1.
Ben-Hur
3388 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate - 5 comments
Comments:
This movie contains the best presentation of Jesus of all Bible films. And the film also shows true heroism comes from dedication to the good and godly things.
Added 1 month ago by guest, 11 points
Excellent movie, but it doesn't rate with movies like the second on this list, computers or not. Definitely Hammy. It was a good movie in its time.
Added 2 months ago by guest, 7 points
The acting is hammy by today's standards but you have to look beyond that. This is true art. Admire the film for what it is and not what it isn't. Learn to appreciate it as a milestone in the history of cinema. Filmmaking wasn't so easy back then, they didn't have computers and green screens and all that jazz.
Added 9 months ago by guest, 0 points
This move should be top 20 at least. Awesome movie, chariot race seen is still spectacular after all these years.
Added 1 year ago by andrewh, 1 point
This film won 11 Oscars.
Added 2 years ago by pandora, 1 point
2.
The Searchers
2304 points - added 2 years ago by guest - 3 comments
Comments:
Western fans rejoice, they now have TWO lists, see the extensive Cinema's Best Westerns.
Added 1 year ago by pandora, 3 points
The westerns now have their own list. Vote for your favorite at Best Western Films.
Added 1 year ago by pandora, 2 points
Quite probably the best Western ever made. Anyone who questions John Wayne's acting ability should watch this movie. He should have won the Best Actor Oscar that year.....
Added 2 years ago by tboneya, 3 points
3.
The Ten Commandments
2246 points - added 1 year ago by tboneya - 1 comment
Comments:
The best Bible film ever made. Impressing and lasting.
Added 1 month ago by guest, 15 points
4.
It's a Wonderful Life
1574 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate - 1 comment
Comments:
This is a mediocure fantasy for sure.
In the same way that The Golden Compass was Lord of the Rings lite, and in the same way that The Chronicles of Narnia was Golden Compass lite, this wasn't even Chronicles of Narnia.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 1 point
5.
The Three Godfathers
Classic Western of John Ford with John Wayne
1427 points - added 1 month ago by guest -
6.
passion of the christ
1409 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
7.
1,2,3
Commedy of Billy Wilder which ridicules American capitalizm and russian socialism both to the excess, staring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, the Top of german actors from the early 60ties. A showpiece of human nature. Good for 1 hour laughs although with a serious lesson. "Sitzen machen!"
1401 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
8.
She wore a yellow ribbon
Wetsren with John Wayne 1948
1396 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
9.
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
1395 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
10.
Dodge City
Western with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. This film has everything, buffalloes, thiefs, murderers, saloon fighting,railway race, cattle drive, lynch mob and of course shooting
1393 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
11.
Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn Gregory Peck in a beutifully structured story. It has aged incredibly well.
1389 points - added 2 years ago by nerox3 -
12.
King Solomons Mines
Deboraah Kerr and Stewart Granger in an african safari adventure
1379 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
13.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt searching for gold. The original movie with the line, "We don't need no stinking badges."
1377 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
14.
Captain Blood
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland 1936
1375 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
15.
A Night at the Opera
The Marx Brothers
1371 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
16.
Duck Soup
The Marx Bros
1371 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
17.
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Jimmy Stewart's amazing peformance
1369 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
18.
The Maltese Falcon
1369 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
19.
White Christmas
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, and Rosemary Clooney
1352 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
What's wrong with dreaming of a Black Christmas?
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
20.
Stagecoach (with John Wayne)
1347 points - added 1 year ago by tboneya -
21.
Das Boot
1346 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
22.
Modern Times
1343 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate -
23.
Singing in the Rain
1342 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
24.
To Have and Have Not
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
1340 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
"You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? Just put your lips together and blow."
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
25.
Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore
1325 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 2 comments
Comments:
There were no DVDs when this classic was made. You need to do your movie homework! Obviously it was made before you were born, so you never heard of it.
Added 1 year ago by pandora, 0 points
What? More direct to DVD Crap?
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
26.
Bend of the River
Western with Jimmy Stewart 1954
1307 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
27.
The Far Country
Western with Jimmy Stewart
1306 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
28.
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmüller in 1936
1305 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
29.
The Big country
Western with Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck , director William Wyler
1305 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
30.
The oxbow incident
Western with Henry Fonda 1947
1299 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
31.
North to Alaska
Western with John Wayne and Stewart Granger
1298 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
32.
