Portrait of Jennie 1948

Over 1,000 films are listed in this visually arresting, full-color celebration of the silver screen. Film personalities, including actors, directors, cinematographers, and animators, write about their favorite films from a variety of angles. Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Hornby are among those who weigh in. Writers are matched to suitable (or sometimes surprising) themes and genres within the wider subject of how films can alter the course of a life. Movie stills and posters, trivia, and top-ten lists make this a book that can be dipped into or read from cover to cover. Great screen moments — endings, beginnings, kisses, death scenes — are given special spreads. The eclectic approach speaks to fans of big Hollywood blockbusters and factoid-reciting film geeks alike.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Time-1000-Films-Change-Guides/dp/1904978738

Since the 2015 TSPDT has released a companion to their greatest 1000 films, consisting of the films ranked 1001-2000. This list contains the most recent version of this list, with all the previous lists in the history.

Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_films1001-2000.htm

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

The best movies of the 1940's decade.

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List of Nominees and Winners

• ACTOR

LAURENCE OLIVIER "Hamlet" - WINNER
LEW AYRES "Johnny Belinda"
MONTGOMERY CLIFT "The Search"
DAN DAILEY "When My Baby Smiles at Me"
CLIFTON WEBB "Sitting Pretty"

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WALTER HUSTON "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" - WINNER
CHARLES BICKFORD "Johnny Belinda"
JOSÉ FERRER "Joan of Arc"
OSCAR HOMOLKA "I Remember Mama"
CECIL KELLAWAY "The Luck of the Irish"

• ACTRESS

JANE WYMAN "Johnny Belinda" - WINNER
INGRID BERGMAN "Joan of Arc"
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND "The Snake Pit"
IRENE DUNNE "I Remember Mama"
BARBARA STANWYCK "Sorry, Wrong Number"

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

CLAIRE TREVOR "Key Largo" - WINNER
BARBARA BEL GEDDES "I Remember Mama"
ELLEN CORBY "I Remember Mama"
AGNES MOOREHEAD "Johnny Belinda"
JEAN SIMMONS "Hamlet"

• ART DIRECTION (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"HAMLET" Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon - WINNER
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Art Direction: Robert Haas; Set Decoration: William Wallace

• ART DIRECTION (COLOR)

"THE RED SHOES" Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson - WINNER
"JOAN OF ARC" Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts, Joseph Kish

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"THE NAKED CITY" William Daniels - WINNER
"A FOREIGN AFFAIR" Charles B. Lang, Jr.
"I REMEMBER MAMA" Nicholas Musuraca
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Ted McCord
"PORTRAIT OF JENNIE" Joseph August

• CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"JOAN OF ARC" Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch - WINNER
"GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING" Charles G. Clarke
"THE LOVES OF CARMEN" William Snyder
"THE THREE MUSKETEERS" Robert Planck

• COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"HAMLET" Roger K. Furse - WINNER
"B. F.'S DAUGHTER" Irene

• COSTUME DESIGN (COLOR)

"JOAN OF ARC" Dorothy Jeakins, Karinska - WINNER
"THE EMPEROR WALTZ" Edith Head, Gile Steele

• DIRECTING

"THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" John Huston - WINNER
"HAMLET" Laurence Olivier
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Jean Negulesco
"THE SEARCH" Fred Zinnemann
"THE SNAKE PIT" Anatole Litvak

• DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"THE SECRET LAND" Orville O. Dull, Producer - WINNER
"THE QUIET ONE" Janice Loeb, Producer

• DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"TOWARD INDEPENDENCE" United States Army - WINNER
"HEART TO HEART" Herbert Morgan, Producer
"OPERATION VITTLES" United States Army Air Force

• FILM EDITING

"THE NAKED CITY" Paul Weatherwax - WINNER
"JOAN OF ARC" Frank Sullivan
"JOHNNY BELINDA" David Weisbart
"RED RIVER" Christian Nyby
"THE RED SHOES" Reginald Mills

• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

Jerry Wald - WINNER

• MUSIC (MUSIC SCORE OF A DRAMATIC OR COMEDY PICTURE)

"THE RED SHOES" Brian Easdale - WINNER
"HAMLET" William Walton
"JOAN OF ARC" Hugo Friedhofer
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Max Steiner
"THE SNAKE PIT" Alfred Newman

• MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE)

"EASTER PARADE" Johnny Green, Roger Edens - WINNER
"THE EMPEROR WALTZ" Victor Young
"THE PIRATE" Lennie Hayton
"ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS" Ray Heindorf
"WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME" Alfred Newman

• MUSIC (SONG)

"Buttons And Bows" in "The Paleface" Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - WINNER
"For Every Man There's A Woman" in "Casbah" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Leo Robin
"It's Magic" in "Romance on the High Seas" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"This Is The Moment" in "That Lady in Ermine" Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin
"The Woody Woodpecker Song" in "Wet Blanket Policy" Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles

• BEST MOTION PICTURE

"HAMLET" J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films - WINNER
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Warner Bros.
"THE RED SHOES" J. Arthur Rank-Archers
"THE SNAKE PIT" 20th Century-Fox
"THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" Warner Bros.

• SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"THE LITTLE ORPHAN" Fred Quimby, Producer - WINNER
"MICKEY AND THE SEAL" Walt Disney, Producer
"MOUSE WRECKERS" Edward Selzer, Producer
"ROBIN HOODLUM" United Productions of America
"TEA FOR TWO HUNDRED" Walt Disney, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)

"SYMPHONY OF A CITY" Edmund H. Reek, Producer - WINNER
"ANNIE WAS A WONDER" Herbert Moulton, Producer
"CINDERELLA HORSE" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"SO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RADIO" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"YOU CAN'T WIN" Pete Smith, Producer

• SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)

"SEAL ISLAND" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNE
"CALGARY STAMPEDE" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
"GOING TO BLAZES" Herbert Morgan, Producer
"SAMBA-MANIA" Harry Grey, Producer
"SNOW CAPERS" Thomas Mead, Producer

• SOUND RECORDING

"THE SNAKE PIT" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director - WINNER
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Col. Nathan O. Levinson, Sound Director
"MOONRISE" Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director

• SPECIAL AWARD

"JOAN OF ARC" Special Award - WINNER
"THE SEARCH" Special Award

• SPECIAL EFFECTS

"PORTRAIT OF JENNIE" Special Visual Effects by Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects by Charles Freeman, James G. Stewart - WINNER
"DEEP WATERS" Special Visual Effects by Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder; Special Audible Effects by Roger Heman

• SPECIAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

"MONSIEUR VINCENT" Special Award - WINNER

• WRITING (MOTION PICTURE STORY)

"THE SEARCH" Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler - WINNER
"LOUISIANA STORY" Frances Flaherty, Robert Flaherty
"THE NAKED CITY" Malvin Wald
"RED RIVER" Borden Chase
"THE RED SHOES" Emeric Pressburger

• WRITING (SCREENPLAY)

"THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE" John Huston - WINNER
"A FOREIGN AFFAIR" Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
"JOHNNY BELINDA" Irmgard Von Cube, Allen Vincent
"THE SEARCH" Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
"THE SNAKE PIT" Frank Partos, Millen Brand

A guide to films featured on You Must Remember This and/or recommended for classic movie lovers.

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.

