top 100 films

[selkirk]

AFI (american Film institute) published a list picked by members, the AFI made money from the list (TV show on the list), they restore and perserve old pictures.

here is the list it was put out on June 16,1996.
Titanic would be on a new list (simply because of the money it made) 1997
Ussual suspects failed to get on the list, and Never Cry wolf (how did that film make it on.)

picked on popularity, artistic, and ground breaking technical advances.

anyways perphaps some ideas for the video store.


1."Citizen Kane" (1941)
2."Casablanca" (1942)
3."The Godfather" (1972)
4."Gone With the Wind" (1939)
5."Lawrence of Arabia" (1962)
6."The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
7."The Graduate" (1967)
8."On the Waterfront" (1954)
9."Schindler's List" (1993)
10."Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
11."It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
12."Sunset Blvd." (1950)
13."The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
14."Some Like It Hot" (1959)
15."Star Wars" (1977)
16."All About Eve" (1950)
17."The African Queen" (1951)
18."Psycho" (1960)
19."Chinatown" (1974)
20."One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
21."The Grapes of Wrath" (1940)
22."2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)
23."The Maltese Falcon" (1941)
24."Raging Bull" (1980)
25."E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)
26."Dr. Strangelove" (1964)
27."Bonnie and Clyde" (1967)
28."Apocalypse Now" (1979)
29."Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)
30."The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948)
31."Annie Hall" (1977)
32."The Godfather Part II" (1974)
33."High Noon" (1952)
34."To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
35."It Happened One Night" (1934)
36."Midnight Cowboy" (1969)
37."The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)
38."Double Indemnity" (1944)
39."Doctor Zhivago" (1965)
40."North by Northwest" (1959)
41."West Side Story" (1961)
42."Rear Window" (1954)
43."King Kong" (1933)
44."The Birth of a Nation" (1915)
45."A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951)
46."A Clockwork Orange" (1971)
47."Taxi Driver" (1976)
48."Jaws" (1975)
49."Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)
50."Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969)
51."The Philadelphia Story" (1940)
52."From Here to Eternity" (1953)
53."Amadeus" (1984)
54."All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930)
55."The Sound of Music" (1965)
56."MASH" (1970)
57."The Third Man" (1949)
58."Fantasia" (1940)
59."Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)
60."Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981)
61."Vertigo" (1958)
62."Tootsie" (1982)
63."Stagecoach" (1939)
64."Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)
65."The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
66."Network" (1976)
67."The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)
68."An American in Paris" (1951)
69."Shane" (1953)
70."The French Connection" (1971)
71."Forrest Gump" (1994)
72."Ben-Hur" (1959)
73."Wuthering Heights" (1939)
74."The Gold Rush" (1925)
75."Dances With Wolves" (1990)
76."City Lights" (1931)
77."American Graffiti" (1973)
78."Rocky" (1976)
79."The Deer Hunter" (1978)
80."The Wild Bunch" (1969)
81."Modern Times" (1936)
82."Giant" (1956)
83."Platoon" (1986)
84."Fargo" (1996)
85."Duck Soup" (1933)
86."Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935)
87."Frankenstein" (1931)
88."Easy Rider" (1969)
89."Patton" (1970)
90."The Jazz Singer" (1927)
91."My Fair Lady" (1964)
92."A Place in the Sun" (1951)
93."The Apartment" (1960)
94."GoodFellas" (1990)
95."Pulp Fiction" (1994)
96."The Searchers" (1956)
97."Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
98."Unforgiven" (1992)
99."Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967)
100."Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)

 

[selkirk]

here is the list for the BFI (British Film Institute) they do similar work but on British films.

seen less of these however I would put Life of Brian higher than 28.

and Brazil at 54. seems way to low. a good movie, top 25.

note: looking for top 100 Canadian films but a friend said they never made 10 good ones, I disagree, still looking

