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Wuthering Heights 1939

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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.

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AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time

The very first edition of AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies is a list of the 100 greatest American films of all time.

In 1998, AFI invited more than 1,500 leaders from across the American film community – screenwriters, directors, actors, producers, cinematographers, editors, executives, film historians and critics among them – to choose from a list of 400 nominated films compiled by AFI and select the 100 greatest American movies.

Source: http://www.afi.com/100years/movies.aspx

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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.

104 movies missing. Imported from external source.

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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

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The Golden Age of Hollywood refers to the period from the early 1930s to the late 1940s, when Hollywood was at the height of its golden age and dominated the film industry in terms of both critical acclaim and commercial success.

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Top 10 Trakt Popular of all movies released before 1980 according to Trakt's Popular tab.
Tweet @DannyVFilms for any adjustments or corrections.

For movies released after 1980 see Top 10 Domestic Gross by Year:
https://trakt.tv/users/dannyvfilms/lists/top-10-domestic-gross-by-year-1980-present

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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

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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.

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List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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List of Nominees and Winners.

  • ACTOR

ROBERT DONAT "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" - WINNER
CLARK GABLE "Gone with the Wind"
LAURENCE OLIVIER "Wuthering Heights"
MICKEY ROONEY "Babes in Arms"
JAMES STEWART "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

  • ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

THOMAS MITCHELL "Stagecoach" - WINNER
BRIAN AHERNE "Juarez"
HARRY CAREY "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
BRIAN DONLEVY "Beau Geste"
CLAUDE RAINS "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

  • ACTRESS

VIVIEN LEIGH "Gone with the Wind" - WINNER
BETTE DAVIS "Dark Victory"
IRENE DUNNE "Love Affair"
GRETA GARBO "Ninotchka"
GREER GARSON "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"

  • ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

HATTIE MCDANIEL "Gone with the Wind" - WINNER
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND "Gone with the Wind"
GERALDINE FITZGERALD "Wuthering Heights"
EDNA MAY OLIVER "Drums along the Mohawk"
MARIA OUSPENSKAYA "Love Affair"

  • ART DIRECTION

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Lyle Wheeler - WINNER
"BEAU GESTE" Hans Dreier, Robert Odell
"CAPTAIN FURY" Charles D. Hall
"FIRST LOVE" Jack Otterson, Martin Obzina
"LOVE AFFAIR" Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman
"MAN OF CONQUEST" John Victor Mackay
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Lionel Banks
"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX" Anton Grot
"THE RAINS CAME" William Darling, George Dudley
"STAGECOACH" Alexander Toluboff
"THE WIZARD OF OZ" Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" James Basevi

  • CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK-AND-WHITE)

"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" Gregg Toland - WINNER
"STAGECOACH" Bert Glennon

  • CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan - WINNER
"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX" Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene

  • DIRECTING

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Victor Fleming - WINNER
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" Sam Wood
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Frank Capra
"STAGECOACH" John Ford
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" William Wyler

  • FILM EDITING

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom - WINNER
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" Charles Frend
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Gene Havlick, Al Clark
"THE RAINS CAME" Barbara McLean
"STAGECOACH" Otho Lovering, Dorothy Spencer

  • IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

David O. Selznick - WINNER

  • MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

"THE WIZARD OF OZ" Herbert Stothart - WINNER
"DARK VICTORY" Max Steiner
"ETERNALLY YOURS" Werner Janssen
"GOLDEN BOY" Victor Young
"GONE WITH THE WIND" Max Steiner
"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS" Victor Young
"THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK" Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
"MAN OF CONQUEST" Victor Young
"NURSE EDITH CAVELL" Anthony Collins
"OF MICE AND MEN" Aaron Copland
"THE RAINS CAME" Alfred Newman
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" Alfred Newman

  • MUSIC (SCORING)

