Tim Dirks' Greatest Films
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This selection of 100 Greatest Films in the last century of film-making covers, by conscious choice, a wide range of genres, decades, stars and directors. Emphasis in these selections is purposely directed toward earlier, more classic Hollywood/American films than more recent films, although some recent films (and British films) are included. (An Additional 100 Greatest Films, and Third 100 Greatest Films are also indexed here.) The Greatest Films selected do not include foreign films or non-English language films for purposes of specialization and focus. Negative judgment on foreign films or non-English language films is not intended or implied.
Over a long period of time, the English-language films found here have repeatedly appeared on all-time best film lists and are often noted in the collective responses of film viewers and critics. Arguably, there has been reasonable consensus by most film historians, critics, movie-lovers, and reviewers that the selections chosen by this site are among cinema's most critically-acclaimed, significant "must-see" films (of predominantly Hollywood-American production). They are the films almost every educated person with a solid knowledge of film history and cinema would be expected to know and be literate about.
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12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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42nd Street
1933, in 12 top lists Check -
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Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
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The African Queen
1951, in 11 top lists Check -
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Airplane!
1980, in 14 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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All the King's Men
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Amadeus
1984, in 23 top lists Check -
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American Beauty
1999, in 25 top lists Check -
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American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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An American in Paris
1951, in 18 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
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Atlantic City
1980, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
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Babe
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
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Baby Doll
1956, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Bad and the Beautiful
1952, in 8 top lists Check -
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Bad Day at Black Rock
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
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Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
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Bambi
1942, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Bank Dick
1940, in 8 top lists Check -
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Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
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Being There
1979, in 15 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
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Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Bull Durham
1988, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source