Total Film has compiled an alphabetical list of 100 classic films, selected from the 160 films and DVDs which have received a five-star rating. The magazine also compiled top-100 lists in
2005 and
2006, and a list of sixty-seven influential films
last year. Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies are as follows:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Alien
- All About Eve
- Amadeus
- Amelie
- American Graffiti
- Annie Hall
- The Apartment
- Apocalypse Now
- Avatar
- Back To The Future
- Badlands
- Bambi
- The Battle Of Algiers
- Belle De Jour
- Bicycle Thieves
- The Big Lebowski
- Black Narcissus
- Blade Runner
- Blue Velvet
- Bonnie & Clyde
- Boogie Nights
- Brazil
- The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
- Casablanca
- Chinatown
- Cinema Paradiso
- Citizen Kane
- City Of God
- The Conversation
- The Dark Knight
- Das Boot
- The Deer Hunter
- Die Hard
- Dirty Harry
- Donnie Darko
- Don't Look Now
- Double Indemnity
- Dr Strangelove
- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
- The Exorcist
- Fargo
- Fight Club
- Finding Nemo
- Gladiator
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- The Godfather
- Goldfinger
- Gone With The Wind
- GoodFellas
- Half Nelson
- Halloween
- Heat
- His Girl Friday
- It's A Wonderful Life
- Jaws
- King Kong
- LA Confidential
- Lawrence Of Arabia
- The Lord Of The Rings I-III
- M
- Manhattan
- Metropolis
- Miller's Crossing
- Monty Python's Life Of Brian
- Nashville
- Network
- Night Of The Living Dead
- No Country For Old Men
- North By Northwest
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- The Passion Of Joan Of Arc
- Persona
- The Philadelphia Story
- Psycho
- Pulp Fiction
- Raging Bull
- Raiders Of The Lost Ark
- Rear Window
- Reservoir Dogs
- The Seventh Seal
- Sideways
- Singin' In The Rain
- Some Like It Hot
- Star Wars IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Sweet Smell Of Success
- There Will Be Blood
- The Third Man
- This Is England
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Tokyo Story
- Touch Of Evil
- The Truman Show
- Vertigo
- West Side Story
- When We Were Kings
- Withnail & I
- The Wrestler
There are actually 102 films on the list, with The Lord Of The Rings I-III counted as a single entry. Note that Some Like It Hot is the 1959 comic masterpiece, not the obscure 1939 comedy; and Psycho and King Kong are the original versions.
