THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

It's not easy to compile a list of the Best Films Ever but what you do is list your favorites in order as best you can. There are so many different types of films/movies...some sheer entertainment, some serious drama, others with a heavy message, light and dark comedies, documentaries, Foreign films, musicals, animated, etc. You'll find my list heavy on entertainment films but still quite diverse. You won't find classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey or Citizen Kane on my list (Citizen Kane maybe when I see it). These are MY personal favorites; every film high in entertainment value. There will be some "guilty pleasures" on this List. These are films that may be classified: low budget, B-pictures, campy, or even cult films, but to me they have entertainment value. I will be happy to explain why any particular one of these films are on my list. My top films have made an emotional impact on me in some way or other, more so than the average film. I've also listed some high-quality Miniseries and Made for TV Movies as they definitely deserve to be included. The first 100 or so are pretty much in order of ranking as I would list them, from there on it varies. My criteria consists of: repeated viewings, longevity (how they stand the test of time), production values (art design, set design, costuming), direction/pacing, script, acting, music score and more. A great movie is one you can appreciate over and over again. Still, an update and revision is needed from time to time as some films weaken in impact over time and need to be removed. Others deserve to be listed higher on the list eventually. Logistically it is near impossible to update and revise the list with any regularity as moving the titles around would take forever. You'll notice more recent films at the end of the list only because I've just viewed them, e.g. "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" [Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers and The Return of the King] which definitely belong high in the Top 25. Most of these films hold up after repeated viewings so here then is my list of The Best Films ever:

1. Braveheart
   
2. Dances With Wolves
   
3. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
   
4. North by Northwest
   
5. It's A Wonderful Life
   
6. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 TVM version)
   
7. Ben Hur (1959)
   
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
   
9. Flight of the Phoenix
   
10. Rob Roy
    
11. Godfather, The
    
12. Star Wars - Episode IV - A New Hope
    
13. Star Wars - Episode V - Empire Strikes Back
    
14. Star Wars - Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    
15. Amadeus
    
16. Lonesome Dove (Mini-Series)
    
17. Bells of St. Mary's, The
    
18. Shawshank Redemption, The
    
19. Gettysburg
    
20. Barry Lyndon
    
21. Battleground
    
22. Fargo
    
23. Missing Link (1988)
    
24. Bringing Up Baby
    
25. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
    
26. Toy Story
    
27. Black Beauty (1994)
    
28. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
    
29. Charade
    
30. Frenzy
    
31. Quest For Fire
    
32. Stalag 17
    
33. Psycho
    
34. African Queen, The
    
35. Patton
    
36. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    
37. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
    
38. Lifeboat
    
39. Abandon Ship
    
40. Going My Way
    
41. Bridge on the River Kwai
    
42. Wizard of Oz, The
    
43. Grapes of Wrath, The
    
44. Duel (TVM)
    
45. Predator
    
46. Grand Canyon (1991)
    
47. Chinatown
    
48. Paleface
    
49. Son of Paleface
    
50. Airport (I appear as an extra in this film)
    
51. Culpepper Cattle Company, The
    
52. Three Came Home
    
53. The End
    
54. Great Escape, The
    
55. Godfather Part II, The
    
56. Masada (Mini-Series)
    
57. Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A
    
58. Birdman of Alcatraz
    
59. Casanova's Big Night
    
60. Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
    
61. Indictment: The McMartin Trial (TVM)
    
62. Avatar
    
63. Europa, Europa
    
64. Penny Serenade
    
65. 12 Angry Men (1957)
    
66. Robinson Crusoe on Mars
    
67. Trouble With Angels, The
    
68. Song of Bernadette
    
69. Men in Black
    
70. Odessa File, The
    
71. I, Claudius (Mini-Series)
    
72. Out of Towners, The
    
73. Beau Geste
    
74. Bohemian Girl
    
75. Alias Jesse James
    
76. Road to Morocco, The
    
77. Road to Utopia, The
    
78. Escape From Sobibor (TVM)
    
79. Pardon Us
    
80. La Cage Aux Folles
    
81. Lady Jane
    
82. Saboteur, The
    
83. Father of the Bride (1950)
    
84. Jurassic Park
    
85. Sullivans, The (Fighting)
    
86. Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
    
87. All the President's Men
    
88. Island in the Sky
    
89. Reversal of Fortune
    
90. O. Henry's Full House
    
91. Desperate Hours, The (1955)
    
92. I Was a Male War Bride
    
93. Evita
    
94. Come Back Little Sheba
    
95. Gone With the Wind
    
96. Rome [TV Mini-series}
    
97. Love With the Proper Stranger
    
98. Marty
    
99. Day the Earth Stood Still, The
    
100. Pacific [mini-series]
     

     In perusing the first 100 on my list, I noticed many great films, which fall later on the list, deserve to be listed in the Top 100. Blue Lagoon for instance would normally fall way down in order on this list behind such classics as Sahara, Sunset Boulevard and many others. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy belongs in the Top 100 as do a few other newer films. So you can see the latter films are definitely not in order of their greatness!

