Ostensibly this is a list of the best 100 films of the century, selected by Michael Wilmington for the Chicago Tribune. Actually, as he apparently suffers greatly from the listmaker's malady of counting trilogies, tetralogies, decologies etc. as single films, it's a list of 128.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
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1 | Citizen Kane | 1941 |
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2 | Godfather, The | 1972 |
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2 | Godfather: Part II, The | 1974 |
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2 | Godfather: Part III, The | 1990 | |
3 | Rules of the Game, The aka Régle du jeu, La | 1939 | |
4 | Fanny and Alexander aka Fanny och Alexander | 1982 | |
5 | Intolerance aka Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages | 1916 | |
6 | Searchers, The | 1956 |
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7 | Seven Samurai aka Shichinin no samurai | 1954 |
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8 | Psycho | 1960 |
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9 | Gold Rush, The | 1925 |
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10 | Dolce vita, La | 1960 | |
11 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | |
12 | Singin' in the Rain | 1952 |
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13 | Casino | 1995 |
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13 | Goodfellas | 1990 |
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13 | Mean Streets | 1973 | |
14 | Tokyo Story aka Tokyo monogatari | 1953 | |
15 | Battleship Potemkin aka Bronenosets Potyomkin | 1925 | |
16 | Lawrence of Arabia | 1962 |
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17 | Aparajito | 1957 | |
17 | Pather Panchali | 1955 |
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17 | World of Apu, The aka Apur Sansar | 1959 | |
18 | Ronde, La | 1950 | |
19 | His Girl Friday | 1940 |
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20 | Young and the Damned, The aka Olvidados, Los | 1950 | |
21 | M | 1931 | |
22 | Passion of Joan of Arc, The aka Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La | 1928 | |
23 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 |
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24 | Avventura, L' | 1960 | |
24 | Eclipse aka Eclisse, L' | 1962 | |
24 | Notte, La | 1961 | |
25 | Andrei Rublev aka Andrey Rublyov | 1969 | |
26 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | |
27 | Germany, Year Zero aka Germania anno zero | 1948 | |
27 | Paisà aka Paisan | 1946 | |
27 | Rome, Open City aka Roma, città aperta | 1945 |
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28 | Wild Bunch, The | 1969 |
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29 | Sunrise aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | 1927 |
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30 | General, The | 1927 |
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31 | Tales of Ugetsu aka Ugetsu monogatari | 1953 |
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32 | It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
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33 | Greed | 1924 | |
34 | Schindler's List | 1993 |
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35 | Leopard, The aka Gattopardo, Il | 1963 | |
36 | Dekalog aka Decalogue | 1989 | |
37 | Casablanca | 1942 |
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38 | On the Waterfront | 1954 |
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39 | Diary of a Country Priest aka Journal d'un curé de campagne | 1951 | |
40 | Duck Soup | 1933 |
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41 | Playtime | 1967 | |
42 | Enfants du paradis, Les aka Children of Paradise | 1945 |
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43 | Short Cuts | 1993 | |
44 | Travelling Players, The aka Thiassos, O | 1975 | |
45 | A Woman Under the Influence | 1974 | |
46 | Rebel Without a Cause | 1955 | |
47 | Manhattan | 1979 | |
48 | Napoléon | 1927 | |
49 | War and Peace aka Voyna i mir | 1968 | |
50 | Blue Angel, The aka Blaue Engel, Der | 1930 | |
51 | A Star Is Born | 1954 | |
52 | Atalante, L' aka L'Atalante | 1934 |
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53 | Beauty and the Beast aka Belle et la bête, La | 1946 |
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54 | Pinocchio | 1940 |
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55 | Bicycle Thief, The aka Ladri di biciclette | 1948 | |
56 | Go-Between, The | 1970 | |
57 | 400 Blows, The aka Quatre cents coups, Les | 1959 |
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57 | Amour en fuite, L' aka Love on the Run | 1979 | |
57 | Bed and Board aka Domicile conjugal | 1970 | |
57 | Love at Twenty aka Amour à vingt ans, L' | 1962 | |
57 | Stolen Kisses aka Baisers volés | 1968 | |
58 | Pierrot le fou | 1965 | |
59 | Little Big Man | 1970 | |
60 | Ashes and Diamonds aka Popiól i diament | 1958 | |
60 | Kanal aka They Loved Life | 1957 | |
60 | Pokolenie | 1955 | |
61 | Days of Heaven | 1978 | |
62 | "Zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend, Die" | 1992 | |
62 | Heimat aka Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik | 1984 | |
63 | Red Shoes, The | 1948 |
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64 | César | 1936 | |
64 | Fanny | 1932 | |
64 | Marius | 1931 | |
65 | Blade Runner | 1982 |
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66 | Tree of Wooden Clogs, The aka Albero degli zoccoli, L' | 1978 | |
67 | Chinatown | 1974 |
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68 | Ninotchka | 1939 |
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69 | 1900 | 1976 | |
70 | Thief of Bagdad, The | 1924 | |
71 | A Hard Day's Night | 1964 | |
72 | Once Upon a Time in America | 1984 |
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73 | Vampires, Les | 1915 | |
74 | Third Man, The | 1949 |
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75 | Boulangère de Monceau, La | 1963 | |
75 | Carrière de Suzanne, La | 1963 | |
75 | Collector, The aka Collectionneuse, La | 1967 | |
75 | Genou de Claire, Le aka Claire's Knee | 1970 | |
75 | L'amour l'après-midi aka Chloe in the Afternoon | 1972 | |
75 | My Night at Maud's aka Ma nuit chez Maud | 1969 | |
76 | Maltese Falcon, The | 1941 |
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77 | Crowd, The | 1928 | |
78 | Do the Right Thing | 1989 |
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79 | Underground | 1995 | |
80 | Huozhe aka To Live | 1994 | |
81 | Gone with the Wind | 1939 |
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82 | Band Wagon, The | 1953 |
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83 | Brazil | 1985 | |
84 | City of Sadness aka Beiqing chengshi | 1989 | |
85 | Sullivan's Travels | 1941 |
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86 | Best Years of Our Lives, The | 1946 | |
87 | Zemlya aka Earth | 1930 | |
88 | Life and Nothing More... aka Zendegi va digar hich | 1991 | |
88 | Under the Olive Trees aka Zire darakhatan zeyton | 1994 | |
88 | Where is the Friend's Home? aka Khane-ye doust kodjast? | 1987 | |
89 | An Angel at My Table | 1990 | |
90 | Return of the Jedi aka Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 1983 |
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90 | Star Wars | 1977 |
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90 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 |
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91 | Born on the Fourth of July | 1989 |
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92 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | 1962 | |
93 | Cabaret | 1972 | |
94 | Wind, The | 1928 | |
95 | Pandora's Box aka Büchse der Pandora, Die | 1929 |
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96 | Titanic | 1997 |
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97 | Soulier de satin, Le | 1985 | |
98 | Ascent, The aka Voskhozhdeniye | 1976 | |
99 | Unforgiven | 1992 |
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100 | Trip to the Moon, A aka Voyage dans la lune, Le | 1902 |
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