
|
|
|
28
|
Raging Bull
|
1980
|
|
|
29
|
Rules of the Game, The
aka Régle du jeu, La
|
1939
|
|
|
30
|
Reservoir Dogs
|
1992
|
|
|
31
|
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
|
1973
|
|
|
32
|
Enfants du paradis, Les
aka Children of Paradise
|
1945
|
|
|
33
|
Star Wars
|
1977
|
|
|
34
|
Searchers, The
|
1956
|
|
|
35
|
A Matter of Life and Death
|
1946
|
|
|
36
|
2001: A Space Odyssey
|
1968
|
|
|
37
|
Touch of Evil
|
1958
|
|
|
38
|
Badlands
|
1973
|
|
|
39
|
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
|
1975
|
|
|
40
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
1982
|
|
|
41
|
Last Picture Show, The
|
1971
|
|
|
42
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
1975
|
|
|
43
|
Heat
|
1995
|
|
|
44
|
Annie Hall
|
1977
|
|
|
45
|
Mean Streets
|
1973
|
|
|
46
|
Nashville
|
1975
|
|
|
47
|
Blade Runner
|
1982
|
|
|
48
|
Singin' in the Rain
|
1952
|
|
|
49
|
Pulp Fiction
|
1994
|
|
|
50
|
It Happened One Night
|
1934
|
|
|
51
|
Aliens
|
1986
|
|
|
52
|
Sullivan's Travels
|
1941
|
|
|
53
|
Deer Hunter, The
|
1978
|
|
|
54
|
Miller's Crossing
|
1990
|
|
|
55
|
Kiss Me Deadly
|
1955
|
|
|
56
|
Shawshank Redemption, The
|
1994
|
|
|
57
|
Sweet Smell of Success
|
1957
|
|
|
58
|
Die Hard
|
1988
|
|
|
59
|
Blue Velvet
|
1986
|
|
|
60
|
Outlaw Josey Wales, The
|
1976
|
|
|
61
|
Halloween
|
1978
|
|
|
62
|
Night of the Hunter, The
|
1955
|
|
|
63
|
Matrix, The
|
1999
|
|
|
64
|
Conversation, The
|
1974
|
|
|
65
|
8½
aka 8 1/2
|
1963
|
|
|
66
|
Se7en
|
1995
|
|
|
67
|
Atalante, L'
aka L'Atalante
|
1934
|
|
|
68
|
This Is Spinal Tap
|
1984
|
|
|
69
|
Sideways
|
2004
|
|
|
70
|
Dawn of the Dead
|
1978
|
|
|
71
|
North by Northwest
|
1959
|
|
|
72
|
Terminator, The
|
1984
|
|
|
73
|
Hoop Dreams
|
1994
|
|
|
74
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
1981
|
|
|
75
|
Wild Bunch, The
|
1969
|
|
|
76
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
1977
|
|
|
77
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
1962
|
|
|
78
|
Graduate, The
|
1967
|
|
|
79
|
Wicker Man, The
|
1973
|
|
|
80
|
Day for Night
aka Nuit américaine, La
|
1973
|
|
|
81
|
Shining, The
|
1980
|
|
|
82
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|
2004
|
|
|
83
|
Wizard of Oz, The
|
1939
|
|
|
84
|
Metropolis
|
1927
|
|
|
85
|
King of Comedy, The
|
1983
|
|
|
86
|
Kind Hearts and Coronets
|
1949
|
|
|
87
|
Donnie Darko
|
2001
|
|
|
88
|
Get Carter
|
1971
|
|
|
89
|
Rio Bravo
|
1959
|
|
|
90
|
Psycho
|
1960
|
|
|
91
|
Dekalog
aka Decalogue
|
1989
|
|
|
92
|
Back to the Future
|
1985
|
|
|
93
|
Salvador
|
1986
|
|
|
94
|
Magnolia
|
1999
|
|
|
95
|
Usual Suspects, The
|
1995
|
|
|
96
|
Stand by Me
|
1986
|
|
|
97
|
Trainspotting
|
1996
|
|
|
98
|
Casablanca
|
1942
|
|
|
99
|
Three Kings
|
1999
|
|
|
100
|
Goldfinger
|
1964
|
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