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Muzeum Kinematografii w Łodzi's Best Polish Films
Favs/dislikes: 34:1. In 2015, the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź asked 279 film professionals to vote for the best Polish films of all time. The top 65 films are ranked, all with 12 votes or more. The next 40 films are unranked, with 6-11 votes. The ballots are available on the [url=http://kinomuzeum.pl/?p=15020]Museum's website[/url]. -
The Times's 100 Best French Films
Favs/dislikes: 173:8. The 100 best French Films as chosen by The Times(UK), chosen in groups of ten films: Modern Classics, Modern Cults, Dramas, Romances, Thrillers, Comedies, Nouvelle Vague, Landmarks, Shorts, and Icons. [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051029151003/http://e-paper.timesonline.co.uk:80/frenchfilm/1/articles/artikel_TMXA_1XA_20050409_1_39.html]Source[/url] -
DIFF's The 100 Greatest Arab Films
Favs/dislikes: 47:3. In 2013, the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) invited 475 film critics, writers, novelists, academics, and other arts professionals to select the 10 most important films in the history of Arab cinema. They compiled the results into a top 100, which they published in a book, "Cinema of Passion." The book includes analysis of each film in both English and Arabic, written by 20 film critics. All of the films on this list received at least 9 votes. The most-represented countries are Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Algeria, and Tunisia. See [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhCbA3xledPhdEZKUVJCWWU2RXZyd09kMUVpemxvVWc]this spreadsheet[/url] for the vote counts, top directors, and top films for each country. [url=http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/news/dubai-international-film-festival-picks-top-100-arab-films-1.1251874]Source[/url] -
Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films
Favs/dislikes: 78:1. In a 2010 survey, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival asked 122 film professionals to vote for the 100 greatest Chinese-language films. Most of the voters were from Taiwan, but film professionals from Hong Kong and China and Chinese cinema experts from other countries participated as well. You can see the individual ballots on the [url=http://100.goldenhorse.org.tw/juries/]Golden Horse website[/url]. [url=http://100.goldenhorse.org.tw/]Source[/url] -
HKFA's The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures
Favs/dislikes: 69:4. To celebrate one hundred years of Chinese cinema, Hong Kong Film Awards released a list of The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. Among the 103 films on the list, there are 11 films from China (pre-1949), 13 films from the mainland China (post-1949), 61 films from Hong Kong, 16 films from Taiwan (post-1949), 1 Hong Kong/mainland China co-production and 1 Taiwan/Hong Kong co-production. -
Paste's The 100 Best Anime Movies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 108:2. Establishing the best anime movies can be tricky. After all, despite now being one of the most ubiquitous cultural properties of the 21st century, anime, thanks to over a century’s worth of the medium’s evolution and reinvention, is especially difficult to define. From the five-minute shorts of Oten Shimokawa in 1917, to the feature-length animations produced during World War II, to the pioneering production cycles of Tezuka in the ’60s and the auteurist innovations of the likes of Miyazaki and many others towards the latter half of the last century, anime has morphed through countless phases. Amateur efforts, nationalist propaganda fodder, niche cultural export turned eventual global phenomenon: Each iteration conforms to the shape of the times in which it was produced. Television expanded the medium during the 1960s, birthing many of the essential genres and subgenres that we know today and forming the impetus for the anime industry’s inextricable relationship to advertising and merchandising from the 1970s onward. The arrival of home video catapulted anime to its commercial and aesthetic apex, fanning outward from island nation of Nippon to the far shores of North America and back, before again being revolutionized by the unprecedented accessibility of the world wide web throughout the ’90s and early aughts. Anime film owes much to the evolving means of production and distribution throughout the late 20th century, the breadth and audacity of the medium’s content widening and contracting along with its running time to cater to the emerging palettes of audiences both new and old, at home and abroad. But where does one begin to tackle the aesthetic and historical precedent that anime film has left on pop culture and global entertainment in the last century? This list is an attempt to do just that: to create a primer of 100 of the most influential and essential films that Japanese animation has produced, and to offer a thorough aesthetic, technical and historical breakdown of why these film matter. With that aim in mind, Paste is proud to enlist the curatorial talents of Jason DeMarco, on-air creative director of Adult Swim and co-creator of Toonami, whose unique role in anime’s emerging popularity in the West has helped to hone this list. Given the shared evolution between anime film and television and the aforementioned significance of the home video revolution, this list includes not only traditional features but also original video animations made for home video (OVAs) and anthology films— with the stipulation of each entry having at some point premiered in theaters. It is our hope that in creating this list we have created an entry point for both the expert and the layperson to trace the rich history of anime’s legacy on both film and popular culture, and to offer newcomers a comprehensive guide through to learn, rediscover, and explore the fullness that the genre of Japanese animation has to offer now and into the future. Originally published in January 2017. Last updated October 23, 2023. [url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/best-anime-movies/the-100-best-anime-movies-of-all-time]Source[/url] -
