Top Ranked Films by Year: the 2000s

Based on our compendium of all film polls

[2011 Update - added 2009, July 2011; current through mid 2011 polls]
William L. Sinclair

Photo from the Oscar-winning German film, The Lives of Others

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, 2011 Edition that we compiled,

Total Ranked Films in the 2000's: 246 (up from 152 as 2 more years were added, 2009-2010 - with 92 ranked 800 or lower, some will undoubtably drop out of the rankings)

- [ 2010 ] 1. Toy Story 3 - Lasseter, John #180 2. Social Network - Fincher, David #235 3. King's Speech - Hooper, Tom #267 4. Black Swan - Aronofsky, Darren #287 5. Inception - Nolan, Christopher #300 6. Exit Through the Gift Shop - Banksy #556 7. Shutter Island - Scorsese, Martin #565 8. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives - Weerasethakul, Apichatpong #588 9. Winter's Bone - Granik, Debra #602 10. Carlos - Assayas , Olivier #687 11. My Perestroika - Hessman, Robin #725 12. Poetry (Shi) Lee, Chang-dong #762 13. 127 Hours - Boyle, Danny #783 14. Film Unfinished, A - Hersonski, Yael #803

15. Inside Job - Ferguson, Charles #814 16. Kids Are All Right, The - Cholodenko, Lisa #830 17. Arbor, The - Barnard, Clio #832 18. Blue Valentine - Cianfrance, Derek #848 19. 13 Assassins - Miike, Takashi #850 20. How to Train Your Dragon - DeBlois (Dean), Sanders (Chris) #852 21. Tillman Story, The - Bar-Lev, Amir #854 22. Illusionist, The - Chomet, Sylvain #872 23. Cave of Forgotten Dreams - Herzog, Werner #878 24. Of Gods and Men - Beauvois, Xavier #881 25. True Grit - Coen Bros. #888 26. Certified Copy - Kiarostami, Abbas #906 27. Nostalgia for the Light - Guzmn, Patricio #934 28. Restrepo - Hetherington, Tim & Junger, Sebastian #981 29. Meek's Cutoff - Reichardt, Kelly #983 Best Picture: The King's Speech

- [ 2009 ] 1. District 9 - Blomkamp, Neill #310 2. Inglourious Basterds - Tarantino, Quentin #333 3. Star Trek - Abrams, J J #376 4. Secret in Their Eyes - Campanella, Juan Jos #401 5. Prophet, A - Audiard, Jacques #449 6. Avatar - Cameron, James #457 7. Fantastic Mr Fox - Anderson, Wes #494 8. White Ribbon, The - Haneke, Michael #522 9. Serious Man, A - Coen Bros #631 10. Hunger - McQueen, Steve #656 11. Mary and Max - Elliot, Adam #658 12. An Education - Scherfig, Lone #700 13. Up in the Air - Reitman, Jason #749 14. In the Loop - Iannucci, Armando #762 15. 45365 - Ross, Bill IV #828

16. I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You - Ainouz, Karim #835 17. Cove, The - Psihoyos, Louie #879 18. Coraline - Selick, Henry #906 19. Last Train Home - Fan, Lixie #926 20. Lebanon - Maoz, Samuel #942 21. Vincere - Bellocchio, Marco #960 22. Fish Tank - Arnold, Andrea #966 23. Passing Strange - Lee, Spike #993 Best Picture: The Hurt Locker [technically a 2008 release; the Oscars also did this in 42-43 with Casablanca, released in 42, but awarded best picture of 1943]

- [ 2008 ] 1. WALL-E - Stanton, Andrew #155 2. Dark Knight, The - Nolan, Christopher #189 3. Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The - Schnabel, Julian #194 4. Slumdog Millionaire - Boyle, Danny #221 5. Let the Right One In - Alfredson, Tomas #288 6. Wrestler, The - Aronofsky, Darren #292 7. Hurt Locker, The - Bigelow, Kathryn #428 8. Gran Torino - Eastwood, Clint #434 9. Waltz with Bashir - Folman, Ari #474 10. Man on Wire - Marsh, James #484 11. Milk - Van Sant, Gus #522 12. Ponyo (anime,2008) Miyazaki, Hayao #567 13. In Bruges - McDonagh, Martin #583 14. Class, The - Cantet, Laurent #618 15. Hunger - McQueen, Steve #650 16. 35 Shots of Rum - Denis, Claire #653 17. Still Walking - Kore-eda, Hirokazu #705 18. Sita Sings the Blues - Paley, Nina #709 19. Goodbye Solo - Bahrani, Ramin #775 20. Happy-Go-Lucky - Leigh, Mike #785 21. Tulpan - Dvortsevoy, Sergei #799

22. Gomorra - Garrone, Matteo #828 23. Revanche - Spielmann, Gtz #858 24. Beaches of Agns, The - Varda, Agns #883 25. Christmas Tale, A - Desplechin, Arnaud #896 26. Rachel Getting Married - Demme, Jonathan #909 27. Synecdoche, New York - Kaufman, Charlie #967 28. Summer Hours - Assayas, Olivier #989 [Gone: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Goodbye Solo, Changeling, Seraphine] Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

- [ 2007 ] 1. No Country for Old Men - Coen Ethan and Joel #133 2. There Will Be Blood - Anderson, Paul Thomas #150 3. Ratatouille - Bird, Brad & Pinkava, Jan #217 4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and2 Days - Mungiu, Cristian #360 5. Bourne Ultimatum, The - Greengrass, Paul #374 6. Persepolis - Paronnaud, Vincent & Satrapi, Marjane #435 7. Atonement - Wright, Joe #643 8. Juno - Reitman, Jason #657 9. Eastern Promises - Cronenberg, David #697 10. Zodiac - Fincher, David #719 11. Paranoid Park - Van Sant, Gus #733 12. Into the Wild - Penn, Sean #760 13. No End in Sight - Ferguson, Charles #774 14. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton, Tim #777 15. Edge of Heaven, The - Akin, Fatih #781 16. My Winnipeg - Maddin, Guy #821 17. Hot Fuzz - Wright, Edgar #839 18. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Lumet, Sydney #853 19. Flight of the Red Balloon, The - Hsiao-hsien Hou #920 20. Savages, The - Jenkins, Tamara #931 21. Knocked Up - Apatow, Judd #940 22. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The - Gordon, Seth #959

23. Forbidden Lie$ - Broinowski, Anna #968 24. Alexandra - Sokurov, Aleksandr #972 25. Control - Corbijn, Anton #997 Best Picture: No Country for Old Men

- [ 2006 ] 1. Pan's Labyrinth - del Toro, Guillermo #125 2. Lives of Others, The - von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel #134 (photo top) (AA and BAFTA for foreign language film) 3. Departed, The - Scorsese, Martin #191 4. Children of Men - Cuaron, Alfonso #258 5. Letters from Iwo Jima - Eastwood, Clint #365 6. Prestige, The - Nolan, Christopher #392 7. Volver - Almodovar, Pedro #523 8. Once - Carney, John #544 9. Queen, The - Frears, Stephen #585 10. This Is England - Meadows, Shane #599 11. Little Miss Sunshine - Dayton, Jonathan & Faris, Valerie #622 12. Host, The - Bong, Joon-ho #672 13. United 93 - Greengrass, Paul #683 14. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Charles, Larry #771 15. Half Nelson - Fleck, Ryan #773 16. Away from Her - Polley, Sarah #809 17. Deliver Us from Evil - Berg, Amy #890 18. Offside - Panahi, Jafar #937 19. Neil Young: Heart of Gold - Demme, Jonathan #962 Best Picture: The Departed

- [ 2005 ] 1. Brokeback Mountain - Lee, Ang #334 2. Sin City - Rodgriguez, Robert #409 3. V for Vendetta - McTeigue, James #504 4. Hidden (Cach,2005) Haneke, Michael #531 5. Grizzly Man - Herzog, Werner #539

6. History of Violence, A - Cronenberg, David #611 7. Squid and the Whale, The - Baumbach, Noah #623 8. Capote - Miller, Bennett #651 9. L'Enfant (The Child,2005) Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc #659 10. Batman Begins - Nolan, Christopher #698 11. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Park, Nick & Box, Steve #835 12. Fateless - Koltai, Lajos #842 13. Murderball - Rubin, Henry Alex & Shapiro, Dana Adam #847 14. Our Daily Bread - Geyrhalter, Nikolaus #903 15. Street Fight - Curry, Marshall #952 16. Sun, The - Sokurov, Aleksandr #970 17. Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The - Puiu, Cristi #993 [Gone: Crash - Haggis, Paul] Best Picture: Crash

- [ 2004 ] -

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Gondry, Michael #169 (photo rt) 2. Million Dollar Baby - Eastwood, Clint #237 3. Incredibles, The - Bird, Brad #252 4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - Tarantino, Quentin #286 5. Downfall - Hirschbiegel, Oliver #326 6. Howl's Moving Castle - Miyazaki, Hayao #350 7. Sideways - Payne, Alexander #378 8. Before Sunset - Linklater, Richard #416 9. Hotel Rwanda - George, Terry #498 10. Nobody Knows - Kore-eda, Hirokazu #606 11. House of Flying Daggers - Yimou, Zhang #722 12. Moolaad - Sembene, Ousmane #729 13. 2046 - Wong Kar-Wai #788

14. Shaun of the Dead - Wright, Edgar #818 15. Maria Full of Grace - Marston, Joshua #838 16. Bad Education - Almodovar, Pedro #863 17. Life Aquatic w Steve Zissou - Anderson, Wes #925 18. Turtles Can Fly - Ghobadi, Bahman #944 19. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession - Cassavetes, Alexandra #996 Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby

- [ 2003 ] -

1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The - Jackson, Peter #92 2. Finding Nemo - Stanton, Andrew & Unkrich, Lee #236 3. Lost in Translation - Coppola, Sofia #256 4. Oldboy - Park Chan-Wook #260 5. Mystic River - Eastwood, Clint #323 6. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - Ki-duk Kim #349 7. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Tarantino, Quentin #362 8. American Splendor - Berman, Shari, and Pulcini, Robert #610 9. Fog of War, The - Morris, Errol #669 10. Capturing the Friedmans - Jarecki, Andrew #727 11. Triplets of Belleville, The - Chomet, Sylvain #734 12. Return, The - Zvyagintsev, Andrei #744 13. Best of Youth, The - Giordana, Marco Tullio #764 14. Memories of Murder - Bong, Joon-ho #793 15. Tarnation - Caouette, Jonathan #845 16. Dogville - von Trier, Lars #895 17. Los Angeles Plays Itself - Andersen, Thom #939 18. Festival Express - Smeaton & Cvitanovich #945 19. Since Otar Left - Bertucelli, Julie #995 [Gone: Big Fish - Burton, Tim] Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

- [ 2002 ] -

1. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The - Jackson, Peter #119 2. City of God - Meirelles, Fernando #121 (photo rt) 3. Pianist, The - Polanski, Roman #142 4. Talk to Her - Almodvar, Pedro #316 5. Adaptation - Jonze, Spike #414 6. Punch-Drunk Love - Anderson, Paul Thomas #534 7. Hero (02, Yimou) Yimou, Zhang #589 8. Russian Ark - Sokurov, Aleksandr #596 9. Infernal Affairs - Lau (Wai-keung), Mak (Alan) #660 10. Far from Heaven - Haynes, Todd #663 11. Son, The (Le Fils,2002) Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc #730 12. Bloody Sunday - Greengrass, Paul #747 13. Marooned in Iraq - Ghobadi, Bahman #851 14. To Be and to Have - Philibert, Nicolas #866 15. Ten - Kiarostami, Abbas #873 16. Distant - Ceylan, Nuri Bilge #875 17. 24 Hour Party People - Winterbottom, Michael #900 18. Sweet Sixteen - Loach, Ken #910 19. Lilya 4-Ever - Moodysson, Lucas #912 20. Hours, The - Daldry, Steven #924 21. Love and Diane - Dworkin, Jennifer #954 22. About Schmidt - Payne, Alexander #958 23. Man Without a Past, The - Kaurismaki, Aki #964 Best Picture: Chicago

- [ 2001 ] -

1. Spirited Away - Miyazaki, Hayao #78 2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The - Jackson, Peter #79 3. Mulholland Dr. - Lynch, David #122

4. In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-Wai #167 5. Donnie Darko - Kelly, Richard #178 6. Amlie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amlie Poulain,2001) Jeunet, Jean-Pierre #242 7. Y Tu Mam Tambin - Cuarn, Alfonso #333 8. Ghost World - Zwigoff, Terry #517 9. Royal Tenenbaums, The - Anderson, Wes #570 10. Gosford Park - Altman, Robert #593 11. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India - Gowariker, Ashutosh #665 12. Waking Life (anime) Linklater, Richard #684 13. Fast Runner, The - Kunuk, Zacharias #732 14. Hedwig and the Angry Itch - Mitchell, John Cameron #739 15. Monsters, Inc. - Dokter, Unkrich, Silverman #778 16. Time Out - Cantet, Laurent #805 17. In the Bedroom - Field, Todd #874 18. Je rentre la maison (I'm Going Home) de Oliveira, Manoel #877 19. Children Underground - Belzberg, Edet #923 20. Domestic Violence - Wiseman, Frederick #960 21. Long Night's Journey Into Day - Hoffman, Deborah #987 [Gone: I'm Going Home - de Oliveira, Manuel] Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind

- [ 2000 ] -

1. Memento - Nolan, Christopher #195 2. Amores Perros - Inarritu #230 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Lee, Ang #244 (photo rt) 4. Yi yi - Yang, Edward #248 5. Requiem for a Dream - Aronofsky, Darren #322 6. Werckmeister Harmonies - Tarr, Bela & Hranitzky, Agnes #501 7. Gladiator - Scott, Ridley #515

8. Traffic - Soderbergh, Steve #527 9. Snatch - Ritchie, Guy #726 10. La Commune (Paris,1871) - Watkins, Peter #752 11. Almost Famous - Crowe, Cameron #758 12. Chicken Run - Park, Nick & Lord, Peter #816 13. Under the Sand - Ozon, Francois #892 14. High Fidelity - Frears, Stephen #894 15. Dancer in the Dark - von Trier, Lars #915 16. Before Night Falls - Schnabel, Julian #921 17. You Can Count On Me - Lonergan, Kenneth #926 18. Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The - Butler, George #933 19. O Brother, Where Art Thou - Coen Bros. #957 20. Paragraph 175 - Epstein, Rob & Friedman, Jeffrey #984 21. Sound and Fury - Aronson, Josh #986 22. Circle, The (Dayereh) Panahi, Jafar #994 Best Picture: Gladiator

All Ranked Films from the 2000s

[147 of these are in the bottom 200, so many will fall off before the next update in 2012]

1. Spirited Away (2001) Miyazaki, Hayao #78 2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) Jackson, Peter #79 3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) Jackson, Peter #92 4. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) Jackson, Peter #119 5. City of God (2002) Meirelles, Fernando #121 6. Mulholland Dr. (2001) Lynch, David #122 7. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) del Toro, Guillermo #125 8. No Country for Old Men (2007) Coen Ethan and Joel #133 9. Lives of Others, The (2006) von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel #134 10. Pianist, The (2002) Polanski, Roman #142 11. There Will Be Blood (2007) Anderson, Paul Thomas #150 12. WALL-E (2008) Stanton, Andrew #155