1. "The Third Man," 1949

2. "Brief Encounter," 1945

3. "Lawrence of Arabia," 1962

4. "The 39 Steps," 1935

5. "Great Expectations," 1946

6. "Kind Hearts and Coronets," 1946

7. "Kes," 1969

8. "Don't Look Now," 1973

9. "The Red Shoes," 1948

10. "Trainspotting," 1996

11. "The Bridge on the River Kwai," 1957

12. "If....," 1968

13. "The Ladykillers," 1955

14. "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," 1960

15. "Brighton Rock," 1947

16. "Get Carter," 1971

17. "The Lavender Hill Mob," 1951

18. "Henry V," 1944

19. "Chariots of Fire," 1981

20. "A Matter of Life and Death," 1946

21. "The Long Good Friday," 1980

22. "The Servant," 1963

23. "Four Weddings and a Funeral," 1994

24. "Whisky Galore!," 1949

25. "The Full Monty," 1997

26. "The Crying Game," 1992

27. "Doctor Zhivago," 1965

28. "Monty Python's Life of Brian," 1979

29. "Withnail and I," 1987

30. "Gregory's Girl," 1980

31. "Zulu," 1964

32. "Room at the Top," 1958

33. "Alfie," 1966

34. "Gandhi," 1982

35. "The Lady Vanishes," 1938

36. "The Italian Job," 1969

37. "Local Hero," 1983

38. "The Commitments," 1991

39. "A Fish Called Wanda," 1988

40. "Secrets & Lies," 1995

41. "Dr. No," 1962

42. "The Madness of King George," 1994

43. "A Man For All Seasons," 1966

44. "Black Narcissus," 1947

45. "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," 1943

46. "Oliver Twist," 1948

47. "I'm All Right Jack," 1959

48. "Performance," 1970

49. "Shakespeare in Love," 1998

50. "My Beautiful Laundrette," 1985
51. "Tom Jones," 1963

52. "This Sporting Life," 1963

53. "My Left Foot," 1989

54. "Brazil," 1985

55. "The English Patient," 1996

56. "A Taste of Honey," 1961

57. "The Go-Between," 1971

58. "The Man in the White Suit," 1951

59. "The Ipcress File," 1965

60. "Blow-Up," 1966

61. "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," 1962

62. "Sense and Sensibility," 1995

63. "Passport to Pimlico," 1949

64. "The Remains of the Day," 1993

65. "Sunday Bloody Sunday," 1971

66. "The Railway Children," 1970

67. "Mona Lisa," 1986

68. "The Dam Busters," 1955

69. "Hamlet," 1948

70. "Goldfinger," 1964

71. "Elizabeth," 1998

72. "Goodbye Mr. Chips," 1939

73. "A Room with a View," 1985

74. "The Day of the Jackal," 1973

75. "The Cruel Sea," 1952

76. "Billy Liar," 1963

77. "Oliver!," 1968

78. "Peeping Tom," 1960

79. "Far from the Madding Crowd," 1967

80. "The Draughtsman's Contract," 1982

81. "A Clockwork Orange," 1971

82. "Distant Voices, Still Lives," 1988

83. "Darling," 1965

84. "Educating Rita," 1983

85. "Brassed Off," 1996

86. "Genevieve," 1953

87. "Women in Love," 1969

88. "A Hard Day's Night," 1964

89. "Fires Were Started," 1943

90. "Hope and Glory," 1987

91. "My Name Is Joe," 1998

92. "In Which We Serve," 1942

93. "Caravaggio," 1986

94. "The Belles of St. Trinian's," 1954

95. "Life Is Sweet," 1990

96. "The Wicker Man," 1973

97. "Nil By Mouth," 1997

98. "Small Faces," 1995

99. "Carry On up the Khyber," 1968

100. "The Killing Fields," 1984

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Kirk Very interesting.My top 5 favs on American list would be 6-9-20-48-78
The one that never failed to bring a tear to my eye is not on list and most younguns have probably never seen it. Old Yeller

 

[jeepers]

Heres my top 5 list

1)Deer Hunter
2)The Godfather I
3)Platoon
4)THe Godfather II
5)Diner

 

[Phanatic]

Favorites from the American list:

#1 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

#2 The Graduate

#3 The Wizard of Oz

#4 The Godfather
#5 Ben-Hur
#6 Casablanca
#7 Bonnie and Clyde
#8 It's a Wonderful Life
#9 Schindler's List
#10 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Box the top 3 for a dime...

