Sean says...
As many of you know, I am a BIG movie nerd. Recently, the American Film Institute (AFI) revised their top 100 list and so did I! (This post is a repeat of the email that previously went out June 20, 2007.) Since 2003, I have biannually prepared a list of the best films ever made in my humble opinion. Listed below is the 2007 version of this list. I have a more detailed breakdown that is still be prepared with various statistics and cross referencing that you can all see if you so dare to. So on with the list and enjoy!
This list has been shaken up considerably from the previous two! The criteria for this list is cultural impact, awards, critical reviews, ability to entertain over time, and my personal taste. This year I let my personal taste impact the list more than usual so it reflected me and not just critics. Please note that this list contains silent and foreign films as well as the usual American ones (AFI's does not).
Look at http://www.imdb.com/ if you don't know or remember a film. And I encourage you to make your own list or argue with me about mine!
Enjoy!
Sean's Top 100 Films of All Time Part III (2007 Edition)
1. Casablanca
2. Vertigo
3. Citizen Kane
4. The Wizard of Oz
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. The Seven Samurai
7. Singin' In The Rain
8. Frankenstein
9. The Maltese Falcon
10. The Rules of The Game
11. The Graduate
12. Chinatown
13. Annie Hall
14. West Side Story
15. Sunset Boulevard
16. Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
17. The Day The Earth Stood Still
18. The Exorcist
19. The Bride of Frankenstein
20. The Night of the Hunter
21. The Treasure of Sierra Madre
22. Nashville
23. Double Indemnity
24. High Noon
25. Jaws
26. The General/Steamboat Bill Jr. (tie)
27. King Kong
28. M
29. Do The Right Thing
30. Once Upon A Time In The West
31. The Bridge on the River Kwai
32. Alien
33. All About Eve
34. Psycho
35. Young Frankenstein
36. North By Borthwest
37. The Third Man
38. The Battle of Algiers
39. The Philadelphia Story
40. Toy Story
41. Laurel & Hardy Short Films (Collective)
42. On The Waterfront
43. Sullivan's Travels
44. Network
45. To Kill A Mockingbird
46. Bonnie & Clyde
47. Grand Illusion
48. Star Wars
49. Pulp Fiction
50. Raiders of The Lost Ark
51. The Killers
52. The Big Sleep
53. The Last Picture Show
54. The Gold Rush
55. A Face In The Crowd
56. Raging Bull
57. Rashomon
58. Bringing Up Baby
59. The African Queen
60. La Dolce Vita
61. Some Like It Hot
62. The Crowd
63. A Streetcar Named Desire
64. The Guns of Navarone
65. The Apartment
66. Twelve Angry Men
67. His Girl Friday
68. Shadow Of A Doubt
69. Notorious
70. Bambi
71. Open City
72. Duck Soup
73. Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb
74. Strangers on a Train
75. Tokyo Olympiad
76. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
77. A Room With A View
78. What's Up Doc?
79. GoodFellas
80. Doctor Zhivago
81. Dog Day Afternoon
82. Rear Window
83. Fargo
84. Marty
85. The Candidate
86. This Is Spinal Tap
87. Boogie Nights
88. Woodstock
89. Gone With The Wind
90. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
91. The Wages of Fear
92. Laura
93. Cabaret
94. Ben Hur (1959)
95. Cat People
96. The Women
97. Swing Time
98. Freaks
99. All Quiet on The Western Front
100. Two For The Road
Honorable Mention: Brief Encounter, Zulu, Roman Holiday, The Little Foxes, The Silence of The Lambs, and Modern Times