Charts: Lists

This page shows you the list charts. By default, the movies are ordered by how many times they have been marked as a favorite. However, you can also sort by other information, such as the total number of times it has been marked as a dislike.

  1. Time Out’s The 100 Best Thrillers's icon

    Time Out’s The 100 Best Thrillers

    Favs/dislikes: 29:3. Everyone has their favourite genre but we can surely all agree that thrillers are the best. And if you don’t believe us, there’s a suspicious figure in that darkened doorway who’d like a word. From the early classics, like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger or Fritz Lang’s M, to the films of David Fincher and Martin Scorsese, they’re rich in nerve-shredding, adrenaline-pumping rides into the darker recesses of the psyche. Thrillers show us horrors and weave in human dramas, but they use those raw materials to forge something particular: a sense of unease and suspense. With masterful control of those elements, Hitchcock could manipulate his audiences like puppets on a string, delivering shocks that reverberate through cinema history. Fincher’s Seven and Zodiac have carried on the legacy, while films like Pig, Nightmare Alley and The Card Counter show that the thriller is the genre for all eras. Even superhero flicks, like Captain America: Civil War and The Batman, have been borrowing liberally from the crime thriller. It is, unlike many of its ill-fated characters, alive and well. But what are the very best of them? As we’ve done with science fiction, horror films, romances, comedies, westerns and war films, we’ve dusted cinema for prints and taken a magnifying glass to its finest thrillers to boil them down to a tonne of all-timers. On the list? Murder, political intrigue, espionage, conspiracy, manipulation, gaslighting and, of course, crime. Lots of crime. Enjoy – and hold on tight. Written by Abbey Bender, Joshua Rothkopf, Phil de Semlyen, Tom Huddleston, Andy Kryza & Tomris Laffly List created in June 2018 (updated June 2021) Last Updated: March 23, 2022 [url=https://www.timeout.com/film/best-thriller-movies]Source[/url]
  2. Fantastic Cinema (Peter Nicholls)  700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films's icon

    Fantastic Cinema (Peter Nicholls) 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films

    Favs/dislikes: 28:0. This extensive appendix in Nicholl's book lists 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films,1902-1983. Note that it is not a 'best of' list. While some films are must-see classics, others are z-grade junk - there's even a few TV-movies in the mix. Nicholls may be academic but he's no snob - like Danny Peary, he believes in seeing all types of movies. Most of these appended films are reviewed in capsules (the others have already been discussed in more detail in the main body of the book). He gives titles a dual rating, one for quality (stars) and another for squeamishness (skulls). Interestingly, Nicholls embraces a broad range of movies in his critique, including the James Bond series (because of its sci-fi overtones with gadgetry, supervillians, etc) and films with a surreal, psychological, or dreamlike approach. You'd have to be a true film fan to watch the wide range of titles here - everything from Monty Python and the Muppets to Russian silent films and Italian zombie gore.
  3. 'I Capolavori' - The 4 and 5 star Italian classics, according to the Morandini dictionary's icon

    'I Capolavori' - The 4 and 5 star Italian classics, according to the Morandini dictionary

    Favs/dislikes: 28:0. The “Dizionario dei Film” (Italian for: “Dictionary of Films”) – written and updated on a year-by-year basis by Laura, Luisa and Morando Morandini – is one of the highest-praised collection of film-reviews in Italy. Its purpose is to give the readers a short summary and a brief critical view for every film ever shown in our Country (even if available just on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.). Currently, about 27’000 films are reviewed on it. At the end of every article, there is a star-based rating, which works like this: * (one star), * 1/2 (one star and a half), * * (two stars), * * 1/2 (two stars and a half), * * * (three stars), * * * 1/2 (three stars and a half), * * * * (four stars), * * * * * (five stars). The four-star rating is generally given to film regarded as masterpieces, while the five-star rating is assigned to those films that are considered to be fundamental in the history of cinema or that represent the highest achievement of a great director.
  4. The Empire Five-Star 500's icon

    The Empire Five-Star 500

    Favs/dislikes: 28:0. Empire Magazine has compiled a list of the 500 greatest movies they have ever given a five-star review. * The Apu-trilogy is counted as a single entry in the magazine, thus 502 movies on this list.
  5. Village Voice Critics' Poll: 100 Best Films of the 20th Century's icon

    Village Voice Critics' Poll: 100 Best Films of the 20th Century

    Favs/dislikes: 28:0. 100 Best Films of 20th Century: The reknowned Village Voice newspaper held its "First Annual Film Critics' Poll" at the conclusion of the 20th century.
  6. Wild West's 100 Greatest Westerns's icon

    Wild West's 100 Greatest Westerns

    Favs/dislikes: 28:0. Wild West Magazine's pick for the 100 greatest westerns of all time.
  7. Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema (Dictionary of Cinema Masterpieces)'s icon

    Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema (Dictionary of Cinema Masterpieces)

    Favs/dislikes: 27:0. "Dizionario dei capolavori del cinema" is an Italian book written by Fernando Di Giammatteo and Cristina Bragaglia and published by Bruno Mondadori Editore in 2004. It lists 1244 of the "most significative movies" released between 1895 and 2004.
  8. J. Hoberman's Top 10 Lists's icon