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101. Strangers on a Train
     
102. Bill (TVM)
     
103. Bonnie and Clyde
     
104. Taras Bulba
     
105. Sayonara
     
106. Ten Commandments, The
     
107. Crowded Sky, The
     
108. Back From Eternity
     
109. Murder He Says
     
110. Sahara (1943)
     
111. War of the Worlds
     
112. Time Machine, The
     
113. Goldfinger
     
114. From Russia With Love
     
115. Journey to the Centre of the Earth
     
116. Hud
     
117. Egg and I, The
     
118. Splendor in the Grass
     
119. Defiant Ones, The (1958)
     
120. Blackboard Jungle
     
121. Robe, The
     
122. Friendly Persuasion
     
123. Plainsman, The (1936)
     
124. Sunset Boulevard
     
125. Satan Never Sleeps
     
126. Panic in the Year Zero
     
127. First Men in the Moon
     
128. Land of the Pharaohs
     
129. Drums Along the Mohawk
     
130. Northwest Passage
     
131. Arthur
     
132. Father's Little Dividend
     
133. Man Who Never Was, The
     
134. Long, Long Trailer, The
     
135. Old Man and the Sea, The (1958)
     
136. Taste of Honey, A
     
137. Niagara
     
138. Babe (1995)
     
139. Sergeant York
     
140. Houdini (1953)
     
141. Sally and Saint Anne
     
142. Court Jester, The
     
143. American President, The
     
144. Come Fill the Cup
     
145. 12:01 (TVM)
     
146. Rasputin (TVM)
     
147. Apartment, The
     
148. Come to the Stable
     
149. Music Man, The
     
150. Searchers, The
     
151. Unforgiven, The (1960)
     
152. Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
     
153. I Am A Fugitive from A Chain Gang
     
154. We're Not Married
     
155. I Want to Live
     
156. Imitation of Life (1959)
     
157. Imitation of Life (1934)
     
158. Heidi (1937)
     
159. Gunga Din
     
160. Brigham Young and the Mormons
     
161. Cheaper by the Dozen
     
162. Little Women (1949)
     
163. King Kong (1933)
     
164. Mighty Joe Young (1949)
     
165. Captains Courageous (1937)
     
166. Moby Dick (1956)
     
167. Farmer's Daughter, The
     
168. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
     
169. Caine Mutiny, The
     
170. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
     
171. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
     
172. Sign of the Cross
     
173. Good Will Hunting
     
174. Fifth Element, The
     
175. Key Largo
     
176. Immortal Beloved
     
177. Public Enemy
     
178. Since You Went Away
     
179. Strange One, The
     
180. Devil at 4 O'Clock, The
     
181. Hanging Tree, The
     
182. Town Without Pity, A
     
183. Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
     
184. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1952)
     
185. Agony and the Ecstasy, The
     
186. El Cid
     
187. Lost World: Jurassic Park, The
     
188. Somewhere in Time
     
189. Miracle Worker, The
     
190. Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
     
191. Tarzan and his Mate (1934)
     
192. Tarzan Finds a Son (1939)
     
193. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
     
194. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
     
195. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
     
196. Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
     
197. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
     
198. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
     
199. Eye of the Needle
     
200. Spikes Gang, The

     Loading up the second hundred films I noticed my list was in much need of revision. Certain films I have seen fairly recently; many not for years. You can probably tell that when I first created this list I jotted down whatever great films I could remember; some in order of their genre, type or sequels. I can see a few films that no longer belong on this list, for example: Seven Cities of Gold, Khartoum and Lillies of the Field. They now seem slow-paced, lackluster and/or dated. Time does not help all films!

