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. 100 new

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 99 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 98 new

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 97 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 96 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 95 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 94 new

    25th Hour

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 93 new

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 92 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 91 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 90 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 89 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 88 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 87 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 86 new

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 85 new

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 84 new

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 83 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 82 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 81 new

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 80 new

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 79 new

    The Tree of Life

    2011, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 78 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 77 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 76 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 75 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 74 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 73 new

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 72 new

    The Shanghai Gesture

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 71 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 70 new

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 69 new

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 68 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 67 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 66 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 65 new

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 64 new

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 63 new

    Love Streams

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 62 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 61 new

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 60 new

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 59 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  43. 58 new

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 57 new

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 56 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 55 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 54 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 53 new

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 52 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 51 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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