13. In the Mood for Love (2001) Wong Kar-Wai #167 14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Gondry, Michael #169 15. Donnie Darko (2001) Kelly, Richard #178 16. Toy Story 3 (2010) Lasseter, John #180 17. Dark Knight, The (2008) Nolan, Christopher #189 18. Departed, The (2006) Scorsese, Martin #191 19. Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2008) Schnabel, Julian #194 20. Memento (2000) Nolan, Christopher #195 21. Ratatouille (2007) Bird, Brad & Pinkava, Jan #217 22. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Boyle, Danny #221 23. Amores Perros (2000) Inarritu #230 24. Social Network (2010) Fincher, David #235 25. Finding Nemo (2003) Stanton, Andrew & Unkrich, Lee #236 26. Million Dollar Baby (2004) Eastwood, Clint #237 27. Amlie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amlie Poulain,2001) Jeunet, Jean-Pierre #242 28. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Lee, Ang #244 29. Yi yi (2000) Yang, Edward #248 30. Incredibles, The (2004) Bird, Brad #252 31. Lost in Translation (2003) Coppola, Sofia #256 32. Children of Men (2006) Cuaron, Alfonso #258 33. Oldboy (2003) Park Chan-Wook #260 34. King's Speech (2010) Hooper, Tom #267 35. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Tarantino, Quentin #286 36. Black Swan (2010) Aronofsky, Darren #287 37. Let the Right One In (2008) Alfredson, Tomas #288 38. Wrestler, The (2008) Aronofsky, Darren #292 39. Inception (2010) Nolan, Christopher #300 40. Up (2009) Docter, Peter #305 41. District 9 (2009) Blomkamp, Neill #309 42. Talk to Her (2002) Almodvar, Pedro #316 43. Requiem for a Dream (2000) Aronofsky, Darren #322 44. Mystic River (2003) Eastwood, Clint #323 45. Downfall (2004) Hirschbiegel, Oliver #326

46. Inglourious Basterds (2009) Tarantino, Quentin #331 47. Y Tu Mam Tambin (2001) Cuarn, Alfonso #333 48. Brokeback Mountain (2005) Lee, Ang #334 49. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) Ki-duk Kim #349 50. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Miyazaki, Hayao #350 51. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) Mungiu, Cristian #360 52. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Tarantino, Quentin #362 53. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Eastwood, Clint #365 54. Star Trek (2009) Abrams, J.J. #372 55. Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Greengrass, Paul #374 56. Sideways (2004) Payne, Alexander #378 57. Prestige, The (2006) Nolan, Christopher #392 58. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) Campanella, Juan Jos #397 59. Sin City (2005) Rodgriguez, Robert #409 60. Adaptation (2002) Jonze, Spike #414 61. Before Sunset (2004) Linklater, Richard #416 62. Hurt Locker, The (2008) Bigelow, Kathryn #428 63. Gran Torino (2008) Eastwood, Clint #434 64. Persepolis (2007) Paronnaud, Vincent & Satrapi, Marjane #435 65. Prophet, A (2009) Audiard, Jacques #446 66. Avatar (2009) Cameron, James #454 67. Waltz with Bashir (2008) Folman, Ari #474 68. Man on Wire (2008) Marsh, James #484 69. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Anderson, Wes #491 70. Hotel Rwanda (2004) George, Terry #498 71. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Tarr, Bela & Hranitzky, Agnes #501 72. V for Vendetta (2005) McTeigue, James #504 73. Gladiator (2000) Scott, Ridley #515 74. Ghost World (2001) Zwigoff, Terry #517 75. White Ribbon, The (2009) Haneke, Michael #519 76. Milk (2008) Van Sant, Gus #522 77. Volver (2006) Almodovar, Pedro #523 78. Traffic (2000) Soderbergh, Steve #527

79. Hidden (Cach, 2005) Haneke, Michael #531 80. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Anderson, Paul Thomas #534 81. Grizzly Man (2005) Herzog, Werner #539 82. Once (2006) Carney, John #544 83. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) Banksy #556 84. Shutter Island (2010) Scorsese, Martin #565 85. Ponyo (anime, 2008) Miyazaki, Hayao #567 86. Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001) Anderson, Wes #570 87. In Bruges (2008) McDonagh, Martin #583 88. Queen, The (2006) Frears, Stephen #585 89. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Weerasethakul, Apichatpong #588 90. Hero (02, Yimou) Yimou, Zhang #589 91. Gosford Park (2001) Altman, Robert #593 92. Russian Ark (2002) Sokurov, Aleksandr #596 93. This Is England (2006) Meadows, Shane #599 94. Winter's Bone (2010) Granik, Debra #602 95. Nobody Knows (2004) Kore-eda, Hirokazu #606 96. American Splendor (2003) Berman, Shari, and Pulcini, Robert #610 97. History of Violence, A (2005) Cronenberg, David #611 98. Class, The (2008) Cantet, Laurent #618 99. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Dayton, Jonathan & Faris, Valerie #622 100. Squid and the Whale, The (2005) Baumbach, Noah #623 101. Serious Man, A (2009) Coen Bros. #626 102. Atonement (2007) Wright, Joe #643 103. Hunger (2008) McQueen, Steve #650 104. Capote (2005) Miller, Bennett #651 105. Mary and Max (2009) Elliot, Adam #652 106. 35 Shots of Rum (2008) Denis, Claire #653 107. Juno (2007) Reitman, Jason #657 108. L'Enfant (The Child, 2005) Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc #659 109. Infernal Affairs (2002) Lau (Wai-keung), Mak (Alan) #660 110. Far from Heaven (2002) Haynes, Todd #663 111. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) Gowariker, Ashutosh #665

112. Fog of War, The (2003) Morris, Errol #669 113. Host, The (2006) Bong, Joon-ho #672 114. United 93 (2006) Greengrass, Paul #683 115. Waking Life (anime, 2001) Linklater, Richard #684 116. Carlos (2010) Assayas , Olivier #687 117. An Education (2009) Scherfig, Lone #694 118. Eastern Promises (2007) Cronenberg, David #697 119. Batman Begins (2005) Nolan, Christopher #698 120. Still Walking (2008) Kore-eda, Hirokazu #705 121. Sita Sings the Blues (2008) Paley, Nina #709 122. Zodiac (2007) Fincher, David #719 123. House of Flying Daggers (2004) Yimou, Zhang #722 124. My Perestroika (2010) Hessman, Robin #725 125. Snatch (2000) Ritchie, Guy #726 126. Capturing the Friedmans (2003) Jarecki, Andrew #727 127. Moolaad (2004) Sembene, Ousmane #729 128. Son, The (Le Fils, 2002) Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc #730 129. Fast Runner, The (2001) Kunuk, Zacharias #732 130. Paranoid Park (2007) Van Sant, Gus #733 131. Triplets of Belleville, The (2003) Chomet, Sylvain #734 132. Hedwig and the Angry Itch (2001) Mitchell, John Cameron #739 133. Up in the Air (2009) Reitman, Jason #741 134. Return, The (2003) Zvyagintsev, Andrei #744 135. Bloody Sunday (2002) Greengrass, Paul #747 136. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000) Watkins, Peter #752 137. In the Loop (2009) Iannucci, Armando #754 138. Almost Famous (2000) Crowe, Cameron #758 139. Into the Wild (2007) Penn, Sean #760 140. Poetry (Shi, 2010) Lee, Chang-dong #762 141. Best of Youth, The (2003) Giordana, Marco Tullio #764 142. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) Charles, Larry #771 143. Half Nelson (2006) Fleck, Ryan #773 144. No End in Sight (2007) Ferguson, Charles #774

145. Goodbye Solo (2008) Bahrani, Ramin #775 146. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Burton, Tim #777 147. Monsters, Inc. (2001) Dokter, Unkrich, Silverman #778 148. Edge of Heaven, The (2007) Akin, Fatih #781 149. 127 Hours (2010) Boyle, Danny #783 150. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Leigh, Mike #785 151. 2046 (2004) Wong Kar-Wai #788 152. Memories of Murder (2003) Bong, Joon-ho #793 153. Tulpan (2008) Dvortsevoy, Sergei #799 154. Film Unfinished, A (2010) Hersonski, Yael #803 155. Time Out (2001) Cantet, Laurent #805 156. Away from Her (2006) Polley, Sarah #809 157. Inside Job (2010) Ferguson, Charles #814 158. Chicken Run (2000) Park, Nick & Lord, Peter #816 159. Shaun of the Dead (2004) Wright, Edgar #818 160. 45365 (2009) Ross, Bill IV #820 161. My Winnipeg (2007) Maddin, Guy #821 162. I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2009) Ainouz, Karim & Gomes, Marcello #827 163. Gomorra (2008) Garrone, Matteo #828 164. Kids Are All Right, The (2010) Cholodenko, Lisa #830 165. Arbor, The (2010) Barnard, Clio #832 166. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Park, Nick & Box, Steve #835 167. Maria Full of Grace (2004) Marston, Joshua #838 168. Hot Fuzz (2007) Wright, Edgar #839 169. Fateless (2005) Koltai, Lajos #842 170. Tarnation (2003) Caouette, Jonathan #845 171. Murderball (2005) Rubin, Henry Alex & Shapiro, Dana Adam #847 172. Blue Valentine (2010) Cianfrance, Derek #848 173. 13 Assassins (2010) Miike, Takashi #850 174. Marooned in Iraq (2002) Ghobadi, Bahman #851 175. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) DeBlois (Dean), Sanders (Chris) #852 176. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) Lumet, Sydney #853 177. Tillman Story, The (2010) Bar-Lev, Amir #854

178. Revanche (2008) Spielmann, Gtz #858 179. Bad Education (2004) Almodovar, Pedro #863 180. To Be and to Have (2002) Philibert, Nicolas #866 181. Cove, The (2009) Psihoyos, Louie #870 182. Illusionist, The (2010) Chomet, Sylvain #872 183. Ten (2002) Kiarostami, Abbas #873 184. In the Bedroom (2001) Field, Todd #874 185. Distant (2002) Ceylan, Nuri Bilge #875 186. Je rentre la maison (I'm Going Home, 2001) de Oliveira, Manoel #877 187. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Herzog, Werner #878 188. Drag Me to Hell (2009) Raimi, Sam #880 189. Of Gods and Men (2010) Beauvois, Xavier #881 190. Beaches of Agns, The (2008) Varda, Agns #883 191. True Grit (2010) Coen Bros. #888 192. Deliver Us from Evil (2006) Berg, Amy #890 193. Under the Sand (2000) Ozon, Francois #892 194. High Fidelity (2000) Frears, Stephen #894 195. Dogville (2003) von Trier, Lars #895 196. Christmas Tale, A (2008) Desplechin, Arnaud #896 197. Coraline (2009) Selick, Henry #897 198. 24 Hour Party People (2002) Winterbottom, Michael #900 199. Our Daily Bread (2005) Geyrhalter, Nikolaus #903 200. Certified Copy (2010) Kiarostami, Abbas #906 201. Rachel Getting Married (2008) Demme, Jonathan #909 202. Sweet Sixteen (2002) Loach, Ken #910 203. Lilya 4-Ever (2002) Moodysson, Lucas #912 204. Dancer in the Dark (2000) von Trier, Lars #915 205. Last Train Home (2009) Fan, Lixie #916 206. Flight of the Red Balloon, The (2007) Hsiao-hsien Hou #920 207. Before Night Falls (2000) Schnabel, Julian #921 208. Children Underground (2001) Belzberg, Edet #923 209. Hours, The (2002) Daldry, Steven #924 210. Life Aquatic w Steve Zissou (2004) Anderson, Wes #925

211. You Can Count On Me (2000) Lonergan, Kenneth #926 212. Savages, The (2007) Jenkins, Tamara #931 213. Lebanon (2009) Maoz, Samuel #932 214. Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The (2000) Butler, George #933 215. Nostalgia for the Light (2010) Guzmn, Patricio #934 216. Offside (2006) Panahi, Jafar #937 217. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) Andersen, Thom #939 218. Knocked Up (2007) Apatow, Judd #940 219. Turtles Can Fly (2004) Ghobadi, Bahman #944 220. Festival Express (2003) Smeaton & Cvitanovich #945 221. Vincere (2009) Bellocchio, Marco #949 222. Street Fight (2005) Curry, Marshall #952 223. Love and Diane (2002) Dworkin, Jennifer #954 224. Fish Tank (2009) Arnold, Andrea #955 225. O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) Coen Bros. #957 226. About Schmidt (2002) Payne, Alexander #958 227. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The (2007) Gordon, Seth #959 228. Domestic Violence (2001) Wiseman, Frederick #960 229. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) Demme, Jonathan #962 230. Man Without a Past, The (2002) Kaurismaki, Aki #964 231. Synecdoche, New York (2008) Kaufman, Charlie #967 232. Forbidden Lie$ (2007) Broinowski, Anna #968 233. Sun, The (2005) Sokurov, Aleksandr #970 234. Alexandra (2007) Sokurov, Aleksandr #972 235. Restrepo (2010) Hetherington, Tim & Junger, Sebastian #981 236. Passing Strange (2009) Lee, Spike #982 237. Meek's Cutoff (2010) Reichardt, Kelly #983 238. Paragraph 175 (2000) Epstein, Rob & Friedman, Jeffrey #984 239. Sound and Fury (2000) Aronson, Josh #986 240. Long Night's Journey Into Day (2001) Hoffman, Deborah #987 241. Summer Hours (2008) Assayas, Olivier #989 242. Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The (2005) Puiu, Cristi #993 243. Circle, The (Dayereh, 2000) Panahi, Jafar #994

244. Since Otar Left (2003) Bertucelli, Julie #995 245. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) Cassavetes, Alexandra #996 246. Control (2007) Corbijn, Anton #997

Unranked best pictures: A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, Crash

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Top Ranked Films by Year: the 90s

Based on our compendium of all film polls

[2011 Edition, updated with 2011 polls]
William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, 2011 Edition that we compiled.

