Roger Ebert: the great movies top movies
A list of movies which famous movie critic Roger Ebert considers to be the best movies of all-time. Ebert has written extensive reviews for each and every one of these movies. — Author: iCheckMovies
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Seven Up!
1964 - 2 -Check More options
7 Plus Seven
1970 - 3 -Check More options
21
1977 - 4 -Check More options
28 Up
1985 - 5 -Check More options
35 Up
1991 - 6 -Check More options
42: Forty Two Up
1998 - 7 -Check More options
49 Up
2005 - 8 -Check More options
12 Angry Men
1957 - 9 -Check More options
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 - 10 -Check More options
Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows - 11 -Check More options
8½
1963 — a.k.a. Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 - 12 -Check More options
Ace in the Hole
1951 - 13 -Check More options
Adaptation.
2002 - 14 -Check More options
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 - 15 -Check More options
After Dark, My Sweet
1990 - 16 -Check More options
After Hours
1985 - 17 -Check More options
The Age of Innocence
1993 - 18 -Check More options
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre: The Wrath of God - 19 -Check More options
Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - 20 -Check More options
Alien
1979 - 21 -Check More options
All About Eve
1950 - 22 -Check More options
Amadeus
1984 - 23 -Check More options
Amarcord
1973 - 24 -Check More options
Annie Hall
1977 - 25 -Check More options
The Apartment
1960 - 26 -Check More options
Apocalypse Now
1979 - 27 -Check More options
Aparajito
1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished - 28 -Check More options
Apur Sansar
1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu - 29 -Check More options
L'armée des ombres
1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows - 30 -Check More options
Atlantic City
1980 - 31 -Check More options
Au hasard Balthazar
1966 - 32 -Check More options
Au revoir les enfants
1987 - 33 -Check More options
Babel
2006 - 34 -Check More options
The Band Wagon
1953 - 35 -Check More options
The Bank Dick
1940 — a.k.a. The Bank Detective - 36 -Check More options
Banshun
1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring - 37 -Check More options
Baraka
1992 - 38 -Check More options
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers - 39 -Check More options
Bronenosets Potyomkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin - 40 -Check More options
Beat the Devil
1953 - 41 -Check More options
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast - 42 -Check More options
Being There
1979 — a.k.a. Chance - 43 -Check More options
Belle de jour
1967 - 44 -Check More options
La belle noiseuse
1991 - 45 -Check More options
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 - 46 -Check More options
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. The Bicycle Thief - 47 -Check More options
The Big Heat
1953 - 48 -Check More options
The Big Red One
1980 - 49 -Check More options
The Big Sleep
1946 - 50 -Check More options
The Birth of a Nation
1915 - 51 -Check More options
Blade Runner
1982 - 52 -Check More options
Blowup
1966 — a.k.a. Blow-Up - 53 -Check More options
Lan feng zheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Blue Kite - 54 -Check More options
Bob le flambeur
1956 — a.k.a. Fever Heat - 55 -Check More options
Body Heat
1981 - 56 -Check More options
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 - 57 -Check More options
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless - 58 -Check More options
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 - 59 -Check More options
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 - 60 -Check More options
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974 - 61 -Check More options
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Scarlet Blossoms - 62 -Check More options
Cabiria
1914 - 63 -Check More options
Casablanca
1942 - 64 -Check More options
Cat People
1942 - 65 -Check More options
Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise - 66 -Check More options
Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight - 67 -Check More options
Chinatown
1974 - 68 -Check More options
Chop Shop
2007 - 69 -Check More options
A Christmas Story
1983 - 70 -Check More options
Citizen Kane
1941 - 71 -Check More options
City Lights
1931 - 72 -Check More options
The Color Purple
1985 - 73 -Check More options
The Conversation
1974 - 74 -Check More options
Cool Hand Luke
1967 - 75 -Check More options
Viskningar och rop
1972 — a.k.a. Cries and Whispers - 76 -Check More options
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - 77 -Check More options
Crumb
1994 - 78 -Check More options
Dark City
1998 - 79 -Check More options
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night - 80 -Check More options
Days of Heaven
1978 - 81 -Check More options
The Dead
1987 - 82 -Check More options
"Dekalog"
1989 — a.k.a. "The Ten Commandments" - 83 -Check More options
Detour
1945 - 84 -Check More options
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - 85 -Check More options
Diva
1981 - 86 -Check More options
Do the Right Thing
1989 - 87 -Check More options
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 - 88 -Check More options
Don't Look Now
1973 - 89 -Check More options
Double Indemnity
1944 - 90 -Check More options
La double vie de Véronique
1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Veronique - 91 -Check More options
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964 - 92 -Check More options
Dracula
1931 - 93 -Check More options
Duck Amuck
1953 - 94 -Check More options
Duck Soup
1933 - 95 -Check More options
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
1982 - 96 -Check More options
Madame de...