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201. Executive Decision
     
202. Rachel and the Stranger
     
203. Best Man, The
     
204. Fail Safe
     
205. Seven Days in May
     
206. Lemon Drop Kid, The
     
207. Seconds
     
208. Man of a Thousand Faces
     
209. Fly Away Home
     
210. Window, The
     
211. Gideon of Scotland Yard
     
212. Lolita
     
213. Thief of Baghdad
     
214. Happy Years, The
     
215. Red Pony, The
     
216. Sitting Pretty
     
217. Apartment for Peggy
     
218. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
     
219. Titanic, The (1953)
     
220. Union Pacific
     
221. Magnificent Seven, The
     
222. Left Hand of God, The
     
223. Johnny Belinda (1948)
     
224. Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
     
225. Nevada Smith
     
226. Two For the Road
     
227. Waiting For Guffman
     
228. Shenandoah
     
229. Midnight Cowboy
     
230. Young Tom Edison
     
231. Edison, The Man
     
232. Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
     
233. Witness for the Prosecution
     
234. Casablanca
     
235. Incredible Shrinking Man, The
     
236. No Man is an Island
     
237. One Million B.C. (1940)
     
238. Jackpot, The
     
239. Quiet Man, The
     
240. Fantastic Voyage
     
241. Godfather Part III, The
     
242. Kentuckian, The
     
243. Tortilla Flat
     
244. Grumpier Old Men
     
245. Titanic (1997)
     
246. Train, The
     
247. Anna and the King of Siam
     
248. 36 Hours
     
249. War Lover, The
     
250. Naked Prey, The
     
251. Little Riders. The (TVM)
     
252. All Mine to Give
     
253. Bad Seed, The (1956)
     
254. How the West Was Won
     
255. And the Band Played On (TVM)
     
256. Talk of the Town
     
257. D.I., The
     
258. Sense and Sensibility
     
259. Keys of the Kingdom
     
260. Easy Way. The
     
261. Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
     
262. What About Bob?
     
263. Pinocchio (Disney)
     
264. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
     
265. Moulin Rouge
     
266. Mister 880
     
267. Caged
     
268. I Remember Mama
     
269. Well, The
     
270. Hasty Heart, The (1949)
     
271. Call Northside 777
     
272. Great Impostor, The
     
273. Sands of the Kalahari
     
274. Patch of Blue, A
     
275. Last of the Mohicans (1992)
     
276. Little Big Man
     
277. Jumanji
     
278. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A
     
279. Sea Wife
     
280. Kiss of Death (1947)
     
281. Mr. Sardonicus
     
282. Guns for San Sebastian
     
283. Easy Rider
     
284. Back to the Future
     
285. People Will Talk
     
286. 84 Charlie Mopic
     
287. Man Behind the Mask
     
288. Goodbye, Miss 4th of July
     
289. Von Ryan's Express
     
290. Man Cried Wolf, The
     
291. Sand Pebbles, The
     
292. Lion King, The
     
293. Last Child, The (TVM)
     
294. Impatient Heart, The
     
295. 20 Million Miles to Earth
     
296. Brian's Song (TVM)
     
297. Fugitive, The (1993 )
     
298. I, Accuse
     
299. Up the Down Staircase
     
300. Starman

     Prior to posting the 3rd hundred films, I revised the list somewhat. Some films I haven't seen in years now fall flat. In such cases I will delete them. Many of these films are only *** star films and the list really should be comprised of **** star films. Still, it seems right to include them.

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301. Powder
     
302. Comic, The
     
303. Savage Innocents, The
     
304. Lost Flight, The
     
305. Johnny Got His Gun
     
306. Where Eagles Dare
     
307. Hidden, The
     
308. Glass House, The (TVM)
     
309. Cardinal, The
     
310. Chaplin
     
311. Westward the Women
     
312. Our Daily Bread
     
313. Gargoyles (TVM)
     
314. Vengeance of Fu Manchu
     
315. Sword of Gideon
     
316. Deep Impact
     
317. Short Walk to Daylight (TVM)
     
318. Family Flight
     
319. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
     
320. MacKenzie Break, The
     
321. Scalphunters, The
     
322. Angels With Dirty Faces
     
323. Stranger, The (1947)
     
324. West World
     
325. Exorcist, The
     
326. Just Be There
     
327. Heartbreak Kid, The
     
328. Emigrants, The
     
329. New Land, The
     
330. Deliverance
     
331. Mr. Holland's Opus
     
332. Man Who Knew too Much, The
     
333. Senior Year
     
334. Andromeda Strain, The
     
335. Grumpy Old Men
     
336. Alive
     
337. Dark Passage
     
338. You'll Like My Mother
     
339. You'll Never See Me Again
     
340. Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The
     
341. Outbreak
     
342. Diary of Ann Frank
     
343. Marx Brothers Go West, The
     
344. Night in Casablanca, A
     
345. Bloodsport (TVM)
     
346. Double Man, The
     
347. Frankenstein: The True Story (TVM)
     
348. Cry Rape!
     
349. Planet of the Apes
     
350. My Fellow Americans
     
351. Execution of Private Slovik, The (TVM)
     
352. Apollo 13
     
353. Story of Jacob and Joseph, The (TVM)
     
354. Last Angry Man, The (TVM)
     
355. Story of Three Loves
     
356. Candidate, The
     
357. Law, The (TVM)
     
358. Gun, The (TVM)
     
359. Wuthering Heights
     
360. Bill: On His Own (TVM)
     
361. Summer of '42, The
     
362. Ed Wood
     
363. Bataan
     
364. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (TVM)
     
365. Legend of Lizzie Borden, The
     
366. Shoes of the Fisherman
     
367. Walking Tall
     
368. Omen, The
     
369. New Centurions, The
     
370. Happy Land, The
     
371. Smile
     
372. Roots (Mini-Series)
     
373. Sunshine Boys, The (1975)
     
374. Parallax View, The
     
375. 21 Hours at Munich (TVM)
     
376. Madness of King George, The
     
377. Count of Monte Cristo, The (TVM)
     
378. Man in the Iron Mask, The (TVM) (1977)
     
379. Bronx Tale, A
     
380. I Will Fight No More Forever (TVM)
     
381. Towering Inferno, The
     
382. Jaws
     
383. Kidnapped (TVM) (1995)
     
384. Babe (TVM) (1975)
     
385. Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (TVM)
     
