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. 296 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 266 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 67 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  4. 84 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 295 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 25 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 78 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 185 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 297 -

    Toy Story 2

    1999, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 213 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 283 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 207 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 26 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 286 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 31 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  16. 177 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 193 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 290 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 100 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 43 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 75 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 123 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  23. 268 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 104 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 239 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 270 -

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 80 -

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 62 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  29. 138 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  30. 32 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  31. 298 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  32. 66 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  33. 12 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 280 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 88 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 95 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  37. 234 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 132 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 212 -

    Bambi

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 133 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 171 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 210 -

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 302 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 17 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  46. 28 -

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 199 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 187 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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