1953 — a.k.a. Diamond Earrings - 97 -Check More options
Easy Rider
1969 - 98 -Check More options
El norte
1983 — a.k.a. The North - 99 -Check More options
El topo
1970 — a.k.a. The Gopher - 100 -Check More options
Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser - 101 -Check More options
Exotica
1994 - 102 -Check More options
El ángel exterminador
1962 — a.k.a. The Exterminating Angel - 103 -Check More options
La chute de la maison Usher
1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher - 104 -Check More options
Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander - 105 -Check More options
Fargo
1996 - 106 -Check More options
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 - 107 -Check More options
Horí, má panenko
1967 — a.k.a. The Firemen's Ball - 108 -Check More options
Fitzcarraldo
1982 - 109 -Check More options
Five Easy Pieces
1970 - 110 -Check More options
Ukigusa
1959 — a.k.a. Floating Weeds - 111 -Check More options
Jeux interdits
1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games - 112 -Check More options
Gates of Heaven
1978 - 113 -Check More options
The General
1926 - 114 -Check More options
The Godfather
1972 - 115 -Check More options
The Godfather: Part II
1974 - 116 -Check More options
Goldfinger
1964 - 117 -Check More options
Gone with the Wind
1939 - 118 -Check More options
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 119 -Check More options
Goodfellas
1990 - 120 -Check More options
Il vangelo secondo Matteo
1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew - 121 -Check More options
La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion - 122 -Check More options
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 - 123 -Check More options
Hotaru no haka
1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies - 124 -Check More options
The Great Dictator
1940 - 125 -Check More options
Great Expectations
1946 - 126 -Check More options
Greed
1924 - 127 -Check More options
Groundhog Day
1993 - 128 -Check More options
A Hard Day's Night
1964 - 129 -Check More options
Hoop Dreams
1994 - 130 -Check More options
House of Games
1987 - 131 -Check More options
Howards End
1992 - 132 -Check More options
The Hustler
1961 - 133 -Check More options
Ikiru
1952 — a.k.a. Doomed - 134 -Check More options
In Cold Blood
1967 - 135 -Check More options
Inherit the Wind
1960 - 136 -Check More options
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 - 137 -Check More options
Jaws
1975 - 138 -Check More options
JFK
1991 - 139 -Check More options
Johnny Guitar
1954 - 140 -Check More options
Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim - 141 -Check More options
Giulietta degli spiriti
1965 — a.k.a. Juliet of the Spirits - 142 -Check More options
Killer of Sheep
1977 - 143 -Check More options
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 - 144 -Check More options
King Kong
1933 — a.k.a. The Eighth Wonder - 145 -Check More options
L'atalante
1934 — a.k.a. Le chaland qui passe - 146 -Check More options
L'avventura
1960 - 147 -Check More options
L.A. Confidential
1997 - 148 -Check More options
La dolce vita
1960 - 149 -Check More options
The Lady Eve
1941 - 150 -Check More options
Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh - 151 -Check More options
The Last Picture Show
1971 - 152 -Check More options
Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris - 153 -Check More options
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 - 154 -Check More options
L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad - 155 -Check More options
Laura
1944 - 156 -Check More options
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 - 157 -Check More options
Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. The Butcher - 158 -Check More options
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. The Godson - 159 -Check More options
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 - 160 -Check More options
Léolo
1992 - 161 -Check More options
Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard - 162 -Check More options
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Colonel Blimp - 163 -Check More options
The River
1951 - 164 -Check More options
The Long Goodbye
1973 - 165 -Check More options
M
1931 - 166 -Check More options
Magnolia
1999 - 167 -Check More options
The Maltese Falcon
1941 - 168 -Check More options
The Man Who Laughs
1928 - 169 -Check More options
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 - 170 -Check More options
Manhattan
1979 - 171 -Check More options
Die Ehe der Maria Braun
