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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. Mr.
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