Ebert's Great Movies II

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Below is a subset of Roger Ebert's list of great films containing only those in his book "The Great Movies II", published in 2005. Originally I only listed three full-length feature films in lieu of Ebert's "Buster Keaton" chapter, but I have since brought this list in line with the official iCheck version of Ebert's Great Movies. Now Buster's body of work "from 1920 to 1929" is represented by selections 18-49 below.

An excerpt from Ebert's introduction to the book:
"One of my delights in these books ... has been to include movies not often cited as 'great' ... We go to different movies for different reasons, and greatness comes in many forms."

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  1. 111 -1

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 71 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 132 -1

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 51 -1

    A Christmas Story

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 3 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 100 -1

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 93 -1

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 63 -1

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 109 -1

    Saturday Night Fever

    1977, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 122 -1

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 129 -1

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 114 -1

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 112 -1

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 62 -1

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 66 -1

    Hotaru no haka

    1988 — a.k.a. Grave of the Fireflies, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 115 -1

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 15 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 91 -1

    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 104 -1

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 56 -1

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 99 -1

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 1 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 103 -1

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 80 -1

    Leaving Las Vegas

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 88 -1

    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 65 -1

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 77 -1

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 52 -1

    The Color Purple

    1985, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 86 -1

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 108 -1

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 61 -1

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 113 -1

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 72 -1

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 125 -1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 10 -

    Being There

    1979, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 16 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  40. 102 -1

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 123 -1

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 53 -1

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 119 -1

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 84 -1

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 98 -1

    Planes, Trains & Automobiles

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 87 -1

    Mon oncle

    1958 — a.k.a. My Uncle, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 5 -

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 97 -1

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  49. 110 -1

    Say Anything...

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 126 -1

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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