Red River
Western with John Wayne
1287 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
33.
Zorro: The mask of Zorro
1287 points - added 1 year ago by MICHAEL - 1 comment
Comments:
This is the version of 1939
Added 1 month ago by guest, 1 point
34.
lion king
1285 points - added 2 years ago by shawn clauws -
35.
Shane
Weisren with Allan Ladd 1950
1283 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
36.
Mississippi Burning
It's an amazing movie, although hard to watch because of the cruelty that is revealed that actually happened in 1964. Some artistic license and they changed the names of the characters, but a fact-based story and a good movie.
1281 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
37.
True Grit
1281 points - added 2 years ago by tboneya -
38.
In the Heat of the Night
1280 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
39.
The Patriot
mel gibson at his greatest
1280 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
40.
Valkyrie
Based on a true story and every moment of it, in my opinion, is worth watching. This is an extremly intresting movie.
1279 points - added 1 year ago by golden123 -
41.
The Alamo (1960)
1277 points - added 1 year ago by zyglot -
42.
Glory
1277 points - added 1 year ago by tboneya -
43.
The grapes of Wrath.
H.Fonda and J.Darwell,,
1277 points - added 2 years ago by MaxPain -
44.
The Wizard of Oz
1277 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
45.
Vertigo
1276 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate -
46.
The Big Sleep
Humphrey Bogart as detective Phillip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the scheming rich girl
1270 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 5 comments
Comments:
One of the most ridiculous movies ever made. It shouldn't be on this list
Added 1 year ago by guest, -1 points
Bogie and Bacall - one the best
Added 1 year ago by guest, 1 point
A classic film noir!
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
I'd rather partner up with Iorek Byrnisson than Phillip Marlowe
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
Overrated as Hell.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
47.
Rear Window (1954)
Hitchcock!
1267 points - added 10 months ago by guest -
48.
Gettysburg
1266 points - added 1 year ago by tboneya -
49.
Gorillas in the Mist
1261 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
50.
back to the future
1260 points - added 1 year ago by -silverknife- - 2 comments
Comments:
move it up to 2
Added 8 months ago by guest, 0 points
Yes!
Added 1 year ago by Dr Emmett Brown, 0 points
51.
Goodbye Lenin
1259 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
52.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
1258 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
This ain't rubbish! It might be Lord of the Rings lite, but that's the whole charm about The Chronicles of Narnia!
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
53.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
1258 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
54.
Doc Hollywood
1258 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
55.
The Philadelphia Story
1257 points - added 1 year ago by guest - 2 comments
Comments:
The Philadelphia Story had Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart. They remade it into a movie, "High Society." It's a fun movie.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
You mean Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks right?
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
56.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Spielberg & Lucas' BEST Indy film, in my opinion...
1257 points - added 1 year ago by P47HFIND3R -
57.
Bad Day at Black Rock
A modern western right out of the top drawer with a slew of big name actors headed by the finest actor in the history of the motion picture industry, Spencer Tracy.
1257 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
58.
Adam's Rib [1949]
1257 points - added 2 years ago by pandora -
59.
The Deer Hunter
1256 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
60.
The Third Man
Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton, with Valli as the love interest, were superb against the backdrop of wartorn Vienna. The zither music of Anton Karas set the tone for this black and white dark drama. The chase in the vast sewer system beneath the streets is a master class in photography, as is the lonely walk down a country road by Valli at the end as she passes Joseph Cotton without a glance.
1256 points - added 2 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
Great great movie all around - acting, direction, dialogue, photography, score.
Added 1 year ago by wugger, 0 points
61.
Naked Spur
Western with Jimmy Stewart
1246 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
62.
Going My Way
Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald - Heart warming, funny, and Oscar winning
1236 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
63.
The last wagon
Western with Richard Widmark 1956
1227 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
64.
Thirteen Days
An historically accurate docudrama about the Cuban Missile Crisis in the White House
1227 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
65.
High Society
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra
1226 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
66.
Ben-Hur (1925)
This is for the silent version.
1226 points - added 2 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
I have watched it recently - it's on YouTube - boring and cannot match version from sixties. Of course it was just the beginnings of makiing films
Added 1 year ago by misiu_mietowy, 0 points
67.
Around The World In 80 Days [1956]
Oscar for Best Picture.
1222 points - added 2 years ago by pandora -
68.
Toy Story
1222 points - added 2 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
nice
Added 1 year ago by rader 35, 0 points
69.
