BFI's Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time

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eromero wrote:So here's the top 10 greatest film list from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, etc.
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eromero wrote:So here's the top 10 greatest film list from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, etc.
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You just don't understand the concept of objectivity.
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Full List

1. Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
2. Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (1941)
3. Tokyo Story by Yasujiro Ozu (1953)
4. The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir (1939)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by F.W. Murnau (1927)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick (1968)
7. The Searchers by John Ford (1956)
8. Man With a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov (1929)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928)
10. by Federico Fellini (1963)

11. Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Einstein (1925)
12. L'Atalante by Jean Vigo (1934)
13. Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard (1960)
14. Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
15. Late Spring by Yasujiro Ozu (1949)
16. Au Hasard Balthazar by Robert Bresson (1966)
17. Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (1954)
18. Persona by Ingmar Bergman (1966)
19. The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)
20. Singin' in the Rain by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (1952)

21. L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni (1960)
22. Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard (1963)
23. The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
24. Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)
25. In the Mood for Love by Kar-wai Wong & Wong Kar-Wai (2000)
26. Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)
27. Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa (1950)
28. Mulholland Drive by David Lynch (2001)
29. Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
30. Shoah by Claude Lanzmann (1985)

31. The Godfather Part II by Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
32. Taxy Driver by Martin Scorsese (1976)
33. Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica (1948)
34. The General by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton (1927)
35. Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1927)
36. Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
37. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman (1975)
38. Sátántangó by Béla Tarr (1994)
39. The 400 Blows by Francois Truffaut (1959)
40. La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini (1960)

41. Voyage in Italy by Roberto Rossellini (1954)
42. Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (1955)
43. Some Like it Hot by Billy Wilder (1959)
44. Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1964)
45. Pierrot le fou by Jean-Luc Godard (1965)
46. Playtime by Jacques Tati (1967)
47. Close-Up by Abbas Kiarostami (1990)
48. The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)
49. Histoire(s) du Cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard (1989)
50. City Lights by Charlie Chaplin (1931)
50. Ugetsu monogatari by Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)
50. La Jetée by Chris Marker (1962)

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Mulholland Drive above Godfather II, Taxi Driver, Metropolis, Psycho, and Bicycle themes?

The fuck?

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If I were a poll contributor this would be my list:

Rio Bravo
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Big Lebowski
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Apocalypse Now
GoodFellas
Taxi Driver
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

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I adore Mulholland Dr. If this film already made it to top 50, then I believe Memento and L.A. Confidential deserves to be in place too. But I agree, this makes a great list so it's hard to choose one from another.
And oh, Citizen Kane or 2001 is more deserving than Vertigo in the top spot. But it's a poll, what can we do? Let's just appreciate the films and not focus on the numbers.

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now thats a list with intellect,

Mulholland drive is great, i love it, its one of my favourites however I think its there because of what Lynch achieved. Its his masterpiece.
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RIFA wrote:Full List

1. Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
2. Citizen Kane by Orson Welles (1941)
3. Tokyo Story by Yasujiro Ozu (1953)
4. The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir (1939)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans by F.W. Murnau (1927)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick (1968)
7. The Searchers by John Ford (1956)
8. Man With a Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov (1929)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928)
10. by Federico Fellini (1963)

11. Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Einstein (1925)
12. L'Atalante by Jean Vigo (1934)
13. Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard (1960)
14. Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
15. Late Spring by Yasujiro Ozu (1949)
16. Au Hasard Balthazar by Robert Bresson (1966)
17. Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa (1954)
18. Persona by Ingmar Bergman (1966)
19. The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky (1975)
20. Singin' in the Rain by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (1952)

21. L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni (1960)
22. Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard (1963)
23. The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
24. Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1955)
25. In the Mood for Love by Kar-wai Wong & Wong Kar-Wai (2000)
26. Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky (1966)
27. Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa (1950)
28. Mulholland Drive by David Lynch (2001)
29. Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
30. Shoah by Claude Lanzmann (1985)

31. The Godfather Part II by Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
32. Taxy Driver by Martin Scorsese (1976)
33. Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica (1948)
34. The General by Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton (1927)
35. Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1927)
36. Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
37. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles by Chantal Akerman (1975)
38. Sátántangó by Béla Tarr (1994)
39. The 400 Blows by Francois Truffaut (1959)
40. La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini (1960)

41. Voyage in Italy by Roberto Rossellini (1954)
42. Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray (1955)
43. Some Like it Hot by Billy Wilder (1959)
44. Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer (1964)
45. Pierrot le fou by Jean-Luc Godard (1965)
46. Playtime by Jacques Tati (1967)
47. Close-Up by Abbas Kiarostami (1990)
48. The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)
49. Histoire(s) du Cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard (1989)
50. City Lights by Charlie Chaplin (1931)
50. Ugetsu monogatari by Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)
50. La Jetée by Chris Marker (1962)
Apparently they don't like recent films....

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They do. It's just that most of them really love old film. To be honest, If I'd be a voter and I'd have to send them my top 10... I would have only 2 pics from recent 20 years.

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RIFA wrote:They do. It's just that most of them really love old film. To be honest, If I'd be a voter and I'd have to send them my top 10... I would have only 2 pics from recent 20 years.
I never really understood why so many idolize old film so much. I am not saying it is all bad. I love movies from back in the day, but what I mean is that it seems like 1990-2012 gets no love at all. A lot of my favorites are from that time frame. Maybe its my taste because I like cinema today because its at the highest quality in picture, effects, audio and sometimes story. I hope you guys get what I am saying here.

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