Ebert's Original 100 Great Movies

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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", published in 2002. The Apu Trilogy, Decalogue, and Up Documentaries are all broken out separately, hence more than 100 listings.

An excerpt from Ebert's introduction to the book:
"They are not 'the' 100 greatest films of all time, because all lists of great movies are a foolish attempt to codify works which must stand alone. But it's fair to say: If you want to make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema, start here."

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  1. 21 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 76 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 52 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 48 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  6. 69 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 80 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 103 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 79 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  10. 25 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 40 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 65 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 102 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 42 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 61 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 20 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 99 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 51 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 50 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 116 -2

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 84 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 59 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 66 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 22 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 39 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 37 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 13 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 16 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 56 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  31. 71 -

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 77 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 88 -

    Red River

    1948, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 6 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 97 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  38. 55 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 94 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  40. 70 -

    Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot

    1953 — a.k.a. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 78 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  42. 90 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 75 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  44. 9 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 10 -

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 119 -2

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 91 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 98 -

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 113 -2

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
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