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  1. The Criterion Collection's icon

    The Criterion Collection

    Favs/dislikes: 845:5. Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. [url=https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?sort=spine_number&popular=criterion]Source[/url]
  2. Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time's icon

    Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time

    Favs/dislikes: 333:5. The top films in the 2022 Sight and Sound Poll from the combined votes of 1639 critics and 480 directors. Contains films with 4 or more votes. In order by number of votes. [url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time]Source[/url] [url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters]All Voters 2022[/url] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11BGihZPt8niqlBCpnXEh3yCEe9jzes9uoi6GU690PqU/edit?usp=sharing[/url]Spreadsheet with all votes 2022[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sounds+the+greatest+films+of+all+time+critics/dolwphin/]Sight and Sound 2022 - Critics list[/url] [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sounds+directors+100+greatest+films+of+all+time/dolwphin/]Sight and Sound 2022 - Directors list[/url]
  3. Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films's icon

    Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Narrative Films

    Favs/dislikes: 286:4. This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria. The list is divided into 5 sections: I. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+narrative+films+2012/]Narrative Films[/url] [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+hollywood+genres+2012/mjf314/]Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)[/url] II. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+non-fiction+films+2012/]Non-Fiction Films[/url] III. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+animated+films+2012/mjf314/]Animated Films[/url] IV. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+experimentalslashavant-gardeslashunderground+films+2012/mjf314/]Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films[/url] V. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+single-channel+video+2012/mjf314/]Single-channel Video[/url] [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416235509/https://ves.fas.harvard.edu/files/ves/files/fvs_suggested_viewing_2012.pdf]Source[/url]
  4. Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists's icon

    Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists

    Favs/dislikes: 266:6. Cahiers du cinéma is an influential French film magazine founded in 1951. The magazine has picked its top ten films of the year, most years. Top ten films were not picked in the years 1952-1954, 1969-1980, and in the year 2003. Rankings can be viewed in my source list URL, or via the link provided in the comments section. In some cases, films tie for a certain spot in the yearly top 10; for example, 2012's #4 spot is tied between three films (consequently, there is no #5 or #6). Some directors definitely appear to be heavily preferred by those responsible for selecting the list. This list does not include the special "best of 1990s" and "best of 2000s" decade lists, though most of those twenty films are included here. (The exceptions are David Lynch's TV show Twin Peaks on the 1990s list, and Gus Van Sant's Elephant, Abdellatif Kechiche's The Secret of the Grain, and Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds on the 2000s decade list.) Other anomalies: The TV show "24" tied for the #10 spot in 2002, along with Gus Van Sant's Gerry. Gerry also tied for #6 on the 2004 list. A TV episode "Travolta et moi" (dir. Patricia Mazuy) from the show "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge..." was selected as #6 in 1994. Claire Denis' episode "US Go Home" from the same series rated #9 in 1994. Raul Ruiz's Les trois couronnes du matelot (Three Crowns of the Sailor) tied for #7 in 1983 and tied for #8 in 1982. 1968's #4 spot for Histoires extraordinaires is specifically for Federico Fellini's segment "Toby Damnit." 1965's #4 spot for Paris vu par... is specifically for the Jean Rouch episode. 1959's #3 spot was claimed by Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible. Since Part II was released in 1958, it is possible that the award was for Part II, but since my sources didn't specify a part and both parts may have been shown together, I have included Parts I & II in the list. Love it or hate it, here it is... [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_du_cin%C3%A9ma%27s_Annual_Top_10_Lists]Source[/url]
  5. Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque's icon

    Cahiers du Cinéma's 100 Films for an Ideal Cinematheque

    Favs/dislikes: 247:2. The top 100 most essential films of 78 French film directors, critics and industry executives. The list was compiled for and published in the French Cahiers du cinéma film magazine. [url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/100-films/]Source[/url]
  6. Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series's icon

