The 10 Greatest Films of All Time

If I had to send my very own list for the Sight and Sound poll of the Greatest Films of All Time, this is the list I'd make! This week at least.
These 10 films represent the best that movies can be, they are the audiovisual language's greatest achievement. Perfect screenplays with perfect characters, plots and dialogue (I'm into dialogue) and perfect direction with perfect framing, staging and camerawork (I'm into depth).
A film can't make the list without a perfect combination of narrative and style and every film here (including the honorable mentions in the end) does it sublimely. And that combination is not casual, since these are difficult screenplays with difficult directing to match.
And all these films contain some element of risk. No great film can be made without risk. A film might risk being stagy, pretentious, long, confusing, silly or many other failures, but, with the right visuals, the right narrative and the right cast, that risk pays off and the result is a masterpiece.
In chronological order.
00:00 The 10 Greatest Films of All Time
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25:19 Honorable Mentions
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[@edwardgabriel5281]

I'm 95 and remember Charlie Chaplin in a silent film. Throughout my life I loved and enjoyed the cinema. In these later years, I have been able to view great productions I missed earlier in life. As a common average person, I am grateful to be the recipient of the talent of the great ones. That said, I do wish the great ones I admired so much (they are all dead, now) can stand tall before our Intelligent Creator. My experience, in my lifetime, tells me that too many will not. Time passes so quickly.

[@lnl3237]

You don't sound like a common average person at all. What are your favorite films? You were born the same year as the incomparable Audrey Hepburn. Eva Marie Saint will be 100 on July 4th!

[@edwardgabriel5281]

@@lnl3237 I was born in 1928, a bookkeeper turned farmer at age 50. I have to give email credit because it gave me a chance to see what comes out of my mouth, reconsider it, and make the changes that werre usually necessary. It has only been in this later part of my life that I have had the time to sit back and appreciate the talent like that of Audrey Hepburn and Eva Marie Saint. Acting is an art and many have attained perfection in that field and many other art forms. The beauty of life is that although we may have no talent at all, it doesn't stop us from enjoying the fruits of others. My life has been "the movies". Favorites - "Gone with the Wind" and "The Ten Commandments". My favorite musical group is the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

[@JesusMagicPanties]

​@@lnl3237 You sound as "subtle" as if saying: " Oh my gosh , you're so jurassic quirk! Could you sing and dance for me right now?"

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

Humphrey Bogart is probably the actor who appeared in the most classic films of any other. This list is STAGGERING: The Maltese Falcon. High Sierra. Sahara. Sabrina. The Caine Mutiny. The African Queen. In a Lonely Place. Key Largo. Dark Victory. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. AND CASABLANCA!

[@snatchhog]

The Big Sleep. To Have and Have Not. The Barefoot Contessa. Beat the Devil...

[@ferulebezel]

Ward Bond was in way more.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Yeah, but he always played the same character. It never varied. He was so lucky.

[@xav9258]

Brando and Jimmy Stewart both have three each in AFI's top 30 films. Incidentally, the absolutely amazing Casablanca is in my fave-ever top ten movies, but so is The Godfather😊

[@johnnyb4187]

@@snatchhog I've seen 'the big sleep' far more than 'casablanca'. 'Beat the Devil', kind of underrated but it's a favorite such a talented cast.

[@jslasher1]

It all comes down to personal preferences, a matter of choice. Some great films here, particularly "Lawrence of Arabia", "Citizen Kane", "Vertigo".

[@ead630]

For me: - The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Gone With the Wind (1939) - The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - Citizen Kane (1941) - Seven Samurai (1954) - The Ten Commandments (1956) - Barry Lyndon (1975) - Goodfellas (1990) - Hoop Dreams (1994) - Spider-Man 2 (2004)

[@gtf5392]

Hoop Dreams is in my top 15.

[@kulanchandrasekaran4462]

Thanks … I was going through comment after comment to see if anybody mentioned Barry Lyndon. So many layers of human emotions, ambitions and betrayals, it needs to be watched over and over again for its true depths to be fathomed.

[@bhami]

All the comments here are interesting, but nobody bothered to list Moviewise's titles for quick reference!: 00:00 The Ten Greatest Films of All Time 00:57 1 The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939) 02:51 2 Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) 05:17 3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) 07:29 4 The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958) 09:31 5 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966) 13:20 6 Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) 15:51 7 A Fish Called Wanda (Charles Crichton, 1988) (script by John Cleese) 18:48 8 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Peter Greenaway, 1989) 21:08 9 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991) 23:08 10 Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh, 1996) 25:19 Ten Honorable Mentions: The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carné, 1945) All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankeiwicz, 1950) The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952) Madame de... (Max Ophüls, 1953) La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)

[@hudldevice1092]

Thank you!

[@mawilkinson1957]

Pin this.

[@debbies3763]

wuthering heights?

[@mattveteska8559]

This list is depressing

[@lynntownsend4457]

Mildred Pierce, Sudden Feàr

[@robinspiers2025]

Because yesterday was WWII Memorial Day in the Netherlands, a local theater had a showing of Bridge on the River Kwai. If it weren’t for your video I probably would have ignored it, but I’m so glad that I decided to go with a friend. It was an absolute blast, brilliant film.

[@Moviewise]

I'm very glad to hear! I myself have never watched the film in a theater, it must have been a blast!

[@libradragon]

It is one of my favorite movies. It was also a surprising gem, far better than I thought beforehand.

[@geoffhoutman1557]

Do they ever play SOLDIER OF ORANGE at those things?

