Good movies

Best 250 feature movies by IMDb IMDb top rated TV shows Rotten Tomato top 100 films of all time “All-Time” 100 Movies 1923-2005 AFI: 100 years… 100 films National Film Registry Best Asian films BBC: 100 greatest “foreign language” films Vietnamese movies Movies of compiler’s preference

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Best 250 feature movies by IMDb

IMDb (Internet Movie Database) rating is from zero to ten. The movies may be evaluated as follows:

9.0 and above: masterpiece. 8.0 – 8.9: excellent 7.6 – 7.9: very good 7.0 – 7.5: good 6.0 – 6.9: fairly good 5.0 – 5.9: in my perception, there are some fairly good movies

The list of best 250 movies follows, in ranking, name, year, and IMDb rating. 1/  The Shawshank Redemption (1994),  9.2
2/  The Godfather (1972),  9.2
3/  The Dark Knight (2008),  9.0
4/  The Godfather Part II (1974),  9.0
5/  12 Angry Men (1957),  8.9
6/  Schindler’s List (1993),  8.9
7/  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003),  8.9
8/  Pulp Fiction (1994),  8.8
9/  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001),  8.8
10/  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966),  8.8
11/  Forrest Gump (1994),  8.8
12/  Fight Club (1999),  8.7
13/  Inception (2010),  8.7
14/  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002),  8.7
15/  Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980),  8.7
16/  The Matrix (1999),  8.7
17/  Goodfellas (1990),  8.7
18/  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975),  8.6
19/  Se7en (1995),  8.6
20/  Seven Samurai (1954),  8.6
21/  It’s a Wonderful Life (1946),  8.6
22/  The Silence of the Lambs (1991),  8.6
23/  City of God (2002),  8.6
24/  Saving Private Ryan (1998),  8.6
25/  Life Is Beautiful (1997),  8.6
26/  The Green Mile (1999),  8.6
27/  Interstellar (2014),  8.6
28/  Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977),  8.6
29/  Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991),  8.5
30/  Back to the Future (1985),  8.5
31/  Spirited Away (2001),  8.5
32/  Psycho (1960),  8.5
33/  The Pianist (2002),  8.5
34/  Léon: The Professional (1994),  8.5
35/  Parasite (2019),  8.5
36/  The Lion King (1994),  8.5
37/  Gladiator (2000),  8.5
38/  American History X (1998),  8.5
39/  The Departed (2006),  8.5
40/  The Usual Suspects (1995),  8.5
41/  The Prestige (2006),  8.5
42/  Casablanca (1942),  8.5
43/  Whiplash (2014),  8.5
44/  The Intouchables (2011),  8.5
45/  Grave of the Fireflies (1988),  8.5
46/  Harakiri (1962),  8.5
47/  Modern Times (1936),  8.4
48/  Once Upon a Time in the West (1968),  8.4
49/  Rear Window (1954),  8.4
50/  Alien (1979),  8.4
51/  City Lights (1931),  8.4
52/  Cinema Paradiso (1988),  8.4
53/  Apocalypse Now (1979),  8.4
54/  Memento (2000),  8.4
55/  Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981),  8.4
56/  Django Unchained (2012),  8.4
57/  WALL·E (2008),  8.4
58/  The Lives of Others (2006),  8.4
59/  Sunset Blvd. (1950),  8.4
60/  Paths of Glory (1957),  8.4
61/  The Shining (1980),  8.4
62/  The Great Dictator (1940),  8.4
63/  Avengers: Infinity War (2018),  8.4
64/  Witness for the Prosecution (1957),  8.4
65/  Top Gun: Maverick (2022),  8.3
66/  Aliens (1986),  8.3
67/  American Beauty (1999),  8.3
68/  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964),  8.3
69/  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018),  8.3
70/  The Dark Knight Rises (2012),  8.3
71/  Oldboy (2003),  8.3
72/  Joker (2019),  8.3
73/  Amadeus (1984),  8.3
74/  Braveheart (1995),  8.3
75/  Toy Story (1995),  8.3
76/  Coco (2017),  8.3
77/  Inglourious Basterds (2009),  8.3
78/  The Boat (1981),  8.3
79/  Princess Mononoke (1997),  8.3
80/  Avengers: Endgame (2019),  8.3
81/  Once Upon a Time in America (1984),  8.3
82/  Good Will Hunting (1997),  8.3
83/  Your Name (2016),  8.3
84/  Requiem for a Dream (2000),  8.3
85/  Toy Story 3 (2010),  8.3
86/  Singin’ in the Rain (1952),  8.3
87/  3 Idiots (2009),  8.3
88/  Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983),  8.3
89/  High and Low (1963),  8.3
90/  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),  8.3
91/  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004),  8.3
92/  Reservoir Dogs (1992),  8.3
93/  Capernaum (2018),  8.3
94/  The Hunt (2012),  8.3
95/  Lawrence of Arabia (1962),  8.3
96/  Citizen Kane (1941),  8.3
97/  M (1931),  8.3
98/  North by Northwest (1959),  8.3
99/  Come and See (1985),  8.2
100/  Vertigo (1958),  8.2
101/  Amélie (2001),  8.2
102/  A Clockwork Orange (1971),  8.2
103/  Double Indemnity (1944),  8.2
104/  Full Metal Jacket (1987),  8.2
105/  The Apartment (1960),  8.2
106/  Scarface (1983),  8.2
107/  Ikiru (1952),  8.2
108/  The Sting (1973),  8.2
109/  To Kill a Mockingbird (1962),  8.2
110/  Taxi Driver (1976),  8.2
111/  Heat (1995),  8.2
112/  Up (2009),  8.2
113/  L.A. Confidential (1997),  8.2
114/  Incendies (2010),  8.2
115/  Metropolis (1927),  8.2
116/  A Separation (2011),  8.2
117/  Die Hard (1988),  8.2
118/  Snatch (2000),  8.2
119/  Hamilton (2020),  8.2
120/  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989),  8.2
121/  Bicycle Thieves (1948),  8.2
122/  1917 (2019),  8.2
123/  Like Stars on Earth (2007),  8.2
124/  Downfall (2004),  8.2
125/  For a Few Dollars More (1965),  8.2
126/  Batman Begins (2005),  8.2
127/  Dangal (2016),  8.2
128/  The Kid (1921),  8.2
129/  Some Like It Hot (1959),  8.2
130/  All About Eve (1950),  8.2
131/  The Father (2020),  8.2
132/  Green Book (2018),  8.2
133/  The Wolf of Wall Street (2013),  8.2
134/  Judgment at Nuremberg (1961),  8.2
135/  Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021),  8.2
136/  Ran (1985),  8.2
137/  Casino (1995),  8.2
138/  Unforgiven (1992),  8.2
139/  Pan’s Labyrinth (2006),  8.2
140/  There Will Be Blood (2007),  8.2
141/  The Truman Show (1998),  8.2
142/  The Sixth Sense (1999),  8.2
143/  A Beautiful Mind (2001),  8.2
144/  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975),  8.2
145/  Yojimbo (1961),  8.1
146/  The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948),  8.1
147/  Shutter Island (2010),  8.1
148/  Jurassic Park (1993),  8.1
149/  Rashomon (1950),  8.1
150/  The Great Escape (1963),  8.1
151/  Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003),  8.1
152/  No Country for Old Men (2007),  8.1
153/  Finding Nemo (2003),  8.1
154/  The Elephant Man (1980),  8.1
155/  Chinatown (1974),  8.1
156/  Raging Bull (1980),  8.1
157/  The Thing (1982),  8.1
158/  Gone with the Wind (1939),  8.1
159/  V for Vendetta (2005),  8.1
160/  Inside Out (2015),  8.1
161/  Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998),  8.1
162/  Dial M for Murder (1954),  8.1
163/  The Secret in Their Eyes (2009),  8.1
164/  Howl’s Moving Castle (2004),  8.1
165/  The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),  8.1
166/  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017),  8.1
167/  Trainspotting (1996),  8.1
168/  Warrior (2011),  8.1
169/  Gran Torino (2008),  8.1
170/  Fargo (1996),  8.1
171/  Prisoners (2013),  8.1
172/  My Neighbor Totoro (1988),  8.1
173/  Million Dollar Baby (2004),  8.1
174/  Catch Me If You Can (2002),  8.1
175/  The Gold Rush (1925),  8.1
176/  Blade Runner (1982),  8.1
177/  On the Waterfront (1954),  8.1
178/  Children of Heaven (1997),  8.1
179/  The Third Man (1949),  8.1
180/  Before Sunrise (1995),  8.1
181/  Ben-Hur (1959),  8.1
182/  12 Years a Slave (2013),  8.1
183/  Wild Strawberries (1957),  8.1
184/  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011),  8.1
185/  Gone Girl (2014),  8.1
186/  The General (1926),  8.1
187/  The Deer Hunter (1978),  8.1
188/  In the Name of the Father (1993),  8.1
189/  The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014),  8.1
190/  Barry Lyndon (1975),  8.1
191/  The Wages of Fear (1953),  8.1
192/  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939),  8.1
193/  Hacksaw Ridge (2016),  8.1
194/  Sherlock Jr.  (1924),  8.1
195/  Memories of Murder (2003),  8.1
196/  Klaus (2019),  8.1
197/  Wild Tales (2014),  8.1
198/  Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022),  8.1
199/  The Seventh Seal (1957),  8.1
200/  Room (2015),  8.1
201/  Mad Max: Fury Road (2015),  8.1
202/  How to Train Your Dragon (2010),  8.1
203/  The Big Lebowski (1998),  8.1
204/  Mary and Max (2009),  8.1
205/  Jaws (1975),  8.1
206/  Monsters, Inc. (2001),  8.1
207/  Tokyo Story (1953),  8.1
208/  Dead Poets Society (1989),  8.1
209/  The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928),  8.1
210/  Hotel Rwanda (2004),  8.1
211/  Rocky (1976),  8.0
212/  Ford v Ferrari (2019),  8.0
213/  Platoon (1986),  8.0
214/  Pather Panchali (1955),  8.0
215/  Stand by Me (1986),  8.0
216/  The Terminator (1984),  8.0
217/  Spotlight (2015),  8.0
218/  Rush (2013),  8.0
219/  Logan (2017),  8.0
220/  Network (1976),  8.0
221/  Ratatouille (2007),  8.0
222/  Into the Wild (2007),  8.0
223/  The Wizard of Oz (1939),  8.0
224/  Groundhog Day (1993),  8.0
225/  Before Sunset (2004),  8.0
226/  The Exorcist (1973),  8.0
227/  The Best Years of Our Lives (1946),  8.0
228/  The Incredibles (2004),  8.0
229/  To Be or Not to Be (1942),  8.0
230/  The Battle of Algiers (1966),  8.0
231/  The Grapes of Wrath (1940),  8.0
232/  Rebecca (1940),  8.0
233/  Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009),  8.0
234/  Cool Hand Luke (1967),  8.0
235/  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003),  8.0
236/  Amores perros (2000),  8.0
237/  La Haine (1995),  8.0
238/  Jai Bhim (2021),  8.0
239/  My Father and My Son (2005),  8.0
240/  The 400 Blows (1959),  8.0
241/  Persona (1966),  8.0
242/  It Happened One Night (1934),  8.0
243/  The Sound of Music (1965),  8.0
244/  Life of Brian (1979),  8.0
245/  The Handmaiden (2016),  8.0
246/  Dersu Uzala (1975),  8.0
247/  Aladdin (1992),  8.0
248/  Gandhi (1982),  8.0
249/  The Help (2011),  8.0
250/  The Iron Giant (1999),  8.0 Thus, according to IMDb rating, the listed movies are categorized as excellent. Source: https://www.imdb.com/chart/top Accessed: Sep-2022.

