Society: Top Movies

 

Top 100 Movies before 2000

 

 

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Top 100 Movies before 2000

 

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

 

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

 

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

 

4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

 

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

 

6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

 

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

 

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

 

9. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

 

10. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

 

11. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

 

12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

 

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

 

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

 

15. STAR WARS (1977)

 

16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

 

17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

 

18. PSYCHO (1960)

 

19. CHINATOWN (1974)

 

20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

 

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

 

22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

 

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

 

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

 

25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

 

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

 

27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

 

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

 

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

 

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

 

31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

 

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

 

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

 

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

 

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

 

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

 

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

 

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

 

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

 

40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

 

41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

 

42. REAR WINDOW (1954)

 

43. KING KONG (1933)

 

44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

 

45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

 

46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

 

47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

 

48. JAWS (1975)

 

49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

 

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

 

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

 

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

 

53. AMADEUS (1984)

 

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

 

55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

 

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

 

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

 

58. FANTASIA (1940)

 

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

 

60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

 

61. VERTIGO (1958)

 

62. TOOTSIE (1982)

 

63. STAGECOACH (1939)

 

64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

 

65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

 

66. NETWORK (1976)

 

67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

 

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

 

69. SHANE (1953)

 

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

 

71. FORREST GUMP (1994)

 

72. BEN-HUR (1959)

 

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

 

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

 

75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

 

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

 

77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

 

78. ROCKY (1976)

 

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

 

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

 

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

 

82. GIANT (1956)

 

83. PLATOON (1986)

 

84. FARGO (1996)

 

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

 

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

 

87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

 

88. EASY RIDER (1969)

 

89. PATTON (1970)

 

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

 

91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)

 

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

 

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

 

94. GOODFELLAS (1990)

 

95. PULP FICTION (1994)

 

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

 

97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

 

98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)

 

99. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

 

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

 

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Funniest Movies

 

1. Some Like It Hot (1959)

 

2. Tootsie (1982)

 

3. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying About And Love The Bomb (1964)

 

4. Annie Hall (1977)

 

5. Duck Soup (1933)

 

6. Blazing Saddles (1974)

 

7. M*A*S*H (1970)

 

8. It Happened One Night (1934)

 

9. The Graduate (1967)

 

10. Airplane! (1980)

 

11. The Producers (1968)

 

12. A Night At The Opera (1935)

 

13. Young Frankenstein (1974)

 

14. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

 

15. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

 

16. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)

 

17. The Odd Couple (1968)

 

18. The General (1927)

 

19. His Girl Friday (1940)

 

20. The Apartment (1960)

 

21. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

 

22. Adam’s Rib (1949)

 

23. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

 

24. Born Yesterday (1950)

 

25. The Gold Rush (1925)

 

26. Being There (1979)

 

27. There’s Something About Mary (1998)

 

28. Ghostbusters (1984)

 

29. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

 

30. Arsenic And Old Lace (1944)

 

31. Raising Arizona (1987)

 

32. The Thin Man (1934)

 

33. Modern Times (1936)

 

34. Groundhog Day (1993)

 

35. Harvey (1950)

 

36. National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

 

37. The Great Dictator (1940)

 

38. City Lights (1931)

 

39. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

 

40. It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

 

41. Moonstruck (1987)

 

42. Big (1988)

 

43. American Graffiti (1973)

 

44. My Man Godfrey (1936)

 

45. Harold And Maude (1972)

 

46. Manhattan (1979)

 

47. Shampoo (1975)

 

48. A Shot In The Dark (1964)

 

49. To Be Or Not To Be (1942)

 

50. Cat Ballou (1965)

 

51. The Seven Year Itch (1955)

 

52. Ninotchka (1939)

 

53. Arthur (1981)

 

54. The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

 

55. The Lady Eve (1941)

 

56. Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

 

57. Diner (1982)

 

58. It’s A Gift (1934)

 

59. A Day At The Races (1937)

 

60. Topper (1937)

 

61. What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

 

62. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)

 

63. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

 

64. Broadcast News (1987)

 

65. Horse Feathers (1932)

 

66. Take The Money And Run (1969)

 

67. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

 

68. The Awful Truth (1937)

 

69. Bananas (1971)

 

70. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)

 

71. Caddyshack (1980)

 

72. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

 

73. Monkey Business (1931)

 

74. 9 To 5 (1980)

 

75. She Done Him Wrong (1933)

 

76. Victor/Victoria (1982)

 

77. The Palm Beach Story (1942)

 

78. Road To Morocco (1942)

 

79. The Freshman (1925)

 

80. Sleeper (1973)

 

81. The Navigator (1924)

 

82. Private Benjamin (1980)

 

83. Father Of The Bride (1950)

 

84. Lost In America (1985)

 

85. Dinner At Eight (1933)

 

86. City Slickers (1991)

 

87. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)

 

88. Beetlejuice (1988)

 

