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Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List)

by C hrisWalczyk55 created 20 Dec 2012 | last updated - 6 hours ago
The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites; they are based on the true greatness and/or success of the person, place, or thing being ranked. My lists are also based on the opinions of experienced professionals who are involved in whatever I am ranking. For example, many professional and/or famous actors, directors, writers, and producers believe that "The Godfather" is the #1 movie of all time. Their opinions, along with the film's success (awards & nominations), and its true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint, is why I ranked "The Godfather" at #1. If you guys would like to view my other Top 10/Top 100 lists, feel free to check out my YouTube page and/or my IMDb page at "ChrisWalczyk55." Over the past year, this list has boomed in the Google search engine, and is widely considered the most viable and most influential "top 100 movies" list on the web. At the same time, this list has triggered a significant amount of controversy regarding the movies that I selected. First off, please understand that Oscars and Oscar nominations are only a small factor that I use to rank each movie on this list. More importantly, the movies on this list are ranked according to their lasting popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint. Second of all, I understand that some of the most popular and most widely liked movies were made over the past 20 to 30 years, and are mainly based in the Action, Adventure and/or Comedy genre. What the viewers of this list have to understand is that the majority of professional and/or famous actors, directors, writers, and producers know and understand that the greatest movies of all time were made during the early to mid-1900s. Action and Comedy movies are very entertaining, but what movie critics have to understand is that they lack every single great aspect of the most legendary movies ever made, almost all of which are on this list. If you strongly believe that another Action, Adventure, or Comedy movie should be on this list, I do have a "top 20 movies" list for every genre of film. I recommend that you check out these other lists, and understand why some of your favorite movies did not make the cut. THANKS, AND DON'T FORGET TO LIKE!
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1. The Godfather (1972)

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The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford C oppola Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James C aan, Diane Keaton
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Oscars: 3 Oscar Nominations: 11 BAFTA Awards: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 4 Golden Globes: 6 Golden Globe Nominations: 8 - ChrisWalczyk55
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
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3. Schindler's List (1993)

8.9/10
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, C aroline Goodall
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4. Raging Bull (1980)

8.3/10
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. (129 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, C athy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
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5. Casablanca (1942)
8.6/10
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. (102 mins.)
Director: Michael C urtiz Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, C laude Rains
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Oscars: 3 Oscar Nominations: 8 BAFTA Awards: N/A BAFTA Nominations: N/A Golden Globes: N/A Golden Globe Nominations: N/A - ChrisWalczyk55
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse. (133 mins.)
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Director: Milos Forman Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
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***** Oscars: 5 Oscar Nominations: 9 BAFTA Awards: 6 BAFTA Nominations: 9 Golden Globes: 6 Golden Globe Nominations: 6 - ChrisWalczyk55
7. Gone with the Wind (1939)

8.2/10
A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. (238 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming Stars: C lark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
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***** Oscars: 8 Oscar Nominations: 13 BAFTA Awards: N/A BAFTA Nominations: N/A Golden Globes: N/A Golden Globe Nominations: N/A - ChrisWalczyk55
8. Citizen Kane (1941)

8.5/10
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. (119 mins.)
Director: Orson Welles Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph C otten, Dorothy C omingore, Agnes Moorehead
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9. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

8.1/10
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. (102 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
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Titanic (1997)
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A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a
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poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)
Director: James C ameron Stars: Leonardo DiC aprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
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11. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

8.4/10
A flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during his World War I service in the Middle East. (216 mins.)
Director: David Lean Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
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12. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

8.6/10
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. (110 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
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13. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

9.1/10
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. (200 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford C oppola Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
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Psycho (1960)
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client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. (109 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
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15. Vertigo (1958)

8.5/10
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. (128 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
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16. On the Waterfront (1954)

8.3/10
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. (108 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. C obb, Rod Steiger
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17. Forrest Gump (1994)

8.8/10
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. (142 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
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The Sound of Music (1965)

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18. A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a
governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. (174 mins.)
Director: Robert Wise Stars: Julie Andrews, C hristopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
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19. West Side Story (1961)

7.6/10
Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love. (152 mins.)
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Stars: Natalie Wood, George C hakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
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20. Star Wars (1977)

8.7/10
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. (121 mins.)
Director: George Lucas Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, C arrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
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21. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

7.8/10
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter C oyote, Dee Wallace
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. (160 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
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23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

8.6/10
A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (118 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Demme Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons
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24. Chinatown (1974)

8.3/10
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. (130 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
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25. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

8.3/10
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. (161 mins.)
Director: David Lean Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
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Singin' in the Rain (1952)

