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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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Cat People
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
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In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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In the Heat of the Night
1967, in 17 top lists Check -
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Kings Row
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
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L.A. Confidential
1997, in 27 top lists Check -
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Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957, in 12 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source