An American President
1219 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
70.
Metropolis
1214 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate -
71.
Casablanca
1214 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate - 9 comments
Comments:
The last I remember, "the movie all other moviemakers wanted to make" was Lord of the Rings. Without that, we probably wouldn't have had The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Carribean and Chronicles of Narnia among others
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
The single most overrated film ever
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
worst movie ever. boring to death!!!
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
Why would anyone attach such a comment onto a great movie? This list is a good representation of movies over the decades. Most of the movies mentioned in the negative comment are very computer produced and only came about in the past ten years. Movies, good movies, and yes even great movies were made long before this time period. Instead of commenting negatively, add your movies and vote for them. Meanwhile, Play it again, Sam.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
This list is terrible. People putting crap old B - Moves ahead of The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings? In a perfect world the top 10 would consist or the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Chronicles of Narnia movies, the Pirates of the Carribean movies, The Golden Compass and Avatar
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
"Louie, this could be start of a beautiful friendship."
"Here's looking at you kid."
"We'll always have Paris."
"Don't forget, this gun is pointed at your heart." "That is my least vulnerable spot."
"Play it Sam. If she can take it, I can take it."
(He never says, "Play it again, Sam").
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
It is the movie that all other movie makers want to make. It cannot be overrated. Great acting, a great script, the pacing, the drama, the humor, the cinematography - if someone could only see one movie in their lifetime, Casablanca is the one.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
It's overrated by a big margin.
Added 1 year ago by guest, 0 points
This is one of the movies that you can watch over and over again, without ever diminishing the experience. A noir masterpiece, from the golden days of cinema, Casablanca is possibly the best movie I've ever seen, and Rick Blaine is without a doubt one of those unforgettable characters that will still win our hearts.
Added 2 years ago by Lupe, 0 points
72.
The Usual Suspects
1206 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate -
73.
El Cid
1205 points - added 18 days ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren
Added 18 days ago by guest, 0 points
74.
Ivanhoe
1953 Director Richard Thorpe, starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine.
1204 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
75.
The Prince and the Pauper
1198 points - added 18 days ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
Film of 1938 with Errol Flynn
Added 18 days ago by guest, 0 points
76.
Valdez is coming
Burt Lancaster
1197 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
77.
Destry rides again
1939 Jimmy Stewarts greatest Western, Marlene Dietrich
1195 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
78.
The Kentuckian
1191 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
79.
The Last of the Mohicans
1189 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
80.
Union Pacific
1188 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
81.
Khartoum
Big Sudan Adventure, Charlton Heston plays General Gordon
1184 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
82.
El Doradao
1181 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
83.
Rio Bravo
1180 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
84.
The Call of the Wild
Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier
1178 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
85.
Touch of Evil
Charlton Heston, Orson Welles
1178 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
86.
The Man who shot liberty Valence
1178 points - added 18 days ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
One of two Western in which the two biggest Western stars played together. John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart.
Added 18 days ago by guest, 0 points
87.
Paths of Glory
Best war film ever, Stanley Kubrick and Kirk Douglas
1175 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
88.
Les Miserables
The movie from 1936
1172 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
89.
From Here to Eternity
Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr
1171 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
90.
Drums along the Mohawc
1143 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
91.
The Flight of the Phoenix
James Stewart, Hardy Krüger, Richard Attenborough,, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Lee J. Cobb , Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand
...
Dr. Renaud
Dan Duryea
...
Standish
George Kennedy
1142 points - added 18 days ago by guest -
92.
Against All Flags
1140 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
93.
The Tall T
1140 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
94.
Ride the High Country
1140 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
95.
Winchester 73
1140 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
96.
Star Wars
1137 points - added 3 years ago by checkmate - 3 comments
Comments:
“Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see these popcorn pictures when they’re not good? Why is the public so stupid? That’s not my fault. I just understood what people like to go see, and Steven [Spielberg] has, too, and we go for that.” – George Lucas
Added 9 months ago by guest, 0 points
Great!
Added 1 year ago by Snid, 0 points
Star wars is a great series. A load of action, bravery, love, and many more things I could list, but i believe Star wars should at least be a 4 in my opinion.
Added 1 year ago by demonhunter105, 0 points
97.
Zulu Dawn
1128 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
98.
Cheyenne Autumn
1127 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
99.
The Shootist
1126 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
100.
The Man from Laramie
1124 points - added 17 days ago by guest -
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