386. Cabaret
     
387. FBI: Experiment in Terror (TVM)
     
388. Mississippi Burning
     
389. Murder in Mississippi (TVM)
     
390. Class of '44
     
391. Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The (TVM)
     
392. Christmas Story, A
     
393. Relentless (TVM) (1977)
     
394. Islands in the Stream
     
395. Saturday Night Fever
     
396. Holocaust (Mini-Series)
     
397. Studs Lonigan (Mini-Series)
     
398. Breaking Away
     
399. French Connection, The
     
400. Backstairs at the White House (Mini-Series)
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401. Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
     
402. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
     
403. Alien
     
404. Aliens
     
405. Road to Singapore, The
     
406. Predator II
     
407. Strange Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, The (TVM)
     
408. Airplane
     
409. Big Bus, The
     
410. Papillon
     
411. Young Love, First Love (TVM)
     
412. Pocketful of Miracles, A
     
413. Popeye
     
414. Word of Honor (TVM)
     
415. Off the Minnesota Strip (TVM)
     
416. Tale of Two Cities, A (TVM)
     
417. King of the Gypsies
     
418. Pride of Jesse Hallem, The (TVM)
     
419. Sophisticated Gents (TVM)
     
420. Inside the Third Reich (TVM)
     
421. Berlin Tunnel #21 (TVM)
     
422. Matter of Life and Death, A (TVM)
     
423. Day of the Jackal
     
424. Blue Lagoon
     
425. Marathon Man
     
426. Boys From Brazil, The
     
427. Prisoner of Second Avenue, The
     
428. Bitter Harvest (TVM)
     
429. Leave 'Em Laughing (TVM)
     
430. Voices (TVM)
     
431. Goodbye Girl, The
     
432. Of Mice and Men (TVM) (1981)
     
433. Long Way Home (TVM)
     
434. Marion Rose White (TVM)
     
435. An Innocent Love (TVM)
     
436. Ivanhoe (TVM) (1982)
     
437. Rehearsal For Murder (TVM)
     
438. Poltergeist
     
439. Jeremiah Johnson
     
440. Rich Kids
     
441. Hopscotch
     
442. Dressed to Kill
     
443. Scarlet Pimpernel, The (TVM)
     
444. Something So Right (TVM)
     
445. Prince and the Pauper (1937)
     
446. Black Stallion, The
     
447. Who Will Love My Children (TVM)
     
448. Star Trek: the Motion Picture
     
449. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
     
450. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
     
451. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
     
452. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
     
453. V (TVM)
     
454. Tootsie
     
455. Dark Crystal, The
     
456. Conan the Barbarian
     
457. Matter of Sex, A (TVM)
     
458. Christmas Carol, A (TVM) (1984)
     
459. Two Weeks With Love
     
460. Arizona
     
461. Prime Suspect (TVM)
     
462. Lloyds of London
     
463. Fedora
     
464. Christmas Carol, A (1951)
     
465. Seventh Cross, The
     
466. Julia
     
467. Devil and Miss Jones, The
     
468. Chosen, The
     
469. Ffolkes (Assault Force)
     
470. Man in the Wilderness
     
471. Purple Rain
     
472. Crisis at Central High (TVM)
     
473. Last American Virgin, The
     
474. My Bodyguard
     
475. Road Warrior
     
476. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
     
477. Starcrossed (TVM)
     
478. Gods Must Be Crazy, The
     
479. California Girls
     
480. Florence Nightingale (TVM)
     
481. Gotcha
     
482. Indian in the Cupboard
     
483. Mask
     
484. Poseidon Adventure, The
     
485. Brainstorm (1983)
     
486. Love is Never Silent (TVM)
     
487. Lawrence of Arabia
     
488. All the Right Moves
     
489. Emerald Forest, The
     
490. Shadowlands (1993)
     
491. Robocop
     
492. Father Figure (TVM)
     
493. Down and Out in Beverly Hills
     
494. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
     
495. Weird Science
     
496. Labyrinth
     
497. Twice in a Lifetime
     
498. El Norte
     
499. Back to the Future Part III
     
500. Breakfast Club, The
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     Obviously there are still some films that belong much higher on this list. Films like: All the President's Men; El Norte; La Cage Aux Folles and so many more. It's virtually impossible to shuffle them around to where they belong. Just consider this a list of great films, with a few terrific B movies thrown in, and it suffices. I have to admit, some movies on this list are there only because they were made or filmed in my home state. Can you guess what state?
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501. Secret Garden, The (TVM) (1987)
     
