/u/StopReadinMyUsername on reddit combined the average ratings (Critic's & Users) from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd, and then weighted and tweaked the results with general film data from iCheckMovies and IMDb to reveal the 1001 Greatest Movies of All Time.
source: http://redd.it/3hbiio
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
Source: IMDB
Filter: Votes >= 10000
Order: Votes Descending
Date: 2014-08-23
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. No matter the medium—from laserdisc to DVD and Blu-ray to streaming—Criterion has maintained its pioneering commitment to presenting each film as its maker would want it seen, in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer’s appreciation of the art of film.
Films listed in order of spine numbers. Releases with multiple films are listed as individual items where appropiate.
Last Update: Releases up to July 2024 (Spine #1228)
Source: https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse/list?sort=spine_number
The They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 greatest films list is primarily compiled by using over 6000 individual critics' and filmmakers' best-films-of-all-time lists/ballots. The resulting list is very diverse and spans virtually all movie-producing decades and countries.
Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm
Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.
Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die
From https://letterboxd.com/reelstats/list/the-1001-greatest-movies-of-all-time-according/
The greatest films ever made, as voted by MUBI’s global community of film lovers.
https://mubi.com/lists/the-top-1000
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection, has been dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements for a wider and wider audience. The foundation of the collection is the work of such masters of cinema as Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. To date, more than 150 filmmakers have made it into the collection.
Source: https://www.criterion.com/library/list_view?b=Criterion&m=dvd&s=spine
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
/u/StopReadinMyUsername on reddit created a list called "1001 'GREATEST' MOVIES OF ALL TIME" in 2015.
Since this list is still very popular, he posted an updated list on reddit in April 2020.
For this list he combined the average scores from IMDb, Letterboxd, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic, and tweaked the results with data from Letterboxd, iCheckMovies, TSPDT?, TMDb and IMDb.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/fswg60/by_combining_the_average_scores_from_imdb/
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.
Concepts like the Blockbuster is introduced. 1980s is called 'one of the weaker decades in cinema'. The rise of independent films revive cinema again in the 1990s.
[This is a series of lists listing films deemed important based on their technical, artistic, historical or cultural significance. This shall also serve as a good resource for film studies however it is extensively based on my own personal preferences.
Resources:
[1]r/truefilm, IMDb, AFI's top 100, Sight & Sound Critic's Directors' Top 100, and various others.
[2] Looking at Movies: https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Movies-Fifth-Richard-Barsam/dp/0393600653 and The Movie Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Movie-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained-ebook/dp/B017AR0MUS
[3] Download Links:Qxr, Sartre, Garshasp for more iconic ones. Yify and others for the rest. (Piracy Is Illegal ffs & I shall not be responsible)
Excerpt From https://www.imdb.com/user/ur73738276/watchlist?sort=release_date%2Casc&view=detail listing films from 1981's *Christiane F to 2000's Traffic
PS: Trakt has incorrect dates for a great many titles. so use IMDb or wikipedia! This list uses IMDb and 'Rank' is the correct order. ]
Films already watched have been exempted. Imported 274/276
From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).
#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab
Source: https://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Cult-Movies-Ultimate/dp/1402774869
Movies (and some tv series/episodes) that are so insanely packed with things and ideas and visuals they become dense in one way or another.
Ordered alphabetically.
Suggestions welcomed but I'll have to see them to see if they fit my criteria.
List of Nominees and Winners.
