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This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
http://www.alsolikelife.com/FilmDiary/rosenbaum.html
From https://letterboxd.com/reelstats/list/the-1001-greatest-movies-of-all-time-according/
Movies of the 40's, Jürgen Müller (ed.) Taschen.
This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715
Trading on its impeccable reputation, Halliwell’s now presents it’s Top 1,000 favorite films. Starting at number 1,000, each entry includes a plot summary, cast and crew, awards, key critical comments, DVD and soundtrack availability, and a wealth of other interesting details. To supplement the countdown, there is commentary from film stars, show business personalities, well-known critics, and the movers and shakers in the film industry, each naming their favorite films or weighing in on Halliwell’s selection. Illustrated throughout with classic and modern film stills and posters, this is a book that every cinema fan will want to own. John Walker is one of Britain’s leading film critics.
The list has 42 extra films, because trilogies, or series, are counted as one entry (The Godfather, The Apu Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, Antoine Doinel, Laurel and Hardy shorts, etc...)
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Halliwells-Top-1000-Ultimate-Countdown/dp/0007181655
This list is compiled from a collection of movie reviews in the 501 Must See Movies book. The movies have been split up into 10 genres, each with 50 movies (except for the last, which has 51): Action/Adventure & Epic, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, War and Western.
Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659583.501_Must_See_Movies
Todo el mejor cine de la historia
As put together by Stacker. A couple of the movies on the list are re-releases that did better with critics the second time around than they did originaly
List of Nominees and Winners
JOSÉ FERRER "Cyrano de Bergerac" - WINNER
LOUIS CALHERN "The Magnificent Yankee"
WILLIAM HOLDEN "Sunset Blvd."
JAMES STEWART "Harvey"
SPENCER TRACY "Father of the Bride"
GEORGE SANDERS "All about Eve" - WINNER
JEFF CHANDLER "Broken Arrow"
EDMUND GWENN "Mister 880"
SAM JAFFE "The Asphalt Jungle"
ERICH VON STROHEIM "Sunset Blvd."
JUDY HOLLIDAY "Born Yesterday" - WINNER
ANNE BAXTER "All about Eve"
BETTE DAVIS "All about Eve"
ELEANOR PARKER "Caged"
GLORIA SWANSON "Sunset Blvd."
JOSEPHINE HULL "Harvey" - WINNER
HOPE EMERSON "Caged"
CELESTE HOLM "All about Eve"
NANCY OLSON "Sunset Blvd."
THELMA RITTER "All about Eve"
"SUNSET BLVD." Art Direction: Hans Dreier, John Meehan; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
"THE RED DANUBE" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler; Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer - WINNER
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard A. Pefferle
"DESTINATION MOON" Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: George Sawley
"THE THIRD MAN" Robert Krasker - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Milton Krasner
"THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" Harold Rosson
"THE FURIES" Victor Milner
"SUNSET BLVD." John F. Seitz
"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Robert Surtees - WINNER
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Charles Rosher
"BROKEN ARROW" Ernest Palmer
"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW" Ernest Haller
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" George Barnes
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Edith Head, Charles LeMaire - WINNER
"BORN YESTERDAY" Jean Louis
"THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE" Walter Plunkett
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling - WINNER
"THE BLACK ROSE" Michael Whittaker
"THAT FORSYTE WOMAN" Walter Plunkett, Valles
DIRECTING
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Joseph L. Mankiewicz - WINNER
"THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" John Huston
"BORN YESTERDAY" George Cukor
"SUNSET BLVD." Billy Wilder
"THE THIRD MAN" Carol Reed
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
"THE TITAN: STORY OF MICHELANGELO" Robert Snyder, Producer - WINNER
"WITH THESE HANDS" Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers
"WHY KOREA?" Edmund Reek, Producer - WINNER
"THE FIGHT: SCIENCE AGAINST CANCER" Guy Glover, Producer
"THE STAIRS" Film Documents, Inc.
"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Ralph E. Winters, Conrad A. Nervig - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Barbara McLean
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" James E. Newcom
"SUNSET BLVD." Arthur Schmidt, Doane Harrison
"THE THIRD MAN" Oswald Hafenrichter
"THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA" Special Award - WINNER
Darryl F. Zanuck - WINNER
"SUNSET BLVD." Franz Waxman - WINNER
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Alfred Newman
"THE FLAME AND THE ARROW" Max Steiner
"NO SAD SONGS FOR ME" George Duning
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Victor Young
"ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens - WINNER
"CINDERELLA" Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
"I'LL GET BY" Lionel Newman
"THREE LITTLE WORDS" Andre Previn
"THE WEST POINT STORY" Ray Heindorf
"Mona Lisa" in "Captain Carey, U.S.A." Music and Lyrics by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston - WINNER
"Be My Love" in "The Toast of New Orleans" Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" in "Cinderella" Music and Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
"Mule Train" in "Singing Guns" Music and Lyrics by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
"Wilhelmina" in "Wabash Avenue" Music by Josef Myrow; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
"ALL ABOUT EVE" 20th Century-Fox - WINNER
"BORN YESTERDAY" Columbia
"FATHER OF THE BRIDE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"KING SOLOMON'S MINES" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SUNSET BLVD." Paramount
"GERALD MCBOING-BOING" Stephen Bosustow, Producer - WINNER
"JERRY'S COUSIN" Fred Quimby, Producer
"TROUBLE INDEMNITY" Stephen Bosustow, Producer
"GRANDAD OF RACES" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer - WINNER
"BLAZE BUSTERS" Robert Youngson, Producer
"WRONG WAY BUTCH" Pete Smith, Producer
"IN BEAVER VALLEY" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"GRANDMA MOSES" Falcon Films, Inc.
"MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"ALL ABOUT EVE" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director - WINNER
"CINDERELLA" Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
"LOUISA" Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director
"OUR VERY OWN" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
"TRIO" Pinewood Studio Sound Department, Cyril Crowhurst, Sound Director
"DESTINATION MOON" George Pal Productions - WINNER
"SAMSON AND DELILAH" Cecil B. DeMille Productions
"PANIC IN THE STREETS" Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt - WINNER
"BITTER RICE" Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo Lizzani
"THE GUNFIGHTER" William Bowers, Andre de Toth
"MYSTERY STREET" Leonard Spigelgass
"WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME" Sy Gomberg
"ALL ABOUT EVE" Joseph L. Mankiewicz - WINNER
"THE ASPHALT JUNGLE" Ben Maddow, John Huston
"BORN YESTERDAY" Albert Mannheimer
"BROKEN ARROW" Albert Maltz
"FATHER OF THE BRIDE" Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
"SUNSET BLVD." Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr. - WINNER
"ADAM'S RIB" Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
"CAGED" Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
"THE MEN" Carl Foreman
"NO WAY OUT" Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
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Straight from the book of the same title, an essential list for film buffs and more casual movie lovers alike. Titles are ranked here based on when they appear in the book, which is divided by the genres Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, War and Western, then further organized by year released.
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This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
http://www.alsolikelife.com/FilmDiary/rosenbaum.html
Collection of additional "must-see" Danny Perry's movies, presented in the back of his "Guide for the Film Fanatic"
546 movies missing. Imported from external source.
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This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. For additional information about the list, read Peter M. Nichols's preface, or A. O. Scott's introduction.
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