The Godfather
Rank: 2 - Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone
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The Godfather: Part II
Rank: 3 - In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone
The Dark Knight
Rank: 4 - Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of
Schindler’s List
Rank: 7 - The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish
12 Angry Men
Rank: 8 - The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Rank: 9 - Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf
Fight Club
Rank: 10 - A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rin
Rank: 11 - Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo,
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Rank: 12 - The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil
Inception
Rank: 13 - Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of
Inception
Rank: 13 - Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of
Forrest Gump
Rank: 14 - A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Rank: 17 - Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Rank: 18 - Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in
The Matrix
Rank: 19 - Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer
Seven Samurai
Rank: 20 - A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard
City of God
Rank: 21 - In the city of Cochin a series of incidents connects the lives of
Se7en
Rank: 22 - Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose
The Silence of the Lambs
Rank: 24 - FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased
Once Upon a Time in the West
Rank: 25 - This classic western masterpiece is an epic film about a widow whose land
It’s a Wonderful Life
Rank: 26 - George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people
Léon: The Professional
Rank: 27 - Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as
Casablanca
Rank: 28 - In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former
Life Is Beautiful
Rank: 29 - Political and social undercurrents in the former Yugoslavia are the topic of this
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rank: 30 - When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be
Rear Window
Rank: 31 - Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot
Psycho
Rank: 32 - When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a
American History X
Rank: 33 - Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two
City Lights
Rank: 34 - City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he
Saving Private Ryan
Rank: 35 - As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on
Spirited Away
Rank: 36 - A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits.
The Intouchables
Rank: 37 - A true story of two men who should never have met – a
The Intouchables
Rank: 37 - A true story of two men who should never have met – a
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Rank: 39 - Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by
Modern Times
Rank: 40 - The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of
Sunset Blvd.
Rank: 41 - A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has
Dr. Strangelove
Rank: 42 - Insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union.
Apocalypse Now
Rank: 43 - At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on
The Pianist
Rank: 44 - The Pianist is a film adapted from the biography of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A
The Green Mile
Rank: 45 - A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle
The Departed
Rank: 46 - To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of
Gladiator
Rank: 47 - In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman
Back to the Future
Rank: 48 - Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently
The Dark Knight Rises
Rank: 49 - Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's
The Dark Knight Rises
Rank: 49 - Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's
Alien
Rank: 50 - During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal
Django Unchained
Rank: 51 - With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out
Django Unchained
Rank: 51 - With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out
The Lives of Others
Rank: 52 - A spy story set in Vienna...
The Prestige
Rank: 53 - A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a
The Great Dictator
Rank: 54 - Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber
Cinema Paradiso
Rank: 56 - A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies
Paths of Glory
Rank: 57 - During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate,
American Beauty
Rank: 58 - Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn
The Lion King
Rank: 59 - A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his
WALL·E
Rank: 60 - WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun
North by Northwest
Rank: 61 - Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country
Amélie
Rank: 62 - At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou)
Citizen Kane
Rank: 63 - Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy
Aliens
Rank: 64 - When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later,
Toy Story 3
Rank: 65 - Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in
Toy Story 3
Rank: 65 - Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in
Vertigo
Rank: 66 - A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of
Das Boot
Rank: 68 - A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it
Taxi Driver
Rank: 69 - A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in
Double Indemnity
Rank: 71 - Unsuspecting Mr. Dietrichson becomes increasingly accident prone after his icily calculating wife encourages
Oldboy
Rank: 72 - An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources
Oldboy
Rank: 72 - An everyday man has only three and a half days and limited resources
Princess Mononoke
Rank: 73 - Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, is cursed by a demonized
Reservoir Dogs
Rank: 75 - A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the
Requiem for a Dream
Rank: 76 - The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug
Once Upon a Time in America
Rank: 77 - A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Rank: 78 - As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's
Braveheart
Rank: 79 - Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish
Lawrence of Arabia
Rank: 80 - An epic about British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes
Grave of the Fireflies
Rank: 81 - Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rank: 82 - Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from
Witness for the Prosecution
Rank: 83 - When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged
Full Metal Jacket
Rank: 84 - A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on
Singin’ in the Rain
Rank: 85 - In 1927 Hollywood, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic
The Sting
Rank: 86 - Set in the 1930's this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook
Bicycle Thieves
Rank: 87 - The film revolves around a guy and three others earn their living by
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Rank: 88 - King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table,
Amadeus
Rank: 89 - The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by
Snatch.
Rank: 91 - The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Rank: 92 - Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico,
Rashomon
Rank: 93 - In ancient Japan a crime take place as told from three different travelers
L.A. Confidential
Rank: 94 - Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s
The Apartment
Rank: 95 - Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company,
The Wolf of Wall Street
Rank: 96 - A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case
The Wolf of Wall Street
Rank: 96 - A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case
Some Like It Hot
Rank: 97 - Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out
The Third Man
Rank: 98 - Set in postwar Vienna, Austria, "The Third Man" stars Joseph Cotten as Holly
For a Few Dollars More
Rank: 99 - Two bounty hunters are in pursuit of "El Indio," one of the most
A Separation
Rank: 100 - A tragicomic documentary that portrays the very last acts of a long marriage.
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