Total Ranked Films in the 90's: 119 (up from 110)

- [ 1990 ] -

1. Goodfellas - Scorsese, Martin #26 (photo rt) 2. Close-Up - Kiarostami, Abbas #254 3. Days of Being Wild - Wong Kar-Wai #463 4. Edward Scissorhands - Burton, Tim #487 5. Miller's Crossing - Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #671 6. Reversal of Fortune - Schroeder, Barbet #715 7. Grifters, The - Frears, Stephen #898

[Gone: An Angel at My Table, Ju Dou, Miller's Crossing]

Best Picture: Dances With Wolves

- [ 1991 ] -

1. Silence of the Lambs, The - Demme, Jonathan #47 (photo above) 2. Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino, Quentin #129 3. Terminator2: Judgment Day - Cameron, James #186 4. Thelma & Louise - Scott, Ridley #285 5. Double Life of Veronique, The - Kieslowski, Krszystof #342 6. Raise the Red Lantern - Yimou, Zhang #383 7. Barton Fink - Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #466 8. Beauty and the Beast - Trousdale, Gary #541 9. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film - Burns, Rick #917 10. JFK - Stone, Oliver #930 11. Brighter Summer Day, A - Yang, Edward #935 12. Europa - von Trier, Lars #941 13. And Life Goes On - Kiarostami, Abbas #946 14. La Belle Noiseuse - Rivette, Jacques #965 [Gone: Van Gogh]
Best Picture: The Silence of the Lambs

- [ 1992 ] -

1. Unforgiven - Eastwood, Clint #57(photo rt) 2. Player, The - Altman, Robert #366 3. Crying Game, The - Jordan, Neil #500 4. Glengarry Glen Ross (92) Foley, James #823 5. Howards End - Ivory, James #831 [Gone: Orlando, Un Coeur en hiver]
Best Picture: Unforgiven

- [ 1993 ] -

1. Schindler's List #27 - Spielberg, Steven (photo rt) 1. Schindler's List - Spielberg, Steven #30 2. Piano, The - Campion, Jane #108 3. Groundhog Day - Ramis, Harold #174 4. Age of Innocence, The - Scorsese, Martin #415 5. Three Colours: Blue - Kieslowski, Krszystof #418 6. Short Cuts - Altman, Robert #444 7. Dazed and Confused - Linklater, Richard #528 8. Farewell, My Concubine - Chen Kaige #612 9. Fugitive, The - Davis, Andrew #914 10. Nightmare Before Christmas, The - Selick, Henry #953 11. Last Seduction, The - Dahl, John #963 12. Remains of the Day, The - Ivory, James #977 [Gone: The Puppetmaster, Naked]
Best Picture: Schindler's List

- [ 1994 ] -

1. Shawshank Redemption, The - Darabont, Frank #182 (photo rt) 2. Forrest Gump - Zemeckis, Robert #205 3. Three Colours: Red - Kieslowski, Krszystof #273

4. Lon (The Professional,1994) Besson, Luc #312 5. Chungking Express - Wong Kar-Wai #361

[photo above]

6. Lion King, The - Allers, Roger & Minkoff, Robert #401 7. Ed Wood - Burton, Tim #475 8. Crumb - Zwigoff, Terry #490 9. Stntang - Tarr, Bla #540 10. Quiz Show - Redford, Robert #819 11. Little Women - Armstrong, Gillian #824 12. Three Colours: White - Kieslowski, Krszystof #843 [Gone: Through the Olive Trees, Little Women]
Best Picture: Forrest Gump

- [ 1995 ] -

1. Pulp Fiction - Tarantino, Quentin #20 (photo rt) 2. Toy Story - Lasseter, John #72 3. Casino - Scorsese, Martin #120 4. Usual Suspects, The - Singer, Bryan #141 5. Trainspotting - Boyle, Danny #170 6. Heat - Mann, Michael #185 7. Se7en - Fincher, David #298 8. Dead Man - Jarmusch, Jim #421 9. 12 Monkeys - Gilliam, Terry #427 10. Naked - Leigh, Mike #630 11. Underground - Kusturica, Emir #631 12. Braveheart - Gibson, Mel #647 13. Leaving Las Vegas - Figgis, Mike #696 14. Before Sunrise (95) Linklater, Richard #748 15. Welcome to the Dollhouse - Solondz, Todd #750 16. Sense and Sensibility - Lee, Ang #802 17. To Die For - Van Sant, Gus #857 [Gone: Safe]

Best Picture: Braveheart

- [ 1996 ] -

1. Fargo - Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #49 (photo rt) 2. Breaking the Waves - von Trier, Lars #337 3. Secrets & Lies - Leigh, Mike #413 4. English Patient, The - Minghella, Anthony #481 5. Shine - Hicks, Scott #595 6. Moment of Innocence, A - Makhmalbaf, Mohsen #796 7. Crash - Cronenberg, David #862 8. Sling Blade - Thornton, Billy Bob #998
Best Picture: English Patient, The

- [ 1997 ] -

1. L.A. Confidential - Hanson, Curtis #61 (photo rt) 2. Boogie Nights - Anderson, Paul Thomas #212 3. Mononoke-hime - - anime Miyazaki, Hayao #353 4. Sweet Hereafter, The - Egoyan, Atom #354 5. Life is Beautiful - Begnini, Roberto #443 6. Taste of Cherry, A - Kiarostami, Abbas #520 7. Good Will Hunting - Van Sant, Gus #587 8. Lost Highway - Lynch, David #658 9. 4 Little Girls - Lee, Spike #766 10. Titanic - Cameron, James #769 11. Happy Together - Wong Kar-Wai #822 [Gone: Hana-Bi]
Best Picture: Titanic

- [ 1998 ] -

1. Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg, Steven #109 (photo rt) 2. Big Lebowski, The - Coen, Ethan and Joel #259 3. Truman Show, The - Weir, Peter #268 4. Rushmore - Anderson, Wes #304 5. American History X - Kaye, Tony #341 6. Thin Red Line, The - Malick, Terrence #371 7. Celebration (aka Festen) - Vinterberg, Thomas #386 8. Beau Travail - Denis, Claire #465 9. Shakespeare in Love - Madden, John #594 10. Happiness - Solondz, Todd #638 11. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Ritchie, Guy #834 12. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (98) Gilliam, Terry #859 13. 42 UP - Apted, Michael #860 14. Out of Sight - Soderbergh, Steven #978 15. Run Lola Run - Tykwer, Tom #999 [Gone: Flowers of Shanghai]
Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love

- [ 1999 ] -

1. American Beauty - Mendes, Sam #97 2. Matrix, The - Wachowski, Andy & Larry Wachowski #190 (photo rt) 3. Fight Club - Fincher, David #201 4. All About My Mother - Almodvar, Pedro #206 5. Being John Malkovich - Jonze, Spike #276 6. Magnolia - Anderson, Paul Thomas #319 7. Toy Story2 - Lasseter, John & Brannon, Ash #483

8. Straight Story, The - Lynch, David #495 9. Insider, The - Mann, Michael #512 10. Sixth Sense, The - Shyamalan, M. Knight #524 11. Wind Will Carry Us, The - Kiarostami, Abbas #536 12. Eyes Wide Shut - Kubrick, Stanley #566 13. Green Mile, The - Darabont, Frank #627 14. Iron Giant, The - Bird, Brad #701 15. My Voyage to Italy - Scorsese, Martin #751 16. Topsy-Turvy - Leigh, Mike #755 17. Boys Don't Cry - Pierce, Kimberly #833 18. American Movie - Smith, Chris #846
Best Picture: American Beauty

All Ranked Films for the Decade

1. Pulp Fiction (1995) Tarantino, Quentin #20 2. Goodfellas (1990) Scorsese, Martin #26 3. Schindler's List (1993) Spielberg, Steven #30 4. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Demme, Jonathan #47 5. Fargo (1996) Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #49 6. Unforgiven (1992) Eastwood, Clint #57 7. L.A. Confidential (1997) Hanson, Curtis #61 8. Toy Story (1995) Lasseter, John #72 9. American Beauty (1999) Mendes, Sam #97 10. Piano, The (1993) Campion, Jane #108 11. Saving Private Ryan (1998) Spielberg, Steven #109 12. Casino (1995) Scorsese, Martin #120 13. Reservoir Dogs (1991) Tarantino, Quentin #129 14. Usual Suspects, The (1995) Singer, Bryan #141 15. Trainspotting (1995) Boyle, Danny #170 16. Groundhog Day (1993) Ramis, Harold #174 17. Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) Darabont, Frank #182 18. Heat (1995) Mann, Michael #185 19. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Cameron, James #186

20. Matrix, The (1999) Wachowski, Andy & Larry Wachowski #190 21. Fight Club (1999) Fincher, David #201 22. Forrest Gump (1994) Zemeckis, Robert #205 23. All About My Mother (1999) Almodvar, Pedro #206 24. Boogie Nights (1997) Anderson, Paul Thomas #212 25. Close-Up (1990) Kiarostami, Abbas #254 26. Big Lebowski, The (1998) Coen, Ethan and Joel #259 27. Truman Show, The (1998) Weir, Peter #268 28. Three Colours: Red (1994) Kieslowski, Krszystof #273 29. Being John Malkovich (1999) Jonze, Spike #276 30. Thelma & Louise (1991) Scott, Ridley #285 31. Se7en (1995) Fincher, David #298 32. Rushmore (1998) Anderson, Wes #304 33. Lon (The Professional, 1994) Besson, Luc #312 34. Magnolia (1999) Anderson, Paul Thomas #319 35. Breaking the Waves (1996) von Trier, Lars #337 36. American History X (1998) Kaye, Tony #341 37. Double Life of Veronique, The (1991) Kieslowski, Krszystof #342 38. Mononoke-hime (1997) - anime Miyazaki, Hayao #353 39. Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) Egoyan, Atom #354 40. Chungking Express (1994) Wong Kar-Wai #361 41. Player, The (1992) Altman, Robert #366 42. Thin Red Line, The (1998) Malick, Terrence #371 43. Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Yimou, Zhang #383 44. Celebration (aka Festen) (1998) Vinterberg, Thomas #386 45. Lion King, The (1994) Allers, Roger & Minkoff, Robert #401 46. Secrets & Lies (1996) Leigh, Mike #413 47. Age of Innocence, The (1993) Scorsese, Martin #415 48. Three Colours: Blue (1993) Kieslowski, Krszystof #418 49. Dead Man (1995) Jarmusch, Jim #421 50. 12 Monkeys (1995) Gilliam, Terry #427 51. Life is Beautiful (1997) Begnini, Roberto #443 52. Short Cuts (1993) Altman, Robert #444

53. Days of Being Wild (1990) Wong Kar-Wai #463 54. Beau Travail (1998) Denis, Claire #465 55. Barton Fink (1991) Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #466 56. Ed Wood (1994) Burton, Tim #475 57. English Patient, The (1996) Minghella, Anthony #481 58. Toy Story 2 (1999) Lasseter, John & Brannon, Ash #483 59. Edward Scissorhands (1990) Burton, Tim #487 60. Crumb (1994) Zwigoff, Terry #490 61. Straight Story, The (1999) Lynch, David #495 62. Crying Game, The (1992) Jordan, Neil #500 63. Insider, The (1999) Mann, Michael #512 64. Taste of Cherry, A (1997) Kiarostami, Abbas #520 65. Sixth Sense, The (1999) Shyamalan, M. Knight #524 66. Dazed and Confused (1993) Linklater, Richard #528 67. Wind Will Carry Us, The (1999) Kiarostami, Abbas #536 68. Stntang (1994) Tarr, Bla #540 69. Beauty and the Beast (1992) Trousdale, Gary #541 70. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Kubrick, Stanley #566 71. Good Will Hunting (1997) Van Sant, Gus #587 72. Shakespeare in Love (1998) Madden, John #594 73. Shine (1996) Hicks, Scott #595 74. Farewell, My Concubine (1993) Chen Kaige #612 75. Green Mile, The (1999) Darabont, Frank #627 76. Naked (1993) Leigh, Mike #630 77. Underground (1995) Kusturica, Emir #631 78. Happiness (1998) Solondz, Todd #638 79. Braveheart (1995) Gibson, Mel #647 80. Lost Highway (1997) Lynch, David #658 81. Miller's Crossing (1990) Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #671 82. Leaving Las Vegas (1996) Figgis, Mike #696 83. Iron Giant, The (1999) Bird, Brad #701 84. Reversal of Fortune (1990) Schroeder, Barbet #715 85. Before Sunrise (95) Linklater, Richard #748

86. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) Solondz, Todd #750 87. My Voyage to Italy (1999) Scorsese, Martin #751 88. Topsy-Turvy (1999) Leigh, Mike #755 89. 4 Little Girls (1997) Lee, Spike #766 90. Titanic (1997) Cameron, James #769 91. Moment of Innocence, A (1996) Makhmalbaf, Mohsen #796 92. Sense and Sensibility (1995) Lee, Ang #802 93. Quiz Show (1994) Redford, Robert #819 94. Happy Together (1997) Wong Kar-Wai #822 95. Glengarry Glen Ross (92) Foley, James #823 96. Little Women (1994) Armstrong, Gillian #824 97. Howards End (1992) Ivory, James #831 98. Boys Don't Cry (1999) Pierce, Kimberly #833 99. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Ritchie, Guy #834 100. Three Colours: White (1994) Kieslowski, Krszystof #843 101. American Movie (1999) Smith, Chris #846 102. To Die For (1995) Van Sant, Gus #857 103. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (98) Gilliam, Terry #859 104. 42 UP (1998) Apted, Michael #860 105. Crash (1996) Cronenberg, David #862 106. Grifters, The (1990) Frears, Stephen #898 107. Fugitive, The (1993) Davis, Andrew #914 108. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (1991) Burns, Rick #917 109. JFK (1991) Stone, Oliver #930 110. Brighter Summer Day, A (1991) Yang, Edward #935 111. Europa (1991) von Trier, Lars #941 112. And Life Goes On (1991) Kiarostami, Abbas #946 113. Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) Selick, Henry #953 114. Last Seduction, The (1993) Dahl, John #963 115. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Rivette, Jacques #965 116. Remains of the Day, The (1993) Ivory, James #977 117. Out of Sight (1998) Soderbergh, Steven #978 118. Sling Blade (1996) Thornton, Billy Bob #998

119. Run Lola Run (1998) Tykwer, Tom #999

Unranked Best Pictures: Dances With Wolves (are you kidding, with Titanic and Braveheart getting ranked?)

My Favorites 1-The Shawshank Redemption, 2-Shakespeare in Love, 3-Silence of the Lambs, 4-Run Lola Run, 5-Groundhog Day, 6-Schindlers List, 7-The Player, 8Dances With Wolves, 9-The Grifters, 10-Goodfellas, 11-Chungking Express, 12-Fargo, 13-L.A. Confidential, 14-The Sweet Hereafter, 15-American History X, 16-JFK, 17Toy Story, 18-Saving Private Ryan, 19-Terminator 2, 20-Leon (The Professional), 21-Pulp Fiction, 22-Being John Malkovich, 23-The Usual Suspects, 24-Good Will Hunting, 25-Unforgiven, 26-Fight Club, 27-To Die For, 28-12 Monkeys, 29-Howard's End, 30-The Thin Red Line, 31-The Crying Game, 32-The Remains of the Day, 33The Last Seduction, 34-The Matrix

Stephen Frears, who did the excellent con-artist film The Grifters, also directed Dangerous Liaisons, which had arguably the best peformances ever from Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer (Oscar nomination), and Uma Thurman. Being John Malkovich, of course also starred John, and is from the inventive brain of author Charlie Kaufman, who also gave us Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Synecdoche, New York.

Fans of Pulp Fiction need to see Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, and it's sequel Fallen Angels, as Tarantino said his 3-part film was inspired by these two, which were intended to be one film by Wong but each part was so long that he released them as two films.
POSTED BY JOS SINCLAIR AT 9:01 PM

LABELS: TOP RANKED 90'S FILMS, TOP RANKED FILMS BY YEAR

1 COMMENT:

Nothing Profound said...