1979 — a.k.a. The Marriage of Maria Braun - 172 -Check More options
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 - 173 -Check More options
Mean Streets
1973 - 174 -Check More options
Mephisto
1981 - 175 -Check More options
Metropolis
1927 - 176 -Check More options
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 - 177 -Check More options
Mon oncle
1958 — a.k.a. My Uncle - 178 -Check More options
Mon oncle Antoine
1971 — a.k.a. My Uncle Antoine - 179 -Check More options
Moolaadé
2004 - 180 -Check More options
Moonstruck
1987 - 181 -Check More options
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot
1953 — a.k.a. Mr. Hulot's Holiday - 182 -Check More options
Jalsaghar
1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room - 183 -Check More options
My Darling Clementine
1946 - 184 -Check More options
My Dinner with Andre
1981 - 185 -Check More options
My Fair Lady
1964 - 186 -Check More options
My Man Godfrey
1936 - 187 -Check More options
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro - 188 -Check More options
Nanook of the North
1922 - 189 -Check More options
Nashville
1975 - 190 -Check More options
The Navigator
1924 - 191 -Check More options
Network
1976 - 192 -Check More options
Night Moves
1975 - 193 -Check More options
The Night of the Hunter
1955 - 194 -Check More options
Le notti di Cabiria
1957 — a.k.a. Nights of Cabiria - 195 -Check More options
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu the Vampire - 196 -Check More options
Notorious
1946 - 197 -Check More options
On the Waterfront
1954 - 198 -Check More options
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 - 199 -Check More options
One Froggy Evening
1955 - 200 -Check More options
Ordet
1955 — a.k.a. The Word - 201 -Check More options
Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus - 202 -Check More options
Our Hospitality
1923 - 203 -Check More options
Out of the Past
1947 — a.k.a. Build My Gallows High - 204 -Check More options
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth - 205 -Check More options
Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box - 206 -Check More options
Paris, Texas
1984 - 207 -Check More options
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc - 208 -Check More options
Pather Panchali
1955 — a.k.a. Song of the Little Road - 209 -Check More options
Paths of Glory
1957 - 210 -Check More options
Patton
1970 - 211 -Check More options
Peeping Tom
1960 — a.k.a. Face of Fear - 212 -Check More options
Persona
1966 - 213 -Check More options
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 - 214 -Check More options
Pickpocket
1959 - 215 -Check More options
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 - 216 -Check More options
Pinocchio
1940 - 217 -Check More options
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
1981 — a.k.a. Pixote, the Law of the Weakest - 218 -Check More options
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
1987 - 219 -Check More options
Play Time
1967 — a.k.a. Playtime - 220 -Check More options
A Prairie Home Companion
2006 - 221 -Check More options
The Producers
1968 - 222 -Check More options
Psycho
1960 - 223 -Check More options
Pulp Fiction
1994 - 224 -Check More options
Raging Bull
1980 - 225 -Check More options
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 - 226 -Check More options
Da hong deng long gao gao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern - 227 -Check More options
Ran
1985 — a.k.a. Revolt - 228 -Check More options
Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. In the Woods - 229 -Check More options
Rear Window
1954 - 230 -Check More options
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 - 231 -Check More options
Red River
1948 - 232 -Check More options
The Red Shoes
1948 - 233 -Check More options
Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 - 234 -Check More options
The Right Stuff
1983 - 235 -Check More options
Ripley's Game
2002 - 236 -Check More options
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers - 237 -Check More options
Romeo and Juliet
1968 - 238 -Check More options
La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game - 239 -Check More options
Safety Last!
1923 - 240 -Check More options
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
1967 — a.k.a. Rebellion - 241 -Check More options
Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Legend of Bailiff Sansho - 242 -Check More options
Santa sangre
1989 — a.k.a. Holy Blood - 243 -Check More options
Saturday Night Fever
1977 - 244 -Check More options
Say Anything...
