In the Heat of the Night 1967

This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

http://www.moviefone.com/2014/11/28/murder-mystery-movies/

Includes all the films of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Book, including films culled to make way for newer releases, up to the 2021 edition.

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

This is the list that Spike Lee distributes to his graduate students at NYU every year.

Spike says: "I've Been A Professor At The NYU Graduate Film For The Past 15 Years.The 1st Day Of Every Class I Hand Out My List Of Films That I Feel You Must See If You Want To Make Films. Please Look At This List And See What You Might Have Missed. As I Tell My Students If You Want Your Film "Game" To Be Tight You Must Have Seen Great Movies, World Cinema, It Just Can't Be Hollywood Films. Educate Yourself. Learn. Grow. Evolve. Make Great Films.

Peace, Onward And Upward,

Spike Lee."

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spikelee/the-newest-hottest-spike-lee-joint/posts/574874

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Top 10 Trakt Popular of all movies released before 1980 according to Trakt's Popular tab.
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A personal introduction to 1000 movies by the provocative contemporary film critic and historian David Thomson.

Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Have-You-Seen-Introduction-masterpieces/dp/014102075X

Welcome to our updated guide to the 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now, which features incredible must-watch movies from the 1920s to today! In our annual refresh, we’re sticking with the list’s original vision as a definitive source of movie guidance and education for all ages and stages, whether you’re a seasoned film buff or just starting out, while reflecting new trends and significant movies uncovered over the past year. We’re also just making sure we give you some really good movies to watch. The list is sorted by alphabetically.