    J. Hoberman's Top 10 Lists

    Favs/dislikes: 27:0. All movies in J. Hoberman's Top 10 lists from 1977 to 2011.
  9. 101 Action Movies You Must See Before You Die's icon

    101 Action Movies You Must See Before You Die

    Favs/dislikes: 26:1. From the book 101 Action Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider ISBN: 978-0764163500
  10. "Death on the Cheap - The Lost B Movies of Film Noir" by Arthur Lyons's icon

    "Death on the Cheap - The Lost B Movies of Film Noir" by Arthur Lyons

    Favs/dislikes: 26:0. "Robert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary Grant and all the big stars at RKO got all the lights. We lit our sets with cigarette butts." Film noir was made to order for the "B," or low-budget, part of the movie double bill. It was cheaper to produce because it made do with less lighting, smaller casts, limited sets, and compact story lines—about con men, killers, cigarette girls, crooked cops, down-and-out boxers, and calculating, scheming, very deadly women. In Death on the Cheap, Arthur Lyons entertainingly looks at the history of the B movie and how it led to the genre that would come to be called noir, a genre that decades later would be transformed in such "neo-noir" films as Pulp Fiction, Fargo, and L.A. Confidential. The book, loaded with movie stills, also features a witty and informative filmography (including video sources) of B films that have largely been ignored or neglected—“lost" to the general public but now restored to their rightful place in movie history thanks to Death on the Cheap."
  11. Sight & Sound Films of the Month's icon

    Sight & Sound Films of the Month

    Favs/dislikes: 26:0. List of films selected as Film of the Month in the reviews section of Sight & Sound. From January 1998 - August 2012, one film per month was selected. Since the September 2012 issue there are usually 3 (sometimes more) each month.
  12. The Director's Vision: A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmmakers's icon

    The Director's Vision: A Concise Guide to the Art of 250 Great Filmmakers

    Favs/dislikes: 26:0. "The 250 films which each had a still frame chosen to represent a director’s visual style. Chosen by Geoff Andrew." Missing: The Keystone Cops (Mack Sennett)
  13. Top 100 Turkish movies by Sinema Magazine's icon

    Top 100 Turkish movies by Sinema Magazine

    Favs/dislikes: 26:4. Top 100 Turkish movies list of the Sinema magazine. That list was chosen by the readers of the magazine.
  14. The Obscure, the Forgotten, and the Unloved's icon

    The Obscure, the Forgotten, and the Unloved

    Favs/dislikes: 25:1. 40 Critically Acclaimed But Little Seen Should-be Classics by Iain Stott
  15. 101 Cult Movies You Must See Before You Die's icon

    101 Cult Movies You Must See Before You Die

    Favs/dislikes: 24:1. 101 important cult films as defined in Stephen Jay Schneider's book, 101 Cult Movies You Must See Before You Die. (ISBN: 0764163493)
  16. Film Comment's Best of the Decade: Avant-Garde (2000s)'s icon

    Film Comment's Best of the Decade: Avant-Garde (2000s)

    Favs/dislikes: 24:0. At the end of the decade, Film Comment asked 46 critics, programmers, and teachers to vote for the best avant-garde films of the decade. #1 "At Sea" received 18 votes. See the [url=http://www.filmlinc.com/film-comment/article/best-of-the-decade-avant-garde]list source[/url] for the vote counts. Missing from IMDb: Pitcher of Colored Light Robert Beavers, U.S./Switz., 2007 (16) Observando el Cielo Jeanne Liotta, U.S., 2007 (15) The General Returns from One Place to Another Michael Robinson, U.S., 2006 (11) The Glass System Mark LaPore, U.S., 2000 (10) She Puppet Peggy Ahwesh, U.S., 2001 (10) The Great Art of Knowing David Gatten, U.S., 2004 (9)
  17. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Additional Essential Films's icon

    Jonathan Rosenbaum's Additional Essential Films

    Favs/dislikes: 24:1. In the reprint of the Essential Cinema book by Jonathan Rosenbaum; there is an afterword where Rosenbaum lists 60 Titles that he would like to add to the list of 1000. "I've jotted down 30 titles of more recent films (2003-2007) - preceded by 30 titles of more recent discoveries, rediscoveries, or acknowledged oversights of older films (1919-2001) - that would qualify as contenders If I had such an option , Which I'll list Chronologically."
  18. Susan Sontag's 50 Favourite Films's icon

    Susan Sontag's 50 Favourite Films

    Favs/dislikes: 24:0. The 50 films famous criticist Susan Sontag considered the best, as published in 1977. See also [url=http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/susan-sontags-50-favorite-films.html]this article[/url].
  19. The Samurai Film Encyclopedia's icon