Jose, I'd love to see you make a list of the most poetic films ever made and the most poetic directors. Some films that come to mind are: Rebel Without A Cause Children of Paradise Beauty and The Beast-Cocteau The Seventh Seal

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, 2011 Edition that we compiled.

Total Ranked Films in the 80's: 98 (down from 109, -18%)

- [ 1980 ] -

1. Raging Bull #25 - Scorsese, Martin (photo rt) 2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Lucas, George #90 3. Shining, The - Kubrick, Stanley #94 4. Elephant Man, The - Lynch, David #184 5. Berlin Alexanderplatz - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #277 6. Atlantic City - Malle, Louis #640 7. Kagemusha - Kurosawa, Akira #680 8. Superman II - Donner, Richard #688 9. Airplane! - Abrahams, Jim #951 10. Sauve qui peut (la vie) - Godard, Jean-Luc #975 [Done: Heaven's Gate, Mon oncle d'Amrique, Bad Timing]
Best Picture: Ordinary People

- [ 1981 ] -

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Spielberg, Steven #33

2. Das Bt - Peterson, Wolfgang #233 3. Reds - Beatty, Warren #572 (Directing Oscar, photo rt) 4. Blow Out - De Palma, Brian #759 5. Mad Max2 (The Road Warrior) Miller, George #763 [Gone: The Woman Next Door, Gregory's Girl, Chariots of Fire, Mephisto]
Best Picture: Chariots of Fire

- [ 1982 ] -

1. Blade Runner #13 - Scott, Ridley (photo top) 1. Blade Runner - Scott, Ridley #13 2. Fanny and Alexander - Bergman, Ingmar #46 3. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Spielberg, Steven #100 4. Scarface - De Palma, Brian #198 5. Tootsie - Pollack, Sydney #282 6. Diner - Levinson, Barry #376 7. Gandhi - Attenborough, Richard #377 8. King of Comedy, The - Scorsese, Martin #390 9. Fitzcarraldo - Herzog, Werner #422 10. Thing, The - Carpenter, John #477 11. Passion - Godard, Jean-Luc #950 [Gone: The Night of the Shooting Stars, The Verdict]
Best Picture: Gandhi

- [ 1983 ] -

1. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Marquand, Richard #394 2. Videodrome - Cronenberg, David #480 3. Nostalghia - Tarkovsky, Andrei #575 4. Argent, L' - Bresson, Robert #591 5. Local Hero - Forsyth, Bill #704 6. Right Stuff, The - Kaufman, Philip #717 7. Zelig - Allen, Woody #737 [Gone: Sugar Cane Alley (Rue case negres)]
Best Picture: Terms of Endearment

- [ 1984 ] -

1. Amadeus - Forman, Milos #70 2. Terminator, The - Cameron, James #128

2. Once Upon a Time in America #152 (long version) - Leone, Sergio(photo rt) 4. This is Spinal Tap - Reiner, Rob #208 5. Paris, Texas - Wenders, Wim #315 6. Stranger Than Paradise - Jarmusch, Jim #461 7. Blood Simple - Coen Bros. #713 8. Stop Making Sense - Demme, Jonathan #720 9. Love Streams - Cassavetes, John #806 [Gone: Heimat (Homeland), Yellow Earth]
Best Picture: Amadeus

- [ 1985 ] -

1. Ran - Kurosawa, Akira #39 2. Shoah - Lanzmann, Claude #98 3. Brazil - Gilliam, Terry #145 (photo rt)

4. Back to the Future - Zemeckis, Robert #279 5. Come and See - Klimov, Elem #489 6. After Hours - Scorsese, Martin #529 7. Time to Live and the Time to Die, The - Hou Hsiao-Hsien #655 8. My Life as a Dog - Hallstrm, Lasse #808 9. Room with a View, A - Ivory, James #869 10. Purple Rose of Cairo, The - Allen, Woody #885 [Gone: Vagabond (Santoit ni loi), Witness]
Best Picture: Out of Africa

- [ 1986 ] -

1. Aliens - Cameron, James #75 (photo rt)

2. Blue Velvet - Lynch, David #193 3. Hannah and Her Sisters - Allen, Woody #215 4. Sacrifice, The - Tarkovsky, Andrei #469 5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Hughes, John #533 6. Platoon - Stone, Oliver #542 7. Down by Law - Jarmusch, Jim #568 8. Stand by Me - Reiner, Rob #569 9. Castle in the Sky - Miyazaki, Hayao #666 10. Fly, The - Cronenberg, David #942
Best Picture: Platoon

- [ 1987 ] -

1. Full Metal Jacket - Kubrick, Stanley #135 2. Wings of Desire - Wenders, Wim #165 3. Princess Bride, The - Reiner, Rob #320 4. Evil Dead II - Raimi, Sam #496 5. Dead, The - Huston, John #615 6. Raising Arizona - Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #625 7. Au Revoir, Les Enfants - Malle, Louis #871 8. Last Emperor, The - Bertolucci, Bernardo #899 9. Where is the Friend's Home? - Kiarostami, Abbas #947 [Gone: Law of Desire, Red Sorghum, Yeelen]
Best Picture: The Last Emperor

- [ 1988 ] -

1. Cinema Paradiso - Tornatore, Giuseppe #118 2. Die Hard - McTiernan, John #220 3. Hotaru no Hakaa (Grave/Fireflies,1988) Takahata, Isao #228 4. Dead Ringers - Cronenberg, David #307 5. Dekalog - Kieslowski, Krszystof #359 6. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - Almodvar, Pedro #367

7. My Neighbour Totoro - Miyazaki, Hayao #379 8. Landscape in the Mist - Angelopoulos, Theo #438 9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Zemeckis, Robert #467 10. Last Temptation of Christ, The - Scorsese, Martin #492 11. Thin Blue Line, The - Morris, Errol #689 12. Frantic - Polanski, Roman #721 13. Midnight Run - Brest, Martin #746 14. Fish Called Wanda, A - Crichton, Charles #753 15. Short Film About Killing, A - Kieslowski, Krszystof #768 16. Distant Voices, Still Lives - Davies, Terence #855 17. Akira (anime,1988) tomo, Katsuhiro #905 18. Time of the Gypsies - Kusturica, Emir #922 [Gone: Htel Terminus, Dangerous Liaisons, Midnight Run]
Best Picture: Rain Man

- [ 1989 ] -

1. Do The Right Thing - Lee, Spike #105 2. Crimes and Misdemeanors - Allen, Woody #269 3. Dead Poets Society - Weir, Peter #532 4. sex, lies, and videotape - Soderberg, Steve #563 5. Killer, The - Woo, John #668 6. City of Sadness, A - Hou Hsiao-Hsien #670 7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Spielberg, Steven #677 8. Say Anything - Crowe, Cameron #861 9. Black Rain - Scott, Ridley #988 [Gone: When Harry Met Sally, Glory]
Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy

[Note: Where the heck is Gus van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy?]

All Ranked Films of the Decade (80s)

(5 more of this decade moved into the top 100 since 2009

1. Blade Runner (1982) Scott, Ridley #13 2. Raging Bull (1980) Scorsese, Martin #25 3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Spielberg, Steven #33 4. Ran (1985) Kurosawa, Akira #39 5. Fanny and Alexander (1982) Bergman, Ingmar #46 6. Amadeus (1984) Forman, Milos #70 7. Aliens (1986) Cameron, James #75 8. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Lucas, George #90 9. Shining, The (1980) Kubrick, Stanley #94 10. Shoah (1985) Lanzmann, Claude #98 11. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Spielberg, Steven #100 12. Do The Right Thing (1989) Lee, Spike #105 13. Cinema Paradiso (1988) Tornatore, Giuseppe #118 14. Terminator, The (1984) Cameron, James #128 15. Full Metal Jacket (1987) Kubrick, Stanley #135 16. Brazil (1985) Gilliam, Terry #145 17. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) Leone, Sergio #152 18. Wings of Desire (1987) Wenders, Wim #165 19. Elephant Man, The (1980) Lynch, David #184 20. Blue Velvet (1986) Lynch, David #193 21. Scarface (1982) De Palma, Brian #198 22. This is Spinal Tap (1984) Reiner, Rob #208 23. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Allen, Woody #215 24. Die Hard (1988) McTiernan, John #220 25. Hotaru no Hakaa (Grave/Fireflies, 1988) Takahata, Isao #228 26. Das Boot (1981) Peterson, Wolfgang #233 27. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Allen, Woody #269 28. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #277 29. Back to the Future (1985) Zemeckis, Robert #279 30. Tootsie (1982) Pollack, Sydney #282 31. Dead Ringers (1988) Cronenberg, David #307 32. Paris, Texas (1984) Wenders, Wim #315 33. Princess Bride, The (1987) Reiner, Rob #320

34. Dekalog (1988) Kieslowski, Krszystof #359 35. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Almodvar, Pedro #367 36. Diner (1982) Levinson, Barry #376 37. Gandhi (1982) Attenborough, Richard #377 38. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Miyazaki, Hayao #379 39. King of Comedy, The (1982) Scorsese, Martin #390 40. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Marquand, Richard #394 41. Fitzcarraldo (1982) Herzog, Werner #422 42. Landscape in the Mist (1988) Angelopoulos, Theo #438 43. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Jarmusch, Jim #461 44. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Zemeckis, Robert #467 45. Sacrifice, The (1986) Tarkovsky, Andrei #469 46. Thing, The (1982) Carpenter, John #477 47. Videodrome (1983) Cronenberg, David #480 48. Come and See (1985) Klimov, Elem #489 49. Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988) Scorsese, Martin #492 50. Evil Dead II (1987) Raimi, Sam #496 51. After Hours (1985) Scorsese, Martin #529 52. Dead Poets Society (1989) Weir, Peter #532 53. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Hughes, John #533 54. Platoon (1986) Stone, Oliver #542 55. sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Soderberg, Steve #563 56. Down by Law (1986) Jarmusch, Jim #568 57. Stand by Me (1986) Reiner, Rob #569 58. Reds (1981) Beatty, Warren #572 59. Nostalghia (1983) Tarkovsky, Andrei #575 60. Argent, L' (1983) Bresson, Robert #591 61. Dead, The (1987) Huston, John #615 62. Raising Arizona (1987) Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen #625 63. Atlantic City (1980) Malle, Louis #640 64. Time to Live and the Time to Die, The (1985) Hou Hsiao-Hsien #655 65. Castle in the Sky (1986) Miyazaki, Hayao #666 66. Killer, The (1989) Woo, John #668

67. City of Sadness, A (1989) Hou Hsiao-Hsien #670 68. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Spielberg, Steven #677 69. Kagemusha (1980) Kurosawa, Akira #680 70. Superman II (1980) Donner, Richard #688 71. Thin Blue Line, The (1988) Morris, Errol #689 72. Local Hero (1983) Forsyth, Bill #704 73. Blood Simple (1984) Coen Bros. #713 74. Right Stuff, The (1983) Kaufman, Philip #717 75. Stop Making Sense (1984) Demme, Jonathan #720 76. Frantic (1988) Polanski, Roman #721 77. Zelig (1983) Allen, Woody #737 78. Midnight Run (1988) Brest, Martin #746 79. Fish Called Wanda, A (1988) Crichton, Charles #753 80. Blow Out (1981) De Palma, Brian #759 81. Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior, 1981) Miller, George #763 82. Short Film About Killing, A (1988) Kieslowski, Krszystof #768 83. Love Streams (1984) Cassavetes, John #806 84. My Life as a Dog (1985) Hallstrm, Lasse #808 85. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) Davies, Terence #855 86. Say Anything (1989) Crowe, Cameron #861 87. Room with a View, A (1986) Ivory, James #869 88. Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987) Malle, Louis #871 89. Purple Rose of Cairo, The (1985) Allen, Woody #885 90. Last Emperor, The (1987) Bertolucci, Bernardo #899 91. Akira (anime, 1988) tomo, Katsuhiro #905 92. Time of the Gypsies (1988) Kusturica, Emir #922 93. Fly, The (1986) Cronenberg, David #942 94. Where is the Friend's Home? (1987) Kiarostami, Abbas #947 95. Passion (1982) Godard, Jean-Luc #950 96. Airplane! (1980) Abrahams, Jim #951 97. Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) Godard, Jean-Luc #975 98. Black Rain (1989) Scott, Ridley #988

Unranked Best Pictures: Ordinary People, Terms of Endearment, Out of Africa, Chariots of Fire, Rain Man, Driving Miss Daisy (wow easily the most, that's 6 of out 10 not ranked)

My Favorites 1-Cinema Paradiso, 2-Hannah and Her Sisters, 3-Once Upon a Time in America, 4-Parenthood, 5-Dangerous Liaisons, 6-Aliens, 7-Field of Dreams, 8-Raging Bull, 9-When Harry Met Sally, 10-Drugstore Cowboy, 11-Gandhi, 12-The Empire Strikes Back, 13-Raiders of the Lost Ark, 14-E.T., 15-Mad Max 2 (Road Warrior), 16-Amadeus, 17-Blade Runner, 18-Fitzcarraldo, 19-Atlantic City, 20-Platoon, 21-Mephisto, 22-The Right Stuff, 23-The Last Emperor, 24-Reds, 25-Das Bt, 26-Back to the Future

To me, this was a pretty good decade, with lots of classics, especially in science fiction(and I think Blade Runner is way overrated, good but not top 25 all-time its a slow detective story, not much SF in it, I have it ranked 6th among the decades SF; P.K. Dick's novel is much better). Not sure why there are so few rated highly. Why does no one rank Drugstore Cowboy, Field of Dreams and Parenthood? (which was inspired by Hannah and Her Sisters) I have not yet seen the director's cut of The Last Emperor, running four hours.

POSTED BY JOS SINCLAIR AT 8:01 PM

LABELS: TOP RANKED 80'S FILMS, TOP RANKED FILMS BY YEAR

2 COMMENTS:

askcherlock said...

I absolutely loved the films of the '80's. Your list was a great one. "Once Upon a Time in America" is also a favorite of mine, though when I watched it with friends, they couldn't figure out the ending. I simply said, he was smoking that pipe so the whole film was an opium induced dream. They howled! I think I'm right. What was your conclusion?

Did you ever see "Inside Moves"? It was a little film that didn't get mush press but was fabulous. I rented it again recently and it held up well.

AUGUST 4, 2009 AT 7:12 AM

Jose Sinclair said...

WOW! that's a very interesting theory.. personally, I didn't think that what happened to the James Woods character at the end was very relevant.. there was an obvious implication with the garbage truck running after hours for no reason, but he had already faked death once, hadn't he? So, he just disappears again, to bask on some beach in Bermuda, with secret banking like Switzerland, lol..

GREAT FILM, however, easily the best by Sergio Leone, who should have forgotten crummy western satires and stuck with crime!

