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  1. The Criterion Collection's icon

    The Criterion Collection

    Favs/dislikes: 840:4. 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. TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500's icon

    TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films: 1001-2500

    Favs/dislikes: 104:1. Since the 2015 TSPDT has released a companion to their greatest 1000 films, consisting of the films ranked 1001-2500. This list contains the most recent version of this list, with all the previous lists in the history. [url=https://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_startinglist_table.php]Source[/url]
  3. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema's icon

    Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    Favs/dislikes: 256:12. This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie. #1 - #1012: original list #1013 - #1073: 2008 additions #1074 - #1133: 2016 additions [url=https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715]Source[/url]
  4. Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown's icon

    Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown

    Favs/dislikes: 139:2. "Trading on its impeccable reputation, Halliwell’s now presents it’s Top 1,000 favorite films. Starting at number 1,000, each entry includes a plot summary, cast and crew, awards, key critical comments, DVD and soundtrack availability, and a wealth of other interesting details. To supplement the countdown, there is commentary from film stars, show business personalities, well-known critics, and the movers and shakers in the film industry, each naming their favorite films or weighing in on Halliwell’s selection. Illustrated throughout with classic and modern film stills and posters, this is a book that every cinema fan will want to own. John Walker is one of Britain’s leading film critics." The list has 43 extra films, because trilogies, or series, are counted as one entry (The Godfather, The Apu Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Antoine Doinel, Laurel and Hardy shorts, etc...) [url=https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655]Source[/url]
  5. Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life's icon

    Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life

    Favs/dislikes: 158:5. "Over 1,000 films are listed in this visually arresting, full-color celebration of the silver screen. Film personalities, including actors, directors, cinematographers, and animators, write about their favorite films from a variety of angles. Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Hornby are among those who weigh in. Writers are matched to suitable (or sometimes surprising) themes and genres within the wider subject of how films can alter the course of a life. Movie stills and posters, trivia, and top-ten lists make this a book that can be dipped into or read from cover to cover. Great screen moments — endings, beginnings, kisses, death scenes — are given special spreads. The eclectic approach speaks to fans of big Hollywood blockbusters and factoid-reciting film geeks alike." [url=https://www.amazon.com/Time-1000-Films-Change-Guides/dp/1904978738]Source[/url]
  6. Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time's icon

    Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time

    Favs/dislikes: 325:4. 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]
  7. David Thomson's Have You Seen?'s icon

    David Thomson's Have You Seen?

    Favs/dislikes: 147:1. A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson. [url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X]Source[/url]
  8. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die's icon

    1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

    Favs/dislikes: 1871:32. The 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list is actually a film reference book compiled by various critics worldwide and edited by Steven Jay Schneider. The list spans movies from as early as 1902 up to recent releases. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die]Source[/url]
  9. The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die's icon

    The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

    Favs/dislikes: 247:4. "Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by. Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies." [url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die]Source[/url]
  10. Doubling the Canon's icon

    Doubling the Canon

    Favs/dislikes: 217:4. Begun in 2007, Doubling the Canon is an annual project which aims to expand the Film Canon as crafted by the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They website. Originally it was a selection of 1000 movies to complement [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdts+1000+greatest+films/]TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films[/url], now it is a list of 1000 which complements the 1,000 Greatest Films and the companions [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdts+1000+greatest+films+1001-2000/]1001-2000[/url] and [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdts+21st+centurys+most+acclaimed+films/]21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films[/url]. This project is compiled and voted on by cinephiles from around the globe every year, originally at Imdb's Classic Film Board and currently at [url=http://www.icmforum.com/]icmforum.com[/url], in the months after the posting of that year's TSPDT list. [url=https://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5829]Source[/url]
  11. The New York Times's Book of Movies's icon

    The New York Times's Book of Movies

    Favs/dislikes: 182:3. This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year. [url=https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X]Source[/url]
  12. TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films's icon

    TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films

    Favs/dislikes: 1032:12. The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm]Source[/url]
  13. Box Office Mojo's All Time Adjusted Box Office's icon