#BEST ACTOR & CORRESPONDING MOVIE BY YEAR

1. 1927/1928
   • Emil Jannings (Grand Duke Sergius Alexander) - The Last Command
   • Emil Jannings (August Schilling) - The Way of All Flesh
2. 1928/1929
   • Warner Baxter (The Cisco Kid) - In Old Arizona
3. 1929/1930
   • George Arliss (Benjamin Disraeli) - Disraeli
4. 1930/1931
   • Lionel Barrymore (Stephen Ashe) - A Free Soul
5. 1931/1932
   • Wallace Beery (Andy "Champ" Purcell) - The Champ
   • Fredric March (Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde) - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6. 1932/1933
   • Charles Laughton (King Henry VIII of England) - The Private Life of Henry VIII
7. 1934
   • Clark Gable (Peter Warne) - It Happened One Night
8. 1935
   • Victor McLaglen (Gypo Nolan) - The Informer
9. 1936
   • Paul Muni (Louis Pasteur) - The Story of Louis Pasteur
10. 1937
    • Spencer Tracy (Manuel Fidello) - Captains Courageous
11. 1938
    • Spencer Tracy (Father Flanagan) - Boys Town
12. 1939
    • Robert Donat (Charles Edward Chipping) - Goodbye, Mr. Chips
13. 1940
    • James Stewart (Macaulay "Mike" Connor) - The Philadelphia Story
14. 1941
    • Gary Cooper (Sgt. Alvin York) - Sergeant York
15. 1942
    • James Cagney (George M. Cohan) - Yankee Doodle Dandy
16. 1943
    • Paul Lukas (Kurt Muller) - Watch on the Rhine
17. 1944
    • Bing Crosby (Father Chuck O'Malley) - Going My Way
18. 1945
    • Ray Milland (Don Birnam) The Lost Weekend
19. 1946
    • Fredric March (Platoon Sergeant Al Stephenson) - The Best Years of Our Lives
20. 1947
    • Ronal Colman (Anthony John) - A Double Life
21. 1948
    • Laurence Olivier (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) - Hamlet
22. 1949
    • Broderick Crawford (Willie Stark) - All the King's Men
23. 1950
    • Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) - Cyrano de Bergerac
24. 1951
    • Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut) - The African Queen
25. 1952
    • Gary Cooper (Marshal Will Kane) - High Noon
26. 1953
    • William Holden (Sgt. J. J. Sefton) - Stalag 17
27. 1954
    • Marlon Brando (Terry Malloy) - On the Waterfront
28. 1955
    • Ernest Borgnine (Marty Piletti) - Marty
29. 1956
    • Yul Brynner (King Mongkut of Slam) - The King and I
30. 1957
    • Alec Guiness (Lt. Colonel Nicholson) - The Bridge on the River Kwai
31. 1958
    • David Niven (Major Angus Pollock) - Separate Tables
32. 1959
    • Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur) - Ben-Hur
33. 1960
    • Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) - Elmer Gantry
34. 1961
    • Maximilian Schell (Hans Rolfe) - Judgment at Nuremberg
35. 1962
    • Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch) - To Kill a Mockingbird
36. 1963
    • Sidney Poitier (Homer Smith) - Lilies of the Field
37. 1964
    • Rex Harrison (Professor Henry Higgins) - My Fair Lady
38. 1965
    • Lee Marvin (Kid Shellen & Tim Strawn) - Cat Ballou
39. 1966
    • Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More) - A Man for All Seasons
40. 1967
    • Rod Steiger (Police Chief Bill Gillespie) - In the Heat of the Night
41. 1968
    • Cliff Robertson (Charly Gordon) - Charly
42. 1969
    • John Wayne (Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn) - True Grit
43. 1970
    • George C. Scott (General George S. Patton Jr.) - Patton
44. 1971
    • Gene Hackman (Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle) - The French Connection
45. 1972
    • Marlon Brando (Vito Corleone) - The Godfather
46. 1973
    • Jack Lemmon (Harry Stoner) - Save the Tiger
47. 1974
    • Art Carney (Harry Coombes) - Harry and Tonto
48. 1975
    • Jack Nicholson (Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy) - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
49. 1976
    • Peter Finch (Howard Beale) - Network
50. 1977
    • Richard Dreyfuss (Elliot Garfield) - The Goodbye Girl
51. 1978
    • Jon Voight (Luke Martin) - Coming Home
52. 1979
    • Dustin Hoffman (Ted Kramer) - Kramer vs. Kramer
53. 1980
    • Robert De Niro (Jake LaMotta) - Raging Bull
54. 1981
    • Henry Fonda (Norman Thayer Jr.) - On Golden Pond
55. 1982
    • Ben Kingsley (Mahatma Gandhi) - Gandhi
56. 1983
    • Robert Duvall (Mac Sledge) - Tender Mercies
57. 1984
    • F. Murray Abraham (Antonio Salleri) - Amadeus
58. 1985
    • William Hurt (Luis Molina) - Kiss of the Spider Woman
59. 1986
    • Paul Newman (Fast Eddie Felson) - The Color of Money
60. 1987
    • Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko) - Wall Street
61. 1988
    • Dustin Hoffman (Raymond Babbitt) - Rain Man
62. 1989
    • Daniel Day-Lewis (Christy Brown) - My Left Foot
63. 1990
    • Jeremy Irons (Claus von Bulow) - Reversal of Fortune
64. 1991
    • Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Hannibal Lecter) - The Silence of the Lambs
65. 1992
    • Al Pacino (Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade) - Scent of a Woman
66. 1993
    • Tom Hanks (Andrew Beckett) - Philadelphia
67. 1994
    • Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) - Forrest Gump
68. 1995
    • Nicolas Cage (Ben Sanderson) - Leaving Las Vegas
69. 1996
    • Geoffrey Rush (David Helfgott) - Shine
70. 1997
    • Jack Nicholson (Melvin Udall) - As Good as It Gets
71. 1998
    • Roberto Benigni (Guido Orefice) - Life is Beautiful
72. 1999
    • Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham) - American Beauty
73. 2000
    • Russell Crowe (Maximus Decimus Meridius) - Gladiator
74. 2001
    • Denzel Washington (Detective Alonzo Harris) - Training Day
75. 2002
    • Adrien Brody (Władysław Szpilman) - The Pianist
76. 2003
    • Sean Penn (Jimmy Markum) - Mystic River
77. 2004
    • Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles) - Ray
78. 2005
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Truman Capote) - Capote
79. 2006
    • Forest Whitaker (Ida Amin) - The Last King of Scotland
80. 2007
    • Daniel Day-Lewis (Daniel Plainview) - There Will Be Blood
81. 2008
    • Sean Penn (Harvey Milk) - Milk
82. 2009
    • Jeff Bridges (Otis "Bad" Blake) - Crazy Heart
83. 2010
    • Colin Firth (King George VI) - The King's Speech
84. 2011
    • Jean Dujardin (George Valentin) - The Artist
85. 2012
    • Daniel Day-Lewis (Abraham Lincoln) - Lincoln
86. 2013
    • Matthew McConaughey (Ron Woodroof) - Dallas Buyers Club
87. 2014
    • Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking) - The Theory of Everything
88. 2015
    • Leonardo DiCaprio (High Glass) - The Revenant
89. 2016
    • Casey Affleck (Lee Chandler) - Manchester by the Sea
90. 2017
    • Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill) - Darkest Hour
91. 2018
    • Rami Malek (Freddie Mercury) - Bohemian Rhapsody
92. 2019
    • Joaquin Phoenix (Arthur Fleck/Joker) - Joker
93. 2020
    • Anthony Hopkins (Anthony) - The Father
94. 2021
    • *** Will Smith (Richard Williams) - King Richard***
95. 2022
    • Brendan Fraser (Charlie) - The Whale