[@poetcomic1]

I just watched a double feature of Soldier of Orange and The Black Book.

[@brerrabbit9585]

The ONLY way to watch 'Bridge on the River Kwai'. I was fortunate enough to see it on a big screen at an old school 'movie palace' a few years ago. Needless to say, I also have the video and the DVD..@@Moviewise

[@cheerios-9464]

Mine Are 1. Twin Peaks: FWWM 2. Mulholland Dr. 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Moneyball 5. i'm thinking of ending things 6. Suspiria 7. All That Jazz 8. Barry Lyndon 9. Dr. Strangelove 10. Vertigo

[@Moviewise]

Someone enjoys a Puzzle! Plus... Suspiria ❤️❤️

[@hvitekristesdod]

Very nice

[@kulanchandrasekaran4462]

Ah … thanks for mentioning Mulholland Drive … a movie so surreal it almost seems real. The rest of your choices are great too. I think you should make a video.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Pretty solid list dude. Here's mine: 1. The Godfather 2. The Godfather Part II 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. There Will Be Blood 5. Ran 6. City Lights 7. La Dolce Vita 8. Sunrise 9. GoodFellas 10. The Wild Bunch

[@bobblowhard8823]

With the exception of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "La Dolce Vita", the other movies on your list are absolutely horrible.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

@@bobblowhard8823 that's your opinion. To each their own.

[@daroblackheart383]

@@bobblowhard8823 The Godfather, Ran, Sunrise, Goodfellas and The Wild Bunch are horrible movies? Lame joke.

[@blackmore4]

@@bobblowhard8823 Haha, that's a bit extreme. I don't like some of them either but "horrible"?!

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Excellent choice, Ran (Kurosawa). Almost every one of Kurosawa's films is a masterpiece, but Ran might be the best.

[@bloggystyle]

One of the best courses I ever took in college was genres and modes of comedy. We began with the Greeks-Lysistrata, examined the comic archetype of the weak character who through wit and flexibility bests the stronger rigid adversary. We went on to Ben Jonson, Shakespeare (focus on Falstaff), Moliere. The beauty of the course was how beautifully “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf”, a play I would not have thought to be a comedy, is in fact a classic one.

[@Moviewise]

Sounds fascinating! Do you remember if there was a reference book?

[@joemarshall4226]

In college, I played Sganarelle (the lead character) in Moliere's The Doctor In spite of Himself. It's a hilarious play about the phoniness of doctors. I was seen and asked to audition for a local non-union film that was being produced. It was called Skeleton Key, and I got the lead! It took more than a year to film (funding ran out half way through), but it was shown on local prime time tv (buffalo, NY), and the lead girl and I were on the cover of tv guide locally. I had my chance to go Holly wood, but passed it up, and wound up teaching middle school and being a father of four boys, one of whom is a professional performer. Seven years after we started making the film, kids came into school, swearing that they had seen me on tv the night before. turns out the film was being shown on the Lifetime Network. I still sing with a band, and do comedy songs of my own making as a folk act...once you have ti in your blood, you have to keep going.

[@DrShreck65]

10: Singin' In The Rain (1952) 9: Fellini's 8 and a Half (1963) 8: Sunrise (1927) 7: Persona (1966) 6: The Searchers (1956) 5: His Girl Friday (1940) 4: The Godfather Part II (1974) 3: La Grande Illusion (1937) 2: Hold Back The Dawn (1941) 1: Rear Window (1953) Or, alternatively: 10: Bicycle Thieves (1948) 9: Tokyo Story (1953) 8: The General (1926) 7: Double Indemnity (1945) 6: In The Mood For Love (2000) 5: Love Me Tonight (1932) 4: Only Angels Have Wings (1939) 3: Psycho (1960) 2: It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 1: L' Atalante (1933)

[@Moviewise]

Hold Back the Dawn! Now there’s an underrated Billy Wilder script with a great Charles Boyer character

[@DrShreck65]

@@Moviewise Indeed! Thank you and congratulations on creating such a highly individual 10 best list that eschews convention and celebrates NARRATIVE cinema

[@Mortizul]

Jeanne Deilman 23 Commerce Quay 1080 Brussels?

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Love Rear Window. I’ve always thought that Double Indemnity was highly overrated.

[@paulvoorhies8821]

Virginia Wolf is a brilliant film.

[@askarsfan2011]

I just watched Sunset Blvd on your recommendation. Hollywood just doesn't make movies like that anymore. Of course, people don't think, talk, or live like that anymore. Today a movie like this would have been slammed with accusations of exploiting mental illness for entertainment. And the accusers wouldn't get the movie at all. They would only care about checking off an offense box.

[@galinazatuchny3833]

My favorite film and citizen Kane

[@brianmacgabhann5630]

I love The Big Country for it's subtlety. My absolute favourite scene is when Charlton Heston reluctantly follows the Major into Blanco Canyon. The Major never looks behind him as Heston rides up; he's going on whether alone or not. But Heston glances behind when the rest of the crew come galloping up, and then glances at the Major; who is still looking rigidly ahead, now with a wry smile. You can see Heston thinking: "There'll be no fucking living with him now"!

[@Moviewise]

That scene is perfect! I’m gonna make a video about The Big Country next month and I’ll talk about that scene and how it speaks so much about both characters.

[@Rhubba]

Every moment Burl Ives is on screen is mesmerising. A villain? Perhaps...a man finally realising he's paying the price for being a bad influence on his sons but who has more honesty and integrity than the supposed pillar of the community. My goodness, everyone brings their A game to this movie. Chuck Connor's best bit of acting and the duel is my absolute favourite part...closely followed by the Major riding alone and Steve and the other cow hands riding up to join him.

