Thursday, 4 June 2015

Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List)

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1.
The Godfather (1972)
    9.2/10  
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 6
Golden Globe Nominations: 8 ” - ChrisWalczyk55

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2.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    9.3/10  
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
3.
Schindler's List (1993)
    8.9/10  
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. (195 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 6
BAFTA Nominations: 12
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
4.
Raging Bull (1980)
    8.3/10  
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. (129 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
5.
Casablanca (1942)
    8.6/10  
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. (102 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
6.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
    8.7/10  
Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse. (133 mins.)
Director: Milos Forman
“ *****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 6
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 6
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
7.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
    8.2/10  
A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. (238 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming
“ *****
Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
8.
Citizen Kane (1941)
    8.4/10  
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. (119 mins.)
Director: Orson Welles
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
9.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    8.1/10  
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. (102 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming
“ *****
Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
10.
Titanic (1997)
    7.7/10  
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (194 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
“ Oscars: 11
Oscar Nominations: 14
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 8 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
11.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    8.4/10  
Follows a brilliant, flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service. (216 mins.)
Director: David Lean
“ Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
12.
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
    9.1/10  
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba. (200 mins.)
“ Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
13.
Psycho (1960)
    8.6/10  
A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. (109 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
“ *****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
14.
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
    8.5/10  
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity. (110 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
“ *****

Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
15.
Vertigo (1958)
    8.4/10  
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her. (128 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
16.
On the Waterfront (1954)
    8.3/10  
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. (108 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan
“ *****
Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
17.
Forrest Gump (1994)
    8.8/10  
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him. (142 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
“ Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
18.
The Sound of Music (1965)
    8.0/10  
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. (174 mins.)
Director: Robert Wise
“ *****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
19.
West Side Story (1961)
    7.6/10  
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. (152 mins.)
“ *****
Oscars: 10
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
20.
Star Wars (1977)
    8.7/10  
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. (121 mins.)
Director: George Lucas
“ Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
21.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    7.9/10  
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ *****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 12
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
22.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    8.3/10  
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. (160 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
23.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
    8.6/10  
A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (118 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Demme
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
24.
Chinatown (1974)
    8.3/10  
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. (130 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 10
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
25.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
    8.3/10  
After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. (161 mins.)
Director: David Lean
“ Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
26.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    8.4/10  
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. (103 mins.)
“ *****

Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
27.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    8.7/10  
An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed. (130 mins.)
Director: Frank Capra
“ *****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
28.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
    8.3/10  
When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. (120 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
29.
12 Angry Men (1957)
    8.9/10  
A dissenting juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seemed in court. (96 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet
“ *****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
30.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    8.5/10  
An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. (95 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
31.
Amadeus (1984)
    8.4/10  
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. (160 mins.)
Director: Milos Forman
“ *****
Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
32.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
    8.5/10  
During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. (153 mins.)
Director: Francis Coppola
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
33.
Gandhi (1982)
    8.1/10  
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest. (191 mins.)
“ Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 16
Golden Globes: 5
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
34.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    8.9/10  
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. (201 mins.)
Director: Peter Jackson
“ Oscars: 11
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 10
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
35.
Gladiator (2000)
    8.5/10  
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. (155 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
“ *****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 12
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
36.
From Here to Eternity (1953)
    7.8/10  
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. (118 mins.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
“ Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
37.
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
    8.6/10  
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. (169 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
38.
Unforgiven (1992)
    8.3/10  
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. (131 mins.)
Director: Clint Eastwood
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
39.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    8.6/10  
Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. (115 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
40.
Rocky (1976)
    8.1/10  
Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion, Apollo Creed, in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. (119 mins.)
Director: John G. Avildsen
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
41.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
    8.1/10  
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. (122 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
42.
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
    8.1/10  
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. (112 mins.)
Director: George Cukor
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
43.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
    8.4/10  
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. (129 mins.)
Director: Robert Mulligan
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
44.
An American in Paris (1951)
    7.3/10  
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. However, things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman. (113 mins.)
“ Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
45.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
    8.2/10  
Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. (172 mins.)
Director: William Wyler
“ Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
46.
My Fair Lady (1964)
    7.9/10  
A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. (170 mins.)
Director: George Cukor
“ Oscars: 8
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
47.
Ben-Hur (1959)
    8.1/10  
When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. (212 mins.)
Director: William Wyler
“ Oscars: 11
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
48.
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    8.0/10  
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution. (197 mins.)
Director: David Lean
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 5
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
49.
Patton (1970)
    8.0/10  
The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton. (172 mins.)
“ *****
Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
50.
Jaws (1975)
    8.1/10  
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it. (124 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
51.
Braveheart (1995)
    8.4/10  
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, William Wallace begins a revolt and leads Scottish warriors against the cruel English tyrant who rules Scotland with an iron fist. (177 mins.)
Director: Mel Gibson
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
52.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    8.9/10  
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. (161 mins.)
Director: Sergio Leone
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 0
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Award Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
53.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    8.2/10  
Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. (110 mins.)
Director: George Roy Hill
“ *****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 8
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
54.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
    8.3/10  
Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. (126 mins.)
Director: John Huston
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
55.
The Apartment (1960)
    8.3/10  
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. (125 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
56.
Platoon (1986)
    8.1/10  
A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. (120 mins.)
Director: Oliver Stone
“ *****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
57.
High Noon (1952)
    8.1/10  
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. (85 mins.)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
“ *****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
58.
Dances with Wolves (1990)
    8.0/10  
Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. (181 mins.)
Director: Kevin Costner
“ *****
Oscars: 7
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
59.
The Pianist (2002)
    8.5/10  
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. (150 mins.)
Director: Roman Polanski
“ *****

Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
60.
Goodfellas (1990)
    8.7/10  
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. (146 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
“ *****
Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
61.
The Exorcist (1973)
    8.0/10  
When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. (122 mins.)
Director: William Friedkin
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
62.
The Deer Hunter (1978)
    8.2/10  
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam war impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. (183 mins.)
Director: Michael Cimino
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
63.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
    8.1/10  
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. (136 mins.)
Director: Lewis Milestone
“ *****
Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
64.
The French Connection (1971)
    7.8/10  
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. (104 mins.)
Director: William Friedkin
“ *****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
65.
City Lights (1931)
    8.6/10  
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically. (87 mins.)
Director: Charles Chaplin
“ *****

Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 0
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
66.
The King's Speech (2010)
    8.1/10  
The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. (118 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 11
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
67.
It Happened One Night (1934)
    8.2/10  
A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. (105 mins.)
Director: Frank Capra
“ *****
Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
68.
A Place in the Sun (1951)
    7.8/10  
A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women. (122 mins.)
Director: George Stevens
“ *****
Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
69.
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
    7.9/10  
A naive prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City. (113 mins.)
Director: John Schlesinger
“ *****
Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 6
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
70.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    8.3/10  
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down. (129 mins.)
Director: Frank Capra
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
71.
Rain Man (1988)
    8.0/10  
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. (133 mins.)
Director: Barry Levinson
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
72.
Annie Hall (1977)
    8.1/10  
Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall. (93 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
“ *****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
73.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
    8.3/10  
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. (126 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
74.
Terms of Endearment (1983)
    7.4/10  
Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems. (132 mins.)
Director: James L. Brooks
“ Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
75.
Tootsie (1982)
    7.4/10  
An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera. (116 mins.)
Director: Sydney Pollack
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
76.
Fargo (1996)
    8.2/10  
Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. (98 mins.)
Director: Joel Coen
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
77.
Giant (1956)
    7.7/10  
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates. (201 mins.)
Director: George Stevens
“ *****
Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
78.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
    8.2/10  
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression. (129 mins.)
Director: John Ford
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
79.
Shane (1953)
    7.7/10  
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act. (118 mins.)
Director: George Stevens
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
80.
The Green Mile (1999)
    8.5/10  
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. (189 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
81.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
    7.7/10  
After an encounter with U.F.O.s, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. (137 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 8 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
82.
Network (1976)
    8.2/10  
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit. (121 mins.)
Director: Sidney Lumet
“ Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
83.
Nashville (1975)
    7.8/10  
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention as secrets and lies are surfaced and revealed. (159 mins.)
Director: Robert Altman
“ *****
Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 11 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
84.
The Graduate (1967)
    8.0/10  
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. (106 mins.)
Director: Mike Nichols
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 5
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
85.
American Graffiti (1973)
    7.5/10  
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. (110 mins.)
Director: George Lucas
“ *****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
86.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
    8.9/10  
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. (154 mins.)
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
87.
The African Queen (1951)
    7.9/10  
In Africa during WWI, a gin-swilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. (105 mins.)
Director: John Huston
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
88.
Stagecoach (1939)
    7.9/10  
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. (96 mins.)
Director: John Ford
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
89.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
    7.9/10  
A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang. (111 mins.)
Director: Arthur Penn
“ Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
90.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
    7.8/10  
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors. (132 mins.)
Director: Frank Lloyd
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
91.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    8.2/10  
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. (100 mins.)
Director: John Huston
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
92.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    8.4/10  
In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. (136 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
93.
Taxi Driver (1976)
    8.4/10  
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. (113 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
94.
Wuthering Heights (1939)
    7.7/10  
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. (104 mins.)
Director: William Wyler
“ *****

Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
95.
Double Indemnity (1944)
    8.4/10  
An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions. (107 mins.)
Director: Billy Wilder
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: N/A
BAFTA Nominations: N/A
Golden Globes: N/A
Golden Globe Nominations: N/A ” - ChrisWalczyk55
96.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
    7.8/10  
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies. (111 mins.)
Director: Nicholas Ray
“ *****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
97.
Rear Window (1954)
    8.6/10  
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. (112 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
98.
The Third Man (1949)
    8.3/10  
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime. (104 mins.)
Director: Carol Reed
“ Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
99.
North by Northwest (1959)
    8.4/10  
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. (136 mins.)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
“ Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55
100.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
    7.8/10  
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. (126 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz
“ Oscars: 3
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 ” - ChrisWalczyk55


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