Actors only show up next to their first movie until Trakt allows the same item multiple times on a list

Virgil Tibbs Collection.3movies---Mister Roberts Collection.2movies---Demetrius Filmreihe Collection.2 movies
The Harry Palmer Collection.5 movies---The Matt Helm Collection.4 movies
The Fugitive / U.S. Marshals Collection.2 movies
Cheech & Chong Collection.8 movies
The Vampire Chronicles Collection.2 movies
The Hannibal Lecter Collection.5 movies
The Jake Gittes Collection.2 movies
Alex Cross Collection.3 movies
Robert Langdon Collection.3 movies
Mexico Trilogy Collection.
Jack Ryan Collection.5 movies

List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER - GEORGE KENNEDY "Cool Hand Luke"
JOHN CASSAVETES "The Dirty Dozen"
GENE HACKMAN "Bonnie and Clyde"
CECIL KELLAWAY "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
MICHAEL J. POLLARD "Bonnie and Clyde"

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER - ESTELLE PARSONS "Bonnie and Clyde"
CAROL CHANNING "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
MILDRED NATWICK "Barefoot in the Park"
BEAH RICHARDS "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
KATHARINE ROSS "The Graduate"

• BEST PICTURE

WINNER - "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" Walter Mirisch, Producer
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Arthur P. Jacobs, Producer
"THE GRADUATE" Lawrence Turman, Producer
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" Stanley Kramer, Producer
"BONNIE AND CLYDE" Warren Beatty, Producer

• CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER - "BONNIE AND CLYDE" Burnett Guffey
"THE GRADUATE" Robert Surtees
"IN COLD BLOOD" Conrad Hall
"CAMELOT" Richard H. Kline
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Robert Surtees

• COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER - "CAMELOT" John Truscott
"BONNIE AND CLYDE" Theadora Van Runkle
"THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE" Bill Thomas
"THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" Irene Sharaff, Danilo Donati
"THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Jean Louis

• DIRECTING

WINNER - "THE GRADUATE" Mike Nichols
"BONNIE AND CLYDE" Arthur Penn
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" Stanley Kramer
"IN COLD BLOOD" Richard Brooks
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" Norman Jewison

• FILM EDITING

WINNER - "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" Hal Ashby
"BEACH RED" Frank P. Keller
"THE DIRTY DOZEN" Michael Luciano
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" Robert C. Jones

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

WINNER - "CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS" Czechoslovakia
"EL AMOR BRUJO" Spain
"I EVEN MET HAPPY GYPSIES" Yugoslavia
"LIVE FOR LIFE" France
"PORTRAIT OF CHIEKO" Japan