[@ams4374]

A chronically under appreciated epic. Outstanding cast, acting, writing, filming and score.

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

I've always thought this was an underrated masterpiece.

[@susanellis8067]

Burl Ives was amazing, when he gate crashed the party

[@jlovebirch]

I'd add Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Beauty and the Beast (1946), Orpheus (1949), Wizard of Oz, Singing in the Rain, et al.

[@karllieck9064]

The Last Emperor and Amedeus.

[@gtf5392]

I remember watching La Belle et Le Bete in French class and it absolutely blew me away. It’s in my top 15.

[@dareese6778]

The 2versions i've seen of "Beauty ..." were fantastic.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

I'd add Black Orpheus. Wizard of Oz terrified me as a child. I still consider it the scariest movie I've ever seen.

[@zb7293]

Gone with wind

[@dandevore8703]

Love, love, love this! Thank you for including The Big Country... the most overlooked great western!

[@delosreyesgino]

Akira Kurosawa didn't even sniff the Top 10? As good as A Fish Called Wanda is, is it really better than Rashomon, Ran, High and Low and Seven Samurai?

[@Seth_M-T]

Here are mine, in order of release date: Rear Window (1954) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Godfather (1972) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Raging Bull (1980) Fargo (1996) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Mulholland Drive (2001) There Will Be Blood (2007) Parasite (2019)

[@chriskarley384]

Great movies!! Parasite was so entertaining from start to finish!! I tell everyone to see this film!!!

[@Steve-gx9ot]

The only one of your list is 2001

[@sg-vp2qg]

Fargo, yes

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Oh yes! The Lord of the Rings. I forgot about it.

[@RaysDad]

Here's my list with release dates: Metropolis (1927) King Kong (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Moby Dick (1956) Wild Strawberries (1957) Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) The Battle of Algiers (1966) Solaris (1972) Andrei Rublev (1973) The Deer Hunter (1978) Paris, Texas (1984)

[@TheThaggs]

Harry Dean Stanton and a soundtrack by Ry Cooder, what's not to love.

[@RaysDad]

@@TheThaggs Even the toughest guys in the audience left the theater crying!

[@katehamilton7240]

The Deer Hunter, yes! And the Wizard of Oz

[@51Dss]

You put the best, greatest, most perfect movie of all time in the honorable mentions - Dr Strangelove...or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.. This move had everything. Satirical humor, great acting, great directing, great writing, great character development, great special effects, great script and dialog, bawdy humor, gallows humor, great filmography, amazing use of Black and White, Great score, great costumes...I dunno; maybe I love this movie because I'm a baby boomer who grew up during the height of the cold war and I remember events like JFK, MLK, RFK, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Sputnik, Frances Gary Powers, Race riots, Kent State, Oswald, Jack Ruby, Marilyn Monroe, Backyard bomb shelters, Vietnam, Napalm, Mai Lai, Tet...one fearful and worrisome event after another all while living under a constant fear of global nuclear annihilation. The storyline of Dr Strangelove was more than merely a plausible what if. Maybe thats why I always considered it to be the greatest film of all time..

[@steveperry1344]

a lot of good reasons but you left out slim pickens.

[@wingflanagan]

Glad _Unforgiven_ made it in there somewhere. "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it" may be my favorite line in all of cinema. And it's a film FULL of great lines.

[@JohnJohnson-du7vc]

I detect a touch of the melodramaphile. Pleasantly surprised to see The Big Country. Thanks for the list, good to know where you're coming from!

[@feedingravens]

I loved the character of Gregory Peck in "The Big Country". He did not let himself be challenged like a small boy. When he saw a challenge, he proved it to himself. Like with the horse they wanted to get him on. Then in the night, he rode the horse, got thrown off again and again, until his determination prevailed over the will of the horse. It requires character and confidence to NOT let yourself be manipulated, stand to how you are.

[@FDR_progressive_liberal]

I would include "The Passion of Joan of Arc" in here. I've never seen another movie filmed entirely in closeup. I was immersed and mesmerized.

[@rpg7287]

For what it’s worth, here’s my top ten, in chronological order: 1. Citizen Kane 2. Casablanca 3. The Third Man 4. The Searchers 5. Psycho 6. Lawrence of Arabia 7. 2001: A Space Odyssey 8. Apocalypse Now 9. The Shawshank Redemption 10. No Country for Old Men

[@AbrasiousProductions]

embarrassing to admit but I've only seen 2 out of these 10 selections

[@cheerios-9464]

@@AbrasiousProductions nothing wrong with that. it takes alotta time

[@AbrasiousProductions]

plus I have to save them for reviews

[@rpg7287]

@@AbrasiousProductions well, you have a lot to look forward to. 👍🏻

[@Moviewise]

👌👌

[@melanie62954]

I'm new to this channel, so here's my list fwiw: 1. Battleship Potemkin (1925) 2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 3. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928) 4. M (1931) 5. Casablanca (1942) 6. Children of Paradise (1945) 7. The Third Man (1949) 8. All About Eve (1950) 9. High Noon (1952) 10. Tokyo Story (1953) Aw, heck. I made it through fewer than 30 years. I guess this list is going to 20. 11. Rear Window (1954) 12. Seven Samurai (1954) 13. The 400 Blows (1959) 14. The Apartment (1960) 15. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 16. The Leopard (1963) 17. Persona (1966) 18. The Godfather (1972) 19. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) 20. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Guess I have to stop here and not include Scorsese, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, Wenders, Eastwood, Spielberg, Wong Kar-wai, Malick, Lynch, Kiarostami, Farhadi, etc. Boo.