    Eureka!'s The Masters of Cinema Series

    Favs/dislikes: 189:3. The Masters of Cinema Series is a specially curated DVD collection of classic and world cinema using the finest available materials for home viewing. An ongoing collaboration between mastersofcinema.org and Eureka Entertainment, the MoC Series started in early 2004 and has so far included award-winning DVD editions of films by Carl Th. Dreyer, F. W. Murnau, Jean Renoir, Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Masaki Kobayashi, Roberto Rossellini, Kaneto Shindo, Nicholas Ray, Satyajit Ray, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Peter Watkins, Sadao Yamanaka, Rene Laloux, Fritz Lang, Shohei Imamura, Vittorio De Sica and many more. MoC Series releases all come with extensive booklets, and where applicable, a host of extra features. [url=https://eurekavideo.co.uk/masters-of-cinema/#page-1]Source[/url]
  7. BFI's 100 Animated Feature Films's icon

    BFI's 100 Animated Feature Films

    Favs/dislikes: 171:5. This list is from Andrew Osmond's book [url=http://filmstore.bfi.org.uk/acatalog/info_17635.html]100 Animated Feature Films[/url] (2011). "Andrew Osmond provides an entertaining and illuminating guide to the endlessly diverse styles, cultures, and visions of the genre, with entires on 100 of the most interesting and important animated films from around the world, from the 1920s to the present day." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/books/100-animated-feature-films-book.html#.Wgyw3GhSzIU]Source[/url]
  8. Library of Congress's National Film Registry's icon

    Library of Congress's National Film Registry

    Favs/dislikes: 160:2. The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board was established in 1988. Each year, 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films" are preserved, to increase awareness for its preservation. To be eligible for inclusion, a film must be at least ten years old but it is not required to be feature-length, nor is it required to have been theatrically released. [url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/]Source[/url]
  9. OFCS's Top 100 Animated Features of All Time's icon

    OFCS's Top 100 Animated Features of All Time

    Favs/dislikes: 158:13. 138 reviewers of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), the international association of the leading Internet-based cinema journalists, selected the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time. The lsit was compiled from a reminder list of more than 350 feature films (not including animated short films), spanning the years from the 1926 silent film The Adventures of Prince Achmed to recent release Treasure Planet. [url=http://ofcs.org/ofcs-top-100-top-100-animated-features/]Source[/url]
  10. The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series's icon

    The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series

    Favs/dislikes: 132:2. Eclipse from the Criterion Collection is a brand for a line of DVD film series released by the Criterion Collection. It debuted on March 27, 2007. The brand was created to produce budget-priced, high-quality DVD editions of hard-to-find films. The DVDs are released in boxed sets that typically contain between two to seven films across and focus on a specific film director. Future sets will also focus on themes. Typically, they are released monthly. In order to keep prices low, the films do not receive the same degree of remastering nor any of the special features that have became associated with Criterion Collection titles. [url=https://www.criterion.com/library/list_view?b=Eclipse&p=1&pp=all]Source[/url]
  11. BFI's 100 Documentary Films's icon

    BFI's 100 Documentary Films

    Favs/dislikes: 131:1. "100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-documentary-films.html#.WgywgGhSzIU]Source[/url]
  12. Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time's icon

    Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time

    Favs/dislikes: 126:0. In 2014, Sight & Sound polled 340 documentary critics, curators, academics and filmmakers asking for top 10 documentary lists. Over 1000 films got votes, from years as early as 1892 to as recent as 2013. This list is the combined critics and filmmakers list of all films that received 3 or more votes. You can find the films receiving just one or two votes: [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+-the+greatest+documentaries+of+all+time+1+and+2+votes/peacefulanarchy/]here[/url] [url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/greatest-docs]Source[/url]
  13. BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project's icon

    BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project

    Favs/dislikes: 123:0. Deciding that Londoners should have the opportunity to view a film masterpiece approximately every day during the course of the year, BFI film archivist David Meeker approached the board of directors at the BFI in 1982 with his idea of compiling a list of 360 of the world’s cinema masterpieces, collect brand new, state-of-the-art prints of each film and issue a companion book for each movie. This list of films, referred to as the 360 Classic Feature Films project, was published in Sight and Sound's June 1998 issue.
  14. BFI's 100 European Horror Films's icon