• ACTOR

WINNER - ROD STEIGER "In the Heat of the Night"
WARREN BEATTY "Bonnie and Clyde"
DUSTIN HOFFMAN "The Graduate"
PAUL NEWMAN "Cool Hand Luke"
SPENCER TRACY "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"

• ACTRESS

WINNER - KATHARINE HEPBURN "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
DAME EDITH EVANS "The Whisperers"
AUDREY HEPBURN "Wait until Dark"
ANNE BANCROFT "The Graduate"
FAYE DUNAWAY "Bonnie and Clyde"

• ART DIRECTION

WINNER - "CAMELOT" Art Direction: John Truscott, Edward Carrere; Set Decoration: John W. Brown
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Art Direction: Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith, Ed Graves; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" Art Direction: Robert Clatworthy; Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
"THE TAMING OF THE SHREW" Art Direction: Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni, Luigi Gervasi
"THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, George C. Webb; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol

• SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

WINNER - "THE BOX" Fred Wolf, Producer
"HYPOTHESE BETA" Jean-Charles Meunier, Producer
"WHAT ON EARTH!" Robert Verrall and Wolf Koenig, Producers

• MUSIC (SONG)

WINNER - "Talk To The Animals" in "DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
"The Bare Necessities" in "THE JUNGLE BOOK" Music and Lyrics by Terry Gilkyson
"The Eyes Of Love" in "BANNING" Music by Quincy Jones; Lyrics by Bob Russell
"The Look Of Love" in "CASINO ROYALE" Music by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" in "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Music and Lyrics by James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

WINNER - Alfred Hitchcock

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

WINNER - "THE REDWOODS" Mark Harris and Trevor Greenwood, Producers
"MONUMENT TO THE DREAM" Charles E. Guggenheim, Producer
"A PLACE TO STAND" Christopher Chapman, Producer
"SEE YOU AT THE PILLAR" Robert Fitchett, Producer
"WHILE I RUN THIS RACE" Carl V. Ragsdale, Producer

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

WINNER - "THE ANDERSON PLATOON" Pierre Schoendoerffer, Producer
"A TIME FOR BURNING" William C. Jersey, Producer
"FESTIVAL" Murray Lerner, Producer
"HARVEST" Carroll Ballard, Producer
"A KING'S STORY" Jack Le Vien, Producer

• JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

WINNER - Gregory Peck

• SHORT SUBJECT (LIVE ACTION)

WINNER - "A PLACE TO STAND" Christopher Chapman, Producer
"PADDLE TO THE SEA" Julian Biggs, Producer
"SKY OVER HOLLAND" John Ferno, Producer
"STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN" Len Janson and Chuck Menville, Producers

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY--BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)

WINNER - "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" Stirling Silliphant
"COOL HAND LUKE" Donn Pearce, Frank R. Pierson
"THE GRADUATE" Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
"IN COLD BLOOD" Richard Brooks
"ULYSSES" Joseph Strick, Fred Haines

• WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY--WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)

WINNER - "GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" William Rose
"BONNIE AND CLYDE" David Newman, Robert Benton
"DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE" Story by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
"LA GUERRE EST FINIE" Jorge Semprun
"TWO FOR THE ROAD" Frederic Raphael

• SOUND

WINNER - "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
"CAMELOT" Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Studio Sound Department
"THE DIRTY DOZEN" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
"THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Universal City Studio Sound Department

• MUSIC (SCORING OF MUSIC--ADAPTATION OR TREATMENT)

WINNER - "CAMELOT" Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER" DeVol
"THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson
"VALLEY OF THE DOLLS" John Williams

• SOUND EFFECTS

WINNER - "THE DIRTY DOZEN" John Poyner
"IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT" James A. Richard

• SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

WINNER - "DOCTOR DOLITTLE" L. B. Abbott
"TOBRUK" Howard A. Anderson, Jr., Albert Whitlock

• MUSIC (ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE)

WINNER - "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" Elmer Bernstein
"COOL HAND LUKE" Lalo Schifrin
"DOCTOR DOLITTLE" Leslie Bricusse
"FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" Richard Rodney Bennett
"IN COLD BLOOD" Quincy Jones

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.