15 Films Steven Spielberg Wants You to See

[@jayintn71]

Here’s the list: THE SEARCHERS THE SHINING THE DARK KNIGHT LAWRENCE OF ARABIA THE SEVEN SAMURAI GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY PSYCHO DUNE: CHAPTER 2 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH THE GODFATHER FANTASIA CITIZEN KANE THE 400 BLOWS IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE There. Saved you 11 minutes.

[@Herm7es]

😂🎉❤ Thanks?

[@Herm7es]

That's supposed to be Thanks!

[@Herm7es]

LOL😅🎉

[@Herm7es]

With an Exclamation point, not a question mark!

[@Herm7es]

❤🎉😊

[@douglaswaterson7107]

So, no actual list from Spielberg then, just a list of films that we know he has spoken well of, which is fine, but misleading.

[@michelleyamamotoart]

Thanks for saving me 13 minutes 😉

[@ronaldmarcks1842]

Like Trump and Musk, KZbin developers are increasingly rationalizing title inaccuracy by saying. "What the heck, if it gets us what we want, it's good enough." So yesterday.

[@gunterangel]

Little correction: the statement at 9:55 that french director François Truffaut had his first and only acting job in Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" isn't quite correct . It may have been his only appearance as an actor in an AMERICAN movie. But Truffaut actually acted in several of his own french movies before. Some of his appearances are mere cameos. But in three of his own movies he actually played major parts: 1970 in "L' Enfant sauvage"; 1973 in "La Nuit américaine"; 1978 in "La Chambre verte" .

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yes. Truffaut was great. A real tragedy that he and Sellers died so young. .

[@gusandthetv]

It seems like chat GPT made this video...

[@lewismcnulty8737]

@@gusandthetv yes so annoying this slop is taking over

[@richardenglish2195]

Also, he was rather dismissive of the script for Close Encounters. He only took the job to raise finance for The Last Metro.

[@rosieloomoonmcbeth3189]

@lewismcnulty8737 The narrator sounds like the same guy’s channel, a million movies.

[@adriandorman7511]

In the 1970s a City centre cinema announced that, for just ONE performance, they would be showing Disney's Fantasia. I was one of thousands that flocked in the vain hope that I could secure a seat. Major highways were blocked and there was utter chaos. Police moved in and failed to cope. Eventually, a loudspeaker van announced that all the seats were sold, BUT, additional performances were being arranged for the following weeks. I finally got a seat on my 3rd or 4th attempt.

[@rs8197-dms]

I can't remember exactly, it was a very long time ago, but I saw fantasia around 1981 in a movie theatre that no longer even exists. At the time, I had not yet swung over to classical music as much as I would in coming years, so the music featured was still relatively fresh to me, some heard a few times, some not yet heard. After all these years I can still remember most of the movie, quite something for a movie seen once about 43 years ago.

[@UteChewb]

In the 70s they had an anniversary remaster of the film and I saw on the local biggish screen. I had seen clips on Disney, and *loved* them. Finally saw the whole thing, and it was even better than I thought. When VHS came out I bought the video. Maybe time to buy the DVD or bluray.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

@@UteChewb Wait until you see the South Park parody of it, starring Mr. Hanke raising havoc in Boulder, or wherever the Hollywood dooshbags hold their little film-fest with Robert Redford.

[@willisknapick4405]

City centre where? Curious.

[@DavidStewart-v5e]

what country was this in? Because I easily saw Fantasia in the U.S. multiple times.

[@Lp-ze1tg]

Lawrence of Arabia is really something

[@gabithemagyar]

I was a kid when it came out. Watched it in the theatre 9 times in a couple of weeks !!! (movies were cheap for kids at the time :-) )

[@america1st721]

pack a lunch

[@alundavies1016]

It is a beautiful film. The acting is brilliant, the cinematography is magnificent, the story epic.

[@beecnul8r]

L of A was based on the book written by Lawrence. His massive EGO shines through in both media. OToole should have won an Oscar.