MAY 19, 2011 AT 10:40 PM

- [ 1970 ] -

1. Conformist, The #45 - Bertolucci, Bernardo (photo rt) 2. Patton - Shaffner, Frank #313 3. Performance - Roeg, Nicolas/Donald Cammell #325 4. Five Easy Pieces - Rafelson, Bob #357 5. M*A*S*H - Altman, Robert #407 6. Tristana - Buuel, Luis #441 7. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - Meyer, Russ #450 8. Le Cercle Rouge - Melville, Jean-Pierre #535 9. Gimme Shelter - Maysles, Albert/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin #604 10. Claire's Knee - Rohmer, Eric #710 11. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Petri, Elio #736 12. Le Boucher - Chabrol, Claude #800 13. Wild Child, The - Truffaut, Franois #904 14. Hart of London, The - Chambers, Jack #969 15. Spider's Stratagem, The - Bertolucci, Bernardo #992 [Gone: Husbands]
Best Picture: Patton

- [ 1971 ] -

1. Clockwork Orange, A - Kubrick, Stanley #59

2. French Connection, The - Friedkin, William #225 3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Altman, Robert #301 4. Last Picture Show, The - Bogdanovich, Peter #311 5. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #406 6. Harold and Maude - Ashby, Hal #448 7. Death in Venice - Visconti, Luchino #514 8. Dirty Harry - Siegel, Don #554 9. Walkabout - Roeg, Nicolas #607 10. Two-Lane Blacktop - Hellman, Monte #667 11. Straw Dogs - Peckinpah, Sam #718 12. Touch of Zen, A - Hu, King #879 13. Devils, The (Devils of Loudun) Russell, Ken #919 14. La Rgion Centrale - Snow, Michael #985 [Gone: Get Carter, Two English Girls, Murmur of the Heart]
Best Picture: French Connection, The

- [ 1972 ] -

1. Godfather, The #1 - Coppola, Francis 2. Aguirre: The Wrath of God #83 - Herzog, Werner (photo rt) 3. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The - Buuel, Luis #99 4. Solaris - Tarkovsky, Andrei #115 5. Cabaret - Fosse, Bob #257 6. Cries and Whispers - Bergman, Ingmar #271 7. Deliverance - Boorman, John #356 8. Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #600 [Gone: Sleuth, Ludwig, Fat City, Fellini's Roma, Pakeezah]
Best Picture: Godfather, The

- [ 1973 ] -

1. Exorcist, The - Friedkin, William #96 2. Spirit of the Beehive, The - Erice, Victor #140 3. Mean Streets - Scorsese, Martin #166 4. Badlands - Malick, Terrence #232 5. Amarcord - Fellini, Federico #253 6. Last Tango in Paris - Bertolucci, Bernardo #261 7. Day for Night - Truffaut, Franois #332 8. Don't Look Now - Roeg, Nicolas #340 9. Sting, The - Hill, George Roy #400 10. American Graffiti - Lucas, George #460 11. F for Fake - Welles, Orson #468 12. Mother and the Whore, The - Eustache, Jean #493 13. Long Goodbye, The - Altman, Robert #546 14. Scenes from a Marriage - Bergman, Ingmar #662 15. Serpico - Lumet, Sydney #836 16. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - Peckinpah, Sam #936 [Gone: O Lucky Man!]
Best Picture: Sting, The

- [ 1974 ] -

1. Chinatown - Polanski, Roman #5 2. Godfather: Part II, The - Coppola, Francis #15 3. Conversation, The - Coppola, Francis #113 4. Woman Under the Influence, A - Cassavetes, John #177 5. Celine and Julie Go Boating - Rivette, Jacques #202 6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The - Hooper, Tobe #247 7. Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The - Herzog, Werner #553 8. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Peckinpah, Sam #586 9. Alice in the Cities - Wenders, Wim #702 10. Phantom of Liberty, The - Buuel, Luis #826 11. Lancelot du Lac - Bresson, Robert #829 [Gone: Arabian Nights, Lacombe, Lucien, Out 1: Spectre]
Best Picture: Godfather: Part II, The

- [ 1975 ] -

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest #44 - Forman, Milos (photo rt) 2. Barry Lyndon - Kubrick, Stanley #56 3. Jaws - Spielberg, Steven #58 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Gilliam, Terry/Terry Jones #87 5. Dog Day Afternoon - Lumet, Sidney #179 6. Jeanne Dielman,23 Quai du Commerce,1080 Bruxelles - Akerman, Chantal #200 7. Nashville - Altman, Robert #224 8. Passenger, The - Antonioni, Michelangelo #249 9. Salo, or the120 Days of Sodom - Pasolini, Pier Paolo #270 10. Travelling Players, The - Angelopoulos, Theo #562 11. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Weir, Peter #628 12. Dersu Uzala - Kurosawa, Akira #645 13. Overlord - Cooper, Stuart #801 14. India Song - Duras, Marguerite #849 15. Fox and His Friends - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #956 [Done: Xala, Overlord, The Man Who Would Be King]
Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

- [ 1976 ] -

1. Taxi Driver #3 - Scorsese, Martin (photo rt) 2. Network - Lumet, Sidney #138 3. Rocky - Avildsen, John G. #274 4. Mirror, The - Tarkovsky, Andrei #306

5. All the President's Men - Pakula, Alan J. #453 6. 1900 - Bertolucci, Bernardo #502 7. Carrie - De Palma, Brian #508 8. Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The - Cassavetes, John #551 9. In the Realm of the Senses - Oshima, Nagisa #581 10. Kings of the Road - Wenders, Wim #641 11. Man Who Fell to Earth, The - Roeg, Nicolas #691 12. Fellini's Casanova - Fellini, Federico #841 13. Intruder, The (L'innocent,1976) Visconti, Luchino #966 [Gone: Man Who Fell to Earth, Outlaw Josey Wales, Assault on Precinct, The Tenant]
Best Picture: Rocky

[This was the 'crime of the century' - not only was Network about 10x better, but Sydney Lumet died in 2011 without ever winning a directing Oscar, losing to the forgotten John Avildsen of Rocky - shoot me now! Lumet directed Network, 12 Angry Men, The Verdict, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, The Pawnbroker, Fail-Safe, and many others - what else has Avildsen done? Can you name one other film? I can name 10 other boxing films better than Rocky off the top of my head: Golden Boy, Cinderella Man, Raging Bull, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Fighter, Rocco and His Brothers, The Great White Hope, When We Were Kings, Million Dollar Baby, Ali. The boxing in Rocky just doesn't look real in the least]

- [ 1977 ] -

1. Annie Hall #77 - Allen, Woody (photo rt) 2. Killer of Sheep - Burnett, Charles #239 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Spielberg, Steven #283 4. That Obscure Object of Desire - Buuel, Luis #291 5. Suspiria - Argento, Dario #327 6. Eraserhead - Lynch, David #385 7. Providence - Resnais, Alain #716

[photo top]

[Gone: Ceddo, Hitler: A Film from Germany, Black Sunday, Saturday Night Fever, New York New York, ]
Best Picture: Annie Hall

- [ 1978 ] -

1. Star Wars - Lucas, George #8 2. Days of Heaven - Malick, Terrence #110 3. Deer Hunter, The - Cimino, Michael #111 4. Halloween - Carpenter, John #234 5. Dawn of the Dead - Romero, George A. #431 6. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The - Olmi, Ermanno #548 7. In a Year with13 Moons - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #708 8. Last Waltz , The - Scorsese, Martin #794 9. Superman: The Movie - Donner, Richard #795
Best Picture: Deer Hunter, The

- [ 1979 ] -

1. Apocalypse Now - Coppola, Francis #22

2. Alien - Scott, Ridley #51 4. Stalker - Tarkovsky, Andrei #299

3. Manhattan - Allen, Woody #67 (photo rt)

5. Monty Python's Life of Brian - Jones, Terry #426 6. Tristana (1970) Buuel, Luis #441 7. Marriage of Maria Braun, The - Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #478 8. All That Jazz - Fosse, Bob #547 9. Being There - Ashby, Hal #555 10. Breaking Away - Yates, Peter #856

11. Tin Drum, The - Schlndorff, Volker #901 12. Quadrophenia - Roddam, Franc #918 [Gone: Kramer vs. Kramer]
Best Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer

All Ranked Films of the Decade

1. Godfather, The (1972) - Coppola, Francis #1

(four in the all-time top 10)

[Top film altogether in our compendium of all polls]

2. Taxi Driver (1976) Scorsese, Martin #3 3. Chinatown (1974) Polanski, Roman #5 4. Star Wars (A New Hope) (1978) Lucas, George #8 5. Godfather: Part II, The (1974) Coppola, Francis #15 6. Apocalypse Now (1979) Coppola, Francis #22 7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Forman, Milos #44 8. Conformist, The (1970) Bertolucci, Bernardo #45 9. Alien (1979) Scott, Ridley #51 10. Barry Lyndon (1975) Kubrick, Stanley #56 11. Jaws (1975) Spielberg, Steven #58 12. Clockwork Orange, A (1971) Kubrick, Stanley #59 13. Manhattan (1979) Allen, Woody #67 14. Annie Hall (1977) Allen, Woody #77 15. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) Herzog, Werner #83 16. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Gilliam, Terry/Terry Jones #87 17. Exorcist, The (1973) Friedkin, William #96 18. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The (1972) Buuel, Luis #99 19. Days of Heaven (1978) Malick, Terrence #110 20. Deer Hunter, The (1978) Cimino, Michael #111 21. Conversation, The (1974) Coppola, Francis #113 22. Solaris (1972) Tarkovsky, Andrei #115 23. Network (1976) Lumet, Sidney #138

24. Spirit of the Beehive, The (1973) Erice, Victor #140 25. Mean Streets (1973) Scorsese, Martin #166 26. Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) Cassavetes, John #177 27. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Lumet, Sidney #179 28. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Akerman, Chantal #200 29. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) Rivette, Jacques #202 30. Nashville (1975) Altman, Robert #224 31. French Connection, The (1971) Friedkin, William #225 32. Badlands (1973) Malick, Terrence #232 33. Halloween (1978) Carpenter, John #234 34. Killer of Sheep (1977) Burnett, Charles #239 35. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974) Hooper, Tobe #247 36. Passenger, The (1975) Antonioni, Michelangelo #249 37. Amarcord (1973) Fellini, Federico #253 38. Cabaret (1972) Fosse, Bob #257 39. Last Tango in Paris (1973) Bertolucci, Bernardo #261 40. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #270 41. Cries and Whispers (1972) Bergman, Ingmar #271 42. Rocky (1976) Avildsen, John G. #274 43. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Spielberg, Steven #283 44. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Buuel, Luis #291 45. Stalker (1979) Tarkovsky, Andrei #299 46. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Altman, Robert #301 47. Mirror, The (1976) Tarkovsky, Andrei #306 48. Last Picture Show, The (1971) Bogdanovich, Peter #311 49. Patton (1970) Shaffner, Frank #313 50. Performance (1970) Roeg, Nicolas/Donald Cammell #325 51. Suspiria (1977) Argento, Dario #327 52. Day for Night (1973) Truffaut, Franois #332 53. Don't Look Now (1973) Roeg, Nicolas #340 54. Deliverance (1972) Boorman, John #356 55. Five Easy Pieces (1970) Rafelson, Bob #357 56. Eraserhead (1977) Lynch, David #385

57. Sting, The (1973) Hill, George Roy #400 58. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1971) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #406 59. M*A*S*H (1970) Altman, Robert #407 60. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) Jones, Terry #426 61. Dawn of the Dead (1978) Romero, George A. #431 62. Tristana (1970) Buuel, Luis #441 63. Harold and Maude (1971) Ashby, Hal #448 64. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Meyer, Russ #450 65. All the President's Men (1972) Pakula, Alan J. #453 66. American Graffiti (1973) Lucas, George #460 67. F for Fake (1973) Welles, Orson #468 68. Marriage of Maria Braun, The (1979) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #478 69. Mother and the Whore, The (1973) Eustache, Jean #493 70. 1900 (1976) Bertolucci, Bernardo #502 71. Carrie (1976) De Palma, Brian #508 72. Death in Venice (1971) Visconti, Luchino #514 73. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) Melville, Jean-Pierre #535 74. Long Goodbye, The (1973) Altman, Robert #546 75. All That Jazz (1979) Fosse, Bob #547 76. Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978) Olmi, Ermanno #548 77. Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976) Cassavetes, John #551 78. Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The (1974) Herzog, Werner #553 79. Dirty Harry (1971) Siegel, Don #554 80. Being There (1979) Ashby, Hal #555 81. Travelling Players, The (1975) Angelopoulos, Theo #562 82. In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Oshima, Nagisa #581 83. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) Peckinpah, Sam #586 84. Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The (1972) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #600 85. Gimme Shelter (1970) Maysles, Albert/David Maysles/Charlotte Zwerin #604 86. Walkabout (1971) Roeg, Nicolas #607 87. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Weir, Peter #628 88. Kings of the Road (1976) Wenders, Wim #641 89. Dersu Uzala (1975) Kurosawa, Akira #645

90. Scenes from a Marriage (1973) Bergman, Ingmar #662 91. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Hellman, Monte #667 92. Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976) Roeg, Nicolas #691 93. Alice in the Cities (1974) Wenders, Wim #702 94. In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #708 95. Claire's Knee (1970) Rohmer, Eric #710 96. Providence (1977) Resnais, Alain #716 97. Straw Dogs (1971) Peckinpah, Sam #718 98. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) Petri, Elio #736 99. Last Waltz , The (1978) Scorsese, Martin #794 100. Superman: The Movie (1978) Donner, Richard 795 101. Le Boucher (1970) Chabrol, Claude #800 102. Overlord (1975) Cooper, Stuart #801 103. Phantom of Liberty, The (1974) Buuel, Luis #826 104. Lancelot du Lac (1974) Bresson, Robert #829 105. Serpico (1973) Lumet, Sydney #836 106. Fellini's Casanova (1976) Fellini, Federico #841 107. India Song (1975) Duras, Marguerite #849 108. Breaking Away (1979) Yates, Peter #856 109. Touch of Zen, A (1971) Hu, King #879 110. Tin Drum, The (1979) Schlndorff, Volker #901 111. Wild Child, The (1970) Truffaut, Franois #904 112. Quadrophenia (1979) Roddam, Franc #918 113. The Devils (Devils of Loudun, 1971) Russell, Ken #919 114. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Peckinpah, Sam #936 115. Fox and His Friends (1975) Fassbinder, Rainer Werner #956 116. Intruder, The (L'innocent, 1976) Visconti, Luchino #966 117. Hart of London, The (1970) Chambers, Jack #969 118. La Rgion Centrale (1971) Snow, Michael #985 119. Spider's Stratagem, The (1970) Bertolucci, Bernardo #992

Unranked best pictures: Kramer vs. Kramer (good, I wouldn't rank it either, even sewer rats will drown themselves to save their young; nothing special about parenting in the animal world, it's

yer duty! If you can't be a good parent, you're lower than vermin!)