502. Road to Rio, The
     
503. Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
     
504. Crusoe
     
505. Beetlejuice
     
506. Driving Miss Daisy
     
507. Midnight Run
     
508. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
     
509. Shoot to Kill
     
510. Back to the Future Part II
     
511. Robocop II
     
512. Dick Tracy (1991)
     
513. Glory
     
514. Steel Magnolias
     
515. Fried Green Tomatoes
     
516. Batman (1989)
     
517. My Girl
     
518. Man in the Moon
     
519. L.A. Confidential
     
520. Sahara (TVM) (1995)
     
521. Black Robe
     
522. Unforgiven (1992)
     
523. Silence of the Lambs
     
524. Untamed Heart
     
525. Purple Haze
     
526. Personals, The
     
527. Downhill Racer
     
528. Abyss, The
     
529. Primal Fear
     
530. Roots II (Mini-Series)
     
531. Edward Scissorhands
     
532. Awakenings
     
533. Big Sky, The
     
534. Homeward Bound (TVM) (1980)
     
535. Field of Dreams
     
536. Terminator, The
     
537. Enemy Mine
     
538. Terminator II: Judgment Day
     
539. White Fang
     
540. Total Recall
     
541. Twins
     
542. Criminal Justice
     
543. Run
     
544. Au Revoir, Les Infants
     
545. Swing Shift
     
546. Racing With the Moon
     
547. Once Upon a Time in America
     
548. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
     
549. Lethal Weapon II
     
550. Goodfellas
     
551. King of Comedy
     
552. Anne of the Thousand Days
     
553. Whales of August, The
     
554. Crumb
     
555. JFK
     
556. High Sierra
     
557. Arthur 2: On the Rocks
     
558. Three Days of the Condor
     
559. Bridges of Madison County, The
     
560. In the Line of Fire
     
561. Sister Act
     
562. K-2
     
563. Cliffhanger
     
564. Sandlot
     
565. City of Joy
     
566. White Water Summer
     
567. Top Secret
     
568. Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home
     
569. Story Lady, The (TVM)
     
570. Mermaids
     
571. Bad News Bears, The
     
572. Amistad
     
573. Power of One, The
     
574. Kingpin
     
575. Mountain, The
     
576. Remains of the Day
     
577. King of the Hill
     
578. China Moon
     
579. Speed
     
580. Mask, The
     
581. To Have and Have Not
     
582. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (TVM)
     