Did not like:

#1 Fargo

#2 Unforgiven

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[Phanatic]

And also in my personal top 5 but not listed is..." Barfly " a true classic.

Think " The Shawshank Redemption " should be up there too

 

[MadJack]

my top 5

godfather
cuckoos nest
goodfellas
silence ofm the lambs
treasure of the sierra madre


loved these too:

scarface
rounders
the sting
casino
jaws
rocky

 

[selkirk]

The Shawshank Redemption will probably be in a new list. Amazon readers have a list, last time i checked (month ago) Shawshank Redemption was the top movie out of 250. Not number 1, but a good show.

the list is faulty simply because there is hardly any old films (older than 20 years).

I have never seen One flew over the Cuckoos nest, plan on changing that this week.

also like sting. I believe they put in Butch Cassidy film in but both films have the same stars. so they put one film in leave the other out.

godfather is the only sequel that made it, it was a good film.

my list for top Canadian films 25 so far as seven (great) films. hopefully have a proper list in a month.

Quiz show is also a good show that never made it.

I like Platoon but cannot stand most of Oliver Stones other films, JFK distorted the truth so much, and was shocking in the garbage that they passed off as facts.

also wish they would stock more of these films at the video stores. went to a Blockbuster and could rent 40 copies of Wild wild west, but no Bridge on the River Kwai???

thanks
selkirk

 

[Phanatic]

Thank YOU for posting the lists. You will LOVE Cuckoo's Nest. You're right about the average video stores lack of a good portion of these fine flicks, bummer, and yeah The Sting was great! forgot about that one

 

[MadJack]

the funniest movies i ever saw were:
10
arthur
something about mary

i think i saw cuckoos next about 30 times. more times than any other movie. godfather and scarface i watched many, many times too.

 

[Neemer]

Blazing Saddles still one of the all-time classics!!

 

[Snake Plissken]

Escape from New York is one of my personal Favorites

 

[selkirk]

thanks for everyones input,
Phanatic the reason we see so many new releases and so few old copies, are the sales.

I know someone who own a large video/hobby store owner, 70% of all rentals are new videos 3 months old (max). At large chain stores this can be as much as 85-90% per store.

this has a lot to do with the hype, but for store who want to increase profits they should promote the older films, maybe a free pop or popcorn if you rent 2-3 old films.

have better displays, especially when a film get re-released, they just did that to most WB movies.

if not this is dead inventory, also they already own the movie, many new shows do not rent well and they never recoup the price for the tape.

by the way I read that a movie company would consider a 6-7% return a good return on a movie. Scary when you think that these films are now costing between 90-150 million to make not counting the marketing budget (some spend more on marketing than on the movie) that you would be happy with a 6% return. however when a film bombs (50-75 million loss) top execs can lose their jobs.

thanks
selkirk

 

[Phanatic]

And 90% of that 70% is pure f'in garbage IMHO, pardon my french.

 

[IX_Bender]

Suprised that nobody on the forum mentioned one of my all time favs.

The Hustler (Prequel to Color of Money)

Phanatic - Barfly is a cult classic with some great lines and scenes such as the intersection and the drinking with the tie.
Ya ever make it down south into Caliente?

 

[selkirk]

thought I would post a top 25 Canadian film list (my own films) most have won Genie (annual film awards). went to 3 shows in the last 2 weeks, often do not see one a month. anyways free magazine had some peoples picks.

some of these films I have not seen, in Canada there is ussually a small corner section with the words Canadian films (blockbuster, Rogers video) beside International films. Less money and less to market the films hurts the industry. most of these films i would put up against anything.,well....

could only come up with 16 films, however will look for more: no particular order:

1.32 Short films about Glen Gould (1993)= "If orginality, a compelling story, sophisticated writing and fine acting are any indication of a great film, this is a great film. mysterious life of Canada's greatest pianist." Great film.

2. The Sweet Hereafter (1997)= "The subject matter- a bus accident that kills most of the children in a small village, heartache, incest-reads like a litany of horrors, but the film is filled with redemption, light and wonder." peter mansbridge news anchor.
I agree good film, uplifting??