IMDb top rated TV shows

1/  Planet Earth II (2016), 9.4
2/  Breaking Bad (2008), 9.4
3/  Planet Earth (2006), 9.4
4/  Band of Brothers (2001), 9.4
5/  Chernobyl (2019), 9.3
6/  The Wire (2002), 9.3
7/  Blue Planet II (2017), 9.2
8/  Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), 9.2
9/  Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014), 9.2
10/  The Sopranos (1999), 9.2
11/  Our Planet (2019), 9.2
12/  Cosmos (1980), 9.2
13/  Game of Thrones (2011), 9.1
14/  Rick and Morty (2013), 9.1
15/  The World at War (1973), 9.1
16/  Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), 9.1
17/  The Last Dance (2020), 9.0
18/  Life (2009), 9.0
19/  Sherlock (2010), 9.0
20/  The Twilight Zone (1959), 9.0
21/  The Vietnam War (2017), 9.0
22/  Batman: The Animated Series (1992), 9.0
23/  Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (2020), 9.0
24/  Arcane (2021), 8.9
25/  The Blue Planet (2001), 8.9
26/  Attack on Titan (2013), 8.9
27/  The Office (2005), 8.9
28/  Firefly (2002), 8.9
29/  Human Planet (2011), 8.9
30/  Frozen Planet (2011), 8.9
31/  Death Note (2006), 8.9
32/  Only Fools and Horses (1981), 8.9
33/  True Detective (2014), 8.9
34/  The Civil War (1990), 8.9
35/  Hunter x Hunter (2011), 8.9
36/  The Beatles: Get Back (2021), 8.9
37/  Seinfeld (1989), 8.9
38/  Persona (2018), 8.9
39/  Dekalog (1989), 8.9
40/  Fargo (2014), 8.9
41/  Clarkson’s Farm (2021), 8.9
42/  Better Call Saul (2015), 8.9
43/  Cowboy Bebop (1998), 8.9
44/  Nathan for You (2013), 8.8
45/  Gravity Falls (2012), 8.8
46/  When They See Us (2019), 8.8
47/  Friends (1994), 8.8
48/  Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014), 8.8
49/  TVF Pitchers (2015), 8.8
50/  Africa (2013), 8.8
51/  Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009), 8.8
52/  Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969), 8.8
53/  It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), 8.8
54/  Taskmaster (2015), 8.8
55/  Das Boot (1985), 8.8
56/  Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), 8.8
57/  Fawlty Towers (1975), 8.8
58/  Pride and Prejudice (1995), 8.8
59/  The West Wing (1999), 8.8
60/  Freaks and Geeks (1999), 8.8
61/  Leyla and Mecnun (2011), 8.7
62/  Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), 8.7
63/  Twin Peaks (1990), 8.7
64/  Black Mirror (2011), 8.7
65/  Narcos (2015), 8.7
66/  BoJack Horseman (2014), 8.7
67/  Chappelle’s Show (2003), 8.7
68/  Succession (2018), 8.7
69/  Dragon Ball Z (1989), 8.7
70/  Dragon Ball Z (1989), 8.7
71/  I, Claudius (1976), 8.7
72/  South Park (1997), 8.7
73/  Rome (2005), 8.7
74/  Peaky Blinders (2013), 8.7
75/  One Piece (1999), 8.7
76/  Ted Lasso (2020), 8.7
77/  Six Feet Under (2001), 8.7
78/  Oz (1997), 8.7
79/  Kota Factory (2019), 8.7
80/  Over the Garden Wall (2014), 8.7
81/  As If (2021), 8.7
82/  Dark (2017), 8.7
83/  The Mandalorian (2019), 8.7
84/  Arrested Development (2003), 8.7
85/  Steins;Gate (2011), 8.7
86/  One Punch Man (2015), 8.7
87/  The Boys (2019), 8.7
88/  The Simpsons (1989), 8.7
89/  House (2004), 8.7
90/  The Shield (2002), 8.7
91/  Stranger Things (2016), 8.7
92/  Battlestar Galactica (2004), 8.6
93/  Fleabag (2016), 8.6
94/  Downton Abbey (2010), 8.6
95/  Invincible (2021), 8.6
96/  The Rehearsal (2022), 8.6
97/  Mad Men (2007), 8.6
98/  Gullak (2019), 8.6
99/  Sarabhai V/S Sarabhai (2004), 8.6
100/  Vinland Saga (2019), 8.6
101/  House of Cards (2013), 8.6
102/  Panchayat (2020), 8.6
103/  The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), 8.6
104/  The Crown (2016), 8.6
105/  Severance (2022), 8.6
106/  Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), 8.6
107/  Peep Show (2003), 8.6
108/  Friday Night Lights (2006), 8.6
109/  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984), 8.6
110/  Top Gear (2002), 8.6
111/  Berserk (1997), 8.6
112/  The Grand Tour (2016), 8.6
113/  The Thick of It (2005), 8.6
114/  1883 (2021), 8.6
115/  Line of Duty (2012), 8.6
116/  Justice League Unlimited (2004), 8.6
117/  Deadwood (2004), 8.6
118/  Dexter (2006), 8.6
119/  The X-Files (1993), 8.6
120/  Parks and Recreation (2009), 8.6
121/  The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015), 8.6
122/  Father Ted (1995), 8.6
123/  Aspirants (2021), 8.6
124/  Naruto: Shippûden (2007), 8.6
125/  Blackadder II (1986), 8.6
126/  This Is Us (2016), 8.6
127/  The Bridge (2011), 8.6
128/  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), 8.6
129/  Code Geass (2006), 8.6
130/  Daredevil (2015), 8.6
131/  Mahabharat (1988), 8.6
132/  Atlanta (2016), 8.6
133/  Archer (2009), 8.6
134/  Heartstopper (2022), 8.6
135/  Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi (2010), 8.6
136/  It’s a Sin (2021), 8.6
137/  Primal (2019), 8.6
138/  Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), 8.6
139/  Blackadder the Third (1987), 8.6
140/  Lonesome Dove (1989), 8.6
141/  Young Justice (2010), 8.6
142/  Gomorrah (2014), 8.6
143/  Mindhunter (2017), 8.5
144/  The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986), 8.5
145/  Yellowstone (2018), 8.5
146/  Adventure Time (2010), 8.5
147/  Monster (2004), 8.5
148/  QI (2003), 8.5
149/  Haikyu!! (2014), 8.5
150/  Yeh Meri Family (2018), 8.5
151/  Mr. Bean (1990), 8.5
152/  Dopesick (2021), 8.5
153/  Making a Murderer (2015), 8.5
154/  Anne with an E (2017), 8.5
155/  Poirot (1989), 8.5
156/  Ramayan (1987), 8.5
157/  Justified (2010), 8.5
158/  Boardwalk Empire (2010), 8.5
159/  Yes Minister (1980), 8.5
160/  The Haunting of Hill House (2018), 8.5
161/  The Bugs Bunny Show (1960), 8.5
162/  The Eric Andre Show (2012), 8.5
163/  The Queen’s Gambit (2020), 8.5
164/  The Newsroom (2012), 8.5
165/  Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019), 8.5
166/  Flight of the Conchords (2007), 8.5
167/  Impractical Jokers (2011), 8.5
168/  Dragon Ball (1986), 8.5
169/  Justice League (2001), 8.5
170/  Crash Landing on You (2019), 8.5
171/  Coupling (2000), 8.5
172/  Spaced (1999), 8.5
173/  Dragon Ball (1995), 8.5
174/  Battlestar Galactica (2003), 8.5
175/  Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), 8.5
176/  The Venture Bros. (2003), 8.5
177/  Westworld (2016), 8.5
178/  Long Way Round (2004), 8.5
179/  The Offer (2022), 8.5
180/  The Family Man (2019), 8.5
181/  The Bureau (2015), 8.5
182/  What We Do in the Shadows (2019), 8.5
183/  The IT Crowd (2006), 8.5
184/  Pose (2018), 8.5
185/  The Office (2001), 8.5
186/  Samurai Champloo (2004), 8.5
187/  Louie (2010), 8.5
188/  Mr. Robot (2015), 8.5
189/  I’m Alan Partridge (1997), 8.5
190/  Yes, Prime Minister (1986), 8.5
191/  Black Sun (2017), 8.5
192/  Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998), 8.5
193/  Through the Wormhole (2010), 8.5
194/  Shameless (2011), 8.5
195/  Letterkenny (2016), 8.5
196/  Spartacus (2010), 8.5
197/  Cobra Kai (2018), 8.5
198/  Samurai Jack (2001), 8.5
199/  Skam (2015), 8.5
200/  Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), 8.5
201/  Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), 8.5
202/  Sons of Anarchy (2008), 8.5
203/  North & South (2004), 8.5
204/  Brass Eye (1997), 8.5
205/  Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), 8.5
206/  Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (2011), 8.5
207/  Silicon Valley (2014), 8.5
208/  Ezel (2009), 8.5
209/  Endeavour (2012), 8.5
210/  Doctor Who (2005), 8.5
211/  Trailer Park Boys (2001), 8.5
212/  From the Earth to the Moon (1998), 8.5
213/  Detectorists (2014), 8.5
214/  Futurama (1999), 8.5
215/  Mob Psycho 100 (2016), 8.5
216/  Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal (1999), 8.5
217/  Twin Peaks (2017), 8.5
218/  Hannibal (2013), 8.5
219/  Community (2009), 8.4
220/  Umbre (2014), 8.4
221/  Schitt’s Creek (2015), 8.4
222/  The Expanse (2015), 8.4
223/  Chef’s Table (2015), 8.4
224/  Generation Kill (2008), 8.4
225/  The Night Of (2016), 8.4
226/  The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004), 8.4
227/  Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), 8.4
228/  Regular Show (2009), 8.4
229/  Mr Inbetween (2018), 8.4
230/  Big Little Lies (2017), 8.4
231/  SPY×FAMILY (2022), 8.4
232/  The Knick (2014), 8.4
233/  Wentworth (2013), 8.4
234/  My Brilliant Friend (2018), 8.4
235/  Your Lie in April (2014), 8.4
236/  John Adams (2008), 8.4
237/  Black Books (2000), 8.4
238/  X-Men: The Animated Series (1992), 8.4
239/  The Punisher (2017), 8.4
240/  Southland (2009), 8.4
241/  The Defiant Ones (2017), 8.4
242/  Avrupa Yakasi (2004), 8.4
243/  Mare of Easttown (2021), 8.4
244/  Content Cop (2015), 8.4
245/  Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004), 8.4
246/  Erased (2016), 8.4
247/  Gintama (2005), 8.4
248/  Clannad: After Story (2008), 8.4
249/  Kardes Payi (2014), 8.4
250/  I Love Lucy (1951), 8.4 The Top Rated TV Shows list only includes TV series and TV mini series.

• The list is ranked by a formula which includes the number of ratings each show received from users, and value of ratings received from regular users.
• To be included on the list, a series or mini series must receive ratings from at least 5000 users, and a TV series must also have aired at least 5 episodes.

Source: https://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv/ Accessed: Sep-2022.