583. What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
     
584. Wagons Roll at Night, The
     
585. Judgment Night
     
586. Indecent Proposal
     
587. Kings of the Sun
     
588. School Ties
     
589. Homecoming (1996)
     
590. If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
     
591. Back to Bataan
     
592. Odyssey, The (TVM)
     
593. Independence Day
     
594. Unlawful Entry
     
595. Kung Fu (TVM)
     
596. Blue Sky
     
597. Farinelli
     
598. Citizen X (TVM)
     
599. Jane Eyre (1996)
     
600. Basic Instinct
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601. Legends of the Fall
     
602. Four Weddings and a Funeral
     
603. Schindler's List
     
604. Gods Must Be Crazy II, The
     
605. Passion Fish
     
606. Disclosure
     
607. Innocent Man, An
     
608. Rob Roy, Highland Rogue (Disney)
     
609. Halls of Montezuma, The
     
610. All Quiet On the Western Front
     
611. White Heat
     
612. Best Years of Our Lives, The
     
613. How Green Was My Valley
     
614. Rain Man
     
615. Man For All Seasons, A
     
616. Man on a Tightrope (1953)
     
617. Damien: Omen II
     
618. Inlaws, The
     
619. Secrets and Lies
     
620. Dave
     
621. Sound of Music, The
     
622. King and I, The
     
623. Third Man, The
     
624. Counterpoint
     
625. Million Dollar Babies (TVM)
     
626. Avalon
     
627. Bounty, The
     
628. Blade Runner
     
629. Bridge too Far, A
     
630. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
     
631. Eleni
     
632. Escape From Alcatraz
     
633. Fire in the Sky (1993)
     
634. Flash Gordon (1980)
     
635. Sling Blade
     
636. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
     
637. Guadalcanal Diary
     
638. Hunter, The (1980)
     
639. Killer Klowns From Outer Space
     
640. Lassiter
     
641. Lust For Life
     
642. Phantom of the Opera (2005)
     
643. Men Don't Leave
     
644. Mission, The
     
645. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
     
646. Night to Remember, A (1958)
     
647. Nighthawks
     
648. No Way Out (1987)
     
649. Player, The
     
650. Quiet Cool
     
651. Radio Days
     
652. Re-Animator
     
653. Red River
     
654. Resurrection
     
655. Microcosmos
     
656. Sommersby
     
657. Bad Day at Black Rock
     
658. Tenth Man, The (TVM)
     
659. To Live and Die in L.A.
     
660. Torrents of Spring
     
661. Uncle Buck
     
662. Valmont
     
663. Vestige of Honor (TVM)
     
664. View to a Kill, A
     
665. Wall Street
     
666. Witness
     
667. Working Girl
     
668. Killing Fields, The
     
669. Terms of Endearment
     
670. Scrooge
     
671. Way Out West
     
672. Sons of the Desert
     
673. Crack in the World
     
674. Bonnie Scotland
     
675. Swiss Miss
     
676. Pack Up Your Troubles
     
677. Road to Hong Kong, The
     
678. Blockheads
     
679. Chump at Oxford, A
     
680. March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) [aka: Babes in Toyland]
     
681. Saps at Sea
     
682. Our Relations
     
683. Fra Diavolo [aka: The Devil's Brother]
     
684. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
     
685. Heaven Help Us
     
686. Mars Attacks!
     
687. Full Metal Jacket
     
688. Maltese Falcon, The
     
689. Paths of Glory
     
690. Topper
     
691. Road to Zanzibar
     
692. Cincinnati Kid, The
     
693. Saving Private Ryan
     
694. Yearling, The (1946)
     
695. Pulp Fiction
     
696. Portrait of Jennie, A
     
697. Champ, The (1931)
     
698. Conspiracy of Hearts
     
699. Singin' in the Rain
     
700. Fairy Tale: A True Story
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701. Mrs. Brown
     
702. Assignment, The
     
703. 300 Spartans
     
704. White Christmas
     
705. Holiday Inn
     
706. Starship Troopers
     
707. Bear, The
     
708. Farewell My Lovely (1975)
     
709. Johnny Tremain
     
710. Rainmaker, The (1997)
     
711. Ghost (1990)
     
712. Jerry Maguire
     
713. Rear Window
     
714. Bug's Life, A
     
715. Breakdown
     
716. Thin Red Line, The
     
717. Stars Wars - Episode I - The Phantom Menace
     
718. Country
     
719. Horse Whisperer, The
     
720. Foreign Correspondent
     
721. Dead Poets Society
     
722. Toy Story 2
     
723. Cider House Rules, The
     
724. Green Mile, The
     
725. October Sky
     
726. Aviator, The [2005]
     
727. As Good As It Gets
     
728. Gladiator
     
729. Cowboys, The
     
730. Dinosaur (2000)
     
731. Patriot, The
     
732. Escape: Human Cargo
     
733. Paradise Road
     
734. Enemy of the State
     
735. Straight Story
     
736. Mystery, Alaska
     
737. Perfect Storm, The
     
738. Under Siege
     
739. Tin Star, The
     
740. Patterns
     
741. Shrek
     
742. Cast Away
     
743. Air Force One
     
744. Hollow Man
     
745. Enemy at the Gate
     
746. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
     
747. Dumb and Dumber
     
748. Eraser
     
749. Galaxy Quest
     
750. Glimmer Man
     
751. Pay It Forward
     
752. 13th Warrior
     
753. Suspect, The
     
754. Three Kings
     
755. U.S. Marshalls
     
756. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
     
757. True Lies
     
758. Lethal Weapon
     
759. White Squall
     
760. Thing, The (1982)
     
761. Thing, The (1951)
     
762. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
     
763. Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The
     
764. Jurassic Park III
     
765. Planet of the Apes (2001)
     
766. Knight's Tale, A
     
767. Space Cowboys
     
768. Contender, The
     
769. Madame Curie
     
770. Lady With a Lamp
     
771. Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
     
772. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
     
773. Rhapsody in Bloom
     
774. Deep End of the Ocean
     
775. Cool, Dry Place, A
     
776. Desert Bloom
     
777. Mystic Pizza
     
778. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
     
779. House of Numbers
     
780. Them!
     
781. Ice Age
     
782. Spider-Man
     
783. Star Wars - Episode II - Attack of the Clones
     
784. Natural, The
     
785. Austin Powers: Goldmember
     
786. Signs
     
787. 1776
     
788. Count of Monte Cristo, The [2001]
     
789. Double Indemnity
     
790. Photographing Fairies
     
791. England, My England
     