3.porkys= made money, a lot of money.

4.Exotica (1994)=Atom Egoyan picture; man goes into a strip club and falls in love with a particular dancer.

5. The Changeling= scary flick (never saw it)

6.Jesus of Montreal (1990)- actor plays christ and gets caught in the role, great film, hate subtitles and my french is only getting worse.

7. Le declin de L'empire Amercain(1987)- decline and fall of the american empire, couples go to the cabin and talk about sex and relationships.

8. The Five Senses(1999)- saw only clips of this show, will pester Blockbuster to bring it in, about WW1 docter, if the clips are anything like the show, this film is great.

9. The Terry Fox Story(1984)- in Canada we do not have many heros, we cut them down quickly, here is Canadian hero. ran over 23 miles every day for months, on one leg (and a fake one) died of Cancer. Statue is outside of the lakehead over Lake Superior, it is something special.

10. Meatballs-starred young Bill Murray, made a lot of money, shot in Northwestern ontario.

11.the Red Violin(1998)- a great film according to a friend, about the adventures a violin through the centuries.

12.Dead Ringers(David Cronberg) (1989)-twin docters, one date a women, and cannot make it for one night the other one fills in, scary and wierd.

13. Margaret's Mueseum(1995)- about mining in Nova scotia, great ending.

14. Les Boys(1997)bunch of losers form a hockey team. (never saw it)

15.Hanging Garden (1997)- a very wierd show, main character kills himself before the film starts, dark, but with hope in the end. people I know either love it or hate it.

16.hard core logo(1996) about a band reuniting for one last tour, never saw it, mixed reviews.

Most of these films will get a repsonse out of you, which is better than most hollywood films.

thanks
selkirk

 

[Junior44]

Great Subject:

Here is my personal all-time favorite list:

01 - Reservoir Dogs
02 - Midnight Express
03 - One flew over the coocoo's nest
04 - Pulp Fiction
05 - Taxi Driver
06 - The Godfather
07 - Easy Rider
08 - Goodfellas
09 - ButchCassidy and the Sundance Kid
10 - The Goodbye Girl


Funniest Movies:

01 - Tommy Boy
02 - The Goodbye Girl
03 - 48 Hours
04 - Austin Powers

Tearjerkers:

01 - Brian's Song
02 - A Star is Born
03 - Something for Joey
04 - Old Yeller

Also, if you ever get a chance, check out a movie called "Buffalo '66", an independant film by Vincent Gallo. In my opinion, a masterpiece and hey, it even has a slight gambling-related theme.

 

[Neemer]

JR>...

I damn sure hate to admit this, but from your top #10 I've seen only 3.

However, I would have to certainly put Shawshank Redemption. If you haven't had the pleasure, get your ass up to Blockbuster stat! It's a classic and have probably seen it over 5 times....And man, that Rocky V was sumthin' else as well...

 

[Junior44]

Neemer - After my top 5, there is a big drop off. While the other 5 are excellent movies, I've seen each of those top 5 at least 20 times.

To answer your question, NO, I have not seen Shawshank Redemption (although i have wanted to for a long time). I'll tell ya what, let's make a deal: I'm going to Blockbuster in about an hour to rent Shawshank. In return, pick out one of the movies in my top 5 that you haven't seen. AND, if you haven't seen either Reservoir Dogs or Midnight Express.....get em both. Midnight Express, I am almost certain you will like. Has a prison theme to it. As far as Reservoir Dogs goes, if you saw Pulp Fiction and liked it (and liked Quentin Tarentino's directional style), you will certainly enjoy Reservoir Dogs. IMO, it's even better.

Jr

 

[Hoops]

Selkirk- I've seen both of Egoyan's pictures (Exotica and the Sweet Hereafter), and thought both were brilliant.

The Godfather has to be in the Top 10 and in IMO, Part II should be in there as well.

Haven't made a list yet, but one movie I believe that has been overlooked is L.A. Confidential. Really enjoyed that movie.

As for the more recent releases, if you haven't seen Frequency yet (is on PPV right now), I highly recommend it!