[@alundavies1016]

@ he should have won “most ridiculously blue eyes” if nothing else

[@jasonwebster9300]

We already know Spielberg has said himself he loves Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Searchers (1956), Seven Samurai (1954), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Godfather (1972) and It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

Thinking about the list of directors, which one would get dropped to include Spielberg? None I suspect. Direction is not just the visual aspect, there is also the need to coax performances out of everyone day after day. (Perhaps Nolan)

[@scribe570]

@@etherealbolweevil6268 John Huston's only two directions: "A little slower." "A little faster." Although he was incredibly helpful in helping his actors find the key to their characters when discussing them. But he didn't give them direction while they were acting. Most good directors feel if you hire the right actor, they will figure out how to play their characters. That's the actor's job.

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

@@scribe570 Was Huston in the list?

[@jackc5057]

Godfather I and II still give me chills. Nothing else matters.

[@johnbrowne2170]

I never wanted Godfather 1 to end.

[@chrissnuggs]

Hate glorification of brutal parasitic criminals.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

That's a little like saying "Oxygen is my favorite bodily need. Nothing else matters."

[@foujj]

"The boy who made the fish movie" this from the guy who made the Bird movie.

[@silvas2308]

Not equal, at the moment Hitchcock was famous for dozens of great movies (and never considered Birds as his great one) while Spielberg had just fish movie...

[@foujj]

@@silvas2308 No amount of talent justifies snobbery.

[@silvas2308]

@@foujj ​ That's objective evaluation of Spielberg at that period, nothing to do with snobbery. One good movie doesn't make you great director. Probably it pushed Spielberg to further improvements.

[@johnbrowne2170]

Jaws is better than anything Hitchcock ever did.

[@silvas2308]

@@johnbrowne2170 You can be fanboy as long as you wish but reality says opposite. For instance, IMDB score for Jaws is 8.1 against 8.5 for Psycho ;)

[@brucekuehn4031]

I’m surprised that Billy Wilder is not remembered better today as both a writer and director from dark drama to light comedy. Some titles - Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, etc, etc. In a long career, he had 21 Academy Award nominations with 7 wins.

[@scribe570]

I think he's terrific, and he did it in an adopted culture and language. His movies capture aspects of America so well, and his scripts really make clever use of American vernacular - from the flirting scene between Fred McMurray and Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity to the corporate-speak of C. C. Baxter's company in the Apartment (buddy-boy, That's how it crumbles cookie-wise).

[@alexalex13131]

Wilder has two films on my top ten list: Sunset Blvd. and The Apartment. Mr. Spielberg has several in my top 100 list with probably E.T. in front.

[@deborahcrawford9079]

Agreed

[@jackmessick2869]

Why he isn't remembered much today? He didn't do sequels nor did he do superhero films 😂. And his films are in "boring" black and white; why watch it?🙄

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@jackmessick2869 Tongue firmly in cheek?

[@MichaelSeanOBrien]

Hi, I strongly believe "Steven Spielberg and "Sydney Pollack" would include "The Bridge on the River Kwai". * Another film is Directed by the legendary, "David Lean." "The Bridge on the River Kwai" is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made. It was the highest-grossing film of 1957 and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. The film won Seven ( 7 ) Academy Awards ( including Best Picture ) at the 30th Academy Awards. In 1957, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. * In another video interview, Steven Spielberg said" "The Bridge on the River Kwai was one of the best films of all time." * I "agree" with Steven Spielberg and hope that you do too ? "Semper Fi" Mike in Montana :)

[@Joe_J-MT_Boy]

I remember seeing it when I was pretty young and being totally captivated by it. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

[@agnesvanya2329]

I would put all of David Lean's films in the must-see category. Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, A Passage to India, and all of the others. And of course, The Bridge on the River Kwai is one of the best films of all time. Lean described himself as "a cutter" first (a film editor). In a documentary about Lean's work, Spielberg paid tribute to his editing skill by dissecting an early scene in Doctor Zhivago that he thought was brilliantly cut.