List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, a film has a rating of 100% if each professional review recorded by the website is assessed as positive rather than negative. The percentage is based on the film’s reviews aggregated by the website and assessed as positive or negative, and when all aggregated reviews are positive, the film has a 100% rating. Listed below are films with 100% ratings that have a critics’ consensus or have been reviewed by at least twenty film critics. 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets (2015) 4 Little Girls (1997) 76 Days (2020) 12 Angry Men (1957) 17 Blocks (2019) 2040 (2020) A Bread Factory Part One: For the Sake of Gold (2018) A Bread Factory Part Two: Walk with Me a While (2018) A Brighter Summer Day (1991) A Close Shave (1995) A Crime on the Bayou (2020) A Grand Day Out (1989) A Man Escaped (1956) A Night to Remember (1958) A Room with a View (1985) A Secret Love (2020) A Star Is Born (1937) A Thousand Cuts (2020) Afghan Star (2008) After the Thin Man (1936) Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) Anima (2019) Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007) Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019) At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (2019) Athlete A (2020) Atlantic City (1980) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) Babylon (1980) Ball of Fire (1941) Bandit Queen (1994) Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018) Battleship Potemkin (1925) Before Sunrise (1995) Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) Black Narcissus (1947) Blind Ambition (2021) Born to Be (2020) Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) Branded to Kill (1967) Breaker Morant (1980) Breaking a Monster (2015) Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016) Broadway Danny Rose (1984) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) California Typewriter (2016) Captain Blood (1935) Chained for Life (2019) Chasing Coral (2017) Chicken People (2016) Chocolat (2016) Chris Rock: Tamborine (2018) Christmas (Again (2014) Classe Tous Risques (1960) Coded Bias (2020) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Coup 53 (2019) Cousins (2021) Creep 2 (2017) Crip Camp (2020) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Daphne (2017) Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) Day of Wrath (1943) Dead Souls (2018) Deliver Us from Evil (2006) Democrats (2014) Descendant (2022) Desk Set (1957) Destination Unknown (2017) Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy (2019) Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten (2015) Dreamcatcher (2015) Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008) Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) El Dorado (1966) En el séptimo día (2017) Enemies of the People (2010) Everybody’s Everything (2019) Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2011) Everything or Nothing (2012) Fanny and Alexander (1982) Fat City (1972) Fifi Howls from Happiness (2012) Finding Yingying (2020) Fireworks Wednesday (2006) For the Love of Spock (2016) Fort Apache (1948) Frankenstein (1931) Free Chol Soo Lee (2022) Freeland (2020) French Cancan (1955) Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down (2022) Gay Chorus Deep South (2019) General Magic (2019) Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (2014) God Loves Uganda (2013) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Great Expectations (1946) Half Moon (2006) Harmonium (2016) Harper (1966) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) Hell and Back Again (2011) Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (2009) Henry V (1944) Henry V (1989) Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) His House (2020) Hive (2021) Holiday Inn (1942) Holiday (1938) Honeyland (2019) Horror Noire (2019) Host (2020) Hotel Salvation (2016) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Hukkle (2002) I Am Cuba (1964) I for India (2005) I Vitelloni (1953) I Was Born (But… (1932) Ilo Ilo (2013) Incident at Oglala (1992) Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019) Into Eternity (2010) Introducing (Selma Blair (2021) Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (2019) It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012) Ivan’s Childhood (1962) Jalsaghar (1958) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018) Jour de fête (1949) Kajaki: The True Story (2014) Keep the Change (2017) Kenny (2006) Kes (1969) Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017) King Creole (1958) La Belle Noiseuse (1991) La haine (1995) Last Train Home (2009) L’Atalante (1934) Late Spring (1949) Laura (1944) Le Samouraï (1967) Leave No Trace (2018) Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 (2017) Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Live-In Maid (2004) Local Hero (1983) Long Strange Trip (2017) Louder Than a Bomb (2010) Love and Death (1975) Luzzu (2021) M (1931) Maborosi (1995) Mädchen in Uniform (1931) Maidan (2014) Man on Wire (2008) Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (2013) Mayor (2020) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Mercury 13 (2018) Mickey and the Bear (2019) Midnight Traveler (2019) Minding the Gap (2018) More than Honey (2012) Moving Midway (2007) Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter (Jr. (1999) Mr. Roosevelt (2017) Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020) Multiple Maniacs (1970) My Darling Clementine (1946) My Journey Through French Cinema (2016) My Life as a Dog (1985) My Voyage to Italy (1999) Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019) Nanette (2018) Nanook of the North (1922) National Bird (2016) National Velvet (1944) Next Goal Wins (2014) Night and Fog (1956) Night Will Fall (2014) Nostalgia for the Light (2010) Nowhere to Hide (2016) O.J.: Made in America (2016) Odd Man Out (1947) Of Horses and Men (2013) Off the Rails (2016) Old Yeller (1957) Older Than Ireland (2016) Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (2019) Oliver Twist (1948) One Cut of the Dead (2017) One More Time with Feeling (2016) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) Only Yesterday (1991) Ordet (1955) Pahokee (2019) Paper Spiders (2021) Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) Passing Strange (2009) Passion Fish (1992) Peace Officer (2015) Penguin Highway (2018) Pépé le Moko (1937) Peter and the Farm (2016) Pinocchio (1940) Planet of Snail (2011) Poetry (2011) Portrait of Jason (1967) Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) P’tit Quinquin (2014) Quai des Orfèvres (1947) Quo Vadis (Aida? (2020) Racing Dreams (2009) Rebels of the Neon God (1992) Red River (1948) Rewind This! (2013) Rewind (2019) Rocks in My Pockets (2014) Roger & Me (1989) Roll Red Roll (2018) Rome (Open City (1945) Sabaya (2021) Salesman (1969) Sanjuro (1962) Scream (Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019) Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Seoul Station (2016) Seven Samurai (1954) Seymour: An Introduction (2014) Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Shadows (1959) Sharkwater Extinction (2018) Shoah (1985) Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Sita Sings the Blues (2008) Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) Slay the Dragon (2019) Sleeper (1973) So Long (My Son (2019) Sonita (2015) Sound City (2013) South Mountain (2019) SPL II: A Time for Consequences (2015) Stagecoach (1939) Stalker (1979) Steamboat Bill (Jr. (1928) Still Walking (2008) Stop Making Sense (1984) Stray Dog (2014) Street Fight (2005) Strong Island (2017) Sugar Cane Alley (1984) Sullivan’s Travels (1941) Summer 1993 (2017) Suzi Q (2020) Take Out (2004) Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014) Tampopo (1985) Tár (2022) Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Temple Grandin (2010) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The Age of Shadows (2016) The Bank Dick (1940) The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) The Big Heat (1953) The Buddy Holly Story (1978) The Circle (2014) The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) The Departure (2017) The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (2021) The Endless Summer (1966) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Farthest (2017) The Gold Rush (1925) The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Great McGinty (1940) The Grey Fox (1982) The Hard Stop (2015) The Islands and the Whales (2016) The Judge (2017) The Juniper Tree (1990) The Kid (1921) The Killers (1946) The King and the Mockingbird (1980) The Lady Eve (1941) The Ladykillers (1955) The Last Laugh (1924) The Last Picture Show (1971) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) The Load (2019) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Man Who Laughs (1928) The Order of Myths (2008) The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation (2014) The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018: Animation (2018) The Philadelphia Story (1940) The Prince of Nothingwood (2017) The Public Enemy (1931) The Quiet Girl (2022) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) The Silence of Others (2018) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011) The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) The Square (2013) The Summit of the Gods (2021) The Swimmer (1968) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) The Terminator (1984) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) The Wages of Fear (1953) The Waiting Room (2012) The Wild Child (1970) The Woman King (2022) The Woman Who Ran (2020) The Work (2017) The World Before Your Feet (2018) The Wrong Trousers (1993) The Young Offenders (2016) This Is Not a Movie (2019) This is Not a War Story (2021) Three Colours: Red (1994) Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Thunder Soul (2010) Tickling Giants (2016) Tokyo Story (1953) Top Hat (1935) Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) Toy Story 2 (1999) Toy Story (1995) Trapped (2016) Twist of Faith (2004) Ugetsu (1953) Un Chien Andalou (1929) Uncertain (2015) Unrest (2017) Vagabond (1985) Victim (1961) Virunga (2014) Wajib (2017) Waste Land (2010) We Were Here (2011) Welcome to Chechnya (2020) White Riot (2019) Wild Bill (2011) Winchester ’73 (1950) Winter Soldier (1972) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Wolfman’s Got Nards (2018) Woman in the Dunes (1964) Woodstock (1970) Writing with Fire (2021) Yana’s Friends (1999) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) This list is quite odd since it does not contain excellent movies such as  Forrest Gump (1994), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Parasite (2019), Psycho (1960), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Godfather (1972), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), etc. Also, it contains many strange movies that are difficult to find on the internet, so we cannot evaluate those movies. Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/ Accessed: Sep-2022.

“All-time” 100 movies 1923-2005

This is a compilation by TIME magazine featuring and celebrating 100 of “the greatest” films released between March 3, 1923 (when the first issue of TIME was published) and early 2005 (when the list was compiled). The list was compiled by critics Richard Schickel and Richard.

• Aguirre: The Wrath of God
• The Apu Trilogy
• The Awful Truth
• Baby Face
• Bande à part
• Barry Lyndon
• Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Blade Runner
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Brazil
• Bride of Frankenstein
• Camille
• Casablanca
• Charade
• Children of Paradise
• Chinatown
• Chungking Express
• Citizen Kane
• City Lights
• City of God
• Closely Watched Trains
• The Crime of Monsieur Lange
• The Crowd
• Day for Night
• The Decalogue
• Detour
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• Dodsworth(1936)
• Double Indemnity
• Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Drunken Master II
• T. The Extra Terrestrial
• 8 1/2
• The 400 Blows
• Farewell My Concubine
• Finding Nemo
• The Fly
• The Godfather, Parts I and II
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• Goodfellas(1990)
• A Hard Day’s Night
• His Girl Friday
• Ikiru
• In A Lonely Place
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• It’s A Gift
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Kandahar
• Kind Hearts and Coronets
• King Kong
• The Lady Eve
• The Last Command
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Léolo
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Man with a Movie Camera
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• Metropolis
• Miller’s Crossing
• Mon oncle d’Amérique
• Mouchette
• Nayakan
• Ninotchka
• Notorious
• Olympia, Parts 1 and 2
• On the Waterfront
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• Out of the Past
• Persona
• Pinocchio
• Psycho
• Pulp Fiction
• The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Pyaasa
• Raging Bull
• Schindler’s List
• The Searchers
• Sherlock, Jr.
• The Shop Around the Corner
• Singin’ in the Rain
• The Singing Detective
• Smiles of a Summer Night
• Some Like It Hot
• Star Wars
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Sunrise
• Sweet Smell of Success
• Swing Time
• Taxi Driver
• Tokyo Story
• A Touch of Zen
• Ugetsu
• Talk to Her
• Ulysses’ Gaze
• Umberto D
• Unforgiven
• White Heat
• Wings of Desire
• Yojimbo

TIME also announced the ten best movies in each decade since the first issue of this magazine. They are: Metropolis (1927), Dodsworth (1936), Citizen Kane (1941), Ikiru (1952), Persona (1966), Chinatown (1974), Decalogue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994) và Talk to Her (2002). Source: http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/all/

AFI: 100 years… 100 films

In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) invited more than 1,500 leaders from across the American film community – screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics among them – to choose from a list of 400 nominated films compiled by AFI and select the 100 greatest American movies. In 2007, on its 10th Anniversary, the list was updated as follows:

• Twenty-three films from the original top 100 films list were removed in 2007
• Four films released between 1996 and 2006 were added
• Nineteen films made before 1996 were also added

Therefore, the combined list consists of 123 movies, as follows.

1. Citizen Kane – 1941 – Orson Welles
2. Casablanca – 1942 – Michael Curtiz
3. The Godfather – 1972 – Francis Ford Coppola
4. Gone with the Wind – 1939 – Victor Fleming
5. Lawrence of Arabia – 1962 – David Lean
6. The Wizard of Oz – 1939 – Victor Fleming
7. The Graduate – 1967 – Mike Nichols
8. On the Waterfront – 1954 – Elia Kazan
9. Schindler’s List – 1993 – Steven Spielberg
10. Singin’ in the Rain – 1952 – Gene Kelly
11. It’s a Wonderful Life – 1946 – Frank Capra
12. Sunset Boulevard – 1950 – Billy Wilder
13. The Bridge on the River Kwai – 1957 – David Lean
14. Some Like It Hot – 1959 – Billy Wilder
15. Star Wars – 1977 – George Lucas
16. All About Eve – 1950 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
17. The African Queen – 1951 – John Huston
18. Psycho – 1960 – Alfred Hitchcock
19. The General – 1926 – Buster Keaton
20. Chinatown – 1974 – Roman Polanski
21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975 – Miloš Forman
22. The Grapes of Wrath – 1940 – John Ford
23. 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968 – Stanley Kubrick
24. The Maltese Falcon – 1941 – John Huston
25. Raging Bull – 1980 – Martin Scorsese
26. T. the Extra-Terrestrial – 1982 – Steven Spielberg
27. Strangelove – 1964 – Stanley Kubrick
28. Bonnie and Clyde – 1967 – Arthur Penn
29. Apocalypse Now – 1979 – Francis Ford Coppola
30. Smith Goes to Washington – 1939 – Frank Capra
31. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – 1948 – John Huston
32. Annie Hall – 1977 – Woody Allen
33. The Godfather Part II – 1974 – Francis Ford Coppola
34. High Noon – 1952 – Fred Zinnemann
35. To Kill a Mockingbird – 1962 – Robert Mulligan
36. It Happened One Night – 1934 – Frank Capra
37. Midnight Cowboy – 1969 – John Schlesinger
38. The Best Years of Our Lives – 1946 – William Wyler
39. Double Indemnity – 1944 – Billy Wilder
40. Doctor Zhivago – 1965 – David Lean
41. North by Northwest – 1959 – Alfred Hitchcock
42. West Side Story – 1961 – Robert Wise
43. Rear Window – 1954 – Alfred Hitchcock
44. King Kong – 1933 – Merian C. Cooper
45. The Birth of a Nation – 1915 – W. Griffith
46. A Streetcar Named Desire – 1951 – Elia Kazan
47. A Clockwork Orange – 1971 – Stanley Kubrick
48. Taxi Driver – 1976 – Martin Scorsese
49. Jaws – 1975 – Steven Spielberg
50. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – 1937 – David Hand, et al.
51. Intolerance – 1916 – D. W. Griffith
52. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 1969 – George Roy Hill
53. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – 2001 – Peter Jackson
54. The Philadelphia Story – 1940 – George Cukor
55. From Here to Eternity – 1953 – Fred Zinnemann
56. Amadeus – 1984 – Miloš Forman
57. All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930 – Lewis Milestone
58. The Sound of Music – 1965 – Robert Wise
59. MASH – 1970 – Robert Altman
60. The Third Man – 1949 – Carol Reed
61. Fantasia – 1940 – Walt Disney
62. Rebel Without a Cause – 1955 – Nicholas Ray
63. Nashville – 1975 – Robert Altman
64. Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981 – Steven Spielberg
65. Vertigo – 1958 – Alfred Hitchcock
66. Sullivan’s Travels – 1941 – Preston Sturges
67. Tootsie – 1982 – Sydney Pollack
68. Stagecoach – 1939 – John Ford
69. Cabaret – 1972 – Bob Fosse
70. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 1977 – Steven Spielberg
71. The Silence of the Lambs – 1991 – Jonathan Demme
72. Network – 1976 – Sidney Lumet
73. The Manchurian Candidate – 1962 – John Frankenheimer
74. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – 1966 – Mike Nichols
75. An American in Paris – 1951 – Vincente Minnelli
76. Shane – 1953 – George Stevens
77. The French Connection – 1971 – William Friedkin
78. Forrest Gump – 1994 – Robert Zemeckis
79. Saving Private Ryan – 1998 – Steven Spielberg
80. Ben-Hur – 1959 – William Wyler
81. The Shawshank Redemption – 1994 – Frank Darabont
82. Wuthering Heights – 1939 – William Wyler
83. The Gold Rush – 1925 – Charlie Chaplin
84. Dances with Wolves – 1990 – Kevin Costner
85. In the Heat of the Night – 1967 – Norman Jewison
86. City Lights – 1931 – Charlie Chaplin
87. American Graffiti – 1973 – George Lucas
88. All the President’s Men – 1976 – Alan J. Pakula
89. Rocky – 1976 – John G. Avildsen
90. The Deer Hunter – 1978 – Michael Cimino
91. The Wild Bunch – 1969 – Sam Peckinpah
92. Modern Times – 1936 – Charlie Chaplin
93. Spartacus – 1960 – Stanley Kubrick
94. Giant – 1956 – George Stevens
95. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – 1927 – W. Murnau
96. Platoon – 1986 – Oliver Stone
97. Titanic – 1997 – James Cameron
98. Fargo – 1996 – Coen brothers
99. Duck Soup – 1933 – Leo McCarey
100. A Night at the Opera – 1935 – Sam Wood
101. Mutiny on the Bounty – 1935 – Frank Lloyd
102. Frankenstein – 1931 – James Whale
103. 12 Angry Men – 1957 – Sidney Lumet
104. Easy Rider – 1969 – Dennis Hopper
105. Patton – 1970 – Franklin J. Schaffner
106. The Sixth Sense – 1999 – Night Shyamalan
107. The Jazz Singer – 1927 – Alan Crosland
108. Swing Time – 1936 – George Stevens
109. My Fair Lady – 1964 – George Cukor
110. Sophie’s Choice – 1982 – Alan J. Pakula
111. A Place in the Sun – 1951 – George Stevens
112. The Apartment – 1960 – Billy Wilder
113. Goodfellas – 1990 – Martin Scorsese
114. Pulp Fiction – 1994 – Quentin Tarantino
115. The Last Picture Show – 1971 – Peter Bogdanovich
116. The Searchers – 1956 – John Ford
117. Do the Right Thing – 1989 – Spike Lee
118. Bringing Up Baby – 1938 – Howard Hawks
119. Blade Runner – 1982 – Ridley Scott
120. Unforgiven – 1992 – Clint Eastwood
121. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – 1967 – Stanley Kramer
122. Toy Story – 1995 – John Lasseter
123. Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1942 – Michael Curtiz