[@boboloko]

Aguirre Wrath of God is my number 1

[@israelthacker8568]

Great list! Love seeing The Third Man on there. Fantastic film.

[@mesolithicman164]

I like this list. Can I recommend Pickpocket and A Man Escaped?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Great list.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

You have great taste. I watched M last night. I was floored. What a great film! Peter Lorre was superb as the child killer.

[@DorimantHeathen]

I'm surprised you included only as memorable mention what I thought was a favourite of yours, an rightfully so: "All about Eve", perfect screenplay perfectly delivered by perfect cast.

[@2vintage68]

Truly one of the greatest films ever made.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@2vintage68 Why?

[@wobkgs]

The only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations @@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

[@johnnzboy]

"And I am physically incapable of thinking of the word 'satin' without seeing those finger waggles." :)

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

Many I agree with, but I'd absolutely have added "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", "A Man for All Seasons" and "Lion in Winter" (I also love the cruel dialogue, and these films EXCEL at that.)

[@user-up3zt9ix8g]

Lion in winter....... without a doubt

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

A Man for All Seasons was an excellent movie. Too bad it was a fiction that lionized a really terrible, violent religious bigot who liked to burn his enemies alive.

[@2vintage68]

"A Man for All Seasons" is in my top five.

[@johnnzboy]

I've watched "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover numerous times but never noticed in those gorgeous tableaux that all four of them are in the shot. Thank you for increasing my appreciation of that film even more. A superlative list and a peerless paean to cinematic excellence.

[@johnnzboy]

OMG and the most exquisitely perfect line from the Blackadder time-travel special at the end, sublime.

[@TheRealFamespear]

Wow! I could only sit through it once and that was brutal. Terrible film! 😳

[@soapeydudd.93]

My Top Ten is always changing but right now (in chronological order): Vertigo (1958) The Graduate (1967) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Alien (1979) Dazed and Confused (1993) Scream (1996) The Social Network (2010) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Parasite (2019) Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

[@theimp5901]

You're very young. Parasite? Dazed and Confused ? Scream ? Oh My.

[@soapeydudd.93]

@@theimp5901 I’m 21 haha

[@theimp5901]

@@soapeydudd.93 Well, I can see you have great taste by having , Vertigo, Graduate and Rosmary's Baby , which still scares me . Good job . Hollywood was a terrific movie, very accurate to the time, except for the ending , that I wish was true cause I was here for it. John Lennon was killed in front of the Dakota ( Rosemary's Baby setting ) and I had a friend who lived there in the 60's-70's.There's some history for you my friend. I guess I should watch some new movies :) !!! HAHAHAHA !

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

Never seen a non american film?

[@PrinceSmith7]

@@theimp5901 If you don't mind me asking, what are some of your favorite movies that released recently??

[@essaywhu]

Not really organized enough to come up with a real list. So here’s 10 films I have been thinking about a lot lately in no particular order: The Young Girls of Rochefort Swept Away Marnie Casablanca Diabolique Modern Times Breaker Morant Blue Velvet Diamonds Are Forever Fanny and Alexander Swept Away was the last time I was blown away by a film. I don’t think I’ll ever stop thinking about it. The film and Lina Wertmuller deserve to be more well-known.

[@sclogse1]

How about her other film, Seven Beauties?

[@JohnDough-yr2zt]

Breaker Morant is a perfect film.

[@mckeldin1961]

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans The Rules of the Game His Girl Friday The Magnificent Ambersons Late Spring A Star Is Born (1954, George Cukor) Vertigo Yojimbo Au hasard Balthazar Nashville

[@51Dss]

Dr Strangelove is the best movie ever made - It has the very best of everything: Writing, Directing, Casting, Acting, Script writing, Costume design, Set design, Cinematography, Film media (Black and White), Every role was perfectly cast and every actor played his/her part to perfection. Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenyn Wynn... Although I beileve Dr Strangelove stands the test of time it is possible that in order to truly appreciate this film the viewer would have had do have lived during the cold war. I do not know what awards this movie was granted but it could have been nominated and won as best comedy, best drama, best writing, directing...

[@peterturner6497]

Weirdest movie ever made . Actually off the fucking planet crazy. Stanley Kubrick at his deplorable worst. Only David Lynch could produce more despicable drivel. Unwatchable.

[@dennismoore1116]

What poor taste you have. It is Kubrick's masterpiece if you ask me and he has made several excellent movies. Or maybe you didn't get it because you did need to live during the cold war era. @@peterturner6497

[@katehamilton7240]

then you also loathe eraserhead? @@peterturner6497

[@brerrabbit9585]

How can 'North by Northwest' and/or 'Psycho' NOT be on this list??

[@PhotoTrekr]

I've always said that Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe is the greatest horror film I've ever seen. I saw it when I was still a child. I couldn't believe people could be that cruel to each other.

[@USGrant-rr2by]

Welcome to addiction!

[@dukecraig2402]

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Far more horrifying.

[@annebrown7379]

I just watche with my 33 yr old daughter and she laughed all the way through it. She loved it and thought it was a hoot

[@milesflanagan4899]

I've always seen it as one of the greatest love stories ever.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

That's why I don't like it.

[@glenniekiwi]

Obviously all lists are subjective...but i wonder why "on the waterfront " is never mentioned....a great director and one of the greatest lines delivered ever.....IMO.

