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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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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High Noon
1952, in 18 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
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Out of the Past
1947, in 16 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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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Bad Day at Black Rock
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Big Heat
1953, in 18 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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Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Fargo
1996, in 27 top lists Check -
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The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 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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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
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JFK
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source