    Box Office Mojo's All Time Adjusted Box Office

    Favs/dislikes: 175:28. This list presents the all time box office top grossing movies, but adjusted for ticket price inflation. Inflation-adjustment is mostly done by multiplying estimated admissions by the latest average ticket price. Where admissions are unavailable, adjustment is based on the average ticket price for when each movie was released (taking in to account re-releases where applicable). [url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?adjust_gross_to=2022]Source[/url]
  14. Box Office Mojo's All Time Worldwide Box Office's icon

    Box Office Mojo's All Time Worldwide Box Office

    Favs/dislikes: 492:103. The All-Time Worldwide Box office list includes the 1,000 most grossing movies at the box office during their theatrical runs. Only theatrical box office receipts (movie ticket sales) are included, video rentals, television rights and other revenues are thus ignored. The total may include theatrical re-release receipts. Figures are not adjusted for inflation. [url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/]Source[/url]
  15. TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films's icon

    TSPDT's 1,000 Noir Films

    Favs/dislikes: 111:9. TSPDT has built a list of 1000 Noir films to expand on its previous 250 Quintessential Noirs. Following the [url=https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/tspdt+100+essential+noir+films/]initial collection of 100 noirs[/url], a further 900 noir films (or films with prominent noir elements) have been added (in a fairly random manner). This list contains the full 1000 films which are the 1,000 most cited noir films (according to TSPDT's research). Please note that this list has not been and will not be ranked. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm]Source[/url]
  16. TSPDT's 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films's icon

    TSPDT's 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films

    Favs/dislikes: 809:17. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list serves as a companion to the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 Greatest Films of all time list which, - by its nature - tends to have very few films from the 21st century in it. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list attempts to highlight and honour this century's most critically revered films and act as a sort of 'resting bay' for many great films that are likely to be included in the 1,000 Greatest Films list sooner or later. [url=http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm]Source[/url]
  17. TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films's icon

    TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

    Favs/dislikes: 395:21. Horror is one of the most readily dismissed genres from critics and film buffs, yet is, arguably, the genre with the most avid and steadfast niche following and remains popular with the general public. With horror films aiming to terrify, spook, shock, disturb, repulse, amuse, entertain and more, it's no wonder the genre is so varied, divisive and controversial. With so many people ignoring or simply not understanding horror, many great films slip under the radar and are relatively unknown to an audience outside of hardcore horror fans. In order to counteract this and bring awareness to the greatness of the genre, this list was created. Compiled using 2,614 lists taken from various critics/polls/magazines/books/websites/forums/horror fans, They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is intended to be the ultimate canonical top 1000 horror list. Spanning several decades, countries and sub-genres, and using lists from a wide range of people and publications, the resulting list is quite a diverse spread and representation of the best of horror. [url=http://theyshootzombies.com/]Source[/url]
  18. UNESCO's Memory of the World's icon

    UNESCO's Memory of the World

    Favs/dislikes: 139:4. In 1995, to celebrate the centenary of cinema, UNESCO worked together with film archives from 49 countries to "compile and publish a list of approximately 15 films each country considers to be representative of its most significant national cinematic heritage." UNESCO suggested that they consider historical importance and cultural/artistic value, but each film archive was allowed to define its own criteria to determine which films were important. The films of each country are listed in the order of the source-pdf. These countries are included. Angola, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, The Holy See, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Macedonia, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela, Yugoslavia These films or collections on the source-pdf are not included in this list, because they are not on IMDb: Canada: - A Selection of OMPB Films Produced between the two World Wars - A Selection of Film Produced by the Government of Canada before the Creation of the National Film Board - Royal Welcome, 8 unknown titles from the Canadian Cameo Series - 4 unknown reels from "Shorts Produced at the London Headquarters of the Canadian Army during the last War" - Animated Films of the National Film Board Ecuador: - part of Obra Filmica Documental Miguel A. Alvarez (35 shorts are included so far) - Obra Filmica Documental Karl Gartelman Kazakhstan: - Two Days in Spring - Baiterek [url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001103/110379Eo.pdf]Source[/url]
  19. Library of Congress's National Film Registry's icon