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A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. (103 mins.)
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'C onnor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
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27. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

8.7/10
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. (130 mins.)
Director: Frank C apra Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
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28. 12 Angry Men (1957)

8.9/10
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. (96 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. C obb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
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29. Chicago (2002)

7.1/10
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. (113 mins.)
Director: Rob Marshall Stars: Rene Zellweger, C atherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs
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Oscars: 6 Oscar Nominations: 13 BAFTA Awards: 2
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30. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

7.2/10
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. (123 mins.)
Director: John Madden Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson
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31. Amadeus (1984)

8.4/10
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. (160 mins.)
Director: Milos Forman Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
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32. Apocalypse Now (1979)

8.5/10
During the U.S.-Viet Nam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. (153 mins.)
Director: Francis C oppola Stars: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
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Gandhi (1982)
8.1/10
Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. (191 mins.)
Director: Richard Attenborough Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, C andice Bergen, Edward Fox
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34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(2003)
8.9/10
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. (201 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
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35. Gladiator (2000)

8.5/10
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. (155 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Russell C rowe, Joaquin Phoenix, C onnie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
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36. From Here to Eternity (1953)

7.8/10
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. (118 mins.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann Stars: Burt Lancaster, Montgomery C lift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

8.6/10
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers
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Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns
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38. Unforgiven (1992)

8.3/10
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. (131 mins.)
Director: C lint Eastwood Stars: C lint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
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39. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

8.6/10
Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
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40. Rocky (1976)

8.1/10
Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion, Apollo Creed, in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. (119 mins.)
Director: John G. Avildsen Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, C arl Weathers
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Some Like It Hot (1959)

8.4/10
When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications
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Director: Billy Wilder Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony C urtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft
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42. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

8.2/10
Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. (172 mins.)
Director: William Wyler Stars: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright
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43. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

8.0/10
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. (122 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan Stars: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden
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44. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

8.5/10
An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. (95 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Peter Sellers, George C . Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)

8.1/10
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn
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Director: George C ukor Stars: C ary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
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46. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

8.4/10
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. (129 mins.)
Director: Robert Mulligan Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
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47. My Fair Lady (1964)

7.9/10
A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. (170 mins.)
Director: George C ukor Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid HydeWhite
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48. Ben-Hur (1959)

8.1/10
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. (212 mins.)
Director: William Wyler Stars: C harlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

8.0/10
Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the
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49. Bolshevik Revolution. (197 mins.)
Director: David Lean Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie C hristie, Geraldine C haplin, Rod Steiger
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50. Jaws (1975)

8.1/10
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. (124 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
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51. Patton (1970)

8.0/10
The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton. (172 mins.)
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Stars: George C . Scott, Karl Malden, Stephen Young, Michael Strong
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52. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

9.0/10
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. (161 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone Stars: C lint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van C leef, Aldo Giuffr
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Dances with Wolves (1990)

8.0/10
Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. (181 mins.)
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54. Braveheart (1995)

8.4/10
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, a commoner begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron fist. (177 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson Stars: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen
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55. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

8.2/10
Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. (110 mins.)
Director: George Roy Hill Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin
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56. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

8.4/10
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. (126 mins.)
Director: John Huston Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett
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High Noon (1952)

8.2/10
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. (85 mins.)
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Director: Fred Zinnemann Stars: Gary C ooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
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58. The Apartment (1960)

8.4/10
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (125 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston
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59. Platoon (1986)

8.2/10
A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. (120 mins.)
Director: Oliver Stone Stars: C harlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Keith David
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60. The Pianist (2002)

8.5/10
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
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Goodfellas (1990)
8.7/10
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. (146 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
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62. The Exorcist (1973)

8.0/10
When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. (122 mins.)
Director: William Friedkin Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. C obb
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63. The Deer Hunter (1978)

8.2/10
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA. (182 mins.)
Director: Michael C imino Stars: Robert De Niro, C hristopher Walken, John C azale, John Savage
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64. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

8.1/10
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the souldestroying horror of World War I. (136 mins.)
Director: Lewis Milestone Stars: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy
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The French Connection (1971)

7.8/10
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. (104 mins.)
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Director: William Friedkin Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
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66. City Lights (1931)

8.6/10
The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with. (87 mins.)
Director: C harles C haplin Stars: C harles C haplin, Virginia C herrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
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67. It Happened One Night (1934)

8.3/10
A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. (105 mins.)
Director: Frank C apra Stars: C lark Gable, C laudette C olbert, Walter C onnolly, Roscoe Karns
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68. A Place in the Sun (1951)