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years…100_Movies

National Film Registry

The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board’s (NFPB) selection of “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films” deserving of preservation. 3:10 to Yuma  (1957) 4 Little Girls  (1997) 12 Angry Men  (1957) 13 Lakes  (2004) 42nd Street  (1933)2001: A Space Odyssey  (1968) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea  (1916) A Bronx Morning  (1931) A Christmas Story  (1983) A Clockwork Orange  (1971) A Computer Animated Hand  (1972) A Corner in Wheat  (1909) A Cure for Pokeritis  (1912) A Face in the Crowd  (1957) A Fool There Was  (1915) A League of Their Own  (1992) A MOVIE  (1958) A New Leaf  (1971) A Night at the Opera  (1935) A Nightmare on Elm Street  (1984) A Place in the Sun  (1951) A Raisin in the Sun  (1961) A Star Is Born  (1954) A Streetcar Named Desire  (1951) A Study in Reds  (1932) A Time for Burning  (1966) A Time Out of War  (1954) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  (1945) A Trip Down Market Street  (1906) A Virtuous Vamp  (1919) A Walk in the Sun  (1945) A Woman Under the Influence  (1974) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein  (1948) Ace in the Hole (aka Big Carnival)  (1951) Adam’s Rib  (1949) Airplane!  (1980) Alien  (1979) All About Eve  (1950) All My Babies  (1953) All Quiet on the Western Front  (1930) All That Heaven Allows  (1955) All That Jazz  (1979) All the King’s Men  (1949) All the President’s Men  (1976) Allures  (1961) Amadeus  (1984) America, America  (1963) American Graffiti  (1973) An American in Paris  (1951) Anatomy of a Murder  (1959) Annie Hall  (1977) Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman  (1974) Apocalypse Now  (1979) Applause  (1929) Atlantic City  (1980) Baby Face  (1933) Back to the Future  (1985) Bad Day at Black Rock  (1955) Badlands  (1973) Ball of Fire  (1941) Bambi  (1942) Beauty and the Beast  (1991) Becky Sharp  (1935) Before Stonewall  (1984) Being There  (1979) Ben-Hur (1925)  (1925) Ben-Hur (1959)  (1959) Bert Williams Lime Kiln Club Field Day  (1913) Big Business  (1929) Black and Tan  (1929) Blackboard Jungle  (1955) Blacksmith Scene  (1893) Blade Runner  (1982) Blazing Saddles  (1974) Bless Their Little Hearts  (1984) Body and Soul  (1925) Bonnie and Clyde  (1967) Born Yesterday  (1950) Boulevard Nights  (1979) Boys Don’t Cry  (1999) Boyz N the Hood  (1991) Brandy in the Wilderness  (1969) Bread  (1918) Breakfast at Tiffany’s  (1961) Bringing Up Baby  (1938) Broadcast News  (1987) Brokeback Mountain  (2005) Broken Blossoms  (1919) Buena Vista Social Club  (1999) Bullitt  (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  (1969) Cabaret  (1972) Cabin in the Sky  (1943) Carmen Jones  (1954) Casablanca  (1942) Castro Street (The Coming of Consciousness)  (1966) Cat People  (1942) Chan Is Missing  (1982) Chicana  (1979) Chinatown  (1974) Chulas Fronteras  (1976) Cicero March  (1966) Cinderella  (1950) Citizen Kane  (1941) City Lights  (1931) Civilization  (1916) Clash of the Wolves  (1925) Clerks  (1994) Close Encounters of the Third Kind  (1977) Coal Miner’s Daughter  (1980) Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther  (1939) Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, South Carolina (May 1940)  (1940) Cool Hand Luke  (1967) Cooley High  (1975) Cops  (1922) Corbett-Fitzsimmons Title Fight  (1897) Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment  (1963) Cry of Jazz  (1959) Czechoslovakia 1968  (1969) D.O.A.  (1950) Dance, Girl, Dance  (1940) Dances with Wolves  (1990) Daughter of Dawn  (1920) Daughter of Shanghai  (1937) Daughters of the Dust  (1991) David Holzman’s Diary  (1968) Days of Heaven  (1978) Days of Wine and Roses  (1962) Dead Birds  (1964) Decasia  (2002) Deliverance  (1972) Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre  (1901) Destry Rides Again  (1939) Detour  (1945) Dickson Experimental Sound Film  (1894-1895) Die Hard  (1988) Dirty Harry  (1971) Disneyland Dream  (1956) Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency  (1908) Do the Right Thing  (1989) Dodsworth  (1936) Dog Day Afternoon  (1975) Dog Star Man  (1964) Don’t Look Back  (1967) Double Indemnity  (1944) Down Argentine Way  (1940) Dr. Strangelove  (1964) Dracula  (1931) Dracula (Spanish language version)  (1931) Dream of a Rarebit Fiend  (1906) Drums of Winter (aka Uksuum Cauyai)  (1988) Duck Amuck  (1953) Duck and Cover  (1951) Duck Soup  (1933) Dumbo  (1941) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial  (1982) Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer  (1974) Early Abstractions  (1939-1956) East of Eden  (1955) Easy Rider  (1969) Eaux d’artifice  (1953) Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze  (1894) El Mariachi  (1992) El Norte  (1983) Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB  (1967) Ella Cinders  (1926) Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island  (1903) Empire  (1964) Employees Entrance  (1933) Enter the Dragon  (1973) Eraserhead  (1977) Evergreen  (1965) Eve’s Bayou  (1997) Faces  (1968) Fake Fruit Factory  (1986) Fantasia  (1940) Fargo  (1996) Fast Times at Ridgemont High  (1982) Fatty’s Tintype Tangle  (1915) Felicia  (1965) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off  (1986) Field of Dreams  (1989) Film Portrait  (1972) Five Easy Pieces  (1970) Flash Gordon Serial  (1936) Flesh and the Devil  (1927) Flower Drum Song  (1961) Flowers and Trees  (1932) Fog of War  (2003) Foolish Wives  (1922) Footlight Parade  (1933) Forbidden Planet  (1956) Force of Evil  (1948) Forrest Gump  (1994) Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band  (1928) Frank Film  (1973) Frankenstein  (1931) Freaks  (1932) Free Radicals  (1979) Freedom Riders  (2010) From Here to Eternity  (1953) From Stump to Ship  (1930) From the Manger to the Cross  (1912) Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection  (1920s and 1930s) Fuji  (1974) Funny Girl  (1968) Fury  (1936) Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers  (1980) Gaslight  (1944) Gentleman’s Agreement  (1947) George Stevens’ World War II Footage  (1943-1946) George Washington Carver at Tuskegee Institute  (1937) Gerald McBoing-Boing  (1951) Gertie The Dinosaur  (1914) Ghostbusters  (1984) Giant  (1956) Gigi  (1958) Gilda  (1946) Girlfriends  (1978) Glimpse of the Garden  (1957) Going My Way  (1944) Gold Diggers of 1933  (1933) Gone With the Wind  (1939) Goodfellas  (1990) Grand Hotel  (1932) Grass  (1925) Grease  (1978) Greed  (1924) Grey Gardens  (1976) Groundhog Day  (1993) Growing Up Female  (1971) Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner  (1967) Gun Crazy aka Deadly Is the Female  (1949) Gunga Din  (1939) H2O  (1929) Hail the Conquering Hero  (1944) Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People  (1984) Hallelujah!  (1929) Halloween  (1978) Hands Up!  (1926) Harlan County, U.S.A.  (1976) Harold and Maude  (1971) He Who Gets Slapped  (1924) Hearts and Minds  (1974) Hell’s Hinges  (1916) Hell-Bound Train  (1930) Heroes All  (1920) Hester Street  (1975) High Noon  (1952) High School  (1969) Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage  (1937) His Girl Friday  (1940) Hoop Dreams  (1994) Hoosiers  (1986) Hospital  (1970) Hot Dogs for Gauguin  (1972) Hours for Jerome: Parts 1 and 2  (1980-82) House of Usher  (1960) House of Wax  (1953) How Green Was My Valley  (1941) How the West Was Won  (1962) Hud  (1963) Humoresque  (1920) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang  (1932) I Am Joaquin  (1969) I am Somebody  (1970) I, an Actress  (1977) Illusions  (1982) Imitation of Life  (1934) Imitation of Life  (1959) In a Lonely Place  (1950) In Cold Blood  (1967) In the Heat of the Night  (1967) In the Land of the Head Hunters  (1914) In the Street  (1948) Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street  (1905) Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport  (2000) Intolerance  (1916) Invasion of the Body Snatchers  (1956) It  (1927) It Happened One Night  (1934) It’s a Gift  (1934) It’s a Wonderful Life  (1946) Jailhouse Rock  (1957) Jam Session  (1942) Jammin’ the Blues  (1944) Jaws  (1975) Jazz on a Summer’s Day  (1959) Jeffries-Johnson World’s Championship Boxing Contest  (1910) Jezebel  (1938) John Henry and the Inky-Poo  (1946) Johnny Guitar  (1954) Jubilo  (1919) Judgment at Nuremberg  (1961) Jurassic Park  (1993) Kannapolis, N.C.  (1941) Kid Auto Races at Venice  (1914) Kidnapper’s Foil  (1930s) Killer of Sheep  (1977) King Kong  (1933) King of Jazz  (1930) King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis  (1970) Kiss Me Deadly  (1955) Knute Rockne, All American  (1940) Koyaanisqatsi  (1983) L.A. Confidential  (1997) La Bamba  (1987) Lady Helen’s Escapade  (1909) Lady Windermere’s Fan  (1925) Lambchops  (1929) Lassie Come Home  (1943) Last Waltz, The  (1978) Laura  (1944) Lawrence of Arabia  (1962) Leave Her to Heaven  (1945) Let There Be Light  (1946) Let’s All Go to the Lobby  (1957) Letter from an Unknown Woman  (1948) Life of an American Fireman  (1903) Lilies of the Field  (1963) Little Big Man  (1970) Little Caesar  (1930) Little Fugitive  (1953) Little Miss Marker  (1934) Little Nemo  (1911) Lives of Performers  (1972) Lonesome  (1928) Losing Ground  (1982) Lost Horizon  (1937) Louisiana Story  (1948) Love Finds Andy Hardy  (1938) Love Me Tonight  (1932) Luxo Jr.  (1986) M*A*S*H  (1970) Mabel’s Blunder  (1914) Magical Maestro  (1952) Make Way for Tomorrow  (1937) Malcolm X  (1992) Manhatta  (1921) Manhattan  (1979) March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany  (1938) Marian Anderson: the Lincoln Memorial Concert  (1939) Martha Graham Dance Films  () Marty  (1955) Mary Poppins  (1964) Master Hands  (1936) Matrimony’s Speed Limit  (1913) Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege  (2006) McCabe & Mrs. Miller  (1971) Mean Streets  (1973) Medium Cool  (1969) Meet Me in St. Louis  (1944) Melody Ranch  (1940) Memento  (2001) Memphis Belle  (1944) Men and Dust  (1940) Meshes of the Afternoon  (1943) Michael Jackson’s Thriller  (1983) Midnight  (1939) Midnight Cowboy  (1969) Mighty Like a Moose  (1926) Mildred Pierce  (1945) Miracle on 34th Street  (1947) Miss Lulu Bett  (1922) Modern Times  (1936) Modesta  (1956) Mom and Dad  (1944) Monterey Pop  (1968) Moon Breath Beat  (1980) Morocco  (1930) Motion Painting No. 1  (1947) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington  (1939) Mrs. Miniver  (1942) Multiple SIDosis  (1970) Musketeers of Pig Alley  (1912) My Darling Clementine  (1946) My Fair Lady  (1964) My Man Godfrey  (1936) My Name Is Oona  (1969) Nanook of the North  (1922) Nashville  (1975) National Lampoon’s Animal House  (1978) National Velvet  (1944) Naughty Marietta  (1935) Navajo Film Themselves (Through Navajo Eyes)  (1966) Network  (1976) Newark Athlete  (1891) Nicholas Brothers’ Home Movies  (1930s-’40s) Night of the Living Dead  (1968) Ninotchka  (1939) No Lies  (1973) Norma Rae  (1979) North By Northwest  (1959) Nostalgia  (1971) Notes on the Port of St. Francis  (1951) Nothing But a Man  (1964) Notorious  (1946) Now, Voyager  (1942) OffOn  (1968) Oklahoma!  (1955) Old Yeller  (1957) On the Bowery  (1957) On the Town  (1949) On the Waterfront  (1954) Once Upon a Time in the West  (1968) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest  (1975) One Froggy Evening  (1956) One Survivor Remembers  (1995) One Week  (1920) One-Eyed Jacks  (1961) Only Angels Have Wings  (1939) Our Daily Bread  (1934) Our Day  (1938) Our Lady of the Sphere  (1969) Out of the Past  (1947) Outrage  (1950) Parable  (1964) Paris Is Burning  (1990) Pass the Gravy  (1928) Paths of Glory  (1957) Patton  (1970) Peege  (1972) Peter Pan  (1924) Phenix City Story, The  (1955) Pickup on South Street  (1953) Pillow Talk  (1959) Pink Flamingos  (1972) Pinocchio  (1940) Planet of the Apes  (1968) Platoon  (1986) Please Don’t Bury Me Alive!  (1976) Point Blank  (1967) Point of Order  (1964) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor  (1936) Porgy and Bess  (1959) Porky in Wackyland  (1938) Portrait of Jason  (1967) Powers of Ten  (1978) Precious Images  (1986) Preservation of the Sign Language  (1913) President McKinley Inauguration Footage  (1901) Primary  (1960) Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy  (1909) Psycho  (1960) Pull My Daisy  (1959) Pulp Fiction  (1994) Punch Drunks  (1934) Pups Is Pups  (1930) Purple Rain  (1984) Putney Swope  (1969) Quasi at the Quackadero  (1975) Raging Bull  (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark  (1981) Real Women Have Curves  (2002) Rear Window  (1954) Rebecca  (1940) Rebel Without a Cause  (1955) Red Dust  (1932) Red River  (1948) Regeneration  (1915) Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania  (1971-1972) Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage  (1937) Requiem 29  (1970) Return of the Jedi  (1983) Return of the Secaucus 7  (1980) Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films  (1924-28) Richard Pryor: Live in Concert  (1979) Ride the High Country  (1962) Ringling Bros. Parade Film  (1902) Rio Bravo  (1959) Rip Van Winkle  (1896) Road to Morocco  (1942) Rocky  (1976) Roger & Me  (1989) Roman Holiday  (1953) Rose Hobart  (1936) Rosemary’s Baby  (1968) Ruggles of Red Gap  (1935) Rushmore  (1998) Sabrina  (1954) Safety Last!  (1923) Salesman  (1968) Salomé  (1923) Salt of the Earth  (1954) Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia  (1990) San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18, 1906  (1906) Saturday Night Fever  (1977) Saving Private Ryan  (1998) Scarface  (1932) Schindler’s List  (1993) Scratch and Crow  (1995) Seconds  (1966) Selena  (1997) Serene Velocity  (1970) Sergeant York  (1941) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers  (1954) Seventh Heaven  (1927) sex, lies, and videotape  (1989) Shadow of a Doubt  (1943) Shadows  (1959) Shaft  (1971) Shane  (1953) She Done Him Wrong  (1933) Sherlock, Jr.  (1924) Sherman’s March  (1986) She’s Gotta Have it  (1986) Shock Corridor  (1963) Shoes  (1916) Show Boat  (1936) Show People  (1928) Shrek  (2001) Siege  (1940) Singin’ in the Rain  (1952) Sink or Swim  (1990) Sky High  (1922) Slacker  (1991) Sleeping Beauty  (1959) Smoke Signals  (1998) Snow White  (1933) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  (1937) So’s Your Old Man  (1926) Some Like It Hot  (1959) Something Good – Negro Kiss  (1898) Sons of the Desert  (1933) Sounder  (1972) Spartacus  (1960) St. Louis Blues  (1929) Stagecoach  (1939) Stand and Deliver  (1988) Star Wars  (1977) Stark Love  (1927) State Fair  (1933) Steamboat Bill, Jr.  (1928) Steamboat Willie  (1928) Stop Making Sense  (1984) Stormy Weather  (1943) Stranger Than Paradise  (1984) Strangers on a Train  (1951) Study of a River  (1996-1997) Sullivan’s Travels  (1941) Sunrise  (1927) Sunset Boulevard  (1950) Superman  (1978) Suspense  (1913) Suzanne, Suzanne  (1982) Sweet Smell of Success  (1957) Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song  (1971) Swing Time  (1936) Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One  (1968) Tabu  (1931) Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse  (1940) Tarantella  (1940) Tarzan and His Mate  (1934) Taxi Driver  (1976) Tess of the Storm Country  (1914) Tevye  (1939) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad  (1958) The Adventures of Robin Hood  (1938) The African Queen  (1951) The Apartment  (1960) The Asphalt Jungle  (1950) The Atomic Café  (1982) The Augustas  (1930s-1950s) The Awful Truth  (1937) The Bad and the Beautiful  (1952) The Band Wagon  (1953) The Bank Dick  (1940) The Bargain  (1914) The Battle of San Pietro  (1945) The Battle of the Century  (1927) The Beau Brummels  (1928) The Best Years of Our Lives  (1946) The Big Heat  (1953) The Big Lebowski  (1998) The Big Parade  (1925) The Big Sleep  (1946) The Big Trail  (1930) The Birds  (1963) The Birth of a Nation  (1915) The Black Pirate  (1926) The Black Stallion  (1979) The Blood of Jesus  (1941) The Blue Bird  (1918) The Blues Brothers  (1980) The Breakfast Club  (1985) The Bride of Frankenstein  (1935) The Bridge on the River Kwai  (1957) The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man  (1975) The Cameraman  (1928) The Cheat  (1915) The Chechahcos  (1924) The City  (1939) The Conversation  (1974) The Cool World  (1963) The Court Jester  (1956) The Crowd  (1928) The Cry of the Children  (1912) The Curse of Quon Gwon  (1916-1917) The Dark Knight  (2008) The Day the Earth Stood Still  (1951) The Decline of Western Civilization  (1981) The Deer Hunter  (1978) The Devil Never Sleeps  (1994) The Docks of New York  (1928) The Dragon Painter  (1919) The Emperor Jones  (1933) The Empire Strikes Back  (1980) The Endless Summer  (1966) The Evidence of the Film  (1913) The Exiles  (1961) The Exorcist  (1973) The Exploits of Elaine  (1914) The Fall of the House of Usher  (1928) The Flying Ace  (1926) The Forgotten Frontier  (1931) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse  (1921) The French Connection  (1971) The Freshman  (1925) The Front Page  (1931) The Gang’s All Here  (1943) The General  (1927) The Girl Without a Soul  (1917) The Godfather  (1972) The Godfather Part II  (1974) The Gold Rush  (1925) The Goonies  (1985) The Graduate  (1967) The Grapes of Wrath  (1940) The Great Dictator  (1940) The Great Train Robbery  (1903) The Ground  (1993-2001) The Heiress  (1949) The Hitch-Hiker  (1953) The Hole  (1963) The Hospital  (1971) The House I Live In  (1945) The House in the Middle  (1954) The Hunters  (1957) The Hurt Locker  (2009) The Hustler  (1961) The Immigrant  (1917) The Incredible Shrinking Man  (1957) The Informer  (1935) The Inner World of Aphasia  (1968) The Invisible Man  (1933) The Iron Horse  (1924) The Italian  (1915) The Jazz Singer  (1927) The Joy Luck Club  (1993) The Jungle  (1967) The Kid  (1921) The Killers  (1946) The Kiss  (1896) The Lady Eve  (1941) The Lady from Shanghai  (1947) The Land Beyond the Sunset  (1912) The Last Command  (1928) The Last of the Mohicans  (1920) The Last Picture Show  (1971) The Lead Shoes  (1949) The Learning Tree  (1969) The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra  (1927) The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter  (1980) The Life of Emile Zola  (1937) The Lion King  (1994) The Living Desert  (1953) The Long Goodbye  (1973) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring  (2001) The Lost Weekend  (1945) The Lost World  (1925) The Lunch Date  (1989) The Magnificent Ambersons  (1942) The Magnificent Seven  (1961) The Making of an American  (1920) The Maltese Falcon  (1941) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance  (1962) The Man with the Golden Arm  (1955) The Manchurian Candidate  (1962) The March  (1964) The Mark of Zorro  (1920) The Mark of Zorro  (1940) The Matrix  (1999) The Middleton Family at the New York World’s Fair  (1939) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek  (1944) The Muppet Movie  (1979) The Murder of Fred Hampton  (1971) The Music Box  (1932) The Music Man  (1962) The Naked City  (1948) The Naked Spur  (1953) The Navigator  (1924) The Negro Soldier  (1944) The Night of the Hunter  (1955) The Nutty Professor  (1963) The Old Mill  (1937) The Outlaw Josey Wales  (1976) The Ox-Bow Incident  (1943) The Pawnbroker  (1965) The Pearl  (1948) The Perils of Pauline  (1914) The Phantom of the Opera  (1925) The Philadelphia Story  (1940) The Pink Panther  (1963) The Plow That Broke the Plains  (1936) The Poor Little Rich Girl  (1917) The Power and the Glory  (1933) The Power of the Press  (1928) The Princess Bride  (1987) The Prisoner of Zenda  (1937) The Producers  (1968) The Public Enemy  (1931) The Quiet Man  (1952) The Red Book  (1994) The Revenge of Pancho Villa  (1930-1936) The Right Stuff  (1983) The River  (1938) The Rocky Horror Picture Show  (1975) The Searchers  (1956) The Sex Life of the Polyp  (1928) The Shawshank Redemption  (1994) The Shining  (1980) The Shop Around the Corner  (1940) The Silence of the Lambs  (1991) The Sinking of the Lusitania  (1918) The Son of the Sheik  (1926) The Sound of Music  (1965) The Spook Who Sat by the Door  (1973) The Sting  (1973) The Story of G.I. Joe  (1945) The Story of Menstruation  (1946) The Strong Man  (1926) The T.A.M.I. Show  (1964) The Tall T  (1957) The Tell-Tale Heart  (1953) The Ten Commandments  (1956) The Terminator  (1984) The Thief of Bagdad  (1924) The Thin Blue Line  (1988) The Thin Man  (1934) The Thing from Another World  (1951) The Three Little Pigs  (1933) The Times of Harvey Milk  (1984) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre  (1948) The Way of Peace  (1947) The Wedding March  (1928) The Wild Bunch  (1969) The Wind  (1928) The Wishing Ring: an Idyll of Old England  (1914) The Wizard of Oz  (1939) The Wobblies  (1979) The Women  (1939) Thelma & Louise  (1991) Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser  (1988) Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck  (1925) There It Is  (1928) They Call It Pro Football  (1966) Think of Me First as a Person  (1960-1975) This Is Cinerama  (1952) This Is Spinal Tap  (1984) Time and Dreams  (1976) Tin Toy  (1988) Titanic  (1997) To Be or Not to Be  (1942) To Fly!  (1976) To Kill a Mockingbird  (1962) To Sleep with Anger  (1990) Tol’able David  (1921) Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son  (1969-1971) Tootsie  (1982) Top Gun  (1986) Top Hat  (1935) Topaz  (1943-1945) Touch of Evil  (1958) Toy Story  (1995) Traffic in Souls  (1913) Trance and Dance in Bali  (1936-1939) Trouble in Paradise  (1932) Tulips Shall Grow  (1942) Twelve O’Clock High  (1949) Twentieth Century  (1934) Two-Color Kodachrome Test Shots No. III  (1922) Two-Lane Blacktop  (1971) Uncle Tom’s Cabin  (1914) Under Western Stars  (1938) Unforgiven  (1992) Unmasked  (1917) V-E Day +1 (May 9, 1945)  (1945) Verbena tragica  (1939) Vertigo  (1958) Wall-E  (2008) Wanda  (1971) War of the Worlds  (1953) Water and Power  (1989) Watermelon Woman  (1996) Wattstax  (1973) West Side Story  (1961) Westinghouse Works 1904  (1904) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane  (1962) What’s Opera, Doc?  (1957) Where Are My Children?  (1916) White Fawn’s Devotion  (1910) White Heat  (1949) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?  (1988) Who Killed Vincent Chin  (1987) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  (1966) Why Man Creates  (1968) Why We Fight  (1943-1945) Wild and Woolly  (1917) Wild Boys of the Road  (1933) Wild River  (1960) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?  (1957) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory  (1971) Winchester ’73  (1950) Wings  (1927) With Car and Camera Around the World  (1929) With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain  (1937-38) Within Our Gates  (1920) Woman of the Year  (1942) Woodstock  (1970) Wuthering Heights  (1939) Yankee Doodle Dandy  (1942) Young Frankenstein  (1974) Young Mr. Lincoln  (1939) Zapruder Film  (1963) Zoot Suit  (1981) Source: Complete National Film Registry Listing – https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ Accessed: Sep-2022.