"STAGECOACH" Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken - WINNER
"BABES IN ARMS" George E. Stoll, Roger Edens
"FIRST LOVE" Charles Previn
"THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT" Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
"THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" Alfred Newman
"INTERMEZZO" Lou Forbes
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Dimitri Tiomkin
"OF MICE AND MEN" Aaron Copland
"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX" Erich Wolfgang Korngold
"SHE MARRIED A COP" Cy Feuer
"SWANEE RIVER" Louis Silvers
"THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC" Alfred Newman
"WAY DOWN SOUTH" Victor Young

  • MUSIC (SONG)

"Over The Rainbow" in "The Wizard of Oz" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg - WINNER
"Faithful Forever" in "Gulliver's Travels" Music by Ralph Rainger; Lyrics by Leo Robin
"I Poured My Heart Into A Song" in "Second Fiddle" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
"Wishing" in "Love Affair" Music and Lyrics by Buddy de Sylva

  • OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Selznick International Pictures - WINNER
"DARK VICTORY" Warner Bros.-First National
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"LOVE AFFAIR" RKO Radio
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Columbia
"NINOTCHKA" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"OF MICE AND MEN" Hal Roach (production company)
"STAGECOACH" Walter Wanger (production company)
"THE WIZARD OF OZ" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" Samuel Goldwyn Productions

  • SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)

"THE UGLY DUCKLING" Walt Disney, Producer - WINNER
"DETOURING AMERICA" Warner Bros.
"PEACE ON EARTH" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"THE POINTER" Walt Disney, Producer

  • SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)

"BUSY LITTLE BEARS" Paramount - WINNER
"INFORMATION PLEASE" RKO Radio
"PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"SWORD FISHING" Warner Bros.

  • SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)

"SONS OF LIBERTY" Warner Bros. - WINNER
"DRUNK DRIVING" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"FIVE TIMES FIVE" RKO Radio

  • SOUND RECORDING

"WHEN TOMORROW COMES" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director - WINNER
"BALALAIKA" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
"GONE WITH THE WIND" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" Denham Studio Sound Department, A. W. Watkins, Sound Director
"THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
"THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
"MAN OF CONQUEST" Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
"OF MICE AND MEN" Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
"THE RAINS CAME" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director

  • SPECIAL AWARD

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Special Award - WINNER

  • SPECIAL EFFECTS

"THE RAINS CAME" Fred Sersen, E. H. Hansen - WINNER
"GONE WITH THE WIND" John R. Cosgrove, Fred Albin, Arthur Johns
"ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS" Roy Davidson, Edwin C. Hahn
"THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX" Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson
"TOPPER TAKES A TRIP" Roy Seawright
"UNION PACIFIC" Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, Loren Ryder
"THE WIZARD OF OZ" A. Arnold Gillespie, Douglas Shearer

  • WRITING (ORIGINAL STORY)

"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Lewis R. Foster - WINNER
"BACHELOR MOTHER" Felix Jackson
"LOVE AFFAIR" Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey
"NINOTCHKA" Melchior Lengyel
"YOUNG MR. LINCOLN" Lamar Trotti

  • WRITING (SCREENPLAY)

"GONE WITH THE WIND" Sidney Howard - WINNER
"GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS" R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz
"MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON" Sidney Buchman
"NINOTCHKA" Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
"WUTHERING HEIGHTS" Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

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Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11, 2002, in a CBS television special hosted by American film and TV actress Candice Bergen.

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From latest edition. 2017th edition will be published in October 2017.

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AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions is a list of the 100 greatest love stories of all time.

Regardless of genre, in these films, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film's narrative. These movies possess a "passion" which has enriched America's film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

Source: https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-passions/

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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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AFI's 100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time

Regardless of genre, in these films, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film's narrative. These movies possess a "passion" which has enriched America's film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

The jurors were asked to consider the following criteria while making their selections:

  • Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format, typically more than 60 minutes in length.
  • American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  • Love Story: Regardless of genre, a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film's narrative.
  • Legacy: Films whose "passion" have enriched America's film and cultural heritage while continuing to inspire contemporary artists and audiences.

Source: http://www.afi.com/100Years/passions.aspx

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