89. The Jerk (1979)

 

90. Woman Of The Year (1942)

 

91. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

 

92. Ball Of Fire (1941)

 

93. Fargo (1996)

 

94. Auntie Mame (1958)

 

95. Silver Streak (1976)

 

96. Sons Of The Desert (1933)

 

97. Bull Durham (1988)

 

98. The Court Jester (1956)

 

99. The Nutty Professor (1963)

 

100. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

 

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ADAM’S RIB (1949)

 

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)

 

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)

 

THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

 

ALIEN (1979)

 

ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

 

ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)

 

ALL THE KING’S MEN (1949)

 

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)

 

AMADEUS (1984)

 

AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

 

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

 

THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (1964)

 

ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)

 

ANNIE HALL (1977)

 

THE APARTMENT (1960)

 

APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

 

APOLLO 13 (1995)

 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956)

 

ATLANTIC CITY (1980)

 

THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937)

 

BABE (1995)

 

BABES IN ARMS (1939)

 

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

 

BADLANDS (1973)

 

BAMBI (1942)

 

THE BAND WAGON (1953)

 

THE BANK DICK (1940)

 

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1967)

 

BATAAN (1943)

 

BATMAN (1989)

 

BEAU GESTE (1939)

 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)

 

BEN-HUR (1926)

 

BEN-HUR (1959)

 

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

 

BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984)

 

BIG (1988)

 

THE BIG CHILL (1983)

 

THE BIG PARADE (1925)

 

THE BIG SLEEP (1946)

 

THE BIRDS (1963)

 

THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

 

THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (1955)

 

BLADE RUNNER (1982)

 

BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

 

BLUE VELVET (1986)

 

BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

 

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989)

 

BOYS TOWN (1938)

 

BRAVEHEART (1995)

 

BRAZIL (1985)

 

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)

 

BREAKING AWAY (1979)

 

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

 

BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

 

BROADCAST NEWS (1987)

 

THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929)

 

BULLITT (1968)

 

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

 

CABARET (1972)

 

CABIN IN THE SKY (1943)

 

THE CAINE MUTINY (1954)

 

CAMILLE (1937)

 

CARMEN JONES (1954)

 

CARRIE (1976)

 

CASABLANCA (1942)

 

CASINO (1995)

 

CAT BALLOU (1965)

 

CAT PEOPLE (1942)

 

CAVALCADE (1933)

 

CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)

 

THE CHEAT (1915)

 

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD (1986)

 

CHINATOWN (1974)

 

EL CID (1961)

 

CIMARRON (1931)

 

CINDERELLA (1950)

 

CITIZEN KANE (1941)

 

CITY LIGHTS (1931)

 

CLEOPATRA (1963)

 

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

 

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

 

THE COLOR PURPLE (1985)

 

COMING HOME (1978)

 

THE CONVERSATION (1974)

 

COOL HAND LUKE (1967)

 

THE CROWD (1928)

 

DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)

 

DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988)

 

DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935)

 

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)

 

DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978)

 

DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES (1962)

 

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989)

 

THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

 

THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)

 

DELIVERANCE (1972)

 

DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (1939)

 

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959)

 

DIE HARD (1988)

 

DIRTY HARRY (1971)

 

DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)

 

DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

 

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

 

DODSWORTH (1936)

 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)

 

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

 

DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989)

 

DUCK SOUP (1933)

 

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)

 

EAST OF EDEN (1955)

 

EASY RIDER (1969)

 

ELMER GANTRY (1960)

 

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

 

THE ENGLISH PATIENT (1996)

 

THE EXORCIST (1973)

 

FANTASIA (1940)

 

FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966)

 

FARGO (1996)

 

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)

 

FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)

 

FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986)

 

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)

 

FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)

 

FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)

 

FORCE OF EVIL (1948)

 

FORREST GUMP (1994)

 

42ND STREET (1933)

 

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921)

 

FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

 

FREAKS (1932)

 

THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

 

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

 

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)

 

THE FUGITIVE (1993)

 

FUNNY GIRL (1968)

 

FURY (1936)

 

GANDHI (1982)

 

THE GENERAL (1927)

 

GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947)

 

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)

 

GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)

 

GIANT (1956)

 

GIGI (1958)

 

GILDA (1946)

 

GLORY (1989)

 

THE GODFATHER (1972)

 

THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

 

GOING MY WAY (1944)

 

THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

 

GOLDFINGER (1964)

 

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

 

THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)

 

GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939)

 

GOODFELLAS (1990)

 

THE GRADUATE (1967)

 

GRAND HOTEL (1932)

 

THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

 

GREASE (1978)

 

THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936)

 

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)

 

GREED (1925)

 

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

 

GUN CRAZY (1950)

 

THE GUNFIGHTER (1950)

 

GUNGA DIN (1939)

 

HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (1944)

 

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)

 

THE HEIRESS (1949)

 

