Tim Dirks' Greatest Films

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This selection of 100 Greatest Films in the last century of film-making covers, by conscious choice, a wide range of genres, decades, stars and directors. Emphasis in these selections is purposely directed toward earlier, more classic Hollywood/American films than more recent films, although some recent films (and British films) are included. (An Additional 100 Greatest Films, and Third 100 Greatest Films are also indexed here.) The Greatest Films selected do not include foreign films or non-English language films for purposes of specialization and focus. Negative judgment on foreign films or non-English language films is not intended or implied.

Over a long period of time, the English-language films found here have repeatedly appeared on all-time best film lists and are often noted in the collective responses of film viewers and critics. Arguably, there has been reasonable consensus by most film historians, critics, movie-lovers, and reviewers that the selections chosen by this site are among cinema's most critically-acclaimed, significant "must-see" films (of predominantly Hollywood-American production). They are the films almost every educated person with a solid knowledge of film history and cinema would be expected to know and be literate about.

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  1. 199 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 95 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 195 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 29 -

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 103 -

    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 1 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 2 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 204 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 104 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 3 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 205 -

    All the King's Men

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 206 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 207 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 105 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 5 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 6 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 106 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 7 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 208 -

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 107 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 209 -

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 108 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 210 -

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 211 -

    Baby Doll

    1956, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 109 -

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 110 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 111 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 212 -

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 112 -

    The Bank Dick

    1940, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 213 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 214 -

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 8 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 113 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 114 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 10 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 215 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 11 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 12 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  41. 216 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 115 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 13 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 116 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 14 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 15 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  47. 117 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 16 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 118 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 217 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
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