[@jasonwebster9300]

Spielberg also loves Star Wars (1977). He was the first of the friends of George Lucas to say it had potential be good and successful blockbuster.

[@beecnul8r]

The Searchers and Stagecoach were not only great movies but also starred John Wayne. The fantastic setting for The Searchers was perfect.

[@MaritSderlund]

Sorry , but i cant stand John Wayne .

[@AllenAriasMartinez]

There is an entire backstory to the setting for the film. If I recall, they actually had to build a road to reach it due to it's remoteness. I believe it was on an Indian reservation, but not sure.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

@@MaritSderlund Ask your wife's boyfriend why John Wayne was popular.

[@Mark-g2m7v]

​@MaritSderlund sorry but I can't stand you lol.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

John Wayne has an incredible diction. I'm French and I also speak Spanish, I never heard a dubbing that pays homage to his unique phrasing. My favorite Ford's movie with the duke is "The man who shot Liberty Valance", which had an interesting political side and... Vera Miles.

[@jasonwebster9300]

Steven Spielberg served as 2nd unit director on Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). He directed the famous “I have the high ground” scene the “Order 66” montage.

[@Comictalent]

Is that true? Never heard that - kinda funny that Spielberg was responsible for the best directed scene in a Lucas movie.

[@9Point8]

These lists are great for starting discussions, not as an absolute! Who cares about technical prowess when what really matters is our own reaction to the film. I have gotten bored trying to watch Lawrence and Cane, but loved Wonderful Life, Star wars when it first came out in the 70’s, as well as Back to the future. Who cares what anyone else thinks if you loved it!

[@DATo_DATonian]

I totally agree with you. I can't count the number of times I was appalled by the winners of Academy Awards which/who were crap while truly excellent films and acting performances were ignored by the so-called "experts" of the Academy. A case in point: the _excellent_ movie, _The Joy Luck Club_ didn't even get ONE NOMINATION despite the number of first class performances, cinematography and story. Another that blew my mind was Christian Bale's performance when he was a child in _Empire Of The Sun_ .... again, not even a nomination. It was one of the finest child actor performances in history and he wasn't even nominated, much less won.

[@9Point8]

But I don’t make a hole responses

[@countalucard4226]

Throughout The Searchers John Wayne used the phrase “That’ll be the day”. Buddy Holly after seeing movie immediately went home and wrote. You know what song.

[@peterwinters8587]

Spielberg left out Jaws, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan

[@christopherpaul7588]

I don't think he would mention his own movies.

[@peterwinters8587]

@@christopherpaul7588 sarcasm alert

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

​​@@christopherpaul7588 He would never do that. Samuel L Jackson would mention Nick Fury

[@Freddydemaesschalck]

Samuel L. Jackson would say The one that say's bad motherfucker

[@qqw743]

Not just because he made them, but because none of those is all that good. Spielberg was never a great director. He was a popular director, and in this case there's.a difference. Try going back and watching these. They don't hold. up.

[@JohnVC]

Fun fact: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were good friends when each were making Close Encounters and Star Wars around the same time... So they each decided to give 2.5% of their profits to the other guy as a "friendly" bet, thinking the other guy would make a more profitable film. Turns out Spielberg basically won $40 million on that bet, since Star Wars was way more profitable.

[@KimberlyCrichton]

Coppola was the third pal in their film school class.

[@alcydevan1221]

Very US cinema centred choice😊

[@paulbadoo9326]

Spielberg should do a horror film. The closest is Schindler's List, but the monsters were real.

[@JoeMinneci]

On the Waterfront belongs on any lists of great movies

[@johnbrowne2170]

It's better than Citizen Kane.

[@waynej2608]

And Casablanca.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

Yah, but Hollywood commies hate it.

[@kevstreet]

I think it’s fair to think that if he’s including The Godfather that The Godfather Part II should make this list. There’s an argument to be made that it’s equally as good.

[@SimonNesgaard]

They are both equally great in.my opinion. 3 is a gigantic flop.