In response to the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American movies, film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum took the AFI to task for what he saw as a product "symptomatic of an increasingly dumbed-down film culture that continues to outflank our shrinking expectations." Of course, any list of this kind (including Sight and Sound’s decennial roster and the Village Voice Film Critic’s Poll from a few years back) is not without its blind spots. Participants are often forced to pick a select group of favorites and make a number of concessions ("Well, if I want Antonioni to make it into the collective top 10, I’d better hedge my bets with L’Avventura instead of my personal favorite Zabriskie Point."). Consequently, underdogs and obscure gems have little chance of being represented on a composite list that’s typically unveiled with little-to-no "justification for any of its titles" (to borrow again from Rosenbaum). Rather than present a list that looks like everyone else’s, Slant Magazine has decided to do something a little different. While you will find many popular classics and critical favorites on our list of 100 Essential Films, our goal was to mix things up a bit. This list should not be construed as a definitive "greatest films" package, but as an alternative compiled by a group of kinky film-lovers wanting to give serious critical thought to neglected, forgotten and misunderstood gems. We aimed for the kind of list where post-Cahiers Orson Welles could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a pre-pastiche Brian De Palma; where it’s understood that Hitchcock, Dreyer, Ford, and Ozu created masterpieces besides film school staples like Vertigo, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Searchers, and Tokyo Story; and where the postmodern irony of Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life is allowed space next to its modern-day equivalent: Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (gasp!). Because space was tight, documentaries, shorts and animated films were not eligible. Additionally, we limited directors to no more than one spot on the list.

In response to the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest American movies, film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum took the AFI to task for what he saw as a product "symptomatic of an increasingly dumbed-down film culture that continues to outflank our shrinking expectations." Of course, any list of this kind (including Sight and Sound’s decennial roster and the Village Voice Film Critic’s Poll from a few years back) is not without its blind spots. Participants are often forced to pick a select group of favorites and make a number of concessions ("Well, if I want Antonioni to make it into the collective top 10, I’d better hedge my bets with L’Avventura instead of my personal favorite Zabriskie Point."). Consequently, underdogs and obscure gems have little chance of being represented on a composite list that’s typically unveiled with little-to-no "justification for any of its titles" (to borrow again from Rosenbaum). Rather than present a list that looks like everyone else’s, Slant Magazine has decided to do something a little different. While you will find many popular classics and critical favorites on our list of 100 Essential Films, our goal was to mix things up a bit. This list should not be construed as a definitive "greatest films" package, but as an alternative compiled by a group of kinky film-lovers wanting to give serious critical thought to neglected, forgotten and misunderstood gems. We aimed for the kind of list where post-Cahiers Orson Welles could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a pre-pastiche Brian De Palma; where it’s understood that Hitchcock, Dreyer, Ford, and Ozu created masterpieces besides film school staples like Vertigo, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Searchers, and Tokyo Story; and where the postmodern irony of Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life is allowed space next to its modern-day equivalent: Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls (gasp!). Because space was tight, documentaries, shorts and animated films were not eligible. Additionally, we limited directors to no more than one spot on the list.

Source: http://www.slantmagazine.com/features/article/100-essential-films

PART 1 (1929-1946)
PART 3 (1965-1984)
PART 4 (1985-2002)
PART 5 (2003-2019)
PART 6 (2020-2024)

1-14 — 1947 Winners
15-55 — 1947 Nominees

56-72 — 1948 Winners
73-115 — 1948 Nominees

116-132 — 1949 Winners
133-167 — 1949 Nominees

168-186— 1950 Winners
187-226 — 1950 Nominees

227-243 — 1951 Winners
244-281 — 1951 Nominees

282-292 — 1952 Winners
293-335 — 1952 Nominees

336-350 — 1953 Winners
351-395 — 1953 Nominees

396-410 — 1954 Winners
411-461 — 1954 Nominees

462-477 — 1955 Winners
478-515 — 1955 Nominees

516-532 — 1956 Winners
533-570 — 1956 Nominees

571-588 — 1957 Winners
589-628 — 1957 Nominees

629-639 — 1958 Winners
640-674 — 1958 Nominees

675-687 — 1959 Winners
688-727 — 1959 Nominees

728-739 — 1960 Winners
740-776 — 1960 Nominees

777-792 — 1961 Winners
793-831 — 1961 Nominees

832-844 — 1962 Winners
845-885 — 1962 Nominees

896-900 — 1963 Winners
901-939 — 1963 Nominees

940-954 — 1964 Winners
955-995 — 1964 Nominees