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. 67 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 78 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 31 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 266 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 207 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 123 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 84 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 25 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 185 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 286 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 138 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 199 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 62 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 32 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 95 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  17. 296 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 268 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 298 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 12 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 88 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 104 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 177 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 237 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  25. 133 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 283 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 290 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 7 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 66 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  30. 22 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 239 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 234 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 17 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  34. 70 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 270 -

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 96 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  37. 295 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 19 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  39. 42 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  40. 213 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 6 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 193 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 206 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 79 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  45. 43 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 256 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 100 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  48. 87 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 35 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 297 -

    Toy Story 2

    1999, in 12 top lists Check
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