My favorites: 1-The Godfather II, 2-Apocalypse Now, 3-The Conformist, 4-The Conversation, 5-A Clockwork Orange, 6-The Godfather, 7-Network, 8-Taxi Driver, 9-The Deer Hunter, 10-Annie Hall, 11-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 12-McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 13-Manhattan, 14-Aguirre, the Wrath of God

[A Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now and Network should have also been best picture winners. Clockwork is ranked 400 positions higher than winner French Connection, and the film Apocalypse lost to isn't even ranked at all]

Note: I wasn't impressed with the 1st Star Wars (first too silly, then too ridiculous), much preferring The Empire Strikes Back; also liked Godfather II much more than I, it added Robert De Niro and Lee Strasburg, the chronological shifts with the early period in Italian - I'm always mesmerized by this and have seen it maybe 10 times vs. 3 for the first

POSTED BY JOS SINCLAIR AT 6:01 PM

LABELS: TOP INTERNET FILMS, TOP RANKED 70'S FILM S, TOP RANKED FILMS BY YEAR

6 COMMENTS:

Anonymous said...

Great list, but why use the retarded way of listing stuff? Spirit of Beehive, The; Erice, Victor - it's anal and annoying.

FEBRUARY 11, 2012 AT 9:14 AM

Jose Sinclair said...

They follow typical alphabetical listings.. otherwise in an alphabetical list of the top 1000 films, you'd have about 400 under "The" if you had that article first..

Same with directors, most expect to find Ford in the F's and Hitchcock in the H's, how about the people who don't know that Hitch's first name is Alfred? Hence, I used the standard conventions for alphabetical listing..

I could have gone back and edited every list by flipping the names back around, but as compiling this list took hundreds of hours, I wasn't willing to spend another hundred or so just to flip all the wording around for publishing..

I guess if you think this is 'retarded' then every library and encyclopedia in the world are also retarded for listing people by their last name first..

and why are you ANONYMOUS anyway, WHY are you afraid of revealing your true identity?? are you a wanted criminal or something??

Jose Sinclair (aka Sinclair, W.L.)

FEBRUARY 14, 2012 AT 8:31 AM

rich sammons said...

Catch 22, Carnal Knowledge & Lenny are missing! What's up?

MAY 6, 2012 AT 9:37 AM

Jeremy said...

Just wanna say, you seem to have put All The President's Men in 1972 instead of 1976. I was wondering why such a classic movie had been passed over!

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 AT 5:03 PM

Jose Sinclair said...

Thanks for the catch Jeremy I finally fixed it. for some reason they quit notifying me of comments, they're supposed to.. done though and definitely high for the year at 5th..

Jose

JANUARY 4, 2013 AT 3:25 PM

Jose Sinclair said...

Catch-22, Carnal Knowledge, and Lenny - hmmm.. I wouldn't rank Catch-22 either, they killed a hilarious novel.. Carnal Knowledge was underrated, esp Ann-Margret's performance.. and Lenny, perhaps a big boring and poorly paced to make critics polls, that was my problem with it.. of your 3 they overlooked, Knowledge may be best one, but still borderline top 1000..

"thats just my opinion, I could be wrong" - Dennis Miller

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Top Ranked Films by Year: the 60s

The top-ranked films of the 60's on all internet polls combined [2011 Edition, updated through 2011 polls]
William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Netthat we compiled. This decade has the most ranked films so far,

passing the 50's by about 20 films.

Total Ranked Films in the 60's: 127 (down from 155)

- [ 1960 ] -

1. Psycho #14 - Hitchcock, Alfred (photo rt) 2. La Dolce Vita - Fellini, Federico #74

3. Apartment, The #82 - Wilder, Billy 4. L'Avventura - Antonioni, Michelangelo #183 5. Peeping Tom - Powell, Michael #358 6. Spartacus - Kubrick, Stanley #387 7. Shoot the Piano Player - Truffaut, Franois #425 8. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Reisz, Karel #637 9. Cloud-Capped Star, The - Ghatak, Ritwik #770 10. Virgin Spring, The - Bergman, Ingmar #882 [Gone: The Magnificent Seven, Le Trou]
Best Picture: The Apartment

- [ 1961 ] -

1. Jules et Jim - Truffaut, Franois #73 2. Yojimbo - Kurosawa, Akira #163 3. Hustler, The - Rossen, Robert #207 4. Last Year at Marienbad - Resnais, Alain #213 5. Viridiana - Buuel, Luis #231 6. West Side Story - Wise, Robert/Jerome Robbins #328 7. La Notte - Antonioni, Michelangelo #355 8. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Edwards, Blake #462 9. Lola - Demy, Jacques #538 10. Salvatore Giuliano - Rosi, Francesco #644

11. Accattone - Pasolini, Pier Paolo #693 12. Through a Glass Darkly - Bergman, Ingmar #740 13. Judgment at Nuremberg - Kramer, Stanley #887 14. Innocents, The - Clayton, Jack #971 [Gone: Splendor in the Grass, The Misfits, The Innocents, Une Femme est une femme]
Best Picture: West Side Story

- [ 1962 ] -

1. Lawrence of Arabia #24 - Lean, David (photo rt) 2. Manchurian Candidate, The - Frankenheimer, John #81 3. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The - Ford, John #107 4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Mulligan, Robert #130 5. L'Eclisse - Antonioni, Michelangelo #284 6. Exterminating Angel, The - Buuel, Luis #363 7. Lolita - Kubrick, Stanley #473 8. Winter Light - Bergman, Ingmar #510 9. Ivan's Childhood - Tarkovsky, Andrei #577 10. Cleo from 5 to 7 - Varda, Agns #597 11. Autumn Afternoon, An - Ozu, Yasujiro #765 12. Mafioso - Lattuada, Alberto #810 13. Harakiri - Kobayashi, Masaki #865 [Gone: Ride the High Country, Hatari! The 47 Ronin]
Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia

- [ 1963 ] -

1. 8 - Fellini, Federico #40 2. Contempt - Godard, Jean-Luc #89 3. Leopard, The - Visconti, Luchino #151 4. Birds, The - Hitchcock, Alfred #280 5. Great Escape, The - Sturges, John #351 6. Sans soleil - Marker, Chris #442

7. High and Low - Kurosawa, Akira #447 8. Silence, The - Bergman, Ingmar #552 9. El Verdugo - Berlanga, Luis Garca #646 10. Servant, The - Losey, Joseph #728 11. Tom Jones - Richardson, Tony #757 12. An Actor's Revenge - Ichikawa, Kon #784 13. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour - Resnais, Alain #815 [Gone: Vivre sa vie, El Verdugo, Barren Lives, America America, Flaming Creatures]
Best Picture: Tom Jones

- [ 1964 ] -

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #18 - Kubrick, Stanley 2. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The #176 - Pasolini, Pier Paolo(photo rt) 3. Hard Day's Night, A - Lester, Richard #181 4. Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The - Demy, Jacques #187 5. Rocco and His Brothers - Visconti, Luchino #223 6. Band of Outsiders (Bande part,1964) Godard, Jean-Luc #265 7. Gertrud - Dreyer, Carl #395 8. Red Desert - Antonioni, Michelangelo #405 9. My Fair Lady - Cukor, George #584 10. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Parajanov, Sergei #590 11. Woman in the Dunes - Teshigahara, Hiroshi #635 12. Marnie - Hitchcock, Alfred #679 13. Black God, White Devil - Rocha, Glauber #692 14. Charulata - Ray, Satyajit #695 15. I Am Cuba - Kalatozov, Mikheil #703 16. Goldfinger - Hamilton, Guy #929
Best Picture: My Fair Lady

- [ 1965 ] -

1. Pierrot le fou - Godard, Jean-Luc #124 2. Repulsion - Polanski, Roman #139 3. Juliet of the Spirits - Fellini, Federico #476 4. Sound of Music, The - Wise, Robert #486 5. Doctor Zhivago - Lean, David #497 6. For a Few Dollars More - Leone, Sergio #506 7. Alphaville - Godard, Jean-Luc #543 8. Loves of a Blonde - Forman, Milos #700 9. Red Beard - Kurosawa, Akira #961 [Gone: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Not Reconciled, Art of Vision, Of a Thousand Delights]
Best Picture: Sound of Music, The

- [ 1966 ] -

1. Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The #36 - Leone, Sergio

2. Au Hasard Balthazar #50 - Bresson, Robert 3. Battle of Algiers, The #60 - Pontecorvo, Gillo (photo rt) 4. Persona - Bergman, Ingmar #86 5. Masculine-Feminine - Godard, Jean-Luc #126 6. Blow-Up - Antonioni, Michelangelo #210 7. Andrei Rublev - Tarkovsky, Andrei #238 8. Two or Three Things I Know About Her - Godard, Jean-Luc #339 9. Rise to Power of Louis XIV, The - Rossellini, Roberto #396 10. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Nichols, Mike #403 11. Mouchette - Bresson, Robert #494 12. Closely Watched Trains - Menzel, Jir #509 13. Chimes at Midnight - Welles, Orson #537 14. Daisies - Chytilov, Vera #811 15. Man for All Seasons, A - Zinnemann, Fred #973

[Gone: Mouchette, A Man for All Seasons, Daisies, The Round-Up, Seven Women, El Dorado]
Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons

- [ 1967 ] -

1. Graduate, The #84 - Nichols, Mike (photo rt) 2. Bonnie and Clyde - Penn, Arthur #137 3. Playtime - Tati, Jacques #211 4. Belle de jour - Buuel, Luis #219 5. Le Samoura - Melville, Jean-Pierre #297 6. Week-End - Godard, Jean-Luc #302 7. Cool Hand Luke - Rosenberg, Stuart #375 8. Wavelength - Snow, Michael #382 9. Point Blank - Boorman, John #549 10. Don't Look Back - Pennebaker, D.A. #714 11. Chelsea Girls - Warhol, Andy #735 12. In Cold Blood - Brooks, Richard #780 13. Young Girls of Rochefort, The - Demy, Jacques #804 14. Terra em Transe - Rocha, Glauber #807 15. In the Heat of the Night - Jewison, Norman #812 [Gone: The Firemen's Ball, Branded to Kill, La Collectionneuse]
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night

- [ 1968 ] -

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Kubrick, Stanley #4 (photo top) 2. Once Upon a Time in the West - Leone, Sergio #52 3. Rosemary's Baby - Polanski, Roman #164 4. Night of the Living Dead - Romero, George A. #266 5. Producers, The - Brooks, Mel #272 6. Faces - Cassavetes, John #432

7. If - Anderson, Lindsay #521 8. Colour of Pomegranate, The (Sayat Nova,1968) Parajanov, Sergei #574 9. Teorema - Pasolini, Pier Paolo #678 10. Memories of Underdevelopment - Alea, Toms Gutirrez #745 11. Funny Girl - Wyler, William #767 12. Party, The - Edwards, Blake #913 13. Hour of the Furnaces, The - Getino, Octavio & Fernando E. Solanas #980 [Gone: The Party, Salesman, The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Shame (Skammen)]
Best Picture: Oliver!

- [ 1969 ] -

1. Wild Bunch, The - Peckinpah, Sam #117 2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Hill, George Roy #173 3. Easy Rider - Hopper, Dennis #204 4. Army of Shadows - Melville, Jean-Pierre #275 5. Midnight Cowboy - Schlesinger, John #336 6. My Night at Maud's - Rohmer, Eric #648 7. Kes Loach, Ken #661 8. Fellini Satyricon - Fellini, Federico #742 9. Antonio das Mortes - Rocha, Glauber #902 10. Damned, The - Visconti, Luchino #990 [Gone: A Touch of Zen, Antonio das Mortes, Tom, Tom the Piper's Son, Z]
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

All Ranked Films in the 60s

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey #4 - Kubrick, Stanley

2. Psycho #14 - Hitchcock, Alfred 3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb #18 - Kubrick, Stanley (photo rt) 4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Lean, David #24

5. Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The (1966) Leone, Sergio #36 6. 8 (1963) Fellini, Federico #40 7. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Bresson, Robert #50 8. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Leone, Sergio #52 9. Battle of Algiers, The (1966) Pontecorvo, Gillo #60 10. Jules et Jim (1961) Truffaut, Franois #73 11. La Dolce Vita (1960) Fellini, Federico #74 12. Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) Frankenheimer, John #81 13. Apartment, The (1960) Wilder, Billy #82 14. Graduate, The (1967) Nichols, Mike #84 15. Persona (1966) Bergman, Ingmar #86 16. Contempt (1963) Godard, Jean-Luc #89 17. Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962) Ford, John #107 18. Wild Bunch, The (1969) Peckinpah, Sam #117 19. Pierrot le fou (1965) Godard, Jean-Luc #124 20. Masculine-Feminine (1966) Godard, Jean-Luc #126 21. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Mulligan, Robert #130 22. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Penn, Arthur #137 23. Repulsion (1965) Polanski, Roman #139 24. Leopard, The (1963) Visconti, Luchino #151 25. Yojimbo (1961) Kurosawa, Akira #163 26. Rosemary's Baby (1968) Polanski, Roman #164 27. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Hill, George Roy #173 28. Gospel According to St. Matthew, The (1964) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #176 29. Hard Day's Night, A (1964) Lester, Richard #181 30. L'Avventura (1960) Antonioni, Michelangelo #183 31. Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964) Demy, Jacques #187 32. Easy Rider (1969) Hopper, Dennis #204 33. Hustler, The (1961) Rossen, Robert #207 34. Blow-Up (1966) Antonioni, Michelangelo #210 35. Playtime (1967) Tati, Jacques #211 36. Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Resnais, Alain #213 37. Belle de jour (1967) Buuel, Luis #219

38. Rocco and His Brothers (1964) Visconti, Luchino #223 39. Viridiana (1961) Buuel, Luis #231 40. Andrei Rublev (1966) Tarkovsky, Andrei #238 41. Band of Outsiders (Bande part, 1964) Godard, Jean-Luc #265 42. Night of the Living Dead (1968) Romero, George A. #266 43. Producers, The (1968) Brooks, Mel #272 44. Army of Shadows (1969) Melville, Jean-Pierre #275 45. Birds, The (1963) Hitchcock, Alfred #280 46. L'Eclisse (1962) Antonioni, Michelangelo #284 47. Le Samoura (1967) Melville, Jean-Pierre #297 48. Week-End (1967) Godard, Jean-Luc #302 49. West Side Story (1961) Wise, Robert/Jerome Robbins #328 50. Midnight Cowboy (1969) Schlesinger, John #336 51. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1966) Godard, Jean-Luc #339 52. Great Escape, The (1963) Sturges, John #351 53. La Notte (1961) Antonioni, Michelangelo #355 54. Peeping Tom (1960) Powell, Michael #358 55. Exterminating Angel, The (1962) Buuel, Luis #363 56. Cool Hand Luke (1967) Rosenberg, Stuart #375 57. Wavelength (1967) Snow, Michael #382 58. Spartacus (1960) Kubrick, Stanley #387 59. Gertrud (1964) Dreyer, Carl #395 60. Rise to Power of Louis XIV, The (1966) Rossellini, Roberto #396 61. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) Nichols, Mike #403 62. Red Desert (1964) Antonioni, Michelangelo #405 63. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) Truffaut, Franois #425 64. Faces (1968) Cassavetes, John #432 65. Sans soleil (1963) Marker, Chris #442 66. High and Low (1963) Kurosawa, Akira #447 67. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Edwards, Blake #462 68. Lolita (1962) Kubrick, Stanley #473 69. Juliet of the Spirits (1965) Fellini, Federico #476 70. Sound of Music, The (1965) Wise, Robert #486