Encuesta de cine argentino's Top Argentinian Films
Favs/dislikes: 11:0. National poll conducted by Taipei, La vida útil, and La tierra quema film magazines, building on the previous polls conducted by by the Museo del Cine in 1977 and 2000. There were 812 films nominated by 546 participants. The Top 103 films all received at least 11 points. Lists were limited to 10 films and considered unranked. [url=https://encuestadecineargentino.com/]Source[/url], including all ballots. -
Akira Kurosawa's A Dream Is a Genius
Favs/dislikes: 178:1. "From Chapter 3 of A Dream is a Genius, 1999. Akira Kurosawa discusses his top 100 films with his daughter, Kazuo. Kurosawa limits his choices to one film per director." -
BBC's The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films
Favs/dislikes: 127:2. For our poll to determine the 100 greatest American films, we surveyed 62 film critics from around the world. This time, we received responses from 177 – from every continent except Antarctica. Some are newspaper or magazine reviewers, others write primarily for websites; academics and cinema curators are well-represented too. For the purposes of this poll we have decided that a list of the greatest films of the 21st Century should include the year 2000, even though we recognise that there was no ‘Year Zero’ and that 2001 is mathematically the start of the century. Not only did we all celebrate the turn of the millennium on 31 December 1999, but the year 2000 was a landmark in global cinema, and, in particular, saw the emergence of new classics from Asia like nothing we had ever seen before. [url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films]Source[/url] -
Caimán's Top Spanish Films
Favs/dislikes: 52:2. This is a list compiled as a result of a poll by Caimán Cuadernos de Cinema magazine, which is the Spanish branch of Cahiers du Cinéma. 350 experts were consulted: journalists, film critics, historians, professors, intellectuals, festival managers... People involved in the creative process were left out. According to the magazine, this way provides an external approach, a more objective one. [url=https://www.caimanediciones.es/la-encuesta-caiman-listado-completo/]Source[/url] -
Hürriyet's The 100 Best Movies of Turkish Cinema
Favs/dislikes: 45:6. In 2017, Hurriyet asked 100 directors, actors, produces, and film writers to vote for the 100 best Turkish films. See [url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/keyif/iste-100-kisilik-buyuk-jurinin-en-iyi-10-film-tercihleri-40406840]this page[/url] for the ballots. There are 102 titles because Gelin/Dugun/Diyet are listed as 1 entry. -
Kinemathekverbund's The 100 Most Important German Films
Favs/dislikes: 112:1. In the year of cinematography’s centennial anniversary 1995, the Deutscher Kinematheksverbund conducted a survey in search of the 100 German films that were considered the most important. In the first poll 324 film historians, film journalists, film makers and movie owners decided about places 1 to 75, a second poll with 228 votes determinded the places 76 to 100. [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928035219/http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf54.pdf]Source[/url] -
Russian Guild of Film Critics's Best Russian Films
Favs/dislikes: 59:4. This list is a combination of two lists: the best Russian films of [url=http://www.theauteurs.com/topics/5639]1908 to 1957[/url] and [url=http://www.theauteurs.com/topics/5642]1958 to 2000[/url]. There immediately was a grave discussion on [what films should be considered Russian and what not. The resulting list has been chosen by the Russian Guild of Film Critics. -
Time Out's The 100 Best British Films
Favs/dislikes: 210:2. Other than location and accent, what signatures mark British cinema? Honestly, it’s hard to peg, if only because the UK movies industry hardly seems limited in the stories it tells and the cinematic experiences it puts onscreen. Want a sweeping, heart-swelling epic? Explore the films of David Lean or Powell and Pressburger. Prefer a smaller scale, more intimate drama? Try Joanna Hogg or Shane Meadows. Thrillers? Romantic period pieces? Sci-fi? Drug movies? You can find them, all with a specific, if sometimes intangible, English slant. To put together this list of the best British movies of all-time, we polled over 150 actors, directors, writers, producers, critics and industry heavyweights, from the likes of Wes Anderson, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sam Mendes and Terence Davies, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The results are as diverse as the country itself. Here are the 100 greatest British films ever made. Written by Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, David Jenkins, Derek Adams, Geoff Andrew, Adam Lee Davies, Paul Fairclough, Wally Hammond, Alim Kheraj, Matthew Singer & Phil de Semlyen Last Updated: April 14, 2022 [url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/100-best-british-films]Source[/url] -
Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made