[@TheListenerCanon]

@@SimonNesgaard I thought 3 never existed.😉

[@RonnieRowe-il7eq]

The Searchers is AWESOME 👌

[@joesantonocito6751]

Sidney Lumet 12 angry men is not mentioned, for sure should have been on his list.....

[@philipgior3312]

Several of Lumet's films could easily have been on his list

[@Dtubez]

A pretty believable list really...

[@Daniel-u3f9k]

Fantasia is one of the most beautiful films ever made.

[@ct6852]

Always thought of him as a Disney fan, but didn't think he would admit it that readily. He definitely does bring some of that Disney magic dust to stories that are more adult. He might be the closest to that than any other filmmaker working outside that studio.

[@reneeparker7475]

The only movie I would add to this list is the very first Science Fiction with a powerful message, "Metropolis" filmed in 1927 with Fritz Lang directing. Every piece of it was a first as far as the imaging, from the opening scene to the last.

[@Stratmanable]

But this is about Spielberg's opinion, not yours.

[@dlphcoracl9645]

An extraordinary film that was decades ahead of its time.

[@eugeniaalverno3960]

I am surprised that Mr. Spielberg did non mention, besides the above Metropolis, any other movie of the German expressionism, or the French movies of Renoir , Carne', or the films of the Italian neorealism, (Open city, Germany year zero - Rossellini) , ( Bicycle thieves - De Sica), and the films of Eisenstein ( Battleship Potemkin, Ivan the terrible, Alexander Nevsky) to name a few. It will be interesting to know his opinion.

[@reneeparker7475]

@@Stratmanable I know that. I agreed with all of his choices but I am aloud to voice my opinion.

[@alidabaxter5849]

I am elderly now, and have always been fascinated by film and ground-breaking movies, and I still remember that my mother (born 1907) raved about Metropolis and said that although she loved many modern films, it was unparalleled at the time. Surely that's the point, it's not taking away from Spielberg to admire Metropolis or indeed the work of French directors in the 1960s.

[@zhad895]

He gave Kubrick 2 out of the 11. What a great and well deserved compliment!

[@RobDTom]

Lawrence is my favorite film of all time

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

Mine, too.

[@David-dc3nk]

It will always be one of the greatest films ever made, all the haters can go to Hell!

[@sebastianalegria3401]

A few years ago, Spielberg said he was afraid of A.I., however he created movies with A.I. through Jurassic Park, on the other hand we're still lucky to have him alive with Marty Scorsese.

[@GregKroll-u1x]

of spies

[@SamCalvin-hw1nj]

Do you mean AI or CGI?

[@TeddyLeppard]

The Searchers is a devastating movie. Underrated. And I'd love to see Spielberg make some serious horror movies. I think he'd be outstanding in that genre.

[@beecnul8r]

It is very sad that hardly anyone sees The Searchers and Stage Coach. TS was a wonderful movie die to its setting and the cast was outstanding. Natalie Woods first movie. John Wayne made a huge impression on both.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

Poltergeist

[@moonriverdiver]

Bridge of Spies

[@David-dc3nk]

Not only Spielberg doing horror movies, but also another director who IMO could do some just as easily as Spielberg. The director? Christopher Nolan.

[@boon-yinglee4493]

Fellini’s 8 1/2

[@thierryf2789]

It is so silly to pretend that 2001 challenges everything we know about evolution.

[@jamshiddindoust4293]

All are great and beautiful films. Thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@derekdavis9136]

People that say that he isn’t about “alien or comic book movies”…he mad E.T. So stop saying he doesn’t enjoy them. Spielberg is open to do anything if the story is right. He made the greatest shark and ocean movie ever and he made the greatest dinosaur movie ever made. He’s unbelievable. Brilliant mastermind with directing

[@davidpowell3469]

My roommate (back in the day) used to rewatch the Shining all the time and laughed hysterically through it all.

[@rosswatson9144]

Really shows the importance of inspiration… That one of the greatest directors of all time stands on the experience of all these other great directors… It’s all interconnected.