HIGH NOON (1952)

 

HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

 

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)

 

HUD (1963)

 

THE HUSTLER (1961)

 

I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)

 

IMITATION OF LIFE (1959)

 

IN COLD BLOOD (1967)

 

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)

 

INTOLERANCE (1916)

 

INTRUDER IN THE DUST (1949)

 

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

 

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

 

IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (1963)

 

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

 

JAWS (1975)

 

THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

 

JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)

 

THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993)

 

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)

 

THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967)

 

JURASSIC PARK (1993)

 

THE KID (1921)

 

THE KILLING FIELDS (1984)

 

KING KONG (1933)

 

KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)

 

LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955)

 

THE LADY EVE (1941)

 

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)

 

THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)

 

LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1973)

 

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988)

 

LAURA (1944)

 

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

 

LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995)

 

LETHAL WEAPON (1987)

 

A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)

 

THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (1937)

 

THE LION KING (1994)

 

LITTLE BIG MAN (1970)

 

LITTLE CAESAR (1930)

 

THE LITTLE COLONEL (1935)

 

THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)

 

LOCAL HERO (1983)

 

THE LONGEST DAY (1962)

 

LOST HORIZON (1937)

 

THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)

 

LOVE STORY (1970)

 

M*A*S*H (1970)

 

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)

 

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

 

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966)

 

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)

 

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

 

MANHATTAN (1979)

 

THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940)

 

MARTY (1955)

 

MARY POPPINS (1964)

 

McCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1949)

 

MEAN STREETS (1973)

 

MEDIUM COOL (1969)

 

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)

 

MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980)

 

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

 

THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK (1944)

 

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)

 

MISSING (1982)

 

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)

 

MISTER ROBERTS (1955)

 

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

 

MRS. MINIVER (1942)

 

MODERN TIMES (1936)

 

MOONSTRUCK (1987)

 

MOROCCO (1930)

 

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

 

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946)

 

MY FAIR LADY (1964)

 

MY MAN GODFREY (1936)

 

NASHVILLE (1975)

 

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)

 

NETWORK (1976)

 

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)

 

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)

 

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

 

NINOTCHKA (1939)

 

EL NORTE (1983)

 

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

 

NOTORIOUS (1946)

 

NOW, VOYAGER (1942)

 

OKLAHOMA! (1955)

 

OLIVER! (1968)

 

ON GOLDEN POND (1981)

 

ON THE BEACH (1959)

 

ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

 

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)

 

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961)

 

ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939)

 

ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

 

OUT OF AFRICA (1985)

 

OUT OF THE PAST (1947)

 

THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)

 

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943)

 

PATHS OF GLORY (1957)

 

PATTON (1970)

 

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)

 

PHILADELPHIA (1993)

 

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

 

PILLOW TALK (1959)

 

THE PINK PANTHER (1964)

 

PINOCCHIO (1940)

 

A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

 

PLANET OF THE APES (1968)

 

PLATOON (1986)

 

THE PLAYER (1992)

 

THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)

 

PRETTY WOMAN (1990)

 

THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942)

 

THE PRODUCERS (1967)

 

PSYCHO (1960)

 

THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931)

 

PULP FICTION (1994)

 

THE QUIET MAN (1952)

 

RAGING BULL (1980)

 

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

 

RAIN MAN (1988)

 

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)

 

RAMBLING ROSE (1991)

 

REAR WINDOW (1954)

 

REBECCA (1940)

 

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

 

RED RIVER (1948)

 

REDS (1981)

 

RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983)

 

RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7 (1980)

 

RICHARD III (1912)

 

THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)

 

RISKY BUSINESS (1983)

 

ROAD TO MOROCCO (1942)

 

ROCKY (1976)

 

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)

 

ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

 

RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP (1958)

 

SAFETY LAST (1923)

 

SALT OF THE EARTH (1954)

 

SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)

 

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)

 

SCARFACE: THE SHAME OF A NATION (1932)

 

THE SCARLET EMPRESS (1934)

 

SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

 

THE SEARCHERS (1956)

 

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)

 

SERGEANT YORK (1941)

 

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)

 

SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)

 

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)

 

SHADOWS (1959)

 

SHANE (1953)

 

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

 

SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)

 

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

 

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)

 

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993)

 

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)

 

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

 

SONS OF THE DESERT (1933)

 

SOPHIE’S CHOICE (1982)

 

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

 

SOUNDER (1972)

 

SPARTACUS (1960)

 

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)

 

STAGECOACH (1939)

 

STALAG 17 (1953)

 

A STAR IS BORN (1937)

 

A STAR IS BORN (1954)

 

STAR WARS (1977)

 

THE STING (1973)

 

STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984)

 

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

 

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)

 

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (1941)

 

SUNRISE (1927)

 

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

 

SWING TIME (1936)

 

TAXI DRIVER (1976)

 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)

 

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)

 

TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983)