7.8/10
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women. (122 mins.)
Director: George Stevens Stars: Montgomery C lift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere
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Midnight Cowboy (1969)

7.9/10
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City. (113 mins.)
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Director: John Schlesinger Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, John McGiver
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70. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

8.3/10
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down. (129 mins.)
Director: Frank C apra Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, C laude Rains, Edward Arnold
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71. An American in Paris (1951)

7.2/10
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. However, things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. (113 mins.)
Director: Vincente Minnelli Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie C aron, Oscar Levant, Georges Gutary
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72. Annie Hall (1977)

8.2/10
Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. (93 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, C arol Kane
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Rain Man (1988)

8.0/10
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. (133 mins.)
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Director: Barry Levinson Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom C ruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen
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74. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

8.2/10
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. (129 mins.)
Director: John Ford Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John C arradine, C harley Grapewin
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75. Out of Africa (1985)

7.1/10
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-sprited big-game hunter. (161 mins.)
Director: Sydney Pollack Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen
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76. Good Will Hunting (1997)

8.2/10
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. (126 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgrd
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Terms of Endearment (1983)

7.4/10
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage... (132
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Director: James L. Brooks Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
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78. Tootsie (1982)

7.4/10
An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera. (116 mins.)
Director: Sydney Pollack Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney C oleman
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79. Fargo (1996)

8.2/10
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. (98 mins.)
Director: Joel C oen Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
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80. Shane (1953)

7.7/10
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act. (118 mins.)
Director: George Stevens Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
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Giant (1956)
7.7/10
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. (201 mins.)
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Director: George Stevens Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, C arroll Baker
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82. Jurassic Park (1993)

8.0/10
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. (127 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
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83. Network (1976)

8.2/10
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit. (121 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
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84. Nashville (1975)

7.7/10
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed. (159 mins.)
Director: Robert Altman Stars: Keith C arradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Shelley Duvall
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Wuthering Heights (1939)

7.7/10
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. (104 mins.)
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Director: William Wyler Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
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86. The Graduate (1967)

8.1/10
Recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock is trapped into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, who happens to be the wife of his father's business partner and then finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine. (106 mins.)
Director: Mike Nichols Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
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87. American Graffiti (1973)

7.5/10
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. (110 mins.)
Director: George Lucas Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, C harles Martin Smith
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88. Pulp Fiction (1994)

9.0/10
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)
Director: Quentin Tarantino Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
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The African Queen (1951)

7.9/10
In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack
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89. an enemy warship. (105 mins.)
Director: John Huston Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
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90. Stagecoach (1939)

7.9/10
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. (96 mins.)
Director: John Ford Stars: John Wayne, C laire Trevor, Andy Devine, John C arradine
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91. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

7.8/10
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors. (132 mins.)
Director: Frank Lloyd Stars: C harles Laughton, C lark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin
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92. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

8.2/10
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. (100 mins.)
Director: John Huston Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.4/10
In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed
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problem... but not all goes to plan. (136 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren C larke
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94. Taxi Driver (1976)

8.4/10
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. (113 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, C ybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
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95. Double Indemnity (1944)

8.5/10
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. (107 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
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96. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

7.8/10
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. (111 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Ray Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
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Rear Window (1954)

8.6/10
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from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. (112 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell C orey, Thelma Ritter
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98. The Third Man (1949)

8.4/10
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. (104 mins.)
Director: C arol Reed Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph C otten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
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99. North by Northwest (1959)

8.5/10
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. (136 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: C ary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
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100. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

