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MR. SHOWBIZ'S 100 BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

    CRITICS' PICKS:
      Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz
        The Godfather Part II (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
          North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
            Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
              Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean
                Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen
                  Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
                    Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski
                      The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir. John Ford
                        City Lights (1931), dir. Charles Chaplin
                          Raging Bull (1980), dir. Martin Scorsese
                            Sunset Boulevard (1950), dir. Billy Wilder
                              2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                The Philadelphia Story (1940), dir. George Cukor
                                  To Have and Have Not (1944), dir. Howard Hawks
                                    The Graduate (1967), dir. Mike Nichols
                                      The Maltese Falcon (1941), dir. John Huston
                                        Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas
                                          It's A Wonderful Life (1946), dir. Frank Capra
                                            The Wild Bunch (1969), dir. Sam Peckinpah
                                              Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                Singin' In The Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
                                                  The Godfather (1972), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
                                                    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), dir. Steveen Spielberg
                                                      The Palm Beach Story (1942), dir. Preston Sturges
                                                        Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott
                                                          Double Indemnity (1944), dir. Billy Wilder
                                                            The Manchurian Candidate (1962), dir. John Frankenheimer
                                                              All About Eve (1950), dir. Joseph Mankiewicz
                                                                The Searchers (1956), dir. John Ford
                                                                  Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                    Annie Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen
                                                                      Ninotchka (1939), dir. Ernst Lubitsch
                                                                        Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch
                                                                          The Wizard of Oz (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
                                                                            Bringing Up Baby (1938), dir. Howard Hawks
                                                                              The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), dir. David Lean
                                                                                Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                                                                  Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino
                                                                                    Some Like It Hot (1959), dir. Billy Wilder
                                                                                      On The Waterfront (1954), dir. Elia Kazan
                                                                                        One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), dir. Milos Forman
                                                                                          Taxi Driver (1976), dir. Martin Scorsese
                                                                                            Touch Of Evil (1958), dir. Orson Welles
                                                                                              Nashville (1975), dir. Robert Altman
                                                                                                Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
                                                                                                  The Hustler (1961), dir. Robert Rossen
                                                                                                    The Big Sleep (1946), dir. Howard Hawks
                                                                                                      Bonnie And Clyde (1967), dir. Arthur Penn
                                                                                                        Unforgiven (1992), dir. Clint Eastwood
                                                                                                          Network (1976), dir. Sidney Lumet
                                                                                                            The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
                                                                                                              Jaws (1975), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                The Deer Hunter (1978), dir. Michael Cimino
                                                                                                                  Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), dir. Woody Allen
                                                                                                                    Gunga Din (1939), dir. George Stevens
                                                                                                                      Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                        Hud (1963), dir. Martin Ritt
                                                                                                                          The Third Man (1949), dir. Carol Reed
                                                                                                                            Modern Times (1936), dir. Charles Chaplin
                                                                                                                              Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                Red River (1948), dir. Howard Hawks
                                                                                                                                  The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner
                                                                                                                                    Hamlet (1948), dir. Laurence Olivier
                                                                                                                                      Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                        A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), dir. Elia Kazan
                                                                                                                                          Last Tango in Paris (1972), dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
                                                                                                                                            Sweet Smell of Success (1957), dir. Alexander Mackendrick
                                                                                                                                              Out Of The Past (1947), dir. Jacques Tournier
                                                                                                                                                All That Jazz (1979), dir. Bob Fosse
                                                                                                                                                  Top Hat (1935), dir. Mark Sandrich
                                                                                                                                                    The Misfits (1961), dir. John Huston
                                                                                                                                                      Tootsie (1982), dir. Sydney Pollack
                                                                                                                                                        Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), dir. Frank Capra
                                                                                                                                                          Short Cuts (1993), dir. Robert Altman
                                                                                                                                                            The Grapes of Wrath (1940), dir. John Ford
                                                                                                                                                              The Apartment (1960), dir. Billy Wilder
                                                                                                                                                                A Clockwork Orange (1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                                                                                                                                                  Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                                                    Moonstruck (1987), dir. Norman Jewison
                                                                                                                                                                      GoodFellas (1990), dir. Martin Scorsese
                                                                                                                                                                        Stagecoach (1939), dir. John Ford
                                                                                                                                                                          The Last Picture Show (1971), dir. Peter Bogdanovich
                                                                                                                                                                            Die Hard (1988), dir. John McTiernan
                                                                                                                                                                              Midnight Cowboy (1969), dir. John Schlesinger
