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RankMovie (Year)DirectorStars1."Citizen Kane"* (1941)Orson WellesOrson Welles; Joseph Cotten2."Casablanca"** (1942)Michael CurtizHumphrey Bogart; Ingrid Bergman; Claude Rains3."The Godfather"** (1972)Francis Ford CoppolaMarlon Brando; Al Pacino; James Caan; Robert Duvall4."Gone With the Wind"** (1939)Victor FlemingClark Gable; Vivien Leigh; Hattie McDaniel5."Lawrence of Arabia"** (1962)David LeanPeter O'Toole; Alec Guinness; Anthony Quinn6."The Wizard of Oz"* (1939)Victor FlemingJudy Garland; Ray Bolger; Margaret Hamilton7."The Graduate"* (1967)Mike NicholsDustin Hoffman; Anne Bancroft; Katharine Ross8."On the Waterfront"** (1954)Elia KazanMarlon Brando; Karl Malden; Lee J. Cobb; Eva Marie Saint9."Schindler's List"** (1993)Steven SpielbergLiam Neeson; Ralph Fiennes; Ben Kingsley10."Singin' in the Rain" (1952)Gene Kelly,
Stanley DonenGene Kelly; Debbie Reynolds; Donald O'Connor11."It's a Wonderful Life"* (1946)Frank CapraJames Stewart; Donna Reed; Lionel Barrymore12."Sunset Boulevard"* (1950)Billy WilderGloria Swanson;
William Holden13."The Bridge on the River Kwai"** (1957)David LeanWilliam Holden; Alec Guinness14."Some Like It Hot" (1959)George ArchainbaudJack Lemmon; Tony Curtis; Marilyn Monroe15."Star Wars"* (1977)George LucasMark Hamill; Harrison Ford; Carrie Fisher; Alec Guinness16."All About Eve"** (1950)Joseph L. MankiewiczBette Davis; Anne Baxter; George Sanders17."The African Queen" (1951)John HustonHumphrey Bogart;
Katharine Hepburn18."Psycho" (1960)Alfred HitchcockAnthony Perkins; Janet Leigh; Vera Miles; John Gavin19."Chinatown"* (1974)Roman PolanskiJack Nicholson; Faye Dunaway; John Huston20."One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"** (1975)Milos FormanJack Nicholson; Louise Fletcher; Brad Dourif21."The Grapes of Wrath"* (1940)John FordHenry Fonda; Jane Darwell; John Carradine22."2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)Stanley KubrickKeir Dullea; William Sylvester; Gary Lockwood23."The Maltese Falcon"* (1941)John HustonHumphrey Bogart; Mary Astor; Peter Lorre24."Raging Bull"* (1980)Martin ScorseseRobert De Niro; Cathy Moriarty; Joe Pesci25."E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"* (1982)Steven SpielbergDee Wallace; Henry Thomas; Drew Barrymore26."Dr. Strangelove"* (1964)Stanley KubrickPeter Sellers; George C. Scott; Sterling Hayden27."Bonnie and Clyde"* (1967)Arthur PennWarren Beatty; Faye Dunaway; Michael J. Pollard28."Apocalypse Now"* (1979)Francis Ford CoppolaMarlon Brando; Robert Duvall; Martin Sheen29."Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"* (1939)Frank CapraJames Stewart; Claude Rains; Jean Arthur30."The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"* (1948)John HustonHumphrey Bogart; Walter Huston; Tim Holt31."Annie Hall"** (1977)Woody AllenWoody Allen; Diane Keaton; Tony Roberts32."The Godfather, Part II"** (1974)Francis Ford CoppolaAl Pacino; Robert De Niro; Robert Duvall; Diane Keaton33."High Noon"* (1952)Fred ZinnemannGary Cooper; Lloyd Bridges; Thomas Mitchell; Grace Kelly34."To Kill a Mockingbird"* (1962)Robert MulliganGregory Peck; Mary Badham; Philip Alford; Robert Duvall35."It Happened One Night"** (1934)Frank CapraClark Gable; Claudette Colbert; Walter Connolly36."Midnight Cowboy"** (1969)John SchlesingerJon Voight; Dustin Hoffman37."The Best Years of Our Lives"** (1946)William WylerMyrna Loy; Fredric March; Dana Andrews; Teresa Wright38."Double Indemnity"* (1944)Billy WilderFred MacMurray; Edward G. Robinson; Barbara Stanwyck39."Doctor Zhivago"* (1965)David LeanOmar Sharif; Julie Christie40."North by Northwest" (1959)Alfred HitchcockCary Grant; Eva Marie Saint; James Mason41."West Side Story"** (1961)Robert Wise, Jerome RobbinsNatalie Wood; George Chakiris; Rita Moreno42."Rear Window" (1954)Alfred HitchcockJames Stewart; Grace Kelly; Wendell Corey43."King Kong" (1933)Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. SchoedsackFay Wray; Robert Armstrong; Bruce Cabot; Frank Reicher44."The Birth of a Nation" (1915)D.W. GriffithLillian Gish; Mae Marsh; Henry B. Walthall; Miriam Cooper45."A Streetcar Named Desire"* (1951)Elia KazanMarlon Brando; Vivien Leigh; Kim Hunter; Karl Malden46."A Clockwork Orange"* (1971)Stanley KubrickMalcolm McDowell; Patrick Magee; Andrienne Corri47."Taxi Driver"* (1976)Martin ScorseseRobert De Niro; Jodie Foster; Cybill Shepherd; Harvey Keitel48."Jaws"* (1975)Steven SpielbergRoy Scheider; Robert Shaw; Richard Dreyfuss49."Snow White and the Seven Drawfs" (1937)Ben SharpsteenAdrianna Caselotti; Harry Stockwell; Lucille LaVerne50."Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"* (1969)George Roy HillPaul Newman; Robert Redford; Katharine Ross51."The Philadelphia Story"* (1940)George CukorKatharine Hepburn; Cary Grant; James Stewart52."From Here to Eternity"** (1953)Fred ZinnemanMontgomery Clift; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Frank Sinatra; Donna Reed53."Amadeus"** (1984)Milos FormanF. Murray Abraham; Tom Hulce; Elizabeth Berridge54."All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930)Lewis MilestoneLew Ayres; Louis Wolheim; John Wray; Slim Summerville55."The Sound of Music"** (1965)Robert WiseJulie Andrews; Christopher Plummer; Eleanor Parker56."M*A*S*H" * (1970)Robert AltmanDonald Sutherland; Elliott Gould; Sally Kellerman57."The Third Man" (1949)Carol ReedJoseph Cotten; Orson Welles; Alida Valli; Trevor Howard58."Fantasia" (1940)Ben SharpsteenDeems Taylor (narrator)59."Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)Nicholas RayJames Dean; Natalie Wood; Sal Mineo; Jim Backus60."Raiders of the Lost Ark"* (1981)Steven SpielbergHarrison Ford; Karen Allen; Wolf Kahler61."Vertigo" (1958)Alfred HitchcockJames Stewart; Kim Novak; Barbara Bel Geddes62."Tootsie"* (1982)Sidney PollackDustin Hoffman; Jessica Lange; Dabney Coleman; Teri Garr63."Stagecoach"* (1939)John FordJohn Wayne; Claire Trevor; Andy Devine; John Carradine64."Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)Steven SpielbergRichard Dreyfuss; Francois Truffaut; Teri Garr65."The Silence of the Lambs"** (1991)Jonathan DemmeJodie Foster; Scott Glenn; Anthony Hopkins; Ted Levine66."Network"* (1976)Sidney LumetPeter Finch; Faye Dunaway; William Holden; Robert Duvall67."The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)John FrankenheimerFrank Sinatra; Laurence Harvey; Angela Lansbury; Janet Leigh68."An American in Paris"** (1951)Vincente MinnelliGene Kelly; Leslie Caron; Oscar Levant; Nina Foch69."Shane"* (1953)George StevensAlan Ladd; Jean Arthur; Van Heflin; Jack Palance70."The French Connection"** (1973)William FreidkinGene Hackman; Fernando Rey; Roy Scheider71."Forrest Gump"** (1994)Robert ZemeckisTom Hanks; Robin Wright; Gary Sinise; Sally Field72."Ben-Hur"** (1959)William WylerCharlton Heston; Jack Hawkins; Stephen Boyd73."Wuthering Heights"* (1939)William WylerMerle Oberon; Laurence Olivier; Flora Robson74."The Gold Rush" (1925)Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin; Georgia Hale; Mack Swain; Tom Murray75."Dances With Wolves"** (1990)Kevin CostnerKevin Costner; Mary McDonnell; Graham Greene76."City Lights" (1931)Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin; Virginia Sherrill; Harry Myers77."American Graffiti"* (1973)George LucasRichard Dreyfuss; Ron Howard; Candy Clark78."Rocky"** (1976)John G. AvildsenSylvester Stallone; Talia Shire; Burgess Meredith79."The Deer Hunter"** (1978)Michael CiminoRobert De Niro; Christopher Walken; Meryl Streep80."The Wild Bunch" (1969)Sam PeckinpahWilliam Holden; Ernest Borgnine; Robert Ryan81."Modern Times" (1936)Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin; Paulette Goddard; Henry Bergman82."Giant"* (1956)George StevensElizabeth Taylor; James Dean; Rock Hudson; Mercedes McCambridge83."Platoon"** (1986)Oliver StoneTom Berenger; Willem Dafoe; Charlie Sheen84."Fargo"* (1996)Joel CoenFrances McDormand; William H. Macy; Steve Buscemi85."Duck Soup" (1933)Leo McCareyGroucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo Marx86."Mutiny on the Bounty"** (1935)Frank LloydCharles Laughton; Clark Gable; Franchot Tone87."Frankenstein" (1931)James WhaleColin Clive; Boris Karloff; Mae Clarke; John Boles88."Easy Rider" (1969)Dennis HopperPeter Fonda; Dennis Hopper; Jack Nicholson; Karen Black89."Patton"** (1970)Franklin J. SchaffnerGeorge C. Scott; Karl Malden; Stephen Young90."The Jazz Singer" (1927)Alan CroslandAl Jolson; May McAvoy; Warner Oland91."My Fair Lady"** (1964)George CukorRex Harrison; Audrey Hepburn92."A Place in the Sun"* (1951)George StevensMontgomery Clift; Elizabeth Taylor; Shelley Winters93."The Apartment"** (1960)Billy WilderJack Lemmon; Shirley MacLaine; Fred MacMurray94."GoodFellas"* (1990)Martin ScorseseRobert De Niro; Joe Pesci; Ray Liotta; Lorraine Bracco95."Pulp Fiction"* (1994)Quentin TarantinoJohn Travolta; Samuel L. Jackson; Uma Thurman96."The Searchers" (1956)John FordJohn Wayne; Jeffrey Hunter; Ward Bond; Vera Miles97."Bringing Up Baby"* (1938)Howard HawksKatharine Hepburn; Cary Grant; Charlie Ruggles98."Unforgiven" (1992)**Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood; Morgan Freeman; Gene Hackman99."Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"* (1967)Stanley KramerKatharine Hepburn; Spencer Tracy; Sidney Poitier100."Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)*Michael CurtizJames Cagney; Joan Leslie; Walter Huston

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