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Roger Ebert's "Great Movies"

Every film from Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" essays.

http://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies

  • 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
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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…

  • Once Once
  • Pan's Labyrinth Pan's Labyrinth
  • Linda Linda Linda Linda Linda Linda
  • The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
  • Donnie Darko Donnie Darko
  • Memento Memento
  • Let the Right One In Let the Right One In
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Battle Royale Battle Royale
  • WALL·E WALL·E

The LETTERBOXD Community's Top Movies of the 2000s

jvince

jvince 25 films 121 423

▶ ▶ ▶ R U L E S ◀ ◀ ◀

● Create your own list, ranking 25 of your…

  • Kill List Kill List

Top 50 Horror Films of the Letterboxd Community

After seeing lists like JVince's Top Films of the 00s of the Letterboxd Community pop up on Letterboxd, I thought…

  • The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Godfather The Godfather
  • The Godfather: Part II The Godfather: Part II
  • Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men
  • The Dark Knight The Dark Knight
  • Schindler's List Schindler's List
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Return of…
  • Fight Club Fight Club

IMDb Top 250 - Updated Quarterly

Some love it, some hate it, but I figured we might as well have the IMDb list here. Since it's…

  • Persona Persona
  • My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro
  • Grave of the Fireflies Grave of the Fireflies
  • Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen
  • For All Mankind For All Mankind
  • The White Diamond The White Diamond
  • The Circus The Circus
  • Make Way For Tomorrow Make Way For Tomorrow
  • Frankenstein Frankenstein
  • The Bride of Frankenstein The Bride of Frankenstein

Great 60-90 min films (for those days when you just don't have the energy to watch a 3 hour masterpiece)

Don't the title of the list explain it well enough? This is a list of 200+ quality "short" films. Easy…

  • Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
  • Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction
  • A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now
  • Psycho Psycho

The Letterboxd Top 250

IMDB has one. MUBI has one.
Now it's time for Letterboxd to have one.

I want to compile a massive…

  • Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
  • Vertigo Vertigo
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Rules of the Game The Rules of the Game
  • Tokyo Story Tokyo Story
  • 8½
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • The Godfather The Godfather
  • The Searchers The Searchers
  • Seven Samurai Seven Samurai

"They Shoot Pictures Don't They?" 1000 Greatest Films 2013 Edition

Another year, another update. 2012 List can be found here.

The following is a really extensive and great list of…

  • Ace in the Hole Ace in the Hole
  • All That Heaven Allows All That Heaven Allows
  • America, America America, America
  • An American in Paris An American in Paris
  • Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now
  • Arsenic and Old Lace Arsenic and Old Lace
  • The Bad and The Beautiful The Bad and The Beautiful
  • The Band Wagon The Band Wagon
  • Born on the Fourth of July Born on the Fourth of July
  • Cape Fear Cape Fear
  • Honey Honey
  • Eden Lake Eden Lake
  • Underworld: Awakening Underworld: Awakening
  • Trainspotting Trainspotting
  • Easy A Easy A
  • Sex Drive Sex Drive
  • Only the Lonely Only the Lonely
  • Kingpin Kingpin
  • Beer League Beer League
  • Corporate Affairs Corporate Affairs

Body? Meet Legs

This only makes sense if you view the full list page... and yes, I know some of them are backwards…

  • Donnie Darko Donnie Darko
  • Morvern Callar Morvern Callar
  • Irma Vep Irma Vep
  • Miami Blues Miami Blues
  • Babe: Pig in the City Babe: Pig in the City
  • They Live They Live
  • Clerks Clerks
  • Primer Primer
  • Pi Pi
  • The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project

The New Cult Canon

For five years, film critic Scott Tobias compiled "The New Cult Canon" in a regular column for The A.V. Club…

  • Rear Window Rear Window
  • Psycho Psycho
  • Vertigo Vertigo
  • North by Northwest North by Northwest
  • Rebecca Rebecca
  • Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
  • Touch of Evil Touch of Evil
  • The Magnificent Ambersons The Magnificent Ambersons
  • Chimes at Midnight Chimes at Midnight
  • The Fountain of Youth The Fountain of Youth

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…

  • Vertigo Vertigo
  • Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
  • Tokyo Story Tokyo Story
  • The Rules of the Game The Rules of the Game
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Searchers The Searchers
  • The Man with a Movie Camera The Man with a Movie Camera
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • 8½

Sight & Sound 2012 Critics Poll

AlexFung

AlexFung 250 films 137 33

Results of the Sight & Sound 2012 Critics Poll, as voted on by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors, and as…

  • Synecdoche, New York Synecdoche, New York
  • In the Mood for Love In the Mood for Love
  • Detachment Detachment
  • The Tree of Life The Tree of Life
  • Rashomon Rashomon
  • On the Waterfront On the Waterfront
  • My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro
  • Dead Man's Letters Dead Man's Letters
  • Jean de Florette Jean de Florette
  • Millennium Actress Millennium Actress

2012: A Letterboxd retrospective

DirkH

DirkH 40 films 106 153

Dear Letterboxd friends,

I have been visiting this site since November 2011 and it has proven to be the richest…

  • Magnolia Magnolia
  • Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction
  • Taxi Driver Taxi Driver
  • Fight Club Fight Club
  • There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood
  • The Big Lebowski The Big Lebowski
  • The Godfather The Godfather
  • Spirited Away Spirited Away
  • The Graduate The Graduate
  • The Godfather: Part II The Godfather: Part II

What is the perfect movie?

Organized by number of votes.

Now, I don't mean "what is your favorite film?" I mean to ask, what film…

  • Les Misérables Les Misérables
  • Lincoln Lincoln
  • Argo Argo
  • Amour Amour
  • Life of Pi Life of Pi
  • Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook
  • Django Unchained Django Unchained
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Zero Dark Thirty Zero Dark Thirty
  • The Master The Master

Oscars 2013 (and Oscar Pool)

Lise

Lise 53 films 104 271

The Oscar Pool is now closed. Results will be posted Monday morning. Thanks for participating!

.....Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of…

  • The King and the Mockingbird The King and the Mockingbird
  • When the Wind Blows When the Wind Blows
  • The Hand The Hand
  • The Cat With Hands The Cat With Hands
  • Mind Game Mind Game
  • Millennium Actress Millennium Actress
  • The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut
  • Le Tableau Le Tableau
  • Fehérlófia Fehérlófia
  • Memories Memories

Underrated: Animation

Adam Cook

Adam Cook 186 films 99 199

Week three of the Underrated Series and we get to the animation category. At least there shouldn't be any debate…

  • Grand Illusion Grand Illusion
  • Seven Samurai Seven Samurai
  • The Lady Vanishes The Lady Vanishes
  • Amarcord Amarcord
  • The 400 Blows The 400 Blows
  • Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast
  • A Night to Remember A Night to Remember
  • The Killer The Killer
  • Hard Boiled Hard Boiled
  • Walkabout Walkabout

The Criterion Collection

Paul Bruce

Paul Bruce 675 films 124 9

The entire Criterion collection organized by spine number.

I don't know why I did this.