7.7/10
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. (126 mins.)
Director: Michael C urtiz Stars: James C agney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
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Zach Van Winkle Now ata High School good w ill hunting deserves to be in the top 100. Reply 36 Like September 7 at 5:31pm Mike Matarese Top Commenter Substitute Custodian at Clearview Regional Middle School
I seriously just got finished w atching that before reading this list o.o Reply Like October 9 at 12:52am it is Reply 4 Like November 5 at 12:05pm
Nathan Senter Works at Self-Employed It is in the top 100 Reply View 4 more Tristan White Honestly Chicago needs to be dropped from this list and the Empire Strikes Back needs to be slipped in somew here... Also I am shocked you w ould be so ignorant as to truly think that foreign films somehow shouldn't be included on something titled "Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List)"... I've read your arguements and do not agree w ith you at all. Truthfully this just looks like you've comepletely copied Scorsese's list from his w ebsite then put your name on it w ith a couple changes.... I shall leave you w ith this: You Sir and your list are highly inacurate Reply 7 Like October 17 at 12:11pm juliusil (signed in using yahoo) Well, indeed, I agree that foreign movies should be included, and there are many class ones that w ould doubtlessly replace from the list many of the American ones, no matter how good but inferior to countless French, German, Italian, British and even Russian famous feature films. Reply 1 Like December 2 at 10:06am 4 Like November 5 at 7:38pm
Matthew Thornton Fries Busser at Bee and Thistle Inn and Spa Hey Chris, love the list man. The majority of the movies that are on the list are definitely in my top 100 greatest movies of all time. Some of the older movies like, "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "The Maltees Falcon", and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" I have not seen so I have no comment on them. But I w ill plan to w atch them. Some movies that " I " w ould have added w ould have been, -The Big Lebow ski -The Shining- (Happy to see that, "Clock Work Orange", w as on the list,) -Master and Commander -James Bond Goldfinger -Good Will Hunting -The Great Escape -Zulu -Animal House -Metropolis -Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -Gangs of New York -The Longest Day -Shutter Island ... See More Reply 5 Like October 19 at 12:20am Harry Godfrey Assistant at For my mum Blazing saddles cough Reply 4 Like October 19 at 6:16am
Dean Blake Works at TECO Energy Yeah..some bond stuff is missing..these w ere record makers!! Reply 1 Like December 6 at 4:05pm
Jesse Schaefer Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin w hat about "The Big Lebow ski"... Reply 2 Like November 23 at 11:29am
Lee Andersen Wikipedia you put Chicago over Platoon, To kill a mocking bird, Pulp fiction and Taxi driver? come on man, I like alot of your picks and w here they are situated but Chicago shouldn't even be on this list, Dark knight too. What about dog day afternoon, Appaloosa or Terminator 2? Comedies can be great films too, Dumb and Dummer deserves a spot on this list for sure. I give your list a very generous BReply 8 Like August 10 at 12:47am Shaw n Wilson he didn't say to kill a mocking bird or pulp fiction and taxi should not be on the list. he said Chicago should not be higher rated then those movies. Reply Like August 13 at 3:25pm
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Adam Matthew Bell Life University lee really dumb and dummer come on Reply 6 Like August 15 at 3:41pm
William Charles Schneider Astro-Physiological Field Representative at The Pet Psychic Christopher Haw kins by your logic "The Shaw shank Redemption" should be last on the list. Source: "Pulp Fiction only has 1 Oscar and Taxi Driver has no Oscars at all. Chicago has been nominated for 13 Oscars and has w on 6 of them." Reply View 2 more Deepz Sreedhar Purchase & Spare Parts Assistant Manager at Gulbahar Tobacco International Opps .. I can't See the Film name The Edge !!!! Reply 1 Like December 3 at 3:48pm 1 Like September 1 at 2:37pm
Sam uel Stokes Wildw ood College of Health Evangelism Where is Full Metal Jacket? And just because of nominations and aw ards does not give validity to being a great movie. Its your list do w ith it as you please. Reply 4 Like September 10 at 4:19pm
PaulYork Anim alRights Sessional Instructor at University of Toronto The problem w ith claiming some sort of objectivity for this list (as you do in the intro) is that it cannot be done w ith art. It is a very subjective judgement. No matter how "professional" one is, the judgement is necessarily a subjective one. That having been said, it's a decent list (I w ould agree w ith about half of them) except for one thing: it is far too America-centric in the choices. What about great non-American directors like Bergman, Kurosaw ae, Ray, Truffaut, etc? And then there are all the amazing independent American directors such as John Sayles w hose w ork easily surpasses some of the titles you mention above. So the list should be titled "best Hollyw ood movies" or "best popular American movies." Reply 1 Like November 5 at 6:03pm juliusil (signed in using yahoo) Indeed, it looks from the list as if only USA produced the film industry..... w hich is as far from truth as possible.. That makes the name of the list, "Top 100 Greatest Movies" erroneous, but if to alter it to "Top 100 Greatest American Movies", the list w ould be just OK. Reply Like December 2 at 10:11am Katelyn Wasko Greatest 100 movies lists must alw ays contain The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or they fail. Reply 2 Like September 11 at 12:20pm Michael Arndt #54 Reply Like November 29 at 8:32am Anthony Millsaps Top Commenter Henderson, Nevada
I'm really surprised that L.A Confidential and The Dark Knight aren't on this list. It's a much better list than the AFA's list though. Zach is right, Good Will Hunting deserves to be on this list as does Traffic. Reply Like October 28 at 2:17am View 103 more
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