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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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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Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Red River
1948, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935, in 6 top lists Check -
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939, in 10 top lists Check -
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
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Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
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To Have and Have Not
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
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Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Would Be King
1975, in 5 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Thelma & Louise
1991, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
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Toy Story 2
1999, in 12 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source