    Library of Congress's National Film Registry

    Favs/dislikes: 159:2. 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]
  20. Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide's icon

    Tom Vick's Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

    Favs/dislikes: 95:0. Asian Cinema: A Field Guide (2007) by Tom Vick is a book about the history of cinema in various regions throughout Asia. This is a list of films mentioned in the book. [b]Part One: The Old Guard[/b] China: Tradition and Resistance (#1-76) Japan: Cinema of Extremes (77-268) India: All That and then Some (269-358) [b]Part Two: Postwar Booms[/b] Hong Kong: The Fine Art of Popular Cinema (359-453) Korea: Rising from the Ashes of History (454-578) [b]Part Three: Recent Arrivals[/b] Iran: A Continuing Conversation (579-637) Taiwan: The Little Island that Could (638-682) [b]Part Four: New Players[/b] [b]South and Southeast Asia: Coming Into Focus[/b] Bangladesh (683 & 684), Bhutan (685 & 686), Cambodia (687-689), Indonesia (690-696), Malaysia and Singapore (697-711), Nepal (712 & 713), Pakistan (714), The Philippines (715-739), Sri Lanka (740-744), Thailand (745-774), Tibet (775-780), Vietnam (781-792) [b]Central Asia and the Middle East: Global Intersections[/b] The Former Soviet Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia (793-808), The Middle East (809–841), Turkey (842-852) [b]Part Five: Where to Go from Here[/b] (List of websites and books) [url=https://www.amazon.com/Asian-Cinema-A-Field-Guide/dp/0061145858/]Source[/url] See the [url=http://www.imdb.com/list/ls070806393/]IMDb list[/url] description for a list of films missing from IMDb.
  21. Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists's icon

    Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists

    Favs/dislikes: 264:5. 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]
  22. Academy Award - Best Picture Nominees's icon

    Academy Award - Best Picture Nominees

    Favs/dislikes: 493:7. This list contains all movies that have been nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#Winners_and_nominees]Source[/url]
  23. Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art's icon

    Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art

    Favs/dislikes: 192:12. "Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthinkable or forbidden are boldly explored." So ahead of his time was Vogel that the ideas that he penned some 30 years ago are still relevant today, and readily accessible in this classic volume. Accompanied by over 300 rare film stills, Film as a Subversive Art analyzes how aesthetic, sexual, and ideological subversives use one of the most powerful art forms of our day to exchange or manipulate our conscious and unconscious, demystify visual taboos, destroy dated cinematic forms, and undermine existing value systems and institutions." This list contains all movies in the revised version from 2021. Included in this list are movies: 1. with dedicated texts. 2. shown in movie stills. 3. mentioned otherwise as an example of subversive cinema in the context of the text it is mentioned in. Excluded from this list are movies that are mentioned in any other way than an example of subversive cinema. The movies are sorted by appearance in the book. Some movies appear multiple times. In that case, the preferred position is the dedicated text, then a movie still and lastly a mention. The book is divided into parts: Introduction (#1 - #20) Part 1 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Form (#21 - #170) Part 2 - Weapons of Subversion: The Subversion of Content (#171 - #355) Part 3 - Weapons of Subversion: Forbidden Subjects of the Cinema (#356 - #572) Part 4 - Towards a New Consciousness (#573 - #598) #599 is the back cover.
  24. Anthology Film Archives's Essential Cinema's icon

    Anthology Film Archives's Essential Cinema

    Favs/dislikes: 88:6. 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]
  25. Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey's icon

    Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    Favs/dislikes: 314:1. "The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a 15-part series written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation. The series provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry." Note: "Motion Capture Mirrors Emotion (2009) dir. Jorge Ribas," a documentary about the making of Avatar, is missing because it does not appear to have an imdb page. [url=https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Cinema-Hollywood-Dream/dp/B00AMQ1B1O]Source[/url]
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