[@slowswimmer9169]

most of these are the favorites of most cinephiles

[@MusiciansWithVision]

Which is why none of them, with the exception of Lawrence of Arabia, which is still playing it safe, appear on the movies that draw me in; his taste in movies is unbelievably YAWN predictable!

[@Хишгээ-з8и]

@@MusiciansWithVision wow you're so edgy, Lord Edgy McEdgeface,

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@Хишгээ-з8и Most of Spielberg's favorites are technically great, I suppose, but lack something like heart. Yeah, that's right, I have an opinion.

[@blackmore4]

@@MusiciansWithVision What are your 15 picks?

[@MusiciansWithVision]

​@@blackmore4 Would need to give that some serious thoughts, many contenders come to mind so reducing the list to 15 picks isn't easy, but I have to say I'm shocked by how predictable the choices of top directs are, it's almost like they are picking movies they think they are supposed to pick, and though there is no disputing the genius of some of their work, they seem to lack all appreciation for subtlety; that is one tool missing from their arsenal!

[@yvonneplant9434]

Saw Lawrence of Arabia last night in Philadelphia! 🎉

[@ofdrumsandchords]

I have seen it a few times, Omar Sharif coming like a flame on the desert is one of my favorite sequence in the history of cinema. Obviously, David Lean watched Eisenstein.

[@PaulRoehl-fi1iw]

The only choice that surprised me was the DeMille movie until he explained it was Spielberg's first theater movie at age 5. I know it won Best Picture oscar but that doesn't mean much

[@Cerestes]

Dr Stangelove is the greatest film of alltime and Kubrick is the greatest director of alltime

[@ynp1978]

My list....Seven Days in May.....Casablanca.......Psycho........Planet of the Apes (1968).......Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)......North by Northwest.......A Night to Remember.......Dirty Harry......Zulu....The Treasure of the Sierra Madre........The Bridge on the River Kwai.......Elmer Gantry.......In the Heat of the Night.......Back to the Future......High Noon.

[@user-hm5zb1qn6g]

good list

[@kristinapfutzner4225]

A true Burt Lancaster fan there, I'm sure

[@ynp1978]

@@kristinapfutzner4225 He is pretty good....but there is also two Bogart movies on my list as well.

[@norwegianblue2017]

My list (without Spielberg movies): Lawrence of Arabia The Graduate The Godfather Alien Blade Runner Ferris Bueller's Day Off Aliens Scarface The Shining Pulp Fiction Dazed and Confused Fargo Goodfellas The Big Lebowski There Will Be Blood

[@ynp1978]

Oh wow! I can't believe I left off Ben Hur! I would have to make room for that somewhere!?

[@joseortiz3582]

My list? Attack of the Crab Monsters, King Kong 1933, It came from outer Space, Teenagers vs the Spiders[or Spider vs Earth], Godzilla 1955, I was a Teenage Werewolf, I was a teenage Frankenstein & The beast of 20,000 Leagues!😋😋🙂

[@joseortiz3582]

Also The Wasp Woman 1959?

[@hiyadoing-j3f]

how do you do a video citing "Steven Spielberg's favorite 15 films' and NOT show Spielberg talking about any of them??? THUMBS DOWN AND BLOCKED

[@kevinwhelan9607]

Well said.

[@markpotter6594]

Get over it 🤣

[@pauljones1376]

My thoughts switched off

[@TavoTejon4169]

I don't remember eating corn? 🌽

[@Stratmanable]

You'll be missed...

[@sivacrom]

I'm surprised he didn't include North by Northwest. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was so obviously influenced by that film.

[@David-dc3nk]

As was in a way "Interstellar" influenced by "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

[@patrickaraujo7360]

Why is not there "City of God"? He could not sleep until someone didn't gave him the phone of the director and called him at 3am for he explain how the opening scene was made.

[@benschulz2166]

Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955. masterpiece

[@warrenpeece1726]

I'm pretty sure Evil Roy Slade was his #16.

[@theaccidentalsenior]

Why isn’t Spielberg telling us his list but you?

[@ricardodsavant2965]

I'd substitute The Big Lebowski for Dune 2.