71. Mouchette (1966) Bresson, Robert #494 72. Doctor Zhivago (1965) Lean, David #497 73. For a Few Dollars More (1965) Leone, Sergio #506 74. Closely Watched Trains (1966) Menzel, Jir #509 75. Winter Light (1962) Bergman, Ingmar #510 76. If (1968) Anderson, Lindsay #521 77. Chimes at Midnight (1966) Welles, Orson #537 78. Lola (1961) Demy, Jacques #538 79. Alphaville (1965) Godard, Jean-Luc #543 80. Point Blank (1967) Boorman, John #549 81. Silence, The (1963) Bergman, Ingmar #552 82. Colour of Pomegranate, The (Sayat Nova, 1968) Parajanov, Sergei #574 83. Ivan's Childhood (1962) Tarkovsky, Andrei #577 84. My Fair Lady (1964) Cukor, George #584 85. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) Parajanov, Sergei #590 86. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) Varda, Agns #597 87. Woman in the Dunes (1964) Teshigahara, Hiroshi #635 88. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Reisz, Karel #637 89. Salvatore Giuliano (1961) Rosi, Francesco #644 90. El Verdugo (1963) Berlanga, Luis Garca #646 91. My Night at Maud's (1969) Rohmer, Eric #648 92. Kes (1969) Loach, Ken #661 93. Teorema (1968) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #678 94. Marnie (1964) Hitchcock, Alfred #679 95. Black God, White Devil (1964) Rocha, Glauber #692 96. Accattone (1961) Pasolini, Pier Paolo #693 97. Charulata (1964) Ray, Satyajit #695 98. Loves of a Blonde (1965) Forman, Milos #700 99. I Am Cuba (1964) Kalatozov, Mikheil #703 100. Don't Look Back (1967) Pennebaker, D.A. #714 101. Servant, The (1963) Losey, Joseph #728 102. Chelsea Girls (1967) Warhol, Andy #735 103. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Bergman, Ingmar #740

104. Fellini Satyricon (1969) Fellini, Federico #742 105. Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) Alea, Toms Gutirrez #745 106. Tom Jones (1963) Richardson, Tony #757 107. Autumn Afternoon, An (1962) Ozu, Yasujiro #765 108. Funny Girl (1968) Wyler, William #767 109. Cloud-Capped Star, The (1960) Ghatak, Ritwik #770 110. In Cold Blood (1967) Brooks, Richard #780 111. An Actor's Revenge (1963) Ichikawa, Kon #784 112. Young Girls of Rochefort, The (1967) Demy, Jacques #804 113. Terra em Transe (1967) Rocha, Glauber #807 114. Mafioso (bw, 1962) Lattuada, Alberto #810 115. Daisies (1966) Chytilov, Vera #811 116. In the Heat of the Night (1967) Jewison, Norman #812 117. Muriel ou Le Temps d'un Retour (1963) Resnais, Alain #815 118. Harakiri (1962) Kobayashi, Masaki #865 119. Virgin Spring, The (1960) Bergman, Ingmar #882 120. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Kramer, Stanley #887 121. Antonio das Mortes (1969) Rocha, Glauber #902 122. Party, The (1968) Edwards, Blake #913 123. Goldfinger (1964) Hamilton, Guy #929 124. Red Beard (1965) Kurosawa, Akira #961 125. Innocents, The (1961) Clayton, Jack #971 126. Man for All Seasons, A (1966) Zinnemann, Fred #973 127. Hour of the Furnaces, The (1968) Getino, Octavio & Fernando E. Solanas #980 128. Damned, The (1969) Visconti, Luchino #990

The only unranked best picture of the decade is Oliver!

My favorites of the 60s:

1-2001: A Space Odyssey, 2-Lawrence of Arabia, 3-Dr. Strangelove, 4-My Fair Lady, 5-L'avventura, 6-Battle of Algiers, 7-To Kill a Mockingbird, 8-The Graduate, 9Gospel According to St. Matthew, 10-Midnight Cowboy, 11-A Hard Day's Night, 12-Morgan, 13-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 14-Doctor Zhivago, 15-La Dolce Vita, 16West Side Story, 17-The Servant, 18-8, 19-Spartacus, 20-The Hustler

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2 COMMENTS:

rich sammons said...

Where the bleep is "The Pawnbroker"?

MAY 6, 2012 AT 8:45 AM

Jose Sinclair said...

Even worse news on The Pawnbroker, when I looked at the complete list of all films mentioned, it didn't make the list at all, which is 2240 films.. dang- it was better than that!.. maybe about 1200 for me, maybe 900 - I have to rewatch it but its a candidate for my top 1000 which is not complete, only up to 875 or so now, with a rewatch list of 75-100 more titles, that's in the group of mine.. I assume you've see The Shop on Main St?

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Top Ranked Films by Year: the 50s

Based on our compendium of all film polls

[2011 Edition, updated with 2011 film polls]
William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Netthat we compiled. (Photo: Tishiro Mifune, Seven Samurai)

Total Ranked Films in the 50's: 116 (down from 144)

- [ 1950 ] -

1. Sunset Boulevard - Wilder, Billy #19 (photo rt) 2. Rashomon - Kurosawa, Akira #29 3. All About Eve - Mankiewicz, Joseph L. #41 4. Diary of a Country Priest - Bresson, Robert #310 5. In a Lonely Place - Ray, Nicholas #389 6. Los Olvidados - Buuel, Luis #417 7. Orpheus - Cocteau, Jean #437 8. Asphalt Jungle, The - Huston, John #472 9. Gun Crazy (Deadly is the Female,1950) Lewis, Joseph H. #756 [Gone: Harvey, Un Chant d'amour, Stromboli, La Ronde, Wagon Master, The Flowers of St. Francis, Rio Grande]
Best Picture: All About Eve

- [ 1951 ] -

1. Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock, Alfred #157 2. Streetcar Named Desire, A - Kazan, Elia #158

3. Forbidden Games - Clment, Ren #381 4. African Queen, The - Huston, John #457 5. Ace in the Hole - Wilder, Billy #564 6. Place in the Sun, A - Stevens, George #573 7. An American in Paris - Minnelli, Vincente #579 8. River, The - Renoir, Jean #609 9. Miracle in Milan - De Sica, Vittorio #629 10. Day the Earth Stood Still, The - Wise, Robert #654 11. Plaisir, Le - Ophls, Max #743 [Gone: The Thing from Another World, Early Summer]
Best Picture: An American in Paris

- [ 1952 ] -

1. Singin' in the Rain - Donen, Stanley/Gene Kelly #32 2. Umberto D - De Sica, Vittorio #80 3. Ikiru - Kurosawa, Akira #101 4. High Noon - Zinnemann, Fred #106 5. Wages of Fear, The - Clouzot, Henri-Georges #168 6. Golden Coach, The - Renoir, Jean #343 7. Quiet Man, The - Ford, John #423 8. Life of Oharu, The - Mizoguchi, Kenji #634 9. Limelight - Chaplin, Charles #681 10. El - Buuel, Luis #682 11. Casque d'or - Becker, Jacques #711 12. Europa '51 - Rossellini, Roberto #840 13. Children of Hiroshima - Shind, Kaneto #889 14. Bad and the Beautiful, The - Minnelli, Vincente #943 [Gone: Othello, The Lusty Men]
Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth

- [ 1953 ] -

1. Tokyo Story - Ozu, Yasujiro #76 2. Ugetsu - Mizoguchi, Kenji #85

3. Earrings of Madame de..., The - Ophuls, Max #136 4. My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie) (1963) Godard, Jean-Luc #171 5. Roman Holiday - Wyler, William #318 6. I Vitelloni - Fellini, Federico #346 7. Shane - Stevens, George #404 8. Band Wagon, The - Minnelli, Vincente #439 9. Mr. Hulot's Holiday - Tati, Jacques #456 10. Voyage in Italy - Rossellini, Roberto #530 11. Big Heat, The - Lang, Fritz #561 12. Pickup on South Street - Fuller, Sam #886 13. Stalag17 - Wilder, Billy #927 14. Sawdust and Tinsel - Bergman, Ingmar #974 15. From Here to Eternity #991 - Zinnemann, Fred [Gone: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Anatahan, The Sun Shines Bright, Naked Spur]
Best Picture: From Here to Eternity

- [ 1954 ] -

1. Seven Samurai, The - Kurosawa, Akira #2 (Japanese title: The Magnificent Seven, so when that western was released, they changed this title in the
U.S.)

[photo top]

2. On the Waterfront - Kazan, Elia #42

3. Rear Window - Hitchcock, Alfred #64 4. La Strada - Fellini, Federico #114 5. Sansho the Bailiff - Mizoguchi, Kenji #240 6. Johnny Guitar - Ray, Nicholas #384 7. Star is Born, A - Cukor, George #458 8. Senso - Visconti, Luchino #485 9. Dial M for Murder - Hitchcock, Alfred #656 10. French Cancan - Renoir, Jean #817 11. Touchez Pas A Grisbi - Becker, Jacques #976

[Gone: The Barefoot Contessa, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]

Best Picture: On the Waterfront

- [ 1955 ] -

1. Night of The Hunter, The - Laughton, Charles #10 2. Pather Panchali / Apu Trilogy I - Ray, Satyajit #62 3. Ordet - Dreyer, Carl #143 4. Diaboliques, Les - Clouzot, Henri-Georges #214 5. Rebel Without a Cause - Ray, Nicholas #263 6. All That Heaven Allows - Sirk, Douglas #324 7. Kiss Me Deadly - Aldrich, Robert #408 8. Night and Fog - Resnais, Alain #411 9. Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Yokihi,1955) Mizoguchi, Kenji #412 10. Lola Monts - Ophls, Max #429 11. Rififi (55) Dassin, Jules #471 12. Smiles of a Summer Night - Bergman, Ingmar #557 13. East of Eden - Kazan, Elia #571 14. Floating Clouds - Naruse, Mikio #636 [Gone: Les Matres fous, Moonfleet, Il Bidone]
Best Picture: Marty

- [ 1956 ] -

1. Seventh Seal, The - Bergman, Ingmar #31 (photo rt) 2. Searchers, The - Ford, John #65 3. Man Escaped, A - Bresson, Robert #188 4. Written on the Wind - Sirk, Douglas #255 5. Killing, The - Kubrick, Stanley #364 6. Aparajito - Ray, Satyajit #440 7. Bigger Than Life - Ray, Nicholas #791

8. Bob le flambeur - Melville, Jean-Pierre #908 9. There's Always Tomorrow - Sirk, Douglas #928 [Gone: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, While the City Sleeps, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt]
Best Picture: Around the World in 80 Days

- [ 1957 ] -

1. Paths of Glory - Kubrick, Stanley #91 2. Wild Strawberries - Bergman, Ingmar #104 3. 12 Angry Men - Lumet, Sidney #116 4. Bridge on the River Kwai, The - Lean, David #127 5. Sweet Smell of Success - Mackendrick, Alexander #156 6. Nights of Cabiria - Fellini, Federico #172 7. Throne of Blood - Kurosawa, Akira #243 8. Witness for the Prosecution - Wilder, Billy #724 9. Pyaasa (Thirst) Dutt, Guru #731 10. Affair to Remember, An - McCarey, Leo #789 11. Cranes Are Flying, The - Kalatozishvili, Mikheil #844 12. Funny Face - Donen, Stanley #1000 [Gone: Night of the Demon]
Best Picture: Bridge on the River Kwai, The

- [ 1958 ] -

1. Vertigo - Hitchcock, Alfred #12 2. Touch of Evil - Welles, Orson #38 3. Ashes and Diamonds - Wajda, Andrzej #199 4. Mon oncle - Tati, Jacques #250 5. Music Room, The - Ray, Satyajit #580 6. Hidden Fortress, The - Kurosawa, Akira #787 7. Some Came Running - Minnelli, Vincente #798 [Gone: The Tarnished Angels, Man of the West, The Hidden Fortress, Big Deal on Madonna Street, Murder by Contract, Gigi]
Best Picture: Gigi

- [ 1959 ] -

1. North by Northwest - Hitchcock, Alfred #28 2. 400 Blows, The - Truffaut, Franois #37 3. Some Like it Hot - Wilder, Billy #66 4. Pickpocket - Bresson, Robert #146 5. Breathless - Godard, Jean-Luc #159 6. Ben-Hur - Wyler, William #222 7. Eyes Without a Face - Franju, Georges #229 8. Hiroshima mon amour - Resnais, Alain #245 9. World of Apu, The - Ray, Satyajit #295 10. Rio Bravo - Hawks, Howard #344 11. Anatomy of a Murder - Preminger, Otto #402 12. Shadows - Cassavetes, John #449 13. Imitation of Life - Sirk, Douglas #518 14. Black Orpheus - Camus, Marcel #706 [Gone: The Tiger of Eschnapur, Kaagaz Ke Phool, The Indian Tomb]

Best Picture: Ben-Hur

All Ranked Films of the Decade

1. Seven Samurai, The (1954) Kurosawa, Akira #2 2. Night of The Hunter, The (1955) Laughton, Charles #10 3. Vertigo (1958) Hitchcock, Alfred #12 4. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Wilder, Billy #19 5. North by Northwest (1959) Hitchcock, Alfred #28 6. Rashomon (1950) Kurosawa, Akira #29 7. Seventh Seal, The (1956) Bergman, Ingmar #31 8. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Donen, Stanley/Gene Kelly #32 9. 400 Blows, The (1959) Truffaut, Franois #37 10. Touch of Evil (1958) Welles, Orson #38

11. All About Eve (1950) Mankiewicz, Joseph L. #41 12. On the Waterfront (1954) Kazan, Elia #42 13. Pather Panchali / Apu Trilogy I (1955) Ray, Satyajit #62 14. Rear Window (1954) Hitchcock, Alfred #64 15. Searchers, The (1956) Ford, John #65 16. Some Like it Hot (1959) Wilder, Billy #66 17. Tokyo Story (1953) Ozu, Yasujiro #76 18. Umberto D (1952) De Sica, Vittorio #80 19. Ugetsu (1953) Mizoguchi, Kenji #85 20. Paths of Glory (1957) Kubrick, Stanley #91 21. Ikiru (1952) Kurosawa, Akira #101 22. Wild Strawberries (1957) Bergman, Ingmar #104 23. High Noon (1952) Zinnemann, Fred #106 24. La Strada (1954) Fellini, Federico #114 25. 12 Angry Men (1957) Lumet, Sidney #116 26. Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) Lean, David #127 27. Earrings of Madame de..., The (1953) Ophuls, Max #136 28. Ordet (1955) Dreyer, Carl #143 29. Pickpocket (1959) Bresson, Robert #146 30. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Mackendrick, Alexander #156 31. Strangers on a Train (1951) Hitchcock, Alfred #157 32. Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) Kazan, Elia #158 33. Breathless (1959) Godard, Jean-Luc #159 34. Wages of Fear, The (1952) Clouzot, Henri-Georges #168 35. My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie) (1963) Godard, Jean-Luc #171 36. Nights of Cabiria (1957) Fellini, Federico #172 37. Man Escaped, A (1956) Bresson, Robert #188 38. Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Wajda, Andrzej #199 39. Diaboliques, Les (1955) Clouzot, Henri-Georges #214 40. Ben-Hur (1959) Wyler, William #222 41. Eyes Without a Face (1959) Franju, Georges #229 42. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) Mizoguchi, Kenji #240 43. Throne of Blood (1957) Kurosawa, Akira #243

