The Times 100 Best Movies

[suzepulcheria]

I thought the choice wasn't too bad, but what about the omission of AMOLAD? I expect that may have caused some fluttering in the doocots!

[dremble wedge]

Well, thanks to The Times I now know that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and There Will be Blood are in the top 10 of the best films ever made!



Also Point Break is better than The Lady Vanishes, Lawrence of Arabia and The Seven Samurai .



We must be thankful to these types of list as I would never had worked that out on my own...



And here they are:



100 - Jurassic Park



99 - La Belle et la Bete



98 - My Fair Lady



97 - Point Break



96 - Lost in Translation



95 - Grand Hotel



94 - La Haine



93 - Cool Hand Luke



92 - A bout de soffle



91 - Short Cuts



90 - Trainspotting



89 - A Touch of Evil



88 - Wild Strawberries



87 - Silence of the Lambs



86 - Nosferatu



85 - Dog Day Afternoon



84 - Festen



83 - Spartacus



82 - Chungking Express



81 - North by Northwest



80 - Tokyo Story



79 - Deliverance



78 - The Lady Eve



77 - Pather Panchali



76 - From Here To Eternity



75 - The Good, The Bad the Ugly



74 - Rosemary’s Baby



73 - Great Expectations



72 - Days of Heaven



71 - This Is Spinal Tap



70 - The Conversation



69 - Hidden (Cache)



68 - The Maltese Falcon



67 - The Piano



66 - Toy Story



65 - The Thin Blue Line



64 - Do The Right Thing



63 - On The Waterfront



62 - Taxi Driver



61 - Rashomon



60 - The Crying Game



59 - Pulp Fiction



58 - Dr Zhivago



57 - Raging Bull



56 - Whisky Galore



55 - The Matrix



54 - Roman Holiday



53 - Mildred Pierce



52 - La Dolce Vita



51 - Cabaret



50 - Blade Runner



49 - High Society



48 - Shoah



47 - Fargo



46 - All About Eve



45 - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp



44 - A Streetcar Named Desire



43 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day



42 - Blue Velvet



41 - A Star Is Born



40 - The Life of Brian



39 - The Graduate



38 - Rear Window



37 - Beau Travail



36 - Jaws



35 - Withnail and I



34 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance



33 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest



32 - The Empire Strikes Back



31 - His Girl Friday



30 - Rebel Without a Cause



29 - Duck Soup



28 - Gone With The Wind



27 - A Clockwork Orange



26 - Goodfellas



25 - Picnic at Hanging Rock



24 - The Philadelphia Story



23 - Some Like It Hot



22 - The Breakfast Club



21 - The Towering Inferno



20 - The Wizard of Oz



19 - The Exorcist



18 - Don’t Look Now



17 - Annie Hall



16 - Metropolis



15 - Apocalypse Now



14 - Jungle Book



13 - 2001



12 - Alien



11 - The Sound of Music



10 - The Godfather



9 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind



8 - Sunset Boulevard



7 - Kes



6 - Vertigo



5 - The Shining



4 - Chinatown



3 - ET



2 - There Will Be Blood



1 - Casablanca

[Steve Crook]

name='suzepulcheria']I thought the choice wasn't too bad, but what about the omission of AMOLAD? I expect that may have caused some fluttering in the doocots!

Yet another film list that doesn't specify the criteria used to select them or rank them. This one appears to be just the personal opinion of one person.



I would say it's fairly meaningless, and not just because it doesn't include AMOLAD



Steve

[batman]

99 - La Belle et la Bete

93 - Cool Hand Luke

92 - A bout de souffle

89 - A Touch of Evil

88 - Wild Strawberries

86 - Nosferatu

83 - Spartacus

81 - North by Northwest

76 - From Here To Eternity

68 - The Maltese Falcon

63 - On The Waterfront

54 - Roman Holiday

53 - Mildred Pierce

52 - La Dolce Vita

51 - Cabaret

50 - Blade Runner

46 - All About Eve

44 - A Streetcar Named Desire

38 - Rear Window

36 - Jaws

33 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

31 - His Girl Friday

30 - Rebel Without a Cause

28 - Gone With The Wind

24 - The Philadelphia Story

23 - Some Like It Hot

20 - The Wizard of Oz

16 - Metropolis

15 - Apocalypse Now

12 - Alien

10 - The Godfather

8 - Sunset Boulevard

6 - Vertigo

4 - Chinatown

1 - Casablanca



These are the ones on that list I would consider for a top 100, but even some of those may not make the cut.

[billy bentley]

At best it's a silly list, bfor I assume silly people.

[christoph404]

name='Steve Crook']Yet another film list that doesn't specify the criteria used to select them or rank them. This one appears to be just the personal opinion of one person.



I would say it's fairly meaningless, and not just because it doesn't include AMOLAD



Steve

I would agree, and "Citizen Kane" isn't even on the list as far as I can see! "Just another random list of 100 films in no particular order" would indeed be a better description! The fact that a Jim Carey film is at number 9 speaks volumes about who ever composed the list!

[dremble wedge]

name='christoph404']The fact that a Jim Carey film is at number 9 speaks volumes about who ever composed the list!

Quite. If it were Earth Girls Are Easy however, it would be perfectly understandable

[Third Man]

The Times had an equally useless list a few weeks back when they did the top fifty crime writers it was inane, insipid and thoughtless.



Simon