 

THELMA & LOUISE (1991)

 

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)

 

THE THIN MAN (1934)

 

THE THIRD MAN (1949)

 

THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO (1944)

 

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

 

TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)

 

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

 

TOM JONES (1963)

 

TOOTSIE (1982)

 

TOP HAT (1935)

 

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)

 

TOY STORY (1995)

 

THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

 

TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

 

12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

 

TWELVE O’CLOCK HIGH (1949)

 

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

 

TWO FOR THE ROAD (1967)

 

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

 

UNFORGIVEN (1992)

 

THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)

 

VERTIGO (1958)

 

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

 

THE WAY WE WERE (1973)

 

WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

 

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962)

 

WHITE HEAT (1949)

 

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)

 

THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

 

WINCHESTER ‘73 (1950)

 

THE WIND (1928)

 

WINGS (1927)

 

WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)

 

WITNESS (1985)

 

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

 

WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942)

 

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

 

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

 

THE YEARLING (1946)

 

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)

 

YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939)

 

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS United Artists,

 

Olivier stars as the brooding master of Wuthering Heights who roams the English moors in search of his lost love, played by Oberon. Gregg Toland’s moody cinematography infuses the Emily Brontë-based film with a haunting atmosphere.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Donald Crisp, David Niven DIRECTOR William Wyler PRODUCER Samuel Goldwyn SCREENWRITERS Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

 

This film is currently ranked 220 based on the public’s votes.

 

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AMADEUS Orion,

 

Abraham’s Salieri declares war against the heavens for speaking through the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, played by Hulce. Flashbacks illuminate the mad, energetic brilliance of Mozart, and Salieri’s struggle with his own mediocrity.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham DIRECTOR Milos Forman PRODUCER Saul Zaentz SCREENWRITER Peter Shaffer

 

This film is currently ranked 42 based on the public’s votes.

 

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS United Artists ,

 

Jules Verne’s story centers on stolid Englishman Phileas Fogg, played by Niven, who wagers that he can travel the globe in 80 days. The film boasts gorgeous scenery, the comic antics of Mexican comedian Cantinflas and 42 guest appearances by well-known stars. Producer Todd came up with the novel idea to call these appearances “cameos.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine DIRECTOR Michael Anderson PRODUCER Michael Todd SCREENWRITERS John Farrow, S.J. Perelman, James Poe

 

This film is currently ranked 248 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BABE Universal,

 

This fantasy film tells the story of Babe, an orphaned young pig who is raised by a sheep dog, becomes an expert herder, and forms a special bond with an eccentric farmer as they share “the faintest hint of a common destiny.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST James Cromwell DIRECTOR Chris Noonan PRODUCERS George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller SCREENWRITERS George Miller, Chris Noonan

 

This film is currently ranked 102 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BACK TO THE FUTURE Universal,

 

Fox is Marty McFly, a high-school student who jumps into a DeLorean time machine built by a crazy scientist, Lloyd, and travels back in time to 1955. After bungling the moment when his parents first meet, he must get them interested in each other to secure his own destiny.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd DIRECTOR Robert Zemeckis PRODUCER Neil Canton, Bob Gale SCREENWRITERS Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis

 

This film is currently ranked 37 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BAMBI Disney,

 

It’s hard to keep a dry eye in this visually beautiful, animated story of life in the forest that moves from the idyllic to the horrific and back again for the sweet-natured fawn Bambi.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST David Hand, Perce Pearce DIRECTOR Walt Disney PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITER Larry Morey

 

This film is currently ranked 152 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BATMAN Warner Bros.,

 

Keaton’s Batman and Nicholson’s Joker duke it out for the soul of Gotham City. Burton’s take on the comic book’s Dark Knight comes to life in the world created by Anton Furst’s production design.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger DIRECTOR Tim Burton PRODUCERS Peter Guber, Jon Peters SCREENWRITERS Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren

 

This film is currently ranked 105 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BEN-HUR M-G-M,

 

This epic remake of the 1926 film features Heston as the title character, a wealthy Jew whose former childhood friend, a Roman, causes him to lose everything. He eventually gets his revenge in the film’s spectacular chariot race.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith, Jack Hawkins DIRECTOR William Wyler PRODUCER Sam Zimbalist SCREENWRITER Karl Tunberg

 

This film is currently ranked 19 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE BIRDS Universal,

 

Hitchcock’s bird’s-eye view of the apocalypse has our feathered friends attacking the residents of a small town in northern California.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy DIRECTOR Alfred Hitchcock PRODUCER Alfred Hitchcock SCREENWRITER Evan Hunter

 

This film is currently ranked 109 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BLADE RUNNER Warner Bros.,

 

The opening shot of Los Angeles in 2019 sets the stage for Scott’s dark, futuristic thriller. It’s a world of buildings built over rubble, bursts of fire, a constant dirty rain and the shiniest, constant advertising that describes vacation colonies in space. This is where we find blade runner Ford, who has been hired to hunt down a group of “replicants,” a powerful human-like species that has mutinied in space and returned to earth in an attempt to prolong their life-span.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos DIRECTOR Richard Brooks PRODUCER Ridley Scott SCREENWRITER Hampton Fancher

 

This film is currently ranked 36 based on the public’s votes.