[@str.77]

"this is what the artform can achieve when you're totally unrestrained by ethics" would be more fitting for JFK

[@DavyDredd14]

My 10 Greatest Films of All Time : A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966) The Searchers (1956) Rocky (1976) Psycho (1960) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8½ (1963) Blade Runner (1982) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) GoodFellas (1990)

[@andrewpereira9271]

Thanks for including "Who's Afraid of VW" . . . that movie just doesn't seem to get the credit it's due. Glengarry Glen Ross is another one in which the playwright's dialogue absolutely sparkles, especially coming from such great actors in both movies.

[@tommunyon2874]

I remember being in bed while my parents watched the Academy Awards. I found it hard to sleep because the notes of Colonel Bogey's march seemed to play over-and-over, as "The Bridge on the River Kwai" took award after award.

[@craigblack7076]

Chronologically 1: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 2: The Thing (From Another World) (1951) 3: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 4: The Music Man (1962) 5: Knife in the Water (1962) 6: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) 7: King Kong vs Godzilla (1963) 8: Rosemary's Baby (1968) 9: Ed Wood (1994) 10: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

[@johnnyola8391]

I love #2, 6, and the VERY underrated Ed Wood

[@emitindustries8304]

Absolutely a great list and video. Thank you!

[@bjones8470]

A little while ago I did a deep dive into movies that are called “classics” On The Waterfront, Public Enemy, Streetcar Named Desire, Citizen Kane and another 6-8 films including as well as about 4 Hitchcock movies. Another one of them was Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe and it was my favorite of them all followed closely by Streetcar. Just great performances all around. A Fish Called Wanda and The January Man made me a fan of Kevin Kline for life.

[@oppothumbs1]

I like all of these though January Man was a little weak. Favorite Suspense movies: The Talented Mr. Ripley The Silence of the Lambs Rear Window L.A. Confidential Training Day North by Northwest 12 Angry Men 12 Monkeys Goodfellas The Fugitive Day of the Jackal ( 1973) Zodiac No Way Out Identity Blue Velvet Die Hard No Fellini, De Sica, and pomposities.

[@robertfaulkner1824]

A fish called Wanda is my favorite comedy of all time

[@laustcawz2089]

Have you seen Kline in "Soapdish"?

[@oppothumbs1]

@@robertfaulkner1824 Funny and good.

[@oppothumbs1]

@@laustcawz2089 Probably good. Though 74% TOMATOMETER 63% Audience. read Soapdish is funnier than most industry lampoons and in-jokes

[@steveandrews7088]

Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1947 Humphery Bogart timeless !!!

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

Humphrey Bogart is probably the actor who appeared in the most classic films of any other. This list is STAGGERING. The Maltese Falcon. High Sierra. Sahara. Sabrina. The Caine Mutiny. The African Queen. In a Lonely Place. Key Largo. Dark Victory. Treasure of the Sierra Madre. AND CASABLANCA!

[@mrca2004]

If you watch Charleton Heston's portrayal of what acting should look like, Hollywood will look like a bunch of high school thespians. And Branaugh, simply amazing example of acting in the complete Hamlet.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

There's a film made in the last fifteen years which had everything-a great plot, snappy dialogue, character development, gorgeous cinematography, phenomenal acting, and absolutely no fat, making it a perfect film..._"In Bruges".

[@sg-vp2qg]

Yes! One of my favorites.

[@StretchFletcher]

100% One of my all-time favorites

[@MikeydeLaraCovers]

The MOST interesting best movie list I’ve seen in forever. So great. And funny. And clearly articulated. So good!

[@nl3064]

No one cares, but here's mine: 1. Apocalypse Now (1979) Redux in particular. The movie that made me perk up and actually take an interest in movies and how they’re made, and what movies can be. Every frame is about perfect (and Hearts of Darkness (which I’ve watched just as many times) is great, too). 2. Magnolia (1999) Honestly, I’m kinda miffed “Save Me” lost best song at the oscars to fucken _Tarzan._ 3. Fight Club (1999) Fincher took Palahnuik’s juvenile novel (big fan of Palahniuk here, but he’s written much better books) and made it into something effortlessly great. The most based choice on this list, I know, but also the most rewatchable. 4. Wings of Desire (1987) One of a few movies I would call pretty much perfect, and the most evocative. 5. Solaris (1972) 2001 came first, but, great as 2001 is, Solaris taps into something completely devoid in its Western counterpart I can never quite grasp. 6. Kings of the Road (1976) A black-n-white, three-hour road movie as these two strangers bum around 70’s-era West Germany. Wistful, nostalgic. Pure mood. 7. Inglourious Basterds (2009) “Utivich, I think this might just be my masterpiece”. 8. Blade Runner (1982) Douglas Trumball’s effects, still fantastic to this day. A great score from Vangelis. And of course, Rutger Hauer’s “tears in the rain” speech, one of the greatest monologues in movie history. 9. Landscape in the Mist (1988) I have a thing for sad, wistful road trip movies, Huh? 10. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) I must’ve watched this movie 4 times in one year, or just over a year. Another pure mood, 70’s-era time capsule. A laid-back road trip fronting as though it were a dude racing movie. A counter-culture moment that captures the zen of the open road. H.M. Alphaville (1965) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Clerks (1994) Trainspotting (1995) And way too many others.

