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  • A Trip to the Moon A Trip to the Moon
  • The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery
  • The Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation
  • Les Vampires Les Vampires
  • Intolerance Intolerance

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Peter Stanley

Peter Stanley 1,103 films 462 52

All the films from all the editions, including those subsequently removed, presently totalling 1103. An easy way of seeing how…

  • Rear Window Rear Window
  • Psycho Psycho
  • Vertigo Vertigo
  • North by Northwest North by Northwest
  • Rebecca Rebecca

100 Great Directors; 500 Great Films

Adam Cook

Adam Cook 500 films 141 37

Using They Shoot Pictures list of top directors and combining it with IMDb's rankings I have come up with this…

  • A Trip to the Moon A Trip to the Moon
  • The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery
  • The Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation
  • Les Vampires Les Vampires
  • Intolerance Intolerance

1001 Films You Must See Before You Die

Henry

Henry 1,105 films 45 4

All 1103 films that have been listed thus far in the '1001 Films You Must See Before You Die' book…

  • À nous la liberté À nous la liberté
  • About Schmidt About Schmidt
  • Absence of Malice Absence of Malice
  • Adam's Rib Adam's Rib
  • Adaptation. Adaptation.

The New York Times: Best 1000 Movies Ever Made

Artyficial

Artyficial 999 films 33 17

From the NYT website:

This list is drawn from the second edition of The New York Times Guide to the…

  • 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 24 Hour Party People 24 Hour Party People
  • 28 Days Later... 28 Days Later...
  • 49th Parallel 49th Parallel

My Film Collection

Adam Cook

Adam Cook 900 films 23 49

Probably of little interest to anybody but me, here is my personal film collection on various formats that I've collected…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Shining The Shining
  • Paths of Glory Paths of Glory
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop…
  • A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange

5 Favorite Films by My Favorite Directors

These guys are badasses in my book. I'll add more when I think of them. It's in no order

  • 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men
  • The Pawnbroker The Pawnbroker
  • Dog Day Afternoon Dog Day Afternoon
  • The Offence The Offence
  • Fail-Safe Fail-Safe

Sidney Lumet: Ranked

Adam Cook

Adam Cook 35 films 22 22

Sidney Lumet is one of America's great directors yet despite a career spanning six decades and countless classics to his…

  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde
  • In Cold Blood In Cold Blood
  • In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night
  • Point Blank Point Blank

Important "New Hollywood" Films

I stole this list of an article about New Hollywood at Wikipedia.
It is somehow ordered by the release date…

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Trouble in Paradise Trouble in Paradise
  • The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  • Bicycle Thieves Bicycle Thieves

The Telegraph's 500 Must-See Films

Jon Holmes

Jon Holmes 499 films 24 12

A two-part guide in The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph over the weekend of Saturday 2 and Sunday March…

  • Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
  • Robin Hood Robin Hood
  • Tess of the Storm Country Tess of the Storm Country
  • Nanook of the North Nanook of the North
  • The Phantom Carriage The Phantom Carriage

5 Films From Each Year of the Past 90 Years I Want To See

Owen Hughes

Owen Hughes 455 films 22 21

I'll admit, it's not a snappy title for the list, but it's a bit "Ronseal". I've picked 5 films from…

  • A Trip to the Moon A Trip to the Moon
  • The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery
  • The Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation
  • Les Vampires Les Vampires
  • Intolerance Intolerance
  • Werckmeister Harmonies Werckmeister Harmonies
  • Winter Light Winter Light
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Satantango Satantango
  • Summer Interlude Summer Interlude

Top 100 Films

Ronan Doyle

Ronan Doyle 100 films 21 34

An ordered list of the 100 best films I have ever seen. Been toying with building one of these for…