 

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BRAZIL Universal,

 

Gilliam’s darkly comic sci-fi epic nightmare of the future finds Pryce as a civil servant who desperately tries to hold onto his dreams. Occasionally, he allows his mind to soar with the woman of his dreams, high above this paranoid, claustrophobic world.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro DIRECTOR Terry Gilliam PRODUCER Arnon Milchan SCREENWRITERS Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, Tom Stoppard

 

This film is currently ranked 93 based on the public’s votes.

 

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CHARIOTS OF FIRE Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

This inspirational drama explores the motivation, goals and triumphs of two top contenders from the 1924 British Olympic track teamCross as a wealthy Jewish student at Cambridge University and Charleson as a Scottish missionary. The atmospheric musical score by Vangelis has become forever linked with the film’s slow-motion running scenes.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm DIRECTOR Hugh Hudson PRODUCER David Puttnam SCREENWRITER Colin Welland

 

This film is currently ranked 100 based on the public’s votes.

 

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CINDERELLA Disney,

 

With the help of some comical mice, her fairy godmother’s magic wand and a chorus of “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo,” Cinderella goes to the ball and meets Prince Charming in this animated musical version of the Grimm fairy tale.

 

DIRECTORS Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITERS Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Ted Sears, Winston Hibler, Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Ken Anderson, Joe Rinaldi

 

This film is currently ranked 167 based on the public’s votes.

 

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CLEOPATRA Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

Taylor’s queen of the Nile travels to Rome to be with her love, Julius Caesar, only to fall for the dashing Marc Antony, played by Burton. The film re-defined the term “film spectacular” when it was released.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison DIRECTOR Joseph L. Mankiewicz PRODUCER Walter Wanger SCREENWRITERS Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall, Sidney Buchman

 

This film is currently ranked 221 based on the public’s votes.

 

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DEAD POETS SOCIETY Touchstone,

 

Williams is a passionate 1950s prep school teacher who inspires his students to “seize the day.” When one of his students commits suicide, his unorthodox teaching methods are blamed.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke DIRECTOR Peter Weir PRODUCERS Steven Haft, Tony Thomas, Paul Junger Witt SCREENWRITER Tom Schulman

 

This film is currently ranked 31 based on the public’s votes.

 

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DRIVING MISS DAISY Warner Bros.,

 

Tandy is a stubborn old Southern woman, and Freeman is her resilient chauffeur. The film chronicles their twenty-five years together as differences dissolve, friendship grows and respect blossoms. Uhry adapted the film from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd DIRECTOR Bruce Beresford PRODUCERS Lili Fini Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck SCREENWRITER Alfred Uhry

 

This film is currently ranked 117 based on the public’s votes.

 

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E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Universal,

 

Eliot is a young boy from a broken home who discovers an extraterrestrial creature that has been stranded on earth light years from home. Together they form a universal friendship, and Eliot helps E.T. “Phone home.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg PRODUCERS Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg SCREENWRITER Melissa Mathison

 

This film is currently ranked 17 based on the public’s votes.

 

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EAST OF EDEN Warner Bros.,

 

Dean is an intense and troubled adolescent who competes for his father’s love with his older brother in this bittersweet World War I era story based on John Steinbeck’s novel.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Jo Van Fleet DIRECTOR Elia Kazan PRODUCER Elia Kazan SCREENWRITER Paul Osborn

 

This film is currently ranked 193 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

The sequel to Star Wars chronicles the further adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo in their battle against the dark side of the Force. The film introduces Yoda, a Jedi master, to the cause and is probably best remembered for the moment when Luke learns the true identity of his father.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher DIRECTOR Irvin Kershner PRODUCER Gary Kurtz SCREENWRITERS Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan

 

This film is currently ranked 22 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE ENGLISH PATIENT Miramax,

 

Fiennes is a horribly burned man who lays dying. Binoche is his nurse, a woman in mourning for her lost love, who listens as he tells of his love affair with an English aristocrat whose life he tried to save in war-torn North Africa.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristen Scott Thomas DIRECTOR Anthony Minghella PRODUCER Saul Zaentz SCREENWRITER Anthony Minghella

 

This film is currently ranked 89 based on the public’s votes.

 

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FARGO Gramercy,

 

A frigid Minnesota landscape is the setting for a series of gruesome murders intertwined with a botched kidnapping job. McDormand is Marge, the pregnant police officer who reconstructs the crime with a style all her own. “You betcha.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Frances McDormand, William H. Macy DIRECTOR Joel Coen PRODUCER Ethan Coen SCREENWRITERS Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

 

This film is currently ranked 49 based on the public’s votes.