1989 - 245 -Check More options
Scarface
1983 - 246 -Check More options
The Scarlet Empress
1934 - 247 -Check More options
Schindler's List
1993 - 248 -Check More options
The Searchers
1956 - 249 -Check More options
Secrets & Lies
1996 - 250 -Check More options
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. The Seven Samurai - 251 -Check More options
Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal - 252 -Check More options
Shane
1953 - 253 -Check More options
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 - 254 -Check More options
The Shining
1980 - 255 -Check More options
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 - 256 -Check More options
Tystnaden
1963 — a.k.a. The Silence - 257 -Check More options
Singin' in the Rain
1952 - 258 -Check More options
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 - 259 -Check More options
Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris - 260 -Check More options
Some Like It Hot
1959 - 261 -Check More options
Star Wars
1977 - 262 -Check More options
Strangers on a Train
1951 - 263 -Check More options
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 - 264 -Check More options
Stroszek
1977 - 265 -Check More options
Un dimanche à la campagne
1984 — a.k.a. A Sunday in the Country - 266 -Check More options
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 - 267 -Check More options
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard - 268 -Check More options
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 - 269 -Check More options
Swing Time
1936 - 270 -Check More options
Conte d'hiver
1992 — a.k.a. A Tale of Winter - 271 -Check More options
Taxi Driver
1976 - 272 -Check More options
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 - 273 -Check More options
The Thin Man
1934 - 274 -Check More options
The Third Man
1949 - 275 -Check More options
Theeviravaathi: The Terrorist
1999 - 276 -Check More options
This Is Spinal Tap
1984 - 277 -Check More options
Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue - 278 -Check More options
Trzy kolory: Bialy
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White - 279 -Check More options
Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red - 280 -Check More options
3 Women
1977 - 281 -Check More options
Såsom i en spegel
1961 — a.k.a. Through a Glass Darkly - 282 -Check More options
Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story - 283 -Check More options
Top Hat
1935 - 284 -Check More options
Touch of Evil
1958 - 285 -Check More options
Touchez pas au grisbi
1954 — a.k.a. Hands Off the Loot - 286 -Check More options
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 - 287 -Check More options
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will - 288 -Check More options
Trouble in Paradise
1932 - 289 -Check More options
Ugetsu monogatari
1953 - 290 -Check More options
Umberto D.
1952 - 291 -Check More options
Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog - 292 -Check More options
Unforgiven
1992 - 293 -Check More options
Fukushû suruwa ware ni ari
1979 - 294 -Check More options
Vertigo
1958 - 295 -Check More options
Victim
1961 - 296 -Check More options
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux
1962 — a.k.a. My Life to Live - 297 -Check More options
Waking Life
2001 - 298 -Check More options
Walkabout
1971 - 299 -Check More options
Werckmeister harmóniák
2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies - 300 -Check More options
West Side Story
1961 - 301 -Check More options
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 - 302 -Check More options
What's Opera, Doc?
1957 - 303 -Check More options
The Wild Bunch
1969 - 304 -Check More options
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire - 305 -Check More options
Nattvardsgästerna
1962 — a.k.a. Winter Light - 306 -Check More options
Withnail & I
1987 - 307 -Check More options
The Wizard of Oz
1939 - 308 -Check More options
Suna no onna
1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes - 309 -Check More options
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 - 310 -Check More options
A Woman's Tale
1991 - 311 -Check More options
Woodstock
1970 - 312 -Check More options
W.R. - Misterije organizma
1971 — a.k.a. Mystery of Body - 313 -Check More options
Written on the Wind
1956 - 314 -Check More options
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 - 315 -Check More options
Rok spokojnego slonca
1984 — a.k.a. The Year of the Quiet Sun - 316 -Check More options
Yellow Submarine
1968 - 317 -Check More options
Yojimbo
1961 - 318 -Check More options
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
2003 — a.k.a. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - 319 -Check More options
Tender Mercies
1983 - 320 -Check More options
In a Lonely Place
1950 - 321 -Check More options
Barry Lyndon
1975 - 322 -Check More options
Rio Bravo
1959 - 323 -Check More options
Souls for Sale
1923 - 324 -Check More options
Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Living Russia, or The Man with a Camera - 325 -Check More options
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari.
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 326 -Check More options
Neighbors
1920 — a.k.a. Backyard - 327 -Check More options
The Scarecrow
1920 - 328 -Check More options
The Grey Zone
2001 - 329 -Check More options
Richard III
1995 - 330 -Check More options
Léon Morin, prêtre
1961 — a.k.a. The Forgiven Sinner - 331 -Check More options
Mon oncle d'Amérique
1980 — a.k.a. Les somnambules - 332 -Check More options
25th Hour
2002 - 333 newCheck More options
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 - 334 newCheck More options
Caché
2005 — a.k.a. Hidden - 335 newCheck More options
Le mari de la coiffeuse
1990 — a.k.a. The Hairdresser's Husband - 336 newCheck More options
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 - 337 newCheck More options
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1982
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