BBC Culture - The 100 Greatest American Films

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BBC Culture polled film critics from around the world to determine the best American movies ever made.

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  1. 99 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 94 new

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 100 new

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 23 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 24 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 90 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 56 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 70 new

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 27 new

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 15 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 39 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 60 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 83 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 9 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  16. 12 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 1 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  18. 18 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 75 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 33 new

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 57 new

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 96 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 49 new

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 84 new

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 25 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 35 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 42 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 95 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 91 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 87 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 61 new

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 74 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 2 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  34. 10 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  35. 17 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 97 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 20 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  38. 55 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 22 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 53 new

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 71 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 98 new

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 50 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 37 new

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 89 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 46 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  47. 38 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  48. 64 new

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 26 new

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 69 new

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
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