Gene Hackman in "Mississippi Burning"
Tom Hanks in "Big"
Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" - WINNER
Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver"
Max Von Sydow in "Pelle the Conqueror"
Alec Guinness in "Little Dorrit"
Kevin Kline in "A Fish Called Wanda" - WINNER
Martin Landau in "Tucker The Man and His Dream"
River Phoenix in "Running on Empty"
Dean Stockwell in "Married to the Mob"
Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons"
Jodie Foster in "The Accused" - WINNER
Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl"
Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark"
Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist"
Joan Cusack in "Working Girl"
Geena Davis in "The Accidental Tourist" - WINNER
Frances McDormand in "Mississippi Burning"
Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dangerous Liaisons"
Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl"
"Beaches" Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
"Dangerous Liaisons" Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gerard James - WINNER
"Rain Man" Art Direction: Ida Random; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
"Tucker The Man and His Dream" Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Armin Ganz
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Art Direction: Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt
"Mississippi Burning" Peter Biziou - WINNER
"Rain Man" John Seale
"Tequila Sunrise" Conrad L. Hall
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Sven Nykvist
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Dean Cundey
"Coming to America" Deborah Nadoolman
"Dangerous Liaisons" James Acheson - WINNER
"A Handful of Dust" Jane Robinson
"Sunset" Patricia Norris
"Tucker The Man and His Dream" Milena Canonero
"A Fish Called Wanda" Charles Crichton
"The Last Temptation of Christ" Martin Scorsese
"Mississippi Burning" Alan Parker
"Rain Man" Barry Levinson - WINNER
"Working Girl" Mike Nichols
"The Cry of Reason - Beyers Naudé: An Afrikaner Speaks Out" Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix, Producers
"Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie" Marcel Ophuls, Producer - WINNER
"Let’s Get Lost" Bruce Weber and Nan Bush, Producers
"Promises to Keep" Ginny Durrin, Producer
"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" Renee Tajima and Christine Choy, Producers
"The Children’s Storefront" Karen Goodman, Producer
"Family Gathering" Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell, Producers
"Gang Cops" Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks, Producers
"Portrait of Imogen" Nancy Hale and Meg Partridge, Producers
"You Don’t Have to Die" William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, Producers - WINNER
"Die Hard" Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
"Gorillas in the Mist" Stuart Baird
"Mississippi Burning" Gerry Hambling
"Rain Man" Stu Linder
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Arthur Schmidt - WINNER
"Hanussen" Hungary
"The Music Teacher" Belgium
"Pelle the Conqueror" Denmark - WINNER
"Salaam Bombay!" India
"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" Spain
"Beetlejuice" Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short - WINNER
"Coming to America" Rick Baker
"Scrooged" Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
"The Accidental Tourist" John Williams
"Dangerous Liaisons" George Fenton
"Gorillas in the Mist" Maurice Jarre
"The Milagro Beanfield War" Dave Grusin - WINNER
"Rain Man" Hans Zimmer
"Calling You" from "Bagdad Cafe" Music and Lyric by Bob Telson
"Let the River Run" from "Working Girl" Music and Lyric by Carly Simon - WINNER
"Two Hearts" from "Buster" Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyric by Phil Collins
"The Accidental Tourist" Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael Grillo, Producers
"Dangerous Liaisons" Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean, Producers
"Mississippi Burning" Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, Producers
"Rain Man" Mark Johnson, Producer - WINNER
"Working Girl" Douglas Wick, Producer
"The Cat Came Back" Cordell Barker
"Technological Threat" Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings
"Tin Toy" John Lasseter, William Reeves - WINNER
"The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" Dean Parisot, Steven Wright - WINNER
"Cadillac Dreams" Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
"Gullah Tales" George deGolian, Gary Moss
"Bird" Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton - WINNER
"Die Hard" Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton
"Gorillas in the Mist" Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
"Mississippi Burning" Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo, Tony Dawe
"Die Hard" Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann - WINNER
"Willow" Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
"Die Hard" Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs - WINNER
"Willow" Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans
"The Accidental Tourist" Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
"Dangerous Liaisons" Christopher Hampton - WINNER
"Gorillas in the Mist" Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan; Story by Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
"Little Dorrit" Christine Edzard
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
"Big" Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
"Bull Durham" Ron Shelton
"A Fish Called Wanda" Screenplay by John Cleese; Story by John Cleese, Charles Crichton
"Rain Man" Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow - WINNER
"Running on Empty" Naomi Foner
"films that influenced the look and script of [Greta Gerwig's] blockbusting fantasy-comedy-kind-of-musical", Barbie.
Via Letterboxd interview - https://letterboxd.com/journal/the-official-barbie-watchlist-greta-gerwig/
And MetaFilter post - https://www.metafilter.com/200009/The-Barbie-Watchlist
https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/
List created and maintained by https://listrr.pro
I started off by gathering ratings from IMDB (User/Critic Average), Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer, Critic Average, Audience Score, User Average), Metacritic (Critic Average, User Average) and Letterboxd (User Average). I was then able to determine a rating (out of 10) for each individual rating and therefore come up with an average rating for each site. Each site’s average rating was then weighted fairly so that no site’s ratings were favored above the rest.
The next step was to make sure that each film was treated fairly. Other top movie list’s like IMDb’s Top 1000 removes films that have under a certain viewing number (25,000 I think), but rather than ruling out films that may have been overlooked by the general audience (especially older films), I opted to alter these films score by carefully deducting points depending on how many people have seen it, and therefore voted on it. I also thought it was needed to make sure that recent films (released within the past 36 months) were also not favored, as it usually takes 3 years for the average rating to settle down. So I also added a deduction to these films that fell under this rule.
Taken from here: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3hbiio/update_1001_greatest_movies_of_all_time_plus/
1001 Greatest Movies of All Time
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