Best Asian films

In 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Busan International Film Festival, in South Korea, marked its milestone with a poll of noted Asian filmmakers and international critics of Asian film, who were all asked for their top ten. Japan accounted for 26 films on the list, followed by Iran (19) and Korea (15). The oldest film chosen was Ozu’s I Was Born, But… from 1932, which was ranked 48th of all time. In the following list, because a number of films are in the same rank, there are 66 ranks only. 1,   Tokyo Story,  Yasujirō Ozu,  1953,  Japan 2,   Rashomon,  Akira Kurosawa,  1950,  Japan 3,   In the Mood for Love,  Wong Kar-wai,  2000,  Hong Kong 4,   The Apu Trilogy,  Satyajit Ray,  1955,  India 5,   A City of Sadness,  Hou Hsiao-hsien,  1989,  Taiwan 6,   Seven Samurai,  Akira Kurosawa,  1954,  Japan 7,   A Brighter Summer Day,  Edward Yang,  1991,  Taiwan 8,   Spring in a Small Town,  Fei Mu,  1948,  China 8,   Still Life,  Jia Zhangke,  2006,  China 10,  The Housemaid,  Kim Ki-young,  1960,  Korea 10,  Close-Up,  Abbas Kiarostami,  1990,  Iran 12,  Yi Yi,  Edward Yang,  2000,  Taiwan 12,  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring,  Kim Ki-duk,  2003,  Korea 12,  Oldboy,  Park Chan-wook,  2003,  Korea 15,  Late Spring,  Yasujirō Ozu,  1949,  Japan 15,  Taste of Cherry,  Abbas Kiarostami,  1998,  Iran 15,  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,  Apichatpong Weerasethakul,  2010,  Thailand 18,  Ugetsu Monogatari,  Kenji Mizoguchi,  1953,  Japan 18,  The Music Room,  Satyajit Ray,  1958,  India 18,  The Cloud-Capped Star,  Ritwik Ghatak,  1960,  India 18,  Where Is the Friend’s Home?,  Abbas Kiarostami,  1987,  Iran 18,  Raise the Red Lantern,  Zhang Yimou,  1991,  China 18,  Seopyeonje,  Im Kwon-taek,  1993,  Korea 18,  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,  Ang Lee,  2000,  Taiwan 18,  Spirited Away,  Hayao Miyazaki,  2001,  Japan 18,  Tropical Malady,  Apichatpong Weerasethakul,  2004,  Thailand 18,  Mother,  Bong Joon-ho,  2008,  Korea 18,  Poetry,  Lee Chang-dong,  2010,  Korea 18,  A Separation,  Asghar Farhadi,  2011,  Iran 30,  A Touch of Zen,  King Hu,  1969,  Taiwan 30,  Manila in the Claws of Light,  Lino Brocka,  1975,  Philippines 30,  Mandala,  Im Kwon-taek,  1981,  Korea 30,  A Moment of Innocence,  Mohsen Makhmalbaf,  1996,  Iran 30,  Happy Together,  Wong Kar-wai,  1997,  Hong Kong 30,  The River,  Tsai Ming-liang,  1997,  Taiwan 30,  Blissfully Yours,  Apichatpong Weerasethakul,  2002,  Thailand 37,  Awara,  Raj Kapoor,  1951,  India 37,  Floating Clouds,  Mikio Naruse,  1955,  Japan 37,  Pyaasa,  Guru Dutt,  1957,  India 37,  The Lonely Wife,  Satyajit Ray,  1964,  India 37,  The Cow,  Dariush Mehrjui,  1969,  Iran 37,  Red Sorghum,  Zhang Yimou,  1987,  China 37,  Days of Being Wild,  Wong Kar-wai,  1990,  Hong Kong 37,  Farewell My Concubine,  Chen Kaige,  1993,  China 37,  Vive L’Amour,  Tsai Ming-liang,  1994,  Taiwan 37,  The Adopted Son,  Aktan Abdykalykov,  1998,  Kyrgyzstan 37,  Peppermint Candy,  Lee Chang-dong,  1999,  Korea 48,  I Was Born, But…,  Yasujirō Ozu,  1932,  Japan 48,  The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums,  Kenji Mizoguchi,  1939,  Japan 48,  Living,  Akira Kurosawa,  1952,  Japan 48,  Sansho the Bailiff,  Kenji Mizoguchi,  1954,  Japan 48,  The House Is Black,  Forough Farrokhzad,  1963,  Iran 48,  The Woman in the Dunes,  Hiroshi Teshigahara,  1964,  Japan 48,  Scattered Clouds,  Mikio Naruse,  1967,  Japan 48,  Daughter-In-Law,  Khodzhakuli Narliev,  1972,  Turkmenistan 48,  Dersu Uzala,  Akira Kurosawa,  1975,  Japan 48,  In the Realm of the Senses,  Nagisa Oshima,  1976,  Japan 48,  The Time to Live and the Time to Die,  Hou Hsiao-hsien,  1985,  Taiwan 48,  Through the Olive Trees,  Abbas Kiarostami,  1994,  Iran 48,  Children of Heaven,  Majid Majidi,  1997,  Iran 48,  Osama,  Siddiq Barmak,  2003,  Afghanistan 48,  Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks,  Wang Bing,  2003,  China 48,  Paradise Now,  Hany Abu-Assad,  2005,  Palestine 48,  Mukhsin,  Yasmin Ahmad,  2006,  Malaysia 48,  Secret Sunshine,  Lee Chang-dong,  2007,  Korea 66,  The Goddess,  Wu Yonggang,  1934,  China 66,  Humanity and Paper Balloons,  Sadao Yamanaka,  1937,  Japan 66,  Street Angel,  Yuan Muzhi,  1937,  China 66,  The Life of Oharu,  Kenji Mizoguchi,  1952,  Japan 66,  Mother India,  Mehboob Khan,  1957,  India 66,  Floating Weeds,  Yasujirō Ozu,  1958,  Japan 66,  Good Morning,  Yasujirō Ozu,  1959,  Japan 66,  Paper Flowers,  Guru Dutt,  1959,  India 66,  The Naked Island,  Kaneto Shindo,  1960,  Japan 66,  Intentions of Murder,  Shohei Imamura,  1964,  Japan 66,  A Man Vanishes,  Shohei Imamura,  1967,  Japan 66,  Holiday,  Lee Man-hee,  1968,  Korea 66,  The Cruel Sea,  Khalid Al Siddiq,  1972,  Kuwait 66,  Insiang,  Lino Brocka,  1976,  Philippines 66,  Vengeance Is Mine,  Shohei Imamura,  1979,  Japan 66,  Batch ’81,  Mike De Leon,  1982,  Philippines 66,  Taipei Story,  Edward Yang,  1984,  Taiwan 66,  The Runner,  Amir Naderi,  1985,  Iran 66,  My Neighbor Totoro,  Hayao Miyazaki,  1988,  Japan 66,  Ju Dou,  Zhang Yimou,  1990,  China 66,  Life, and Nothing More…,  Abbas Kiarostami,  1992,  Iran 66,  The Puppetmaster,  Hou Hsiao-hsien,  1993,  Taiwan 66,  Chungking Express,  Wong Kar-wai,  1994,  Hong Kong 66,  The Scent of Green Papaya,  Tran Anh Hung,  1994,  Vietnam 66,  Gabbeh,  Mohsen Makhmalbaf,  1995,  Iran 66,  The White Balloon,  Jafar Panahi,  1995,  Iran 66,  The Day a Pig Fell into the Well,  Hong Sang-soo,  1996,  Korea 66,  Hana-bi,  Takeshi Kitano,  1997,  Japan 66,  Flowers of Shanghai,  Hou Hsiao-hsien,  1998,  Taiwan 66,  Chunhyang,  Im Kwon-taek,  1999,  Korea 66,  The Color of Paradise,  Majid Majidi,  1999,  Iran 66,  A Poet,  Garin Nugroho,  1999,  Indonesia 66,  Blackboards,  Samira Makhmalbaf,  2000,  Iran 66,  The Circle,  Jafar Panahi,  2000,  Iran 66,  The Day I Became a Woman,  Marzieh Meshkini,  2000,  Iran 66,  Devils on the Doorstep,  Jiang Wen,  2000,  China 66,  Platform,  Jia Zhangke,  2000,  China 66,  Kandahar,  Mohsen Makhmalbaf,  2001,  Iran 66,  Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,  Park Chan-wook,  2002,  Korea 66,  The Wind Will Carry Us,  Abbas Kiarostami,  2002,  Iran 66,  Memories of Murder,  Bong Joon-ho,  2003,  Korea 66,  The World,  Jia Zhangke,  2004,  China 66,  Bright Future,  Kiyoshi Kurosawa,  2004,  Japan 66,  The Host,  Bong Joon-ho,  2006,  Korea 66,  Melancholia,  Lav Diaz,  2008,  Philippines 66,  Wadjda,  Haifaa al-Mansour,  2012,  Saudi Arabia 66,  Ilo Ilo,  Anthony Chen,  2013,  Singapore 66,  The Owners,  Adilkhan Yerzhanov,  2014,  Kazakhst

BBC: 100 greatest “foreign language” films

In 2018, BBC asked critics to vote for their favourite movies made primarily in a language other than English. The result is BBC’s 100 greatest foreign-language films. The 209 critics who took part are from 43 different countries and speak a total of 41 languages – a range that sets BBC’s poll apart from any other. The result: 100 films from 67 different directors, from 24 countries, and in 19 languages. French can claim to be the international language of acclaimed cinema: 27 of the highest-rated films were in French, followed by 12 in Mandarin, and 11 each in Italian and Japanese. At the other end of the scale, several languages were represented by just one film, such as Belarusian (Come and See), Romanian (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), and Wolof (Touki Bouki). If there’s anything disappointing about the final list, it’s the paucity of films directed or co-directed by women. There are just four out of 100. But BBC made sure to contact as many female critics as male ones; of those who responded, 94 (45 per cent) were women. One statistic of note was that a quarter of the films on the list were East Asian: that is, 25 of them were made in Japan (11), China (6), Taiwan (4), Hong Kong (3) or South Korea (1). And the winning film, Seven Samurai, by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, was loved by critics everywhere – everywhere, that is, except for Japan. The six Japanese critics who voted didn’t go for a single Kurosawa film between them. 100. Landscape in the Mist (Theo Angelopoulos, 1988) 99. Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958) 98. In the Heat of the Sun (Jiang Wen, 1994) 97. Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) 96. Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) 95. Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse, 1955) 94. Where Is the Friend’s Home? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987) 93. Raise the Red Lantern (Zhang Yimou, 1991) 92. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman, 1973) 91. Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955) 90. Hiroshima Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, 1959) 89. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) 88. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939) 87. The Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 1957) 86. La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962) 85. Umberto D (Vittorio de Sica, 1952) 84. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Buñuel, 1972) 83. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954) 82. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001) 81. Celine and Julie go Boating (Jacques Rivette, 1974) 80. The Young and the Damned (Luis Buñuel, 1950) 79. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) 78. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) 77. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) 76. Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001) 75. Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967) 74. Pierrot Le Fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) 73. Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929) 72. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952) 71. Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) 70. L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962) 69. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012) 68. Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) 67. The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962) 66. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973) 65. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955) 64. Three Colours: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 63. Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu, 1948) 62. Touki Bouki (Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973) 61. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) 60. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) 59. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985) 58. The Earrings of Madame de… (Max Ophüls, 1953) 57. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) 56. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994) 55. Jules and Jim (François Truffaut, 1962) 54. Eat Drink Man Woman (Ang Lee, 1994) 53. Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu, 1949) 52. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) 51. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) 50. L’Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934) 49. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) 48. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961) 47. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) 46. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné, 1945) 45. L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960) 44. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962) 43. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999) 42. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002) 41. To Live (Zhang Yimou, 1994) 40. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966) 39. Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) 38. A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991) 37. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) 36. La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937) 35. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963) 34. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987) 33. Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) 32. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999) 31. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) 30. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) 29. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003) 28. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982) 27. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973) 26. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988) 25. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) 24. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei M Eisenstein, 1925) 23. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928) 22. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006) 21. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) 20. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974) 19. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) 18. A City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989) 17. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog, 1972) 16. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) 15. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955) 14. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (Chantal Akerman, 1975) 13. M (Fritz Lang, 1931) 12. Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, 1993) 11. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) 10. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) 9. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) 8. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) 7. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963) 6. Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966) 5. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939) 4. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) 3. Tokyo Story (Yasujirô Ozu, 1953) 2. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio de Sica, 1948) 1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