[@MsTimothyswan]

Two of the films that were mentioned here are also two of the greatest motion pictures that I have ever had the honor of watching more than one time; It's A Wonderful Life and Fantasia. Now, knowing that a film director such as Steven Spielberg enjoys these films as well, means that they truly are cinematic masterpieces.

[@armchairflaneur]

‘The Last Picture Show’ is the best American film I have seen but no American seems to have even heard of it.

[@brom6941]

The guy who walked up to the screen during 2001 was most likely high on acid😵‍💫

[@GrotrianSeiler]

THE 400 BLOWS is one of the greatest films of all time. Stunning on so many levels.

[@douglasfortin9711]

What about, "Hercules in New York" "Teenage Caveman" and "The Terror of Tiny Town"?

[@warrennelson4286]

I enjoyed seeing this list and want to see Guardians of the Galaxy

[@SLAMT1LT]

And the Spielberg Masterpieces... Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters, ET, Jurassic Park and Schlender's List. I count 6, which is insane for 1 director.

[@billfisher9238]

DeMille's GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH is also a guilty pleasure of mine. but i've always loved it. i don't get the hate piled on it in recent years. i find that so many so-called younger film critics trash it because everyone else does. i don't think several have actually sat down to watch it. so many pleasures from that movie.

[@Thadmotor1044]

Now more than ever are films , that have greater meaning now . The Best Years of Our Lives , Mr Smith Goes to Washington , Battleground, 1776 , and Casablanca

[@purselmer5931]

Thought The Best Years of Our Lives and Casablanca should be on the list.

[@EdouardBManoukian]

"City Lights", especially the ending. No movie can match this.

[@CUMBICA1970]

"The Greatest Show on Earth" really enchanted me as a kid. I saw on a black and white TV and still it was thrilling. It had real gripping scenes with no trickery. It was a documentary in a sense. Funny in the same year I saw ET by Spielberg, my first ever time I went to a movie theater.

[@petersmithson4644]

Everybody’s got their own list.

[@RobertDeMartin]

Nice. But I like to watch movies which move me emotionally. I'm not really paying attention, especially the first time I'm watching a film, to all the incredible work put into the movie. Here are three of my favorites: ET: I was on the road and when the project I was working on wasn't ready they told me come back in about 3 hours. I asked them was there a movie theater near by and they told me 'downtown'. This all happened in 1982. When I arrived at the theater there was a line waiting to go in. Huh? I had no idea what I going to see. I was just going to kill the better part of 3 hours. When the previous showing was over the people came out and walked right by us. They all looked so sad and their eyes didn't drift off looking at people getting ready to go in. Wow! What is this all about? ET started and I immediately wondered, "What is this? A movie for kids?" Well, when I got up and left the movie theater I knew why those people I saw leaving the show before I went in looked like they did. I became one of them. I will be very honest and tell you I was completely in shock. I DON'T CARE WHAT AGE YOU ARE, YOU MUST WATCH 'ET'. Why? Just watch it. And if you want to, watch it with your kids or have them watch it alone without you. Why? Perhaps you wouldn't want them to see you react so emotionally. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS: Starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (I believe in his first leading role). It explains the life of two young people very confused about the situations they find themselves in. As in great movies which become classics, the supporting cast was incredible. Today's young people can learn lessens from watching this movie. And, IF YOU ARE A BIG NATALIE WOOD FAN, OMG, THIS, WITHOUT QUESTIONS WAS HER FINEST PERFORMANCE EVER. FIRST KNIGHT: Starring Julia Ormond, Richard Gere and Sean Connery (in a supporting role). This Medieval times classic is an absolute fun movie to watch. Heroics, humor, romance, great story line, it was everything. Julia Ormond was fantastic. Besides enjoying the film you will witness, in my opinion the greatest kiss I have ever seen in a movie. Of course, IT'S A MUST YOU MUST WATCH THE ENTIRE MOVIE LEADING UP TO THE KISS. Let me put it this way, when they shot the scene, when it was over, no one moved an inch around the set including the director. I would have loved to be there. I can just imagine everyone waiting for the director to say something and when he finally spoke he said something to the effect, "Well, does anyone here believe we have to do another shot of this scene?" Silence. "I didn't think so."

