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The 100 greatest American films

A list created by sensoria

Copied from Sleestakk’s list. - Yay! Another bullshit list by the BBC. “BBC Culture polled film critics from around the world to determine the best American movies ever made.” Worth having here since this is basically kind of like a “Best-of” American film even if there are omissions and odd choices, esp. anything post-2000. Suppose it’s interesting to see what they compiled.

Movies on The 100 greatest American films List
RankTitleDirector(s)Year Released
1Citizen KaneOrson Welles1941
2Godfather, TheFrancis Ford Coppola1972
3VertigoAlfred Hitchcock1958
42001: A Space OdysseyStanley Kubrick1968
5Searchers, TheJohn Ford1956
6Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansF.W. Murnau1927
7Singin' in the RainStanley Donen, Gene Kelly1952
8PsychoAlfred Hitchcock1960
9CasablancaMichael Curtiz1943
10Godfather Part II, TheFrancis Ford Coppola1974
11Magnificent Ambersons, TheOrson Welles1942
12ChinatownRoman Polanski1974
13North by NorthwestAlfred Hitchcock1959
14NashvilleRobert Altman1975
15Best Years of Our Lives, TheWilliam Wyler1946
16McCabe & Mrs. MillerRobert Altman1971
17Gold Rush, TheCharlie Chaplin1925
18City LightsCharlie Chaplin1931
19Taxi DriverMartin Scorsese1976
20GoodFellasMartin Scorsese1990
21Mulholland DriveDavid Lynch2001
22GreedErich von Stroheim1924
23Annie HallWoody Allen1977
24Apartment, TheBilly Wilder1960
25Do the Right ThingSpike Lee1989
26Killer of SheepCharles Burnett1978
27Barry LyndonStanley Kubrick1975
28Pulp FictionQuentin Tarantino1994
29Raging BullMartin Scorsese1980
30Some Like It HotBilly Wilder1959
31Woman Under the Influence, AJohn Cassavetes1974
32Lady Eve, ThePreston Sturges1941
33Conversation, TheFrancis Ford Coppola1974
34Wizard of Oz, TheVictor Fleming1939
35Double IndemnityBilly Wilder1944
36Star WarsGeorge Lucas1977
37Imitation of LifeDouglas Sirk1959
38JawsSteven Spielberg1975
39Birth of a Nation, TheD.W. Griffith1915
40Meshes of the AfternoonMaya Deren, Alexander Hammid1943
41Rio BravoHoward Hawks1959
42Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombStanley Kubrick1964
43Letter from an Unknown WomanMax Ophüls1948
44Sherlock Jr.Buster Keaton1924
45Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TheJohn Ford1962
46It's a Wonderful LifeFrank Capra1946
47MarnieAlfred Hitchcock1964
48Place in the Sun, AGeorge Stevens1951
49Days of HeavenTerrence Malick1978
50His Girl FridayHoward Hawks1940
51Touch of EvilOrson Welles1958
52Wild Bunch, TheSam Peckinpah1969
53Grey GardensAlbert Maysles, Ellen Giffard, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer1976
54Sunset BoulevardBilly Wilder1950
55Graduate, TheMike Nichols1967
56Back to the FutureRobert Zemeckis1985
57Crimes and MisdemeanorsWoody Allen1989
58Shop Around the Corner, TheErnst Lubitsch1940
59One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestMiloš Forman1975
60Blue VelvetDavid Lynch1986
61Eyes Wide ShutStanley Kubrick1999
62Shining, TheStanley Kubrick1980
63Love StreamsJohn Cassavetes1984
64Johnny GuitarNicholas Ray1954
65Right Stuff, ThePhilip Kaufman1983
66Red RiverHoward Hawks1948
67Modern TimesCharlie Chaplin1936
68NotoriousAlfred Hitchcock1946
69KoyaanisqatsiGodfrey Reggio1983
70Band Wagon, TheVincente Minnelli1953
71Groundhog DayHarold Ramis1993
72Shanghai Gesture, TheJosef von Sternberg1941
73NetworkSidney Lumet1976
74
75Close Encounters of the Third KindSteven Spielberg1977
76Empire Strikes Back, TheIrvin Kershner1980
77StagecoachJohn Ford1939
78Schindler's ListSteven Spielberg1993
79Tree of Life, TheTerrence Malick2011
80Meet Me in St. LouisVincente Minnelli1944
81Thelma & LouiseRidley Scott1991
82Raiders of the Lost ArkSteven Spielberg1981
83Bringing Up BabyHoward Hawks1938
84DeliveranceJohn Boorman1972
85Night of the Living DeadGeorge A. Romero1968
86Lion King, TheRoger Allers, Rob Minkoff1994
87Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindMichel Gondry2004
88West Side StoryRobert Wise, Jerome Robbins1961
89In a Lonely PlaceNicholas Ray1950
90
91E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialSteven Spielberg1982
92Night of the Hunter, TheCharles Laughton1955
93Mean StreetsMartin Scorsese1973
9425th HourSpike Lee2002
95Duck SoupLeo McCarey1933
96Dark Knight, TheChristopher Nolan2008
97Gone with the WindVictor Fleming1939
98Heaven's GateMichael Cimino1980
9912 Years a SlaveSteve McQueen2013
100Ace in the HoleBilly Wilder1951