Vietnamese movies

Based on the IMDb rating given by at least 100 reviewers, the list (as of March 2018) of top movies directed or produced by the Vietnamese (in the country or overseas) is provided below. Note that since the majority of reviewers are Vietnamese, their rating could be higher in comparison with international reviewers rating English spoken or subtitled movies. The list below is shown in rank, title, year, director, and IMDb rating. 1. Chuyến Đi Cuối Cùng của Chị Phụng (2014) Nguyễn Thị Thắm – 8.7 2. Làng Vũ Đại ngày ấy (1982) Phạm Văn Khoa – 8.6 3. Sài Gòn Tình Ca (2006) Ringo Lê – 8.6 4. Vật Đổi Sao Dời (2001) Charlie Nguyễn – 8.5 5. Lấy Chồng Người Ta (2012) Lưu Huỳnh – 8.4 6. Vĩ Tuyến 17, Ngày và Đêm (1973) Hải Ninh – 8.4 7. 14 Ngày Phép (2009) Nguyễn Trọng Khoa – 8.4 8. Trở Về (1994) Đặng Nhật Minh – 8.3 9. Ngọc Viễn Đông (2011) Ngô Cường – 8.0 10. 12 Chòm Sao: Vẽ Đường Cho Yêu Chạy (2015) Vũ Ngọc Phượng – 8.0 11. Ám Ảnh (2016) Nguyễn Bảo – 7.9 12. Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh (2015) Victor Vũ – 7.8 13. Bao Giờ Cho Đến Tháng Mười (1984) Đặng Nhật Minh – 7.8 14. Cô Gái Trên Sông (1987) Đặng Nhật Minh – 7.8 15. Vào Nam Ra Bắc (2000) Phi Tiến Sơn – 7.8 16. 1735 Km (2005) Nguyễn Nghiêm Đăng Tuấn – 7.7 17. Em Là Bà Nội Của Anh (2015) Phan Gia Nhật Linh – 7.7 18. Thung Lũng Hoang Vắng (2002) Phạm Nhuệ Giang – 7.7 19. Mùi Cỏ Cháy (2012) Nguyễn Hữu Mười – 7.7 20. Áo lụa Hà Dông (2006) Lưu Huỳnh – 7.6 21. Âm Mưu Giày Gót Nhọn (2013) Trần Hàm – 7.6 22. Trái Tim Bé Bỏng (2008) Nguyễn Thanh Vân – 7.6 23. Cú và Chim Se Sẻ (2007) Lê Thanh Sơn – 7.5 24. Hà Nội Mùa Đông Năm 46 (1997) Đặng Nhật Minh – 7.5 25. Long Thành Cầm Giả Ca (2010) Đào Bá Sơn – 7.5 26. Khát Vọng Thăng Long (2010) Lưu Trọng Ninh – 7.5 27. Nắng (2016) Đồng Đăng Giao – 7.5 28. Thị Trấn Yên Tĩnh (1986) Lê Đức Tiến – 7.5 29. Xích Lô (1995) Trần Anh Hùng – 7.4 30. Mùi Đu Đủ Xanh (1993) Trần Anh Hùng – 7.4 31. Tâm Hồn Mẹ (2011) Phạm Nhuệ Giang – 7.4 32. Vượt Sóng (2006) Trần Hàm – 7.3 33. Ba mùa (1999) Tony Bùi – 7.3 34. Yêu (2015) Viet Max – 7.3 35. Bến Không Chồng (2001) Lưu Trọng Ninh – 7.3 36. Fan Cuồng (2016) Charlie Nguyễn – 7.3 37. Mùa Hè Chiều Thẳng Đứng (2000) Trần Anh Hùng – 7.2 38. Tứ quái Sài Gòn (1973) La Thoại Tân – 7.2 39. Quả tim máu (2014) Victor Vũ – 7.2 40. Cánh Đồng Bất Tận (2010) Nguyễn Phan Quang Bình – 7.2 41. Scandal: Hào Quang Trở Lại (2014) Victor Vũ – 7.2 42. Dịu Dàng (2014) Lê Văn Kiệt – 7.2 43. Truyện Cổ Tích Cho Tuổi Mười Bảy (1988) Nguyễn Xuân Sơn – 7.2 44. Chị Tư Hậu (1963) Phạm Kỳ Nam – 7.2 45. Dòng máu anh hùng (2007) Charlie Nguyen – 7.1 46. Mùa len trâu (2004) Nguyễn Minh Võ – 7.1 47. Chuyện Của Pao (2006) Ngô Quang Hải – 7.1 48. Ký Ức Điện Biên (2004) Đỗ Minh Tuấn – 7.1 49. Đó … hay Đây? (2011) Phạm Síu – 7.1 50. Bụi Đời Chợ Lớn (2013) Charlie Nguyễn – 7.0 51. Gánh Xiếc Rong (1988) Việt Linh – 7.0 52. Huyền Thoại Bất Tử (2009) Lưu Huỳnh – 7.0 53. Trúng Số (2015) Dustin Nguyễn – 7.0 54. Vua Bãi Rác (2002) Võ Hoài Nam – 7.0 55. Lạc Giới (2014) Phi Tiến Sơn – 7.0 56. Em Chưa 18 (2017) Lê Thanh Sơn – 7.0

Movies of compiler’s preference

I list the movies I prefer below. My two main criteria are entertainment quality and humane value, with secondary factors such as cinematography, the story, and music. My personal preference is also biased toward historical or fact-based movies. I do not like unconvincing stories, so I like sci-fi movies if their stories are not very absurd to me. And some movies I like not for any particular reason except long-lasting impressions I particularly appreciate such movies with humane value, even though critics think otherwise. For instance, I find the movies Rain man and Roman holiday have high humane value while critics think they are comedies. How come they are so superficial in thinking! And more: City lights, The gold rush and The kid are often regarded as mere comedies but I find high humane value in them. Also, the war film Hart’s war is not rated high perhaps because the critics look for a good war story and they find not much war in it. But I find the court-room scenario contains high humane value. Feature-presentation movies of preference (* is for special preference) * 3 idiots (2009) 12 angry men (1957) 12 years a slave (2013) 50/50 (2011) A beautiful mind (2001) A bug’s life (1998) A few good men (1992) A fistful of dollars (1964) A good year (2006) * A simple life = Tao Jie (2012) * A time to love and a time to die (1958) After the storm / Even deeper than the sea (2016) Aladdin (1992) Alien (1979) Amadeus (1983) Amistad (1997) Anthropoid (2016) Any which way you can (1980) Around the world in eighty days (1956) Atonement (2007) Avatar (2009) Babe (1995) * Barfi! (2012) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Ben-Hur (1959) Body of lies (2008) Braveheart (1995) Changeling (2008) Chaplin (1992) Chuyến đi cuối cùng của chị Phụng (2014) Cinema Paradiso (1988) * City lights (1931) Cleopatra (1963) Clear and present danger (1994) Columbiana (2011) Dances with wolves (1990) Da Tang Xuan Zang = Đại Đường Huyền Trang (2016) * Dave (1993) Der untergang = Downfall (2004) * Doctor Zhivago (1965) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) E.T. the extra-terrestrial (1982) Erin Brockovich (2000) Every which way but loose (1978) Face off (1997) Fiddler on the roof (1971) * Firelight (1997) Fist of legend = Tinh Võ anh hùng (1994) * For a few dollars more (1965) Forrest Gump (1994) Gandhi (1982) * Gran Torino (2008) * Hachiko Monogatari (1987) * Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone (2001) * Hart’s war (2002) * Heaven & earth (1993) Hotel Rwanda (2004) * I can speak (2017) In the mood for love (2000) * Indiana Jones and the last crusade (1989) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Infernal affairs = Vô gian đạo (2002) * Ip Man = Diệp Vấn (2008) Irma la Douce (1963) Jaws (1975) * Jurassic Park (1993) Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Les diaboliques (1955) * Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) Lust and caution (2007) Malena (2000) Megan Leavey (2017) Midnight cowboy (1969) Mississippi burning (1988) Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) My fair lady (1964) Next (2007) * Okuribito – Departures (2008) Oliver! (1968) One flew over the cuckoo’s nest (1975) * Open range (2003) Philadelphia (1993) Pinocchio (1940) * Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Planet of the apes (1968) * Prayers for Bobby (TV movie 2009) Primal fear (1996) * Rain man (1988) * Roman holiday (1953) Romancing the stone (1984) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Scent of a woman (1992) Schindler’s list (1993) * Sense and sensibility (1995) Shane (1953) Shoplifters (2018) Spartacus (1960) Srimanthudu = The wealthy man (2015) * Sully (2016) * Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie) Terminator 2: Judgment day (1991) The apartment (1960) The Book of Eli (2010) The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The bridges of Madison County (1995) * The bucket list (2007) The children of Huang Shi (2008) The day of the Jackal (1973) The eagle has landed (1976) * The Elephant Man (1980) The fault in our stars (2014) * The Godfather (1972) Godfather 2 (1974) * The Gods must be crazy (1980) * The gold rush (1925) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) The greatest showman (2017) The Green Mile (1999) * The intern (2015) The intouchables (2011) The kid (1921) The killing fields (1984) The King and I (1956) The King’s speech (2010) * The last emperor (1984) The legend of 1900 = La leggenda del pianista sull oceano (1998) * The Lion King (1994) * The longest day (1962) The notebook (2004) The pianist (2002) * The Shawshank redemption (1994) The silence of the lambs (1991) The sound of music (1965) The teacher’s diary = Khidtheung withaya (2014) The ten commandments (1956) * The terminator (1984) The untouchables (1987) * Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018) Titanic (1997) * Tokyo family (2013) Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) * Tôi thấy hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh (2015) Transporter (2002) * WALL-E (2008) Willow (1988) * Wonder (2017) Youth (2015) TV series of preference – my rating in square quotation marks [ ] A scholar dream of woman (2015): 47 episodes. In 1927, during the Early Republic of China times, a smart young woman wants to continue expanding her knowledge. This beautiful and elegantly-made drama focuses on her struggle and story within the Xuan family and events in China during this turbulent period in history. [rating of 8.2.] American crime story Season 1: The People v. O. J. Simpson (2016): 10 episodes. This is about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman and the subsequent court proceedings. IMDb rating of 8.4. Arrow Season 1-3 (2012-2014). I find the first 3 seasons are enough. IMDb rating of 7.7. Band of brothers (2001): 10 episodes. If The longest day  is the classic war film to watch, then you should watch this series. This is the story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day. IMDb rating of 9.5 (highest). Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014): 5 seasons. An Atlantic City, New Jersey politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era. The best-seling series in more than 160 countries. IMDb rating of 8.6. Breaking bad Seasons 1-5 (2008-2013). A high-school chemistry teacher learns he’s dying, so he takes up a new career as a meth producer in hopes of earning enough money to take care of his family. This beautiful piece of art is incredibly well written and directed. Breaking bad is possibly the best TV drama ever made – there isn’t a wrong step, bad episode or miscast character throughout the whole series run. IMDb rating of 9.5 (highest). Broadchurch Season 1 (2013): 8 episodes. The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart. IMDb rating of 8.3. Dae Jang Geum (2003): 54 episodes, based on a true story in Korean history. Still considered to be one of the best classic sries of SouthKorea. IMDb rating of 8.6. Dream of Red Chamber = Hong Lou meng = Hồng Lâu mộng (2004): 36 episodes. This series based on one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, this series is regarded by many within China as being a near-definitive adaptation of the novel as it gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation. After more than two decades, it is perhaps still the finest TV series ever produced by Mainland China. The remake fails to make similar impressions. IMDb rating of 7.0 [should be 8.0]. Empress Ki (2013): 51 episodes. A Korea-born warrior girl had to be a servant at the Mongol Yuan court but somehow overcame her low status to become an empress in another land. Excellent drama, great casting. IMDb rating of 8.6. Empresses in the Palace = Hou Gong: Zhen Huan Zhuan = Hậu cung Chân Hoàn truyện (2012). The 10-episode version for the U.S. market is too short to leave much feeling; the 76-episode version creates more impressions. This is probaly the best TV series of Chinese harem drama, based on a popular contemporary novel which, in turn, is based loosely on a major concubine of Yongzheng Emperor. IMDb rating of 8.5. Good doctor (2013): 20 episodes. A medical drama about a surgical resident with autistic disorder and savant syndrome. IMDb rating of 8.2. Hot mom (2014): 38 episodes. Social and family issues like those in China and Vietnam are depicted with funs. [rating of 7.4] Legend of eagle shooting hero = She diao ying xiong zhuan = Anh hùng xạ điêu (2003): 59 episodes. Based on the first of the condor heroes trilogy by Jin Yong. A good adaptation, the best casting among different versions. IMDb rating of 6.9 [should be 7.4]. Legend of the Yuan Empire founder = Sóng gió Nguyên Triều (2013): 46 episodes. The series spans over 70 years and romanticises the life of Kublai Khan, the fourth son of Genghis Khan, and the events leading to his founding of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in China. [rating of 7.3] Ma Yong Zhen = Mã Vĩnh Trinh (2012): 40 episodes. There have been so many movies on this legensary fighter, but this latest series is still enthralling. [rating of 7.3] Mu Fu feng yun = Mộc phủ phong vân (2012): 40 episodes. A beautiful and moving story in a strange historical period among exotic geographical setting and charming music. [rating of 7.4] My fair princess = Hoàn châu cách cách (1987-1988): 24 episodes. Hot among the yougth in many Asian countries. The remake is not good. [rating of 7.4] Narcos Seasons 1-3 (2015-2017): 10 episodes in each season. This is about the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar of Colombia. IMDb rating of 8.8. Nothing gold can stay = Năm ấy hoa nở trăng vừa tròn (2017): 74 episodes. Biography of legendary widow Zhou Ying who revitalized the business of Wu’s family, a prominent clan in Guanzhong of Shaanxi, in late Qing Dynasty. IMDb rating of 8.1. Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo = Tể tướng Lưu Gù (1988): A classic series, there is no remake. Liu Yong is a high ranking official serving in Emperor Qianlong’s court. He is constantly trying match his wits against the very corrupted yet Emperor’s favourite official, He Shen. One good guy and one bad guy but both provide so entertaining performance. [rating of 8.0] Prison break Season 1-3 (2005): 22, 22, 13 episodes, respectively. It suffices for you to watch the first three seasons. Seasons 4-5 run out of exciting ideas and so their schemes are unconvincing. IMDb rating of 8.1.