[@beancount61]

I never understood the fascination with The Dark Knight. It was a jumble of scenes with practically no story tying them together.

[@garyanderson9467]

I like his list,

[@pchinnIII]

Godfather and The Searchers about it for a list.

[@juanmonge7418]

Why don’t they mention: Breakin 2 Electric Bugaloo . You know you love it.

[@bobbyderen5661]

His best movie ever was “Used Cars.”

[@stonethugmusic]

❤ My first boss nice man 🎉

[@UnlicensedOkie]

I truly believe It’s a Wonderful Life belongs up there among the greatest movies of all time. At least top 10. It’s a movie I’ve seen countless times and I could still put it on at any day and enjoy every minute like it was my first time watching it.

[@krishnanukala6369]

No Satyajit Ray? Although I agree with many in the list, there are many movies which are far better than many included.

[@Robert-r4s4c]

The Searchers could be the best movie ever made, with Paths of Glory not far behind. My favourite 3 non- Spielberg movies are ... 1. The Searchers. 2. Paths of Glory. 3. 12 Angry Men.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

The Searchers is excellent, not my favorite Ford's movie (The man who shot Liberty Valance), the two others are more movies for the mind, not for the eyes. Paths of glory is perfect, a real shock. I disagree for the 12 angry men, interesting but a little too simplistic.

[@markh.]

Spielberg must have been in a very good mood that day or on quaaludes to heap such words on Dune 2, while it's a very good film it's nowhere close to deserving such hyperbole of praise.

[@keithf_]

Yeah for me both Dune films were OK, but I dontvregard them as great. Alien, on the other hand a great movie as is 'The Haunting' (1963)

[@KimberlyGould-w2s]

Agree. I thought Dune 2 was long and boring. I liked the first film

[@Mo_Ketchups]

Kane was made as a clever plot to spot future generations of “fillum” phonies. The emperor’s stark naked. 😐

[@TheSaltydog07]

Not one Michael Powell/ Emeric Pressburger film. 😑

[@nunyabizness6595]

Are they the guys who did that amazing film Stairway to Heaven?

[@scribe570]

@@nunyabizness6595 You mean the amazing "A Matter of Life and Death" which has a stairway to heaven in it. Yes, those two are sooo original.

[@brianreid8951]

Not to mention Empire of the Sun considered a failure but truly Spielberg's best attempt at David Lean style filmmaking!

[@DaveLL500]

Pretty sure he threw in GotG and Dune2 as fillers to avoid it being called a boomer list. I mean can you really see those movies as a top 15 of anyone over 60?

[@griffinbrfilmes]

I mean, yeah, i would put Dune 2 high on a list.

[@VCT3333]

My replacement in this 15 would be Goodfellas instead of Godfather for the Mob movie, and It Happened One Night instead of It's a Wonderful Life for a Capra movie. Comedy is underrated and really hard to do. And 30s screwball comedies were great.

[@franksullivan1873]

I could agree with many of his picks ,but I was sadly surprised that he didn’t mention,”Night of the Hunter”,which was quite a scary movie and essentially was one of the best movies in the film noir genre.Directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum,Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish,it definitely deserves a mention.

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Alien, Blade Runner, Dune 1&2, Arrival, Brother Where Art thou, The Good, Bad, Ugly, Europa Report, Ender's Game, Man on Fire

[@davidleedutton]

I'm glad to see The Greatest Show on Earth get some love from someone with good taste after seeing it on so many lists of the worst Oscar-winning movies. It's terrifically entertaining.

[@alansimon1354]

Great content, narrated entertainingly and beautifully nutshelled into 11 minutes, thanks

[@MartinezParamo]

I trust more that Quentin Tarantino has superior taste when it comes to cinema.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

QT knows everything about cinema. Too bad his movies are not on the level of his incredible knowledge, all these people killing each others in Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, 8 Morons, and s..t ? Django is quite a good western, but he kills his bad guy too soon.