Favs/dislikes: 39:0. "They get a bad rap from snobs, but don’t mess with action movies—they’re pumped up, loaded with ammo and in your face like Arnold Schwarzenegger on a bad day. Truth be told, no one can live solely on Woody Allen movies or animation alone. We need explosions periodically. Big ones. Preferably accompanied by catchphrases and squealing electric guitars. With crucial contributions from Hong Kong and France, the genre has a global richness that sneaks up on you like a swarthy henchman with a knife clenched between his teeth. And when we arrived at action’s ’80s movies heyday, when Hollywood stars ruled the roost, our research was euphoric. We’ve polled over 50 experts in the field, from essential directors like Die Hard’s John McTiernan to the actual folks in the line of fire, such as Machete himself, Danny Trejo. Critics and experts have weighed in, too." The list has 102 titles because Kill Bill was counted as one entry. List was last updated August 14 2020 Modnote about list order: When Timeout changed the web formatting of the list from its previous pagination the ordering of each group of 10 got reversed. The list here is in it's original correct ordering. [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-101-best-action-movies-ever-made]Source[/url] -
101 Gangster Movies You Must See Before You Die
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101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die
Favs/dislikes: 89:1. Steven Jay Schneider's 101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die The horror and the heroism of war has long been a staple of cinema and the background for many different story genres, from anti-war comedies such as M*A*S*H to the heroic feats of combat troops and fighter pilots played by the likes of John Wayne and other screen favorites. Here are the 101 most memorable war films ever produced. [url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7249742-101-war-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die]Source[/url] -
A.V. Club's The Best Movies of the 2010s
Favs/dislikes: 55:2. [url=https://film.avclub.com/the-100-best-movies-of-the-2010s-1839846306]Source[/url] -
Abraccine's The 100 Best Brazilian Films
Favs/dislikes: 32:0. Made by Abraccine (Brazilian Association of Cinema Critics) based on the personal lists of its associates. -
BBC's The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
Favs/dislikes: 54:1. So this year BBC Culture decided to get serious about comedy. We asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries and six continents a simple: “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” Films from any country made since cinema was invented were eligible, and BBC Culture did nothing to define in advance what a comedy is; we left that to each of the critics to decide. As always, we urged the experts to go with their heart and pick personal favourites, films that are part of their lives, not just the ones that meet some ideal of greatness. List added August 2017 -
BBC's The 100 Greatest Films Directed by Women
Favs/dislikes: 56:1. From a critic poll published in November 2019. Olympia is one entry. [url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll]Source[/url] -
MovieSense 101
Favs/dislikes: 210:8. The 101 top movies as chosen by the readers and editors of MovieSense.nl [url=http://www.moviescene.nl/p/60662/moviesense_101_de_beste_101_films]Source[/url] -
Time Out's The 101 Most Romantic Films
Favs/dislikes: 49:0. Romance may be dead in the real world, but in cinema, it’ll live forever. Love is simply too elemental of an emotion for filmmakers to ever abandon. If you live on earth, you’ve experienced it. Even if you’ve never, say, robbed a bank with your loved one or stood by your sweetheart as they transformed into a hideous monster, the best romantic films make you understand and sympathise with the decisions of those under love’s spell – because one way or another, we’ve all been there. There are so many movies about love in all its complications that ranking the greatest of them is a manor challenge. To help us curate this list, we chatted to more than 100 filmmakers, actors and writers, from The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks to Notting Hill director Richard Curtis to our own Time Out scribes. We even got Miss Piggy to chime in. Whether you prefer comedies or dramas, horror or sci-fi, we’re sure you’ll find the following list of the 101 greatest romantic movies ever speaks to your own heart as well. Written by Cath Clarke, Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, Catherine Bray, Trevor Johnston, Andy P Kryza, Guy Lodge, Phil de Semlyen, Alim Kheraj & Matthew Singer Last Updated: January 18, 2024 [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-100-best-romantic-movies]Source[/url] -
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers
Favs/dislikes: 116:10. Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies that inspire us, encourage us to make a difference and send us from the theatre with a greater sense of possibility and hope for the future. [url=http://www.afi.com/100years/cheers.aspx]Source[/url] -
AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs
Favs/dislikes: 134:5. Through the collective judgment of 1,500 leaders from across the American film community - screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics -, AFI has identified 100 movies that are considered the funniest. A wide array of funny films — from slapstick comedy to romantic comedy; from satire and black comedy to musical comedy; from comedy of manners to comedy of errors — were nominated for this distinction. [url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/laughs.aspx]Source[/url]
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