[@alk7028]

Thanks for the great list. My top ten movies of all times is: 1.A Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 2.Sunrise (1927) 3.Mirror (1975) 4.Mulholland Drive (2001) 5.Fanny and Alexander (1982) 6.The General (1926) 7.Cache (Hidden) (2005) 8.Throne of Blood (1957) 9.Last year at Marienbad (1961) 10.Werkmeister Harmonies (2000)

[@canonrivette]

Hello: Enjoyed your video and your choices - and the analysis of why you chose the films you did. I don't agree with your every choice, or the films that should have but didn't make your list. But again, your commentary was very interesting. Cheers!

[@bobblowhard8823]

Some of these, I agree with you: "The Bridge on the river Kwai"; "Once Upon The Time In The West"; and "JFK". Some others, not so much. But some not mentioned should absolutely be on this list. "The Graduate"; "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"; "Kelly's Heroes"; and "Vertigo" should be here.

[@Steve-gx9ot]

JFK by stone was so manufa cured. Out of sequence bs

[@snatchhog]

Kelly's heroes is a great movie😊

[@bobblowhard8823]

@@snatchhog The All-Star cast alone, is worth the price of admission.

[@scotmandel6699]

@@snatchhogEntertaining but def not top 10 or even top 100. You really need to watch more movies instead of the same ones over and over.

[@snatchhog]

@@scotmandel6699 Thanks. Appreciate your opinion for what it's worth 👌

[@drusilladelp5162]

And don’t forget Some Like It Hot

[@chelmsfordroad50]

It's a good thing this guy (who I suspect may be Arnold Schwarzenegger) isn't into superlatives: in this video we have the greatest performances, greatest dialogue, best shot in the history of cinema, best score in the history of cinema, best beginning, best ending, greatest narration ever etc etc etc.

[@themillenial28]

If only there was a MoviewiseAI, I'd have bombarded it with so many questions. You've completely changed my view as a cinema lover. Thank you so much. Please keep making such videos. Humankind needs it.

[@PrinceSmith7]

Quite impressive how you managed to do that. I mean even if I'm given the luxury of making a top 25 list, I would still struggle immensely since there are dozens of movies I wouldn't be able to exclude. Here are some of my favourites: The Red Shoes, The Ten Commandments, A Streetcar Named Desire, Wild Strawberries, Ben-Hur, Kwaidan, The Conversation, Chinatown, Nashville, The Exorcist, Raging Bull, Amadeus, Goodfellas, Mullholland Drive etc.

[@kitrik23]

Amadeus😁

[@PrinceSmith7]

@@kitrik23 Yep

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Agree with Streetcar Named Desire, yes Wild Strawberries and other Ingmar Bergman films, Chinatown.

[@PrinceSmith7]

@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Yeah I'd also include films from Kurosawa, Tarkovsky and Satyajit Ray. Some of the greatest directors ever.

[@MiesAnthrophy]

I agree with many of these entries on other lists, I would like to add: "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1927) and "October: Ten Days That Shook The World" (1928)

[@jeffpatterson1722]

I was wondering when I would see Passion of Joan of Arc in the comments. :) The backstory of the film itself parallels in many ways Joan's own life as well!

[@drankin_barry6005]

Great selections. There’s a few on here I plan on viewing again. Thank you kindly for your insight!

[@asgardianews6647]

1. Transformers: The Movie (original animated) 2. Ghost in the Shell (original animated) 3. UHF 4. Blade Runner 2049 5. Star Wars Orig Trilogy and Preq Trilogy 6. Blade Runner (original) 7. Eyes Wide Shut 8. Prizoner of Azkaban 9. Kung Fu Panda 3 10. Spaceballs

[@allancoote1221]

Great list, particularly loved the inclusion of Who's Afraid.. and The Cook the Thief.. I'm going to watch The Big Country this weekend and I'll have to check out fish called wanda. Here's my 20 Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (1979) Life of Oharu by Kenji Mizoguchi (1952) Floating Weeds by Yasujiro Ozu (1959) The Travelling Players by Theo Angelopolous (1975) City of Sadness by Hou Hsiou-Hsen (1989) A Brighter Summer Day by Edward Yang (1991) War and Peace by Sergei Bondarchuk (1966-67) Gate of Hell by Kohei Sugiyama (1953) Ninotchka by Ernst Lubitsch (1939) The Man who would be King by John Huston (1975) Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway (1991) Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean (1962) Gone to Earth by Powell and Pressburger (1950) Ordet by Carl Theodore Dreyer (1955) Lion in Winter by James Goldman (1968) Cleopatra by Joseph L Mankiewicz (1963) Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio de Sica (1964) Werkmiester Harmonies by Bela Tarr (2000) Once upon a Time in the West by Sergio Leone (1969) Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (1984)

[@Moviewise]

Damn that’s a beautiful list!

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Wow! Very interesting list, esp. the Werkmeister Harmonies. What a choice! I watched it late one night and at first thought the most boring film ever made, then it grabbed me. Very unusual. Strange you don't include any Kurosawa. Rashumon for example. He has so many masterpieces. He's one of the greatest of directors. I would also include Satyajit Ray.

[@Calcprof]

I think that Dr. Strangelove would be the Kubrick I would pick, if not Paths of Glory. There's no Kurosawa here -- but there are so many choices. Maybe Rashomon or Ikiru, or even Seven Samurai for its influence on all subsequent battle scenes. And what about Satyajit Ray, Mizoguchi and Ozu?

[@czarnick2]

Paths of Glory is brilliant, and that ending scene alway gets me. What an incredible moment

[@massi6528]

Hell yeah!

[@BarrettSlimmer]

2001 A Space Odessey filmed in a process that Astronauts claim is what space is like and a movie that influence all films since on a subject that is difficult to project and a sound track that is perfect.