[@irreduciblerascal]

Yes, an awesome list of films, no arguments there! I'd also add: Barry Lyndon, Star Wars TESB, The Godfather Part 2.

[@Jack-fs2im]

SEVEN SAMURAI=MAGNIFICENT SEVEN .ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE = CHRISTMAS CAROL .

[@CosmicPen]

I agree with It’s a Wonderful Life

[@maryrosekent8223]

= When I came out of _The Shining,_ I turned to my date and said “Somebody screamed when such and such happened” (I no longer remember the specific scene), and he turned to me and said “That was you!” = _The Seven Samurai_ is one of my all-time favorite films. There is a version with a weirdly goof translation…this is an abomination that is to be avoided. = _The 400 Blows_ is the second of my top three favorite foreign films. The one that didn’t make the Spielberg list is Fellini’s _La Dolce Vita._ The scene where Anita Ekberg walks through the Trevi Fountain in a _très chic_ gown is one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema…and as someone who has been a movie buff for more than fifty years, I’m talking approximately 10,000 films.

[@johnwilton1807]

Close encounters wasn't Truffaut's only acting performance. Don't forget Day for Night.

[@kennethwilliams-dl9gi]

seen some of these. have no plans to see them again. so many other movies id rather watch and watch over and over.

[@ArgueNaught]

Hitchcock's voice was NEVER used for any of the Universal rides. It's an urban legend, most probably launched by the psycho-master himself. The likeliest reason for AH avoiding Spielberg was losing the Big Suspense Crown to him.

[@bobyates2826]

Close Encounters is NOT Truffaut's only acting role. He acted in Day for Night and The Wild Child.

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

Many of my favorites on this list, particularly "The Seven Samurai," "Lawrence of Arabia," "The Godfather" (and you could include Part 2), and "The Shining." I wasn't as much a fan of "The Searchers," and I have yet to "Guardians of the Galaxy." A couple of others that I enjoyed wouldn't be at the top of my list. But where is "Chinatown"? Where is "Sunset Boulevard"? A couple of others that will rarely show up on people's short list of greatest films but are on mine are "Les Diaboliques" and "Memento," which I include because of its brilliant editing, which leaves the audience as confused about what is going on as Lenny is (but unlike Lenny, we find out). The editing was sheer genius.

[@jaffetcordoba4414]

There you go: A college course on film from Steven Spielberg at the speed of KZbin. No one wants to, I think, go on about their own horn; however, on the list belongs Sugarland Express, a top tier favorite. Why, the movie stays sticky on a single spider's web line, moving from play to movie to play to movie. Thinking that it is just so hard to do. Certainly, film people will make time to absorb from the list provided.

[@shinyelbow]

This was a really interesting video, thanks for making it. You can really see which movies are the greatest of all time, when so many great film-makers list them among their personal favourites repeatedly.

[@tjwash2]

And he directed my favorite movie of all time, The Color Purple

[@zeekwolfe6251]

Forgot VERTIGO, considered the best film ever made. The best movie from 20th Century Fox will always be The Razors Edge starring Tyrone Power.

[@timjansen7694]

I remember when I first saw It's a Wonderful Life. There was the scene where George Bailey saved his brother's life. The guardian angel, Clarence, told George that since he saved his brother's life, he also saved the life of everyone his brother saved during WWII. I thought, how about the bad people that remained alive? Were there any Mansons or Dahmers?

[@skepticalsmurf]

many thanks,the fact that l viewed and enjoyed the majority of the aforementioned films must mean l have good taste 😉

[@starryknight2knight]

No Young Frankenstein🙁

[@Cerberus2342]

Such a fantastic list. And then Guardians of the Galaxy……..

[@stemike7956]

Wow! Casablanca and The Shawshank Redemption not being on here, is shocking. There would be no Harrison Ford or Bruce Willis if not for Humphrey Bogart.