    BFI's 100 European Horror Films

    Favs/dislikes: 121:2. Part of the BFI Screen Gudes series, this book provides thoughtful analysis on one hundred European horror films from the silent era to the present day. This list is for those using the BFI publication as a viewing guide. [url=https://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-european-horror-films-book.html#.XoeVvogzY2w]Source[/url]
  15. Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films's icon

    Harvard's Suggested Film Viewing: Non-Fiction Films

    Favs/dislikes: 119:0. This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria. The list is divided into 5 sections: I. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+narrative+films+2012/]Narrative Films[/url] [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+hollywood+genres+2012/mjf314/]Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)[/url] II. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+non-fiction+films+2012/]Non-Fiction Films[/url] III. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+animated+films+2012/mjf314/]Animated Films[/url] IV. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+experimentalslashavant-gardeslashunderground+films+2012/mjf314/]Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films[/url] V. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+single-channel+video+2012/mjf314/]Single-channel Video[/url] [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416235509/https://ves.fas.harvard.edu/files/ves/files/fvs_suggested_viewing_2012.pdf]Source[/url]
  16. BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films's icon

    BFI's 100 Science Fiction Films

    Favs/dislikes: 116:2. "Since its explosion in the 1950s, science fiction has become one of the most popular film genres, with numerous dedicated fan conventions, academic conferences, websites, magazines, journals, book clubs, memorabilia and collectibles. Once relegated to B budget status, today's science fiction films are often blockbuster productions, featuring major stars. Despite its high profile, science fiction is notoriously difficult to define. In his introduction to 100 Science Fiction Films, Barry Keith Grant explains the genre's complexities, while also providing an overview of its history, suggesting that the cinema is an ideal medium for conveying the 'sense of wonder' that critics have argued is central to the genre. From Georges Melies's Le Voyage dans la lune (1902), to the blockbusters of the 1970s that dramatically changed Hollywood, to the major releases of the past few years, the films featured in this book represent a range of periods, countries and types (including alien invasion, space travel, time travel, apocalypse, monsters and anime), and cover the key directors and writers. 100 Science Fiction Films provides a lively and illuminating guide to the genre from the beginning of film history to the present, taking the reader on a comprehensive tour through the rich and varied alternate universe of sci-fi cinema." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/100-science-fiction-films-book.html#.Wg3hHmhSzIU]Source[/url]
  17. Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films (2012)'s icon

    Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films (2012)

    Favs/dislikes: 105:3. This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria. The list is divided into 5 sections: I. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+narrative+films+2012/]Narrative Films[/url] [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+hollywood+genres+2012/mjf314/]Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)[/url] II. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+non-fiction+films+2012/]Non-Fiction Films[/url] III. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+animated+films+2012/mjf314/]Animated Films[/url] IV. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+experimentalslashavant-gardeslashunderground+films+2012/mjf314/]Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films[/url] V. [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/harvard+universitys+suggested+film+viewing+list+single-channel+video+2012/mjf314/]Single-channel Video[/url] According to the list source, this section is incomplete (i.e. they're planning to expand it in the future).
  18. Sight and Sound 2012 - Critics list's icon

    Sight and Sound 2012 - Critics list

    Favs/dislikes: 105:0. The top films in the 2012 Sight and Sound Poll of 846 critics. Contains films with 3 or more votes. In order by number of votes. The following is a list of positions and the number of corresponding votes. 17-18 (48 votes), 21-23 (43 votes), 24-26 (42 votes), 29-30 (39 votes), 31-32 (38 votes), 34-35 (35 votes), 36-38 (34 votes), 39-40 (33 votes), 41-42 (32 votes), 43-47 (31 votes), 48-56 (30 votes), 57-59 (29 votes), 60-62 (28 votes), 64-65 (26 votes), 66-69 (25 votes), 70-75 (24 votes), 76-79 (23 votes), 80-84 (22 votes), 85-87 (21 votes), 88-90 (20 votes), 91-96 (19 votes), 97-99 (18 votes), 100-108 (17 votes), 109-116 (16 votes), 117-123 (15 votes), 124-133 (14 votes), 134-150 (13 votes), 151-160 (12 votes), 161-177 (11 votes), 178-189 (10 votes), 190-208 (9 votes), 209-241 (8 votes), 242-289 (7 votes), 290-329 (6 votes), 330-384 (5 votes), 385-454 (4 votes), 455-599 (3 votes) Missing: [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1525866264/towards-eniaios-and-the-temenos]Eniaios by Gregory J. Markopoulos[/url] 3 votes, not on imdb. [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+2012+-+directors+list/peacefulanarchy/]Sight and Sound 2012 - Directors list[/url] [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+2012+-+combined+list/]Sight and Sound 2012 - Combined List[/url]
  19. AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies: The Original List's icon

    AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies: The Original List

    Favs/dislikes: 90:0. This is the American Film Institute’s original 1998 list of the 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI’s blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community. Films released in 1996 and prior were eligible. The list was revised in 2007 (see offiical top list).
  20. Sight & Sound's 75 Hidden Gems's icon

    Sight & Sound's 75 Hidden Gems

    Favs/dislikes: 90:1. As part of the Sight & Sound magazine's 75th anniversary, the editors asked 75 critics from around the world to select a single film that is "unduly obscure and worthy of greater eminence." [url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qJMgmiPnrXYlG_c1LzVXF0SlXGL89u0E/view?usp=sharing]Source[/url]
  21. Anthology Film Archives's Essential Cinema's icon

    Anthology Film Archives's Essential Cinema

    Favs/dislikes: 87:6. A very special series of films screened on a repertory basis, the Essential Cinema Repertory collection consists of programs of shorts and hundreds of features assembled in 1970-75 by Anthology’s Film Selection Committee – James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, P. Adams Sitney, and Jonas Mekas. It was an ambitious attempt to define the art of cinema. The project was never completed but even in its unfinished state the series provides an uncompromising critical overview of cinema’s history. The titles are still being screened under the brand of "Essential Cinema". Now and then additional titles are added to the collection. [url=http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/about/essential-cinema]Source[/url]
  22. BFI's 100 Cult Films's icon

    BFI's 100 Cult Films

    Favs/dislikes: 86:2. "Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences. Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings. Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music). 100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch."
  23. Sight and Sound 2012 - Directors list's icon

    Sight and Sound 2012 - Directors list

    Favs/dislikes: 82:0. The top films in the 2012 Sight and Sound Poll of 359 directors. Contains films with 2 or more votes. In order by number of votes. The following is a list of positions and the number of corresponding votes. 2-3 (42 votes), 7-8 (31 votes), 13-15 (25 votes), 19-20 (19 votes), 22-25 (17 votes), 26-29 (15 votes), 30-36 (14 votes), 37-43 (13 votes), 44-47 (12 votes), 48-58 (11 votes), 59-66 (10 votes), 67-74 (9 votes), 75-90 (8 votes), 91-105 (7 votes), 106-131 (6 votes), 132-173(5 votes), 174-223 (4 votes), 224-328(3 votes), 329-552(2 votes) [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+2012+-+critics+list/peacefulanarchy/]Sight and Sound 2012 - Critics list[/url] [url=http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/sight+and+sound+2012+-+combined+list/]Sight and Sound 2012 - Combined List[/url]
  24. AFI's 10 Top 10's icon

    AFI's 10 Top 10

    Favs/dislikes: 79:0. AFI's 10 Top 10 honors the ten greatest American films in ten classic film genres. Released July 17, 2008. Categories are: Animation Fantasy Gangster Science Fiction Western Sports Mystery Romantic Comedy Courtroom Drama Epic
  25. BFI's 100 Film Musicals's icon

    BFI's 100 Film Musicals

    Favs/dislikes: 74:1. "From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating. 100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive." [url=http://shop.bfi.org.uk/books/bfi-screen-guides/100-film-musical-book.html#.Wg3fhGhSzIU]Source[/url]
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