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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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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42nd Street
1933, in 12 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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The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
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His Girl Friday
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Lady Eve
1941, in 20 top lists Check -
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Meet Me in St. Louis
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 16 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Quiet Man
1952, in 15 top lists Check -
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Roman Holiday
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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American Graffiti
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Bank Dick
1940, in 8 top lists Check -
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It's a Gift
1934, in 8 top lists Check -
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Manhattan
1979, in 20 top lists Check -
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936, in 11 top lists Check -
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My Man Godfrey
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
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She Done Him Wrong
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sons of the Desert
1933, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sullivan's Travels
1941, in 24 top lists Check -
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Swing Time
1936, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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To Be or Not to Be
1942, in 24 top lists Check -
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To Have and Have Not
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
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Tootsie
1982, in 17 top lists Check -
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Airplane!
1980, in 14 top lists Check -
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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Babe
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
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Being There
1979, in 15 top lists Check -
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Bull Durham
1988, in 8 top lists Check -
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Bus Stop
1956, in 2 top lists Check -
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dinner at Eight
1933, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 28, 2011; source