[@2vintage68]

SANJURO s a magnificent film, but then every one of his films are too.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Spot on!

[@brianterence3211]

It's not a movie I'll grant you, but Brideshead Revisited is my favourite onscreen.. English writers and actors can really excel. Casablanca is my American favourite. Scent of a Woman is right up there too.

[@dukecraig2402]

Seriously, JFK instead of Lawrence Of Arabia?

[@shiven513]

1. Satantango 2. Pierrot Le Fou 3. World of Apu 4. Fanny and Alexander 5. Andrei Rublev 6. Yi Yi 7. La Dolce Vita 8. Black Friday (2004) 9. As I Was Moving Along Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 10. Uncle Boomnee Who Can Recall Past Lives Rules of the Game and Solaris would probably preceed after.

[@totostamopo]

There are some newbies there for me! Exciting!

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Wow! Unusual. Satantango, Andrei Rublev, World of Apu. Great choices. More adventurous than the usual Hollywood films.

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

I want to thank you for this list. You inspire me to do my own top 10 as your list isnt even close.

[@gregoriopalofuego9808]

"Boxing! You hear that George?" "Paunchy here isn't too happy when the conversation moves to muscle. How much do you weigh?"

[@charlesknowlton7198]

I'm glad to finally see Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf on a top ten list. It should be on everyone's list.

[@jerryrichardson2799]

Not a happy or pleasant movie, but extremely well done, as noted in this video. Middle aged adults really behave this way at times, alas.

[@feedingravens]

I loved the character of Gregory Peck in "The Big Country". He did not let himself be challenged like a small boy. When he saw a challenge, he proved it to himself. Like with the horse they wanted to get him on. Then in the night, he rode the horse, got thrown off again and again, until his determination prevailed over the will of the horse. It requires character and confidence to NOT let yourself be manipulated, stand to how you are.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

Eisenhower’s favorite film. He watched it four times. There was a tribute Japanese film called Tampopo.

[@daviddelaney363]

Awesome review. Thank you!

[@a.duncan6791]

Lists are created using various criteria. For me, does the story resonate, does the film last in my memory, and will I want to see it again (and again, and again, and again). So here goes...Casablanca, Elvira Madigan, The Hairdresser's Husband, Il Postino, Bridge Over River Kwai, Once Around, Babette's Feast, Cinema Paradiso, Bullitt, and Bliss (1985). Of course there are honorable mentions, but the previous 10 always come first to mind.

[@summerlakephotog8239]

I saw Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf when it came out in a theater on Sunset Boulevard (other movie on list). It was late at night and the theater was almost deserted. It made quite an impression.

[@MichaelRomeoTalksBooks]

I love that you included Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. It is a brilliant film.

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

To each his own. I think it's silly & it stinks. That's why these "Top 10" lists are always a matter of taste.

[@yvorfalcon3025]

Dude, I just subscribed, not only because your content, but it seems the comments are high quality also.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

"It's got an ensemble of colorful characters"

[@tsbm9]

my list : the best years of our lives. wild strawberries. after the rain. brief encounter. zulu. ulzana's raid. the ox bow incident. dr. zhivago. les quatre cents coups. baisés volés. hara kiri. my darling clementine. grapes of wrath. the virgin spring. the seventh seal. shane.the apartment.

[@2vintage68]

ZULU is a masterpiece.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

good list

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

Branagh's Hamlet arrived in cinemas at exactly the moment we were studying the play in college. It was invaluable, unforgettable.

[@racializedkanadian]

GREAT list !! Absolutely refreshing channel.

[@kathleenclark5877]

I love films, full stop. I am incapable of picking just ten. I would have to categorize by such things as actors, directors, genres or time the film was produced. I always say, “My top-twenty favourite films”. So hard to limit!

[@jslasher1]

Despite William Wyler being practically deaf, which resulted in most music in his films being difficult for him to listen to, several of the finest scores were composed for his films. I include "The Big Country" [Jerome Moross], "The Heiress" [Aaron Copland] & "The Best Years of Our Lives" [Hugo Friedhofer's universally acclaimed Oscar-winning score].

[@pp312]

And of course Ben-Hur. (Miklos Rozsa)

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@pp312Yes!! Best film score of all.

[@LucasAlves-gw3ic]

I guess my list would be more or less like this: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2. The Godfather 3. The Godfather: Part II 4. Citizen Kane 5. Casablanca 6. Andrei Rublev 7. War and Peace (1966) 8. Ran 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 10. Taxi Driver

[@Moviewise]

I see you also appreciate a quality epic

[@jonwheelis2037]

You got about 2 that actually should be considered top 10.

[@jontaylor5482]

Just about the best of this type of list thing I’ve seen… nice work. 👍

[@hagerty1952]

A great list, a significant number of which I own! But there's one, "The Big Country," that I have a closer connection to. For almost 20 years, our rocket club has been launching at the ranch where most of the movie was shot. In fact, our launch field is even seen in the film. And in fact, in fact, you even included that shot in this video! It's the large flat area behind Gregory Peck at 8:56, bounded by the bluff partially hidden by him, the meandering creek and the two oak trees. Those trees are the only ones in nearly 1,000 acres.

[@gumbycat5226]

Your list is quite interesting. I can't believe that you showed a glimpse of Amadeus and didn't rate it. I would also have rated The Good The Bad And The Ugly much higher than Once Upon A Time In America. To me the perfect adapted screenplay is the 1954 version of The Importance Of Being Ernest, and I would definitely have included a musical (Cabaret, perhaps) and a cartoon.