                                                                                                                                                                                West Side Story (1961), dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
                                                                                                                                                                                    Reds (1981), dir. Warren Beatty
                                                                                                                                                                                      Rebel Without a Cause (1955), dir. Nicholas Ray
                                                                                                                                                                                        A Hard Day's Night (1964), dir. Richard Lester
                                                                                                                                                                                          A Room With A View (1986), dir. James Ivory
                                                                                                                                                                                            From Here to Eternity (1953), dir. Fred Zinnemann
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Piano (1993), dir. Jane Campion
                                                                                                                                                                                                Adam's Rib (1949), dir. George Cukor
                                                                                                                                                                                                  This Is Spinal Tap (1984), dir. Rob Reiner
                                                                                                                                                                                                    It Happened One Night (1934), dir. Frank Capra
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Do the Right Thing (1989), dir. Spike Lee
                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Thin Man (1934), dir. W.S. Van Dyke
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Patton (1970), dir. Franklin Schaffner
                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron
                                                                                                                                                                                                              READERS' PICKS:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Star Wars (1977), dir. George Lucas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Godfather (1972), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pulp Fiction (1994), dir. Quentin Tarantino
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Casablanca (1942), dir. Michael Curtiz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Gone With The Wind (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Schindler's List (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Empire Strikes Back (1980), dir. Irvin Kershner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  It's A Wonderful Life (1946), dir. Frank Capra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Silence of the Lambs (1991), dir. Jonathan Demme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Braveheart (1995), dir. Mel Gibson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), dir. Steveen Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Godfather Part II (1974), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Forrest Gump (1994), dir. Robert Zemeckis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Apocalypse Now (1979), dir. Francis Ford Coppola
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Shawshank Redemption (1994), dir. Frank Darabont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Wizard of Oz (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Independence Day (1996), dir. Roland Emmerich
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        GoodFellas (1990), dir. Martin Scorsese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Blade Runner (1982), dir. Ridley Scott
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Return of the Jedi (1983), dir. Richard Marquand
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jaws (1975), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), dir. Mike Judge
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Die Hard (1988), dir. John McTiernan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), dir. Milos Forman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Sound of Music (1965), dir. Robert Wise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Usual Suspects (1995), dir. Bryan Singer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), dir. Tom Shadyac
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lawrence of Arabia (1962), dir. David Lean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A Clockwork Orange (1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Taxi Driver (1976), dir. Martin Scorsese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Graduate (1967), dir. Mike Nichols
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), dir. James Cameron
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Terminator (1984), dir. James Cameron
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Fargo (1996), dir. Joel Coen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            North By Northwest (1959), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Rear Window (1954), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Raging Bull (1980), dir. Martin Scorsese
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Grease (1978), dir. Randal Kleiser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Singin' In The Rain (1952), dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Reservoir Dogs (1992), dir. Quentin Tarantino
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Psycho (1960), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Aliens (1986), dir. James Cameron
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Annie Hall (1977), dir. Woody Allen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dances With Wolves (1990), dir. Kevin Costner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Princess Bride (1987), dir. Rob Reiner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Top Gun (1986), dir. Tony Scott
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Unforgiven (1992), dir. Clint Eastwood
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Seven (1995), dir. David Fincher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          West Side Story (1961), dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Chinatown (1974), dir. Roman Polanski
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Piano (1993), dir. Jane Campion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Field of Dreams (1989), dir. Phil Alden Robinson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Rock (1996), dir. Michael Bay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Trainspotting (1996), dir. Danny Boyle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Jerry Maguire (1996), dir. Cameron Crowe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Deer Hunter (1978), dir. Michael Cimino
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (Monty Python's) Life of Brian (1979), dir. Terry Jones
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Some Like It Hot (1959), dir. Billy Wilder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jurassic Park (1993), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957), dir. David Lean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), dir. Steven Spielberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Maltese Falcon (1941), dir. John Huston
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Twister (1996), dir. Jan De Bont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ben-Hur (1959), dir. William Wyler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Heat (1995), dir. Michael Mann
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            When Harry Met Sally...(1989), dir. Rob Reiner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Philadelphia Story (1940), dir. George Cukor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Back to the Future (1989), dir. Robert Zemeckis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Apollo 13 (1995), dir. Ron Howard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rocky (1976), dir. John G. Avildsen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Blue Velvet (1986), dir. David Lynch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Amadeus (1984), dir. Milos Forman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Speed (1994), dir. Jan De Bont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Dead Poets Society (1989), dir. Peter Weir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Rain Man (1988), dir. Barry Levinson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Midnight Cowboy (1969), dir. John Schlesinger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Manhattan (1979), dir. Woody Allen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Lion King (1994), dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Platoon (1986), dir. Oliver Stone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Brazil (1985), dir. Terry Gilliam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            All About Eve (1950), dir. Joseph Mankiewicz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Raising Arizona (1987), dir. Joel Coen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Breakfast Club (1985), dir. John Hughes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Quiet Man (1952), dir. John Ford
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Doctor Zhivago (1965), dir. David Lean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A Time to Kill (1996), dir. Joel Schumacher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), dir. Blake Edwards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A Few Good Men (1992), dir. Rob Reiner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Tootsie (1982), dir. Sydney Pollack
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The Fugitive (1993), dir. Andrew Davis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The English Patient (1996), dir. Anthony Minghella
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Toy Story (1995), dir. John Lasseter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alien (1979), dir. Ridley Scott
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Patton (1970), dir. Franklin Schaffner
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Mr. Showbiz's Critics Picks: The 100 Best Movies of All Time were chosen a full year and a half before the American Film Institute announced their own list. The criteria for Mr. Showbiz's critics' selections were simple: the films chosen were limited to English language films made since the birth of the talkies.
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