 

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF United Artists,

 

A proud Jewish father struggles to hold on to “Tradition!” as the world around him changes. The film is based on a Broadway musical and features the songs “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Topol DIRECTOR Norman Jewison PRODUCER Norman Jewison SCREENWRITER Joseph Stein

 

This film is currently ranked 120 based on the public’s votes.

 

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FORREST GUMP Paramount,

 

Hanks is Forrest Gump, who despite being mentally challenged, tries hard, is honest and places his trust in luck. He tells his life story to anyone who sits next to him at a bus stop, and the flashbacks follow Forrest and his good heart through some of the highlights of modern American history. Through the use of digital imagery, Forrest appears to interact in scenes with John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and George Wallace. “Life is like a box of chocolates.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field DIRECTOR Robert Zemeckis PRODUCERS Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch SCREENWRITER Eric Roth

 

This film is currently ranked 9 based on the public’s votes.

 

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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE United Artists,

 

Agent 007’s second appearance features Connery as the dashing James Bond, this time pitted against villains Shaw and Lenya. The film is particularly renowned for the fight between Connery and Shaw aboard the train.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya DIRECTOR Terence Young PRODUCERS Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman SCREENWRITER Richard Maibaum

 

This film is currently ranked 228 based on the public’s votes.

 

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GANDHI Columbia,

 

An epic film featuring Kingsley’s intimate portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi chronicling his rise to power as a leader against British rule in India and as a symbol of passive resistance.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen DIRECTOR Richard Attenborough PRODUCER Richard Attenborough SCREENWRITER John Briley

 

This film is currently ranked 97 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE GODFATHER Paramount,

 

Brando is Don Vito Corleone, the sympathetic Godfather of a New York crime family, whose business it is to make offers people can’t refuse. Visually beautiful images of times and locales contrast with the film’s graphic violence.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton DIRECTOR Francis Ford Coppola PRODUCER Albert S. Ruddy SCREENWRITERS Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo

 

This film is currently ranked 1 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE GODFATHER PART II Paramount,

 

The sequel to The Godfather shows us the world of Don Vito Corleone before and after the story in the original film. Pacino is his son Michael, who struggles to bring the family into the modern age. In the film’s extended flashback sequences, De Niro is the young Vito as he gains power in the New York City Mafia.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire DIRECTOR Francis Ford Coppola PRODUCER Francis Ford Coppola SCREENWRITERS Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo

 

This film is currently ranked 21 based on the public’s votes.

 

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GONE WITH THE WIND M-G-M,

 

Margaret Mitchell’s “Immortal tale of the old South” has Leigh as Scarlett and Gable as Rhett. The burning of Atlanta was a high water mark for screen excitement. As poet Ogden Nash put it, “The Civil War was quite a fight and not a mere diversion; I never knew how tough it was before Dave Selznick’s version.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland DIRECTOR Victor Fleming PRODUCER David O. Selznick SCREENWRITER Sidney Howard

 

This film is currently ranked 4 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE GRAPES OF WRATH Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

This moving Depression-era social drama based on John Steinbeck’s novel, follows the hopeful migration of workers from the Oklahoma dust bowl through their subsequent disillusionment upon reaching California the “promised land.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine DIRECTOR John Ford PRODUCER Nunnally Johnson SCREENWRITER Nunnally Johnson

 

This film is currently ranked 85 based on the public’s votes.

 

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JAWS Universal,

 

Spielberg pits three men against a Great White Shark that has been attacking swimmers at an island resort in New England. The film redefined the word “blockbuster,” and John Williams’ score still haunts swimmers around the world.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg PRODUCERS Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown SCREENWRITERS Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb

 

This film is currently ranked 32 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE JOY LUCK CLUB Hollywood,

 

The saga follows four Chinese-American women who struggle to live up to the dreams that their mothers had for them when they came to America. The lives of the mothers, told in flashbacks, contrast with the lives of the daughters.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu DIRECTOR Wayne Wang PRODUCERS Wayne Wang, Amy Tan, Ronald Bass, Patrick Markey SCREENWRITERS Amy Tan, Ronald Bass

 

This film is currently ranked 190 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE JUNGLE BOOK Disney,

 

In this animated musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s story of Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves, befriended by Baloo the bear and hunted by Shere Khan, the tiger. The film’s songs include “Just The Bare Necessities” and “I Want To Be Like You.”

 

DIRECTOR Wolfgang Reitherman PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITERS Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Ralph Wright

 

This film is currently ranked 237 based on the public’s votes.