792. Stranded
     
793. Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, A
     
794. Behind Enemy Lines
     
795. American Romance, An
     
796. Bourne Identity, The
     
797. Mysterious Island
     
798. Quo Vadis
     
799. Fall of the Roman Empire, The
     
800. Jefferson in Paris
     
801. Roman Holiday
     
802. Les Miserables [1998]
     
803. Collateral Damage
     
804. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
     
805. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
     
806. Ocean's Eleven [2002]
     
807. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
     
808. Elephant Man, The
     
809. Life as a House
     
810. Vatel
     
811. Duellists, The
     
812. Finding Nemo
     
813. X-2: X-Men United
     
814. Daredevil
     
815. Hulk
     
816. Master and Commander
     
817. Journey of August King, The
     
818. They Drive by Night
     
819. Seabiscuit
     
820. Fantastic Voyage
     
821. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
     
822. Purple Heart
     
823. Big Fish
     
824. Secondhand Lions
     
825. All About Eve
     
826. Passion of the Christ, The
     
827. Ivanhoe [1997 - TVM]
     
828. Brother Bear
     
829. Hidalgo
     
830. Shrek 2
     
831. Spiderman 2
     
832. Bowling for Columbine
     
833. Fahrenheit 9/11
     
834. Hellboy
     
835. Detour
     
836. Killing, The
     
837. Kiss Me Deadly
     
838. Bourne Supremacy, The
     
839. I, Robot
     
840. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
     
841. Dr. Zhivago
     
842. Russians Are Coming, The, Russians Are Coming, The
     
843. Shark Tale, A
     
844. Notebook, The
     
845. Painted House, A
     
846. A Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
     
847. Incredibles, The
     
848. Day After Tomorrow, The [2004]
     
849. Alien versus Predator
     
850. Kinsey
     
851. Van Helsing
     
852. Hotel Rwanda
     
853. Dirty War
     
854. Lorna Doone [2004]
     
855. Force 10 from Navarone
     
856. Wild Geese, The
     
857. I Am David
     
858. Robots
     
859. Under Fire
     
860. Salvador
     
861. Warm Springs
     
862. Alexander [Director's Cut]
     
863. Helen of Troy [1955]
     
864. Helen of Troy [2003]
     
865. Troy [2004]
     
866. Meet the Parents
     
867. Meet the Fockers
     
868. Crash
     
869. Madagascar
     
870. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
     
871. Sweet Dreams
     
872. Frances
     
873. Cinderella Man
     
874. King Kong [2005]
     
875. Where the Sidewalk Ends
     
876. Dark Corner
     
877. War of the Worlds [2005]
     
878. Polar Express
     
879. 40 Year Old Virgin
     
880. Last Days of Pompeii [1935]
     
881. Lonesome Dove - Dead Man's Walk [TVM]
     
882. Lonesome Dove - Streets of Laredo [TVM]
     
883. Valiant
     
884. Great Raid, The
     
885. To End All Wars
     
886. Ballad of Cable Hogue, The
     
887. Wild Bunch, The
     
888. Prince and Me, The
     
889. Story of the Weeping Camel, The
     
890. Mudlark, The
     
891. Our Fathers
     
892. Kingdom of Heaven
     
893. King Arthur [2005]
     
894. Zathura
     
895. Henry VIII [2003]
     
896. Mercury Rising
     
897. Dragonfly
     
898. Gold Diggers of 1933
     
899. History of Violence, A
     
900. Just Like Heaven
     
901. Chicken Little
     
902. Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
     
903. Five People You Meet in Heaven [TVM]
     
904. Hiding Place, The [TVM]
     
905. Casanova [2005]
     
906. Pride and Prejudice [2005]
     
907. Tristan and Isolde [2005]
     
908. Flight 93 [TVM]
     
909. No Way Out [1950]
     
910. House on Telegraph Hill, The
     
911. New World, The
     
912. Munich [2005]
     
913. Border Incident [1949]
     
914. Cars
     
915. On Dangerous Ground [1952]
     
916. Broken Trail
     
917. Viking Sagas, The
     
918. United 93
     
919. Brother Bear 2
     
920. Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The
     
921. Pride
     
922. Vertigo

923. Big Heat, The
     
924. Wreck of the Mary Deare, The
     
925. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
     
926. Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A
     
927. Diamonds are Forever
     
928. For Your Eyes Only
     
929. World Trade Center
     
930. Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties
     
931. Babel
     
932. Borat
     
933. Casino Royale [2005]
     
934. Marie Antoinette [2005]
     
935. Departed, The
     
936. Half Nelson
     
937. Prisoner of Zenda, The [1937]
     
938. Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, The
     
939. Illusionist, The
     
940. Hollywoodland
     
941. Flags of Our Fathers
     
942. World Trade Center
     
943. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
     
944. 300
     
945. Big Country, The [1958]
     
946. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
     
947. Letters from Iwo Jima
     
948. So Proudly We Hail
     
949. Becket
     
950. Pan's Labyrinth
     
951. Queen, The
     
952. Les Miserables [1935]
     
953. Les Miserables [1955]
     
954. Spider-Man 3
     
955. Tonight We Raid Calais
     
956. Pope John Paul II [2005 - TVM]
     
957. Holiday, The [2007]
     
958. World Is Not Enough, The
     
959. Man with the Golden Gun, The
     
960. Apocalypto
     
961. Impressionists, The [Mini-Series]
     
962. Bridge to Terabithia
     
963. Breach
     
964. Tomorrow Never Dies
     
965. You Only Live Twice
     
966. World is Not Enough, The
     
967. Colossus of Rhodes, The
     
968. Broken Arrow [1950]
     
969. Home from the Hill
     
970. Miracle in the Rain
     
971. White Feather
     
972. Shooter [2007]
     
973. Iphigenia aka Ifigeneia [1977]
     
974. Zodiac
     
975. Sweet Land
     
976. Last King of Scotland
     
977. Mission of the Shark (TVM)
     
978. Act of Violence [1948]
     
979. Mystery Street [1950]
     
980. Crime Wave [1956]
     
981. Decoy [1946]
     
982. Illegal [1955]
     
983. Big Steal, The [1949]
     
984. They Live by Night [1948]
     
985. Side Street [1950]
     
986. Where Danger Lives [1950]
     
987. Tension [1950]
     
988. Stranger than Fiction
     
989. Bullet for Joey, A
     
990. Woman in the Window, A
     
991. Jungle Book, The [Disney's]
     
992. Seraphim Falls
     
993. 3:10 to Yuma [1957]
     
994. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee [mini-series - 2006]
     
995. Shattered Glass
     
996. Executive Action [1973]
     
997. Transamerica
     
998. Ghost Rider
     
999. Hoax, The
     
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     I thought that since this part of this List is made up mostly of newer films and quite a few older films that I've recently viewed for the first time ever and some that I've seen before but only recently discovered that they hold up very well after multiple viewings that I should explain a few things about my criteria for this List and why it's now pretty much out of order somewhat. My first rule of criteria is that the film is of good Quality [meaning any combination or inclusion of the following.: well written, directed and acted; including excellent cinematography, costuming, editing and an excellent movie score]. My second rule of criteria is Longevity [how well does it hold up over periods of time and after multiple viewings]. The third rule of criteria is Involvment [depending on its genre, how did it affect my emotions, did it warm my heart, did it cause tears or a lump in the throat, did it scare me, make me laugh, did it make me tense?]. Lesser criteria which affects the credibility of my List, but not to myself, would be favored genres, movies about personal things such as ethnicity (Scotland), movies filmed in, or involving, my home State, favorite actors, hobbies, etc. Finally, the logistics involved in updating this List by shuffling newer films which belong towards the top of the List is too complicated using the availiable prgramming thus leaving it merely a List of great movies, not necessarily in order. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1000. Summertime [1955]
      
1001. Affair to Remember, An
      
1002. Bourne Ultimatum, The
      
1003. In the Valley of Elah
      
1004. Beowulf
      
1005. Comanche Moon [mini-series]
      
1006. Michael Clayton
      
1007. No Country for Old Men
      
1008. Dan in Real Life
      
1009. 3:10 to Yuma [2007]
      
1010. I am Legend
      
1011. American Gangster
      
1012. Enchanted
      
1013. There Will Be Blood
      
1014. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem
      
1015. Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street
      
1016. Lars and the Real Girl
      
1017. Cloverfield
      
1018. Pretty Woman
      
1019. Garden of Evil
      
1020. Rawhide [1951]
      
1021. Payback [1999]
      
1022. Dark Blue [2002]
      
1023. Way West, The [1967]
      
1024. Man of the West
      
1025. Deadly Trackers
      
1026. Damn the Defiant
      
1027. Clear and Present Danger, A
      
1028. Patriot Games
      
1029. Tears of the Sun
      
1030. Switchback
      
1031. Man on Fire
      
1032. Madame X
      
1033. Spiderwick Chronicles, The
      
1034. Silent Night [2002 -TVM]
      
1035. Kingdom, The [2007]
      
1036. Yellow Sky
      
1037. It Happened on 5th Avenue
      
1038. Dangerous Crossing
      
1039. Road House [1948]
      
1040. Wall-E
      
1041. Kung Fu Panda
      
1042. Dark Knight, The
      
1043. Of Mice and Men [1939]
      
1044. Far from the Madding Crowd
      
1045. Mr. Bean's Holiday
      
1046. Get Smart [2008]
      
1047. John Adams [mini-series]
      
1048. Professional, The [1994] aka Leon
      
1049. Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The
      
1050. Bolt
      
1051. Marley and Me
      
1052. Doubt
      
1053. Wrestler, The
      
1054. Grey Gardens [2009]
      
1055. Taking Chance
      
1056. Gran Torino
      
1057. Western Union [1941]
      
1058. Grey Gardens/The Beales of Grey Gardens
      
1059. Taken [2008]
      
1060. Lonely are the Brave
      
1061. Valkrie
      
1062. Malaya
      
1063. Watchmen
      
1064. Office Space
      
1065. Crossing Over [2009]
      
1066. Star Trek [2009]
      
1067. District 9
      
1068. Changeling [2008]
      
1069. Wagon Master [1950]
      
1070. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet [1940]
      
1071. Up
      
1072. Lost in Yonkers
      
1073. Jason and the Argonauts
      
1074. A Serious Man
      
1075. Hurt Locker, The
      
1076. Twilight
      
1077. Temple Grandin
      
1078. Toy Story 3
      
1079. Frost/Nixon
      
1080. Nights in Rodanthe
      
1081. Road, The [2009]
      
1082. Up in the Air
      
1083. Man in the Iron Mask [1998]
      
1084. Tuck Everlasting
      
1085. Anti-trust
      
1086. Twilight: A New Moon
      
1087. Capitalism: A Love Story
      
1088. The Phenix City Story [1955]
      
1089. Precious
      
1090. Clash of the Titans [2010]
      
1091. Kick-Ass
      
1092. Brothers Rico, The [1957]
      
1093. Young Victoria
      
1094. Blackhawk Down
      
1095. Rome Adventure
      
1096. Operation: Daybreak
      
1097. Wild North, The
      
1098. Elf
      
1099. Centurion [2010]
      
1100. Predators
      
1101. Magic of Ordinary Days, The [TVM]
      
1102. Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, The