All-Time Favorite Films

Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)

#1 VERTIGO (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)

A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)

#2 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968, Stanley Kubrick)

Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)

#3 CASABLANCA (1942, Michael Curtiz)

Gone With The Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)

#4 GONE WITH THE WIND (1939, Victor Fleming)

The Birds (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)

# 5 THE BIRDS (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)

The Searchers (1956, John Ford)

#6 THE SEARCHERS (1956, John Ford)

Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)

#7 PSYCHO (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)

The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)

#8 THE GRADUATE (1967, Mike Nichols)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)

#9 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962, David Lean)

Obsession (1976, Brian De Palma)

#10 OBSESSION (1976, Brian De Palma)

Cinema Paradiso (1989, Giuseppe Tornatore)

#11 CINEMA PARADISO (1989, Giuseppe Tornatore)

The Big Country (1958, William Wyler)

#12 THE BIG COUNTRY (1958, William Wyler)

Dodsworth (1936, William Wyler)

#13 DODSWORTH (1936, William Wyler)

The Little Foxes (1941, William Wyler)

#14 THE LITTLE FOXES (1941, William Wyler)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme)

#15 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991, Jonathan Demme)

The Godfather Part I & II (1972-74, Francis Ford Coppola)

#16 THE GODFATHER PART I & II (1972-74, Francis Ford Coppola)

All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

#17 ALL ABOUT EVE (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)

#18 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, Frank Capra)

Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)

#19 REBECCA (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)

Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick)

#20 BARRY LYNDON (1975, Stanley Kubrick)

The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)

#21 THE SHINING (1980, Stanley Kubrick)

Rio Bravo (1959, Howard Hawks)

#22 RIO BRAVO (1959, Howard Hawks)

Ben-Hur (1959, William Wyler)

#23 BEN-HUR (1959, William Wyler)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Steven Spielberg)

#24 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982, Steven Spielberg)

Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg)

#25 JAWS (1975, Steven Spielberg)

Halloween (1978, John Carpenter)

#26 HALLOWEEN (1978, John Carpenter)

Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski)

#27 ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968, Roman Polanski)

Persona (1966, Ingmar Bergman)

#28 PERSONA (1966, Ingmar Bergman)

Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)

#29 REAR WINDOW (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)

Excalibur (1981, John Boorman)

#30 EXCALIBUR (1981, John Boorman)

The Right Stuff (1983, Philip Kaufman)

#31 THE RIGHT STUFF (1983, Philip Kaufman)

Paths of Glory (1957, Stanley Kubrick)

#32 PATHS OF GLORY (1957, Stanley Kubrick)

Miss Julie (1951, Alf Sjöberg)

#33 MISS JULIE (1951, Alf Sjöberg)

Spartacus (1960, Stanley Kubrick)

#33 SPARTACUS (1960, Stanley Kubrick)

The Elephant Man (1980, David Lynch)

#34 THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980, David Lynch)

Cabaret (1972, Bob Fosse)

#35 CABARET (1972, Bob Fosse)

Oliver! (1968, Carol Reed)

#36 OLIVER! (1968, Carol Reed)

West Side Story (1961, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins)

#37 WEST SIDE STORY (1961, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins)

The Sound of Music (1965, Robert Wise)

#38 THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965, Robert Wise)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966, Sergio Leone)

#39 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, Sergio Leone)

The Miracle Worker (1962, Arthur Penn)

#40 THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962, Arthur Penn)

Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)

#41 DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944, Billy Wilder)

Red River (1948, Howard Hawks)

#42 RED RIVER (1948, Howard Hawks)

The Heiress (1949, William Wyler)

#43 THE HEIRESS (1949, William Wyler)

Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder)

#44 SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959, Billy Wilder)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Sergio Leone)

#45 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968, Sergio Leone)

The Quiet Man (1952, John Ford)

#46 THE QUIET MAN (1952, John Ford)

The Red Shoes (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

#47 THE RED SHOES (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

Black Narcissus (1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

#48 BLACK NARCISSUS (1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

The Shadow of A Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock)

#49 THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943, Alfred Hitchcock)

Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)

#50 NOTORIOUS (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)

On the Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan)

#51 ON THE WATERFRONT (1954, Elia Kazan)

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965, Martin Ritt)

#52 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM COLD (1965, Martin Ritt)

Dressed to Kill (1980, Brian De Palma)

#53 DRESSED TO KILL (1980, Brian De Palma)

All the President’s Men (1976, Alan J. Pakula)

#54 ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976, Alan J. Pakula)

1900 (1976, Bernardo Bertolucci)

#55 1900 (1976, Bernardo Bertolucci)

Harakiri (1962, Masaki Kobayashi)

#56 HARAKIRI (1962, Masaki Kobayashi)

High and Low (1963, Akira Kurosawa)

#57 HIGH AND LOW (1963, Akira Kurosawa)

Samurai Rebellion (1967, Masaki Kobayashi)

#58 SAMURAI REBELLION (1967, Masaki Kobayashi)

Straw Dogs (1971, Sam Peckinpah)

#59 STRAW DOGS (1971, Sam Peckinpah)

The Innocents (1961, Jack Clayton)

#60 THE INNOCENTS (1961, Jack Clayton)


One Response to “All-Time Favorite Films”

  1. An impressive list but from my perspective would be better with Shane, The Wild Bunch and few more noirs on it. However, they are your choices and that’s the beauty and fun of it. Each of us have our own favorites for whatever the reason. I savor White Heat, The Wizard of Oz and Singing In The Rain, and there are moments when Night and the City (Dassen), The Bridge On The River Kwai (Lean) and The Maltese Falcon (Huston) would faind a spot on my listing. Till Then.

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