 

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JURASSIC PARK Universal,

 

Dinosaurs are recreated from genetic material for a theme park on a remote island. Chaos erupts during a test run when the dinosaurs break free from their confines and prey on the park guests. The film’s landmark special effects brought dinosaurs back to life.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg PRODUCERS Kathleen Kennedy, Gerald R. Molen SCREENWRITERS Michael Crichton, David Koepp

 

This film is currently ranked 48 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE LAST EMPEROR Columbia,

 

This historical epic tells the story of China’s changing political landscape in the 20th century though the life of China’s final emperor, Pu Yi. Cloistered as a child, he was cast out into the modern world when deposed during the Communist Revolution. Bertolucci was the first Western filmmaker provided the privilege of filming inside the Forbidden City.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST John Lone, Peter O’Toole, Joan Chen DIRECTOR Bernardo Bertolucci PRODUCER Jeremy Thomas SCREENWRITERS Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe

 

This film is currently ranked 157 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE LION KING Disney,

 

This animated musical opens on a grand scale with the song “Circle of Life,” announcing the birth of Simba, a baby lion. When his father is killed by an evil uncle, the young cub is exiled, later to return to reclaim his position as king of the jungle. “Hakuna Matata.”

 

DIRECTORS Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff PRODUCER Don Hahn SCREENWRITERS Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton

 

This film is currently ranked 62 based on the public’s votes.

 

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MARY POPPINS Disney,

 

This musical fantasy introduced Andrews to film history as the magical nanny who arrives at the home of Jane and Michael Banks via umbrella and teaches them valuable lessons about life. The film includes the songs “A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” and “Chim Chim Cheree.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke DIRECTOR Robert Stevenson PRODUCERS Walt Disney, Bill Walsh SCREENWRITERS Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi

 

This film is currently ranked 86 based on the public’s votes.

 

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ON GOLDEN POND Universal,

 

Fonda and Hepburn are Norman and Ethel Thayer, who travel to their family’s lake-front summer cottage to celebrate Norman’s 80th birthday, fish, and say “hello” to the loons. Daughter Chelsea, played by Fonda, arrives with a new boyfriend and his son in tow, and three generations gently collide in this funny, heartwarming film.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda DIRECTOR Mark Rydell PRODUCERS Terry Carr, Bruce Gilbert SCREENWRITER Ernest Thompson

 

This film is currently ranked 137 based on the public’s votes.

 

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ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS Disney,

 

This animated “tail” is told from a dogs-eye view and revolves around the kidnapping of Dalmatian puppies by the wicked Cruella De Vil, who has her mind set on making a fashionable spotted coat.

 

DIRECTORS Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITER Bill Peet

 

This film is currently ranked 267 based on the public’s votes.

 

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PINOCCHIO Disney,

 

Puppeteer Geppetto’s fantasy of having a real-life son comes true with help provided by Jiminy Cricket. The song “When You Wish Upon A Star” became a signature Disney tune.

 

DIRECTOR Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITERS Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, William Cottrell, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia

 

This film is currently ranked 250 based on the public’s votes.

 

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PRETTY WOMAN Touchstone,

 

Roberts is the charming, sweet and spunky prostitute hired as an escort by businessman Gere. As stereotypes crumble, he discovers her dignity, and they fall in love.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Julia Roberts, Richard Gere DIRECTOR Garry Marshall PRODUCER Arnon Milchan, Steven Reuther SCREENWRITER J.F. Lawton

 

This film is currently ranked 83 based on the public’s votes.

 

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Paramount,

 

Ford is Indiana Jones, an archeologist with a flair for dramatic situations that follow him from the Amazon, through Egypt and on to the lost Ark of the Covenant. Poison darts, a giant rolling ball, pits full of snakes and an army of Nazis are just a few of the obstacles in his quest.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Harrison Ford, Karen Allen DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg PRODUCER Frank Marshall SCREENWRITERS Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Phillip Kaufman

 

This film is currently ranked 14 based on the public’s votes.

 

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RETURN OF THE JEDI Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

The final chapter in the first Star Wars trilogy introduces the Ewoks to the rebellion cause, Luke and Leia learn of their family ties, and good finally triumphs over evil when Luke defeats father Vader and the Dark Side in a final light saber duel.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher DIRECTOR Richard Marquand PRODUCER Howard G. Kazanjian SCREENWRITERS Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas

 

This film is currently ranked 38 based on the public’s votes.

 

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Columbia,

 

Thompson adapted the screenplay from Jane Austen’s novel about two sisters with different approaches to life and love. Together, Thompson’s older, more practical Elinor and Winslet’s passionate, impulsive Marianne find their way through the boundaries of 18th-century British society and end up at the altar.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant DIRECTOR Ang Lee PRODUCER Lindsay Doran SCREENWRITER Emma Thompson

 

This film is currently ranked 147 based on the public’s votes.

 

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Disney,

 

The first feature-length animated film charmed audiences with its fluid artwork, fairytale characters and charming songs such as “Whistle While You Work.”