[@denroy3]

No on Cabaret

[@counterflow5719]

Yes on Cabaret

[@98pointseven]

is ANYTHING in the history of movie musicals more endearing than the wide-eyed innocent yet fiercely tragic Liza Minelli doing the Kander & Ebb songs and the Bob Fosse dances as "Ze toast of Mayfair, zat inter-nazi-onal zen-zay-zhun Fraulein Sally Bowles" in Cabaret? It's gotta be one of the top five movie musicals ever. At the very least.

[@dayceem]

@@98pointseven Liza and Fosses' tour de force. Speaking of Fosse, All That Jazz gobsmacks me just about as hard, changing from heartfelt one-on-ones to heartstopping sweeping musicals in a -- heartbeat.

[@98pointseven]

I love that movie. And i never get tired of playing a clip of the scene when the legendary dancer Ann Reinking and the little girl (Erzsebet Foldi) do a top-hat and stockings dance number with Peter Allen's "Everyting Old is New Again" as their music.@@dayceem

[@mockmonkey1]

Finally, someone other than myself who sees how funny "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is. It's my favorite movie and I used to have it on cassette tape to listen to at work, it's music to my ears. I wish Richard Burton had won the Oscar that year. I always cry at the end. There are three on your greatest ten that I haven't seen yet.

[@stephenpenrice1230]

Fun fact about The Bridge on the River Kwai: Foreman and Wilson were blacklisted at the time so the screenplay was credited to the novel’s author, Pierre Boulle, who did not speak English. (Ok, maybe it’s not that fun.)

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Good call on JFK, kind of forgotten these days but that is one very well done movie, powerful polemic stuff. I would not have it in my Top 10, but I do appreciate it is very deserving of recognition...I would have it in my Top 50 for sure. Another movie I think that is kind of Forgotten from the same time is Spoke Lee's Macolm X, the best Biopic I have seen.

[@Moviewise]

Roger Ebert placed both JFK and Malcolm X in his top 10 of the 90s. It seems people talked more about these films a decade or so ago.

[@liltick102]

Excellent and non-cliche list.

[@CultureDTCTV]

Mine would be: Ikiru (1952) Memories of Murder (2003) Persona (1966) Yi Yi (2000) Fallen Angels (1995) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Taxi Driver (1976) Princess Mononoke (1997) Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) Stalker (1979)

[@doggiesarus]

Great list. A little less known. I love that you put Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" in there. That film really made me understand my feuding parents a bit more. An Branaugh's Hamlet, and The Bridge ofer River Kwai. So many! I would have added a few though, but you know lists!!!

[@foe9034]

Thought I was a movie buff. Got humbled by your top ten. Get a lot of work ahead of me this weekend. Thanks for sharing these masterpieces with the commoners ^_^

[@megatrollificus]

Well done. A fine list, well-reasoned, well-presented, and, of course, completely wrong lol. Many thanks.

[@user-vq5cj4bo1f]

Loved that you have The Big Country on the list. Very underated. Your list reminded me of a film I haven't seen for years and that's Lina Wermullers Seven Beauties. Wondered what you thought of it

[@stratocruising]

The omission of "Apocalypse Now" and "2001, a Space Odyssey" is puzzling. Since you admit comedies are also movies, I would have included "Airplane". Low-brow? Absolutely.

[@garylevine5698]

I agree with you about " Sunset Blvd." & "Bridge on the River Kwai" both masterpieces

[@postmodernrecycler]

An exciting list. Seen all but 'Big Country'--I'll have to check it out. I love that you can allow enough critical space for 'Who's Afraid' and 'The Quiet Man' to coexist. 'JFK' is a sorely misunderstood movie owing to its surface-level subject matter.

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

The Big Country will NOT disappoint you, I promise.

[@toncuz8291]

Richard Burton was the only actor who could make me cry. When he looks up at the window, knowing his wife is with another man, that HE orchestrated, to keep her satisfied, and begins to cry...he captures completely, an act of love and pain.

[@marylineflauw5659]

What film of Burton ?

[@Alessandrosaiyan]

Thank you for this list!!

[@eoincoveney6531]

Surprised to see 8 1/2 didn't make the list, or a few other non- American productions. But that would be my list. And by the way, the German title/ Frank's fateful line of dialogue for OUATITW is superior, imho. It encapsulates the entirety of Harmonica's trauma and motivation.

[@TwoBs]

Your taste in movies is impeccable. Tack on your sense of humor and good editing … I’m hooked. Been going through your uploads, watching all of your videos and taking notes on what movies to check out soon.

[@dukecraig2402]

Anyone who leaves Lawrence Of Arabia and The Searchers off of a 10 greatest list but includes that nonsense Oliver Stone work of fiction JFK does not have impeccable taste.

[@peternick9332]

Dr Zhivago

[@Mftjan2000]

I remember reading this in high school and asking: Am I the only person who thinks Liz Taylor and Richard Burton actually love each other in this crazy film (#5)....I stand by that insight.

[@alejandroceppi3707]

Lawrence of Arabia would be my personal choice for best film ever. I did not like Branagh's version/interpretation of Hamlet though I love the play (I read it several times).

[@therealpinoyhapa]

Your choice of 10 best films is absolutely wonderful! Thank goodness, someone chooses great films, contemporary films , well-structured and especially foreign films, as you do, instead of the usual Citizen Kane, The Godfather (both 1 and 2) and Casablanca. Those films are on seemingly infinite lists, over and over. Your choices are spot on, fresh and refreshing, Thank you,

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Idiosyncratic.