    The Samurai Film Encyclopedia

    Favs/dislikes: 24:0. Adopted from The Samurai Film: Expanded and Revised By Alain Silver 001-011: Hideo Gosha (1929-1992) 012-015: Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996) 016-024: Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) 025-033: Kihachi Okamoto (1923-2005) 034-039: Masahiro Shinoda (1931- ) 040-056: Kyoshiro Nemuri Series (Begun 1956) 057-083: Zato Ichi Series (Shintaro Katsu 1962-1989) 084-087: The Crimson Bat Series (1969-1970) 088-095: Band Of Assassins Series (1962-1966) 096-159: (Pre-1950s) 160-208: (1950-1957) 209-240: (1958) 241-287: (1959) 288-320: (1960) 321-382: (1961-1962) 383-405: (1963-1964) 406-418: (1965-1966) 419-422: (1967) 423-435: (1968) 436-451: (1969) 452-458: (1970) 459-483: (1971-1979) 484-500: (1980s) 501-516: (1990s) 517-525: (2000-present)
  20. Time Out's Centenary Top 100's icon

    Time Out's Centenary Top 100

    Favs/dislikes: 24:0. "Directors, producers, actors, programmers and critics were polled to name their top ten films which they felt had been the high points of the last 100 years in world cinema. The resulting list was drawn up from that poll."
  21. Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema's icon

    Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

    Favs/dislikes: 24:0. A compilation of all the films that are featured in Mark Cousins' series on women filmmakers, organized in order of their first appearance in the series. I'm pretty confident that I didn't miss anything, but I can't say for sure, so do let me know if something is missing or wrong. Notes: - 15Malaysia (2009) is an anthology film. The featured short is ‘Chocolate’ by Jasmin Ahmad. - Nachalo nevedomogo veka AKA Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967) is an anthology film. The featured short is ‘Homeland of Electricity’ by Larisa Shepitko. - Colour Poems (1974) is an anthology of Margarit Tait films. The featured short is ‘Terra Firma’.
  22. Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du Western (100 Western Masterpieces)'s icon

    Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du Western (100 Western Masterpieces)

    Favs/dislikes: 23:0. 100 Western Masterpieces a book by Jean-Marc Bouneau, Alain Charlot et Jean-Pierre Frimbois. The Western, one of the most American of all genres, boasts many cinematic accomplishments. In this book, 100 of the most representative westerns are selected. Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du western et du suspense, Alain Charlot, Jean-Marc Bouneau et Jean-Pierre Frimbois Sur tous les plans, le western, genre américain par excellence, possède ses titres de noblesse cinématographique. Ses grands metteurs en scène : John Ford, Anthony Mann, Raoul Walsh ou John Sturges. Ses grands acteurs : John Wayne, James Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Gary Cooper ou Burt Lancaster. Ses grands films : "La chevauchée fantastique", Les sept mercenaires", "Rio Bravo", "L'appât", ou "Le train sifflera trois fois" : voici cent films du temps des justiciers, des outlaws, des trappeurs, des cow-boys et des Indiens. Dans ce volume de 224 pages : - La sélection des 100 films les plus représentatifs du western, classés par ordre alphabétique. - Chaque film est traité sur deux pages avec fiche technique, thème, commentaire et photos (noir et blanc ou couleur)
  23. Roger Ebert's "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie"'s icon

    Roger Ebert's "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie"

    Favs/dislikes: 23:2. From Roger Ebert's book "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" (2000). A collection of more than 200 of Ebert's most biting, hilarious and sometimes savage reviews -- by what one web critic calls "the bad movie's worst enemy."
  24. Ronny's Top 99 Arthouse Films's icon

    Ronny's Top 99 Arthouse Films

    Favs/dislikes: 23:0. There are way too many arthouse / surreal / artistic films out there to know where the hell to start. Even if you've watched them for years you can still get lost in the searching. One of the reasons why we started Film Bizarro was to highlight the weird for the masses, and while I think we have done that, we've also gotten wider. That's why I wanted to make this list - to make a list that focuses on only the good of the weird. I decided to call it my "Favorite Arthouse Films" because I think "Arthouse" is a word that sums it up perfectly even though the origins of the word might not apply to 100%. I've tried to write a good but short description for each film - it's just too much work to write a full review for each of these so bare with me. There are some fascinating films in this list and sometimes words just doesn't do it, at least not with my limited vocabulary, so don't judge them solely on what I have to say. If you find a film of interest: watch it! I decided to only include 3 movies from the same director, otherwise some directors would take up too much space. This list consists of films that are my favorites, I'm not claiming they are the best. Simply being weird doesn't do it!! When I decided to make this list I took it upon myself to watch a few films I have missed out on - LOTS and LOTS of films didn't make it, but some of them did. This of course means that in 6 months maybe the list would've looked slightly different, as I watch movies all the time. This documents the time when it was made, and I assure you that's good enough! Five of the movies are missing from IMDb. Missing from IMDb: #78. Tephrasect (Justin Curfman, 2004) #68. Ass (Usama Alshaibi, 2001) #61. I Never Left The White Room (Michael Todd Schneider, 2007) #30. ...and then i helped (Michael Todd Schneider, 2010) #15. Convulsion Expulsion (Usama Alshaibi, 2003)
  25. Sight and Sound's 100 Overlooked Films Directed by Women's icon

    Sight and Sound's 100 Overlooked Films Directed by Women

    Favs/dislikes: 23:1. From the Oct 2015 issue
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