 

DIRECTOR David Hand, et al. PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITERS Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Richard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, Webb Smith

 

This film is currently ranked 128 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

Andrews is Maria, a nun who becomes governess to the Von Trapp family in this film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical. Maria falls in love with the children and their handsome widowed father just as Austria is being annexed by the Nazis. The film’s songs include the title song, “Do-Re-Mi,” and “Climb Every Mountain.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Peggy Wood DIRECTOR Robert Wise PRODUCER Robert Wise SCREENWRITER Ernest Lehman

 

This film is currently ranked 20 based on the public’s votes.

 

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STAR WARS Twentieth Century-Fox,

 

A landmark science fiction fantasy about a young man, Luke Skywalker, who finds his calling as a Jedi warrior and with the help of “droids” and an outlaw named Han Solo, then embarks on a mission to rescue a princess and save the galaxy from the Dark Side. “May the force be with you.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness DIRECTOR George Lucas PRODUCER Gary Kurtz SCREENWRITER George Lucas

 

This film is currently ranked 2 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Paramount,

 

Heston portrays Moses, who receives the Ten Commandments and leads his people from Egypt to the promised land. The spectacular parting of the Red Sea remains a favorite.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter DIRECTOR Cecil B. De Mille PRODUCER Cecil B. De Mille SCREENWRITERS Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank

 

This film is currently ranked 41 based on the public’s votes.

 

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TOM JONES United Artists,

 

Finney is the title character in this bawdy Henry Fielding tale of the adventures of a young man seeking fortune and love in 18th-century England.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Albert Finney, Susannah York, Joyce Redman, Diane Cilento DIRECTOR Tony Richardson PRODUCER Tony Richardson SCREENWRITER John Osborne

 

This film is currently ranked 334 based on the public’s votes.

 

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TOOTSIE Columbia,

 

Hoffman stars in this comedy about a temperamental out-of-work actor who puts on a dress and lands the role of a lifetime in a TV soap opera. Love interest Lange and her lonely father make situations even more complicated in this gender-bending love story.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr DIRECTOR Sydney Pollack PRODUCERS Sydney Pollack, Dick Richards SCREENWRITERS Larry Gelbart, Don McGuire, Murray Schisgal

 

This film is currently ranked 170 based on the public’s votes.

 

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TOY STORY Disney,

 

Groundbreaking computer animation creates the world of Woody, a toy cowboy, who is replaced as the favorite toy by higher-tech, but doltish Buzz Lightyear. “To infinity and beyond!”

 

DIRECTOR John Lasseter PRODUCERS Ralph J. Guggenhein, Bonnie Arnold SCREENWRITERS John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Peter Docter, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow

 

This film is currently ranked 103 based on the public’s votes.

 

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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Disney,

 

Mason is the suave, yet malevolent Captain Nemo, whose futuristic submarine offers a comfortable prison for three 19th-century men shipwrecked while investigating an attack by a mysterious sea monster. Douglas’ fight with a giant squid is still memorable.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Kirk Douglas, James Mason DIRECTOR Richard Fleischer PRODUCER Walt Disney SCREENWRITER Earl Felton

 

This film is currently ranked 287 based on the public’s votes.

 

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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY M-G-M,

 

Kubrick’s science fiction epic puts mankind in context between ape and space voyager. The film created a stir for its special effects, the computer HAL, and the debate about the meaning of the film’s final sequence.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood DIRECTOR Stanley Kubrick PRODUCER Stanley Kubrick SCREENWRITERS Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke

 

This film is currently ranked 18 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE UNTOUCHABLES Paramount,

 

In Chicago, circa 1930, Costner is Eliot Ness, a special agent who leads a band of honest cops into the dangerous world of organized crime and police corruption on a mission to arrest De Niro’s Al Capone. The film features De Palma’s homage to Battleship Potemkin in the train station shoot-out.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro DIRECTOR Brian DePalma PRODUCER Art Linson SCREENWRITER David Mamet

 

This film is currently ranked 115 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Paramount,

 

Pal’s special effects provide the centerpiece for this updated, loose adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a Martian invasion.

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Ann Robinson DIRECTOR Byron Haskin PRODUCER George Pal SCREENWRITER Barre Lyndon

 

This film is currently ranked 219 based on the public’s votes.

 

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THE WIZARD OF OZ M-G-M,

 

Garland’s Dorothy Gale is transported from her black-and-white Kansas home to the colorful land of Oz via tornado. From here she journeys down the Yellow Brick Road and is helped by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion on their way to see the Wizard. The Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg score is highlighted by “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

 

PRINCIPAL CAST Judy Garland, Frank Morgan DIRECTOR Victor Fleming PRODUCER Mervyn LeRoy SCREENWRITERS Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf

 

This film is currently ranked 8 based on the public’s votes.

 

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Public’s choices:

 

1.THE GODFATHER 2.STAR WARS 3.CASABLANCA 4.GONE WITH THE WIND 5.CITIZEN KANE 6.SCHINDLER’S LIST 7.IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 8.THE WIZARD OF OZ 9.FORREST GUMP 10.BRAVEHEART

 

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