44. Hiroshima mon amour (1959) Resnais, Alain #245 45. Mon oncle (1958) Tati, Jacques #250 46. Written on the Wind (1956) Sirk, Douglas #255 47. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Ray, Nicholas #263 48. World of Apu, The (1959) Ray, Satyajit #295 49. Diary of a Country Priest (1950) Bresson, Robert #310 50. Roman Holiday (1953) Wyler, William #318 51. All That Heaven Allows (1955) Sirk, Douglas #324 52. Golden Coach, The (1952) Renoir, Jean #343 53. Rio Bravo (1959) Hawks, Howard #344 54. I Vitelloni (1953) Fellini, Federico #346 55. Killing, The (1956) Kubrick, Stanley #364 56. Forbidden Games (1951) Clment, Ren #381 57. Johnny Guitar (1954) Ray, Nicholas #384 58. In a Lonely Place (1950) Ray, Nicholas #389 59. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Preminger, Otto #402 60. Shane (1953) Stevens, George #404 61. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Aldrich, Robert #408 62. Night and Fog (1955) Resnais, Alain #411 63. Princess Yang Kwei Fei (Yokihi, 1955) Mizoguchi, Kenji #412 64. Los Olvidados (1950) Buuel, Luis #417 65. Quiet Man, The (1952) Ford, John #423 66. Lola Monts (1955) Ophls, Max #429 67. Orpheus (1950) Cocteau, Jean #437 68. Band Wagon, The (1953) Minnelli, Vincente #439 69. Aparajito (1956) Ray, Satyajit #440 70. Shadows (1959) Cassavetes, John #449 71. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) Tati, Jacques #456 72. African Queen, The (1951) Huston, John #457 73. Star is Born, A (1954) Cukor, George #458 74. Rififi (55) Dassin, Jules #471 75. Asphalt Jungle, The (1950) Huston, John #472 76. Senso (1954) Visconti, Luchino #485

77. Imitation of Life (1959) Sirk, Douglas #518 78. Voyage in Italy (1953) Rossellini, Roberto #530 79. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Bergman, Ingmar #557 80. Big Heat, The (1953) Lang, Fritz #561 81. Ace in the Hole (1951) Wilder, Billy #564 82. East of Eden (1955) Kazan, Elia #571 83. Place in the Sun, A (1951) Stevens, George #573 84. An American in Paris (1951) Minnelli, Vincente #579 85. Music Room, The (1958) Ray, Satyajit #580 86. River, The (1951) Renoir, Jean #609 87. Miracle in Milan (1951) De Sica, Vittorio #629 88. Life of Oharu, The (1952) Mizoguchi, Kenji #634 89. Floating Clouds (1955) Naruse, Mikio #636 90. Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) Wise, Robert #654 91. Dial M for Murder (1954) Hitchcock, Alfred #656 92. Limelight (1952) Chaplin, Charles #681 93. El (1952) Buuel, Luis #682 94. Black Orpheus (1959) Camus, Marcel #706 95. Casque d'or (1952) Becker, Jacques #711 96. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Wilder, Billy #724 97. Pyaasa (Thirst, 1957) Dutt, Guru #731 98. Plaisir, Le (1951) Ophls, Max #743 99. Gun Crazy (Deadly is the Female, 1950) Lewis, Joseph H. #756 100. Hidden Fortress, The (1958) Kurosawa, Akira #787 101. Affair to Remember, An (1957) McCarey, Leo #789 102. Bigger Than Life (1956) Ray, Nicholas #791 103. Some Came Running (1958) Minnelli, Vincente #798 104. French Cancan (1954) Renoir, Jean #817 105. Europa '51 (1952) Rossellini, Roberto #840 106. Cranes Are Flying, The (1957) Kalatozishvili, Mikheil #844 107. Pickup on South Street (1953) Fuller, Sam #886 108. Children of Hiroshima (1952) Shind, Kaneto #889 109. Bob le flambeur (1956) Melville, Jean-Pierre #908

110. Stalag 17 (1953) Wilder, Billy #927 111. There's Always Tomorrow (1956) Sirk, Douglas #928 112. Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) Minnelli, Vincente #943 113. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) Bergman, Ingmar #974 114. Touchez Pas A Grisbi (1954) Becker, Jacques #976 115. From Here to Eternity (1953) Zinnemann, Fred #991 116. Funny Face (1957) Donen, Stanley #1000

Unranked best picture winners: Gigi, The Greatest Show on Earth, Marty, Around the World in 80 Days

My Favorites
1-Seven Samurai, 2-All About Eve, 3-Umberto D., 4-Sunset Boulevard, 5-Singin in the Rain, 6-Night of the Hunter, 7-Bridge on the River Kwai, 8-On the Waterfront, 9The Sweet Smell of Success, 10-Paths of Glory, 11-12 Angry Men, 12-Vertigo, 13-A Streetcar Named Desire, 14-Rashoman, 15-In a Lonely Place, 16-The Seventh Seal, 17-Shane, 18-Ugetsu, 19-Some Like it Hot, 20-Stalag 17

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Top Ranked Films by Year: the 30s

Based on our compendium of all film polls

[2011 Update Edition]
William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net, 2011 Edition that we compiled.

Total Ranked Films in the 30's: 59

- [ 1930 ] 1. Blue Angel, The (1930) von Sternberg, Josef #196 2. L'ge d'or (1930) Buuel, Luis #261 3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Milestone, Lewis #264 4. Earth (1930) Dovzhenko, Alexander #373 5. Blood of a Poet, The (1930) Cocteau, Jean #776 [Gone: Morocco - von Sternberg; Under the Roofs of Paris - Clair, Ren]
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front

- [ 1931 ] -

1. M (1931) Lang, Fritz #16 2. City Lights (1931) Chaplin, Charles #27 3. Le Million (1931) Clair, Ren #445 4. Frankenstein (1931) Whale, James #464 5. nous la libert (1931) Clair, Ren #525 6. Tabu (1931) Murnau, F.W. #605 7. La Chienne (1931) Renoir, Jean #911 [Gone: Threepenny Opera, Limite, Kameradschaft, Public Enemy, Mdchen in Uniform]
Best Picture: Cimarron

- [ 1932 ] -

1. Trouble in Paradise (1932) Lubitsch, Ernst #321 2. Vampyr (1932) Dreyer, Carl #347 3. I Was Born, But (1932) Ozu, Yasujiro #368 4. Freaks (1932) Browning, Tod #391 5. Scarface (1932) Hawks, Howard #516 6. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) Renoir, Jean #674 7. Love Me Tonight (1932) Mamoulian, Rouben #782 8. Que viva Mexico! (1932) Eisenstein, Sergei #891

[Gone: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Shanghai Express]

Best Picture: Grand Hotel

- [ 1933 ] -

1. Duck Soup (1933) McCarey, Leo #53 2. King Kong (1933) Cooper, Merian C./Ernest B. Schoedsack #68 3. 42nd Street (1933) Bacon, Lloyd #511 [Gone: Zero for Conduct, Design for Living, Land Without Bread, Outskirts (Okraina), Liebelei]
Best Picture: Cavalcade

- [ 1934 ] -

1. L'Atalante (1934) Vigo, Jean #88 2. It Happened One Night (1934) Capra, Frank #160 3. Scarlet Empress, The (1934) von Sternberg, Josef #664 4. Man of Aran (1934) Flaherty, Robert #676 5. It's a Gift (1934) McLeod, Norman Z. #686 6. Happiness (1934) Medvedkin, Aleksandr #772 [Gone: Our Daily Bread, The Thin Man]
Best Picture: It Happened One Night

- [ 1935 ] -

1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Whale, James #192 2. 39 Steps, The (1935) Hitchcock, Alfred #370 3. Top Hat (1935) Sandrich, Mark #398 4. A Night at the Opera (1935) Wood, Sam #433 5. Triumph of the Will (1935) Riefenstahl, Leni #613 6. Devil is a Woman, The (1935) von Sternberg, Josef #876 [Gone: Peter Ibbetson, The Informer, Carnival in Flanders]
Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty

- [ 1936 ] -

1. Modern Times (1936) Chaplin, Charles #9 2. Swing Time (1936) Stevens, George #603 3. Crime of Monsieur Lange, The (1936) Renoir, Jean #619 [Gone: My Man Godfrey, Camille]
Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld

- [ 1937 ] -

1. Grande Illusion, La (1937) Renoir, Jean #197 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Hand, David #296 3. Pp le Moko (1937) Duvivier, Julien #380 4. Awful Truth, The (1937) McCarey, Leo #513 5. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) McCarey, Leo #632 6. Angel (1937) Lubitsch, Ernst #979 [Gone: You Only Live Once]
Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola

- [ 1938 ] -

1. Bringing Up Baby (1938) Hawks, Howard #218 2. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) Curtiz, Michael/William Keighley #227 3. Alexander Nevsky (1938) Eisenstein, Sergei #507 4. Lady Vanishes, The (1938) Hitchcock, Alfred #621 5. Olympia (1938) Riefenstahl, Leni #699 [Gone: Holiday, Port of Shadows, La Bte humaine]
Best Picture: You Can't Take It With You

- [ 1939 ] -

1. Wizard of Oz, The (1939) Fleming, Victor #6 2. Rules of the Game, The (1939) Renoir, Jean #63 3. Gone with the Wind (1939) Fleming, Victor #102 4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Capra, Frank #209

5. Stagecoach (1939) Ford, John #281 6. Ninotchka (1939) Lubitsch, Ernst #470 7. Le Jour se lve (1939) Carn, Marcel #560 8. Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Hawks, Howard #582 9. Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, The (1939) Mizoguchi, Kenji #616 10. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Ford, John #864 [Gone: Midnight]
Best Picture: Gone With the Wind

All Ranked Films of the Decade 1. Wizard of Oz, The (1939) Fleming, Victor #6 2. Modern Times (1936) Chaplin, Charles #9 3. M (1931) Lang, Fritz #16 4. City Lights (1931) Chaplin, Charles #27 5. Duck Soup (1933) McCarey, Leo #53 6. Rules of the Game, The (1939) Renoir, Jean #63 7. King Kong (1933) Cooper, Merian C./Ernest B. Schoedsack #68 8. L'Atalante (1934) Vigo, Jean #88 9. Gone with the Wind (1939) Fleming, Victor #102 10. It Happened One Night (1934) Capra, Frank #160 11. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Whale, James #192 12. Blue Angel, The (1930) von Sternberg, Josef #196 13. Grande Illusion, La (1937) Renoir, Jean #197 14. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Capra, Frank #209 15. Bringing Up Baby (1938) Hawks, Howard #218 16. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) Curtiz, Michael/William Keighley #227 17. L'ge d'or (1930) Buuel, Luis #261 18. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Milestone, Lewis #264 19. Stagecoach (1939) Ford, John #281 20. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Hand, David #296 21. Trouble in Paradise (1932) Lubitsch, Ernst #321 22. Vampyr (1932) Dreyer, Carl #347 23. I Was Born, But (1932) Ozu, Yasujiro #368 24. 39 Steps, The (1935) Hitchcock, Alfred #370

25. Earth (1930) Dovzhenko, Alexander #373 26. Pp le Moko (1937) Duvivier, Julien #380 27. Freaks (1932) Browning, Tod #391 28. Top Hat (1935) Sandrich, Mark #398 29. Night at the Opera, A (1935) Wood, Sam #433 30. Le Million (1931) Clair, Ren #445 31. Frankenstein (1931) Whale, James #464 32. Ninotchka (1939) Lubitsch, Ernst #470 33. Alexander Nevsky (1938) Eisenstein, Sergei #507 34. 42nd Street (1933) Bacon, Lloyd #511 35. Awful Truth, The (1937) McCarey, Leo #513 36. Scarface (1932) Hawks, Howard #516 37. nous la libert (1931) Clair, Ren #525 38. Le Jour se lve (1939) Carn, Marcel #560 39. Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Hawks, Howard #582 40. Swing Time (1936) Stevens, George #603 41. Tabu (1931) Murnau, F.W. #605 42. Triumph of the Will (1935) Riefenstahl, Leni #613 43. Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, The (1939) Mizoguchi, Kenji #616 44. Crime of Monsieur Lange, The (1936) Renoir, Jean #619 45. Lady Vanishes, The (1938) Hitchcock, Alfred #621 46. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) McCarey, Leo #632 47. Scarlet Empress, The (1934) von Sternberg, Josef #664 48. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) Renoir, Jean #674 49. Man of Aran (1934) Flaherty, Robert #676 50. It's a Gift (1934) McLeod, Norman Z. #686 51. Olympia (1938) Riefenstahl, Leni #699 52. Happiness (1934) Medvedkin, Aleksandr #772 53. Blood of a Poet, The (1930) Cocteau, Jean #776 54. Love Me Tonight (1932) Mamoulian, Rouben #782 55. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Ford, John #864 56. Devil is a Woman, The (1935) von Sternberg, Josef #876 57. Que viva Mexico! (1932) Eisenstein, Sergei #891

58. La Chienne (1931) Renoir, Jean #911 59. Angel (1937) Lubitsch, Ernst #979

Unranked Best Pictures (7): Cimarron, Grand Hotel, Cavalcade, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Ziegfeld, The Life of Emile Zola, You Can't Take It With You

My Favorites

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington La Grande Illusion The Rains Came Goodbye, Mr. Chips Duck Soup My Man Godfrey You Can't Take It With You Trouble in Paradise Alexander Nevsky Swing Time Triumph of the Will The Informer M The 39 Steps The Lady Vanishes The Gay Divorcee All Quiet on the Western Front The Wizard of Oz The Awful Truth Olympia Only Angels Have Wings Gone With the Wind The Adventures of Robin Hood The Thin Man The Blue Angel The Life of Emile Zola

27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

nous la libert Jezebel Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs It's a Gift The Edge of the World The Scarlet Empress A Night at the Opera

Note: I haven't seen L'atalante, it's hard to find on dvd.. I'm not a big Chaplin fan, agreeing with Stanley Kubrick, who said "no one could direct a film in a more pedestrian manner than Chaplin".

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LABELS: 30S FILMS, CITY LIGHTS, DUCK SOUP, GONE WITH THE WIND, KING KONG, M, MODERN TIMES, TOP RANKED 30'S FILM S, TOP RANKED FILMS BY YEAR, WIZARD OF OZ