Siu Lung Nui (Idy Chan Yuk Lin)

Return of the condor hero = Sun diu hap lui = Thần điêu đại hiệp (1983): 51 episodes. An adaptation of the second in the famous trilogy, it is widely considered one of the finest martial arts series. Apart from martial arts, this is the best love story by Jin Yong (Louis Cha) that is shown well by the artists. Jin Yong stated that this adaptation satisfied him the most, and I agree with him. I think no-one in the previous and subsequent vesions is equal to Idy Chan Yuk Lin in the role of Siu Lung Nui. IMDb rating of 8.1. Royal Tramp = Lu ding ji = Lộc đỉnh ký (2008): an adaptation of the novel Lu ding ji (The deer and the cauldron) by Jin Yong, his favorite. This version is more balanced than the previous and subsequent ones. IMDb rating of 6.4 [should be 7.4]. Scarlet heart = Bộ bộ kinh tâm (2011): 40 episodes.  A kind of Back to the Future, but with more sentimental due to in-fighting of the princes. [rating of 7.2] Sea Mother = Thích thanh hải nương (2016): 34 episodes. It is about love, sure, but also about superstition and witchcraft, legends, jealousy, and dark schemes. [rating of 7.4] The new Shang Hai bund = Tân Bến Thượng Hải (2007): a remake of the classic in 1980 with Chow Yun Fat, and intriguing series the same thanks to excellent casting. Francis Yip also sings the classic theme song in Mandarin. [rating of 7.3.] State of Divinity = The smiling, proud wanderer = Tiếu ngạo giang hồ (1996): The series has an odd name in English, but it is a faithfull adaptation of the book Xiao ao jiang hu by Jin Yong. No-one in other versions equal Jackie Lui as Ling-wu Chung and He Meitian as Yee-lam. [rating of 7.8.] Story of Yanxi Palace = Diên Hy cung lược (2018): 70 episodes. Another movie on jealousy and dark schemes among the king’s concubines but the story is fascinating and causes laugher even though it is not a comedy. The costumes and settings are truthful to the Qianlong Emperor period. IMDb rating of 7.9. Suits (2011) 12 episodes for Season 1. On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City’s best lawyers. The series is worth watching if you do not look for action or tearful sentiments. IMDb rating of 8.9. The day of days = Bản lĩnh đại thiên kim (2014): 20 episodes. Quite entertaining, not much of violence, suitable for the family during New Year festive season.  [rating of 7.4.] The great revival a.k.a. Wo xin chang dan = Phục quốc phụ tình (2007): 41 episodes. An adaptation of one period in Dōngzhōu Lièguó Zhì (Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms – Đông chu lục quốc) by Feng Menglong. It is a revival between Goujian, the king of Yue, and Fuchai, the king of Wu, with the story of “sleeping on sticks and tasting gall”, referring to Goujian’s endurance for vengeance.  [rating of 8.0.] The last night of Madam Chin = Kim Đại Ban (2010): 36 episodes. Fan Bing Bing as producer and main actress in this adaptation of a novel of the same name. Set in Shanghai in the 1930s-1940s, the drama follows the story of a dance hostess, Chin Zhao Li, and the 3 important men in her life.  [rating of 7.6.] The legend of Lu Zhen a.k.a. Lu Zhen chuan qi = Lục Trinh truyền kỳ (2013): Based loosely on a true story. To escape her cruel stepmother, Lu Zhen enters the palace as an attendant. She was quickly promoted through the ranks and finally became prime minister.  [rating of 7.2.] The legend of Yang Guifei = Dương Quý Phi bí sử (2010): 49 episodes. The legend, also the music and dances of the the Tang Dynasty.  [rating of 7.3.] The new heaven sword and the dragon sabre a.k.a. Yi tian tu long ji = Cô gái Đồ Long (1986): This is the third chapter of Jin Yong’s famous trilogy. This version is old, cinematography is so-so, special effects are rudimentary, but the plots and acting become classic that the remakes cannot compare.  [rating of 7.4.] The Romance of Three Kingdoms a.k.a. San guo yan yi = Tam Quốc diễn nghĩa (1995): 84 episodes. The adaptation follows closely the novel of the same name. However, epic fighting scenes involving tens of thousand troups look like exercise of a few hundred. IMDb rating of 8.6. The secret history of Wu Zetian = Võ Tắc Thiên bí sử (2012): 54 episodes. The series is based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of Empress Regnant. Three well-known actresses Yin Tao, Liu Xiaoqing and Siqin Gaowa play Wu Zetian in the young, middle age and old age periods, respectively. Considering faithfulness to historical facts, costume and setting, this version is considered to be the best.  [rating of 7.5.] The suspicious housekeeper (2013). 20 episodes. This Korean series is an adaptation of the Japanese drama Kaseifu no Mita. It is about a housekeeper who is hired to work for a family which has just lost its mother, leaving just the father and 4 children. But, she’s strange. She is unsociable housekeeper who is perfect in what she does around the house but doesn’t smile or show her feelings. [rating of 7.4.]

Wang Zhaojun (Yang Mi)

Wang Zhaojun = Vương Chiêu Quân  (2005): 30 episodes. This series depicts the life of Wang Qiang (Wang Chiang), more commonly known by her stylistic name Wang Zhaojun (Wang Chao-chun) in the Western Han Dynasty. She was recruited to the harem of Emperor Yuan of Han, but was entirely ignored. She ended up to be the minor wife of Huhanye Chanyu of Xiongnu Tribe. When Huhanye died, by tradition she became the wife of the next Chanyu, born by her husband’s first wife. Thus she helped build the 60-year peace between the Hand Dynasty and the Xiongnu Tribe. [rating of 7.8.] Winter sonata (2002): 20 episodes. Jun-Sang moves to a small town in the country and meets Yoo-Jin in the local high school. They fall in love, but Jun-Sang faces a terrible tragedy and gets killed in a car accident. Ten years later, Yoo-Jin meets a guy who looks just like her Jun-Sang. Used to be hot in East Asia including Japan. IMDb rating of 8.1. You who came from the star (2013): 22 episodes. Do Min-Joon, an alien that came to our planet 400 years ago, will be able to return to his planet in 3 months, but when he meets famous actress Chun Song-Yi, all the centuries he spent distancing himself from humans come to an end. IMDb rating of 8.0. Miseseu Cab = Mrs. Cop (2015): 18 episodes. There are crimes and therefore there are actions, but more than that: a movie that is both sentimental and entertaining. A crime drama about female detective squad chief, who also raises her daughter. The joys and sorrows of being a working mom in Korea are explored through the life of passionate middle-aged female cop. The series deserves an IMDb rating of 8.0. Sui Tang Yan Yi a.k.a. Heroes of Sui and Tang = Tùy Đường diễn nghĩa (2013): 62 episodes. The drama begins in Sui dynasty and ends with Li Yuan’s ascension to the throne and the establishment of the Tang dynasty. The show centers around the heroes who rose during this time and their stories. Good performance. IMDb rating of 7.4. The cage of love [Zhua Zhu Cai Hong De Nan Ren] (2015), 35 episodes, Chinese drama series directed by Wu Jin Yuan. Jiang Yu (Hawick Lau) is a ruthless businessman during the Republican era who is out to seek revenge against his sworn enemy. But his plan gets complicated when he meets his enemy’s daughter, Wu Cai Hong (Zheng Shuang). Jiang Yu falls in love with the kind and beautiful Cai Hong despite himself. But Jiang Yu becomes the primary suspect for the death of Cai Hong’s father. As they both try to uncover the truth behind the death of Cai Hong’s father, they will learn what fate has in store for them. The story is witty, enthralling and sentimental, with full of love, jealousy, greed, prejudice, hatred and vengeance. Luckily for non-Chinese movie lovers, there are English subtitles. Chernobyl (2019): 6 parts, IMDb rating: 9.4; number of user reviewers give 10/10 stars. According to reviews by Russian watchers, the miniseries shows authenticity: the seting details, the way the Soviet regime hierarchy functioned, the denial and secrecy surrounding the disaster, and also, the feeling of anxiety, horror, disgust and sadness all. On the other hand, Wikipedia quotes sources pointing out some problems in historical accuracy: the miniseries seems to go “overboard with its characters, depicting Soviet officials and plant management as too evil and conniving…”; “it doesn’t come close to reflecting reality … A lot of the facts presented are just not true”; Chernobyl’s “propensity toward Hollywood inflation – to show us things that didn’t happen” and for taking “fictional license over the line into contrivance and melodrama.” Regrettably, two inaccuracies stand out. First, the dramatic helicopter crash shown did happen, but occurred weeks later than shown and was caused by a collision with a crane, not by flying too close to the reactor core. Second, Ulana Khomyuk, a nuclear physicist with important roles, is a fictional composite character (a character based on more than one individual in the story). Designated Survivor (2016). 21 parts for Season 1. This is an American political thriller drama television series. Kiefer Sutherland stars as Thomas Kirkman, an American politician named as the designated survivor for the State of the Union address, who suddenly ascends from the position of U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to President of the United States after an explosion kills everyone ahead of him in the presidential line of succession. Kirkman deals with his inexperience as head of state while looking to uncover the truth behind the attack. IMDb rating of 8.1. Alias Grace (2017). 6 parts. Based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood of the same name and inspired by true events, Alias Grace tells the story of Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), a young, poor Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who – along with stable hand James McDermott (Kerr Logan) – finds herself accused and convicted of the infamous 1843 double murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin). IMDb rating of 7.8. Note: I am not particular fond of the series Spartacus (2010-2013), and I’m surprised to see so many hot sex scenes with naked bodies. Do not think this series is suitable for the family to watch together! The same is for Game of Thrones (2011-2019). Even though the IMDb rating is 9.4, it suffices to watch the first two seasons when your kids are not around.

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Compiled by: Diệp Minh Tâm – Updated on: Sep-2022