The goal in this compilation was to determine film history's definitive creme de la creme. The titles considered to be the greatest of the great from around the world and throughout the history of film.. So, after an in-depth analysis of respected critics and publications from around the globe, cross referenced and tweaked to arrive at the ranking of films representing, we believe, the greatest cinema can offer. Scroll, contemplate and enjoy..... Want a printable list of the 500 greatest to check off? Click here
Excellent psychic thriller about a married couple who, just after the accidental drowning of their young daughter, start having strange occurences in... Read more
Leonard Bernstein's classic musical updating of "Romeo and Juliet" stars Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as Tony and Maria, the doomed lovers caught u... Read more
Leonard Bernstein's classic musical updating of "Romeo and Juliet" stars Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as Tony and Maria, the doomed lovers caught u... Read more
When thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets his true love in pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins), they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume comp... Read more
Ana Torrent is unforgettable as a lonely little village girl who sees Boris Karlof's 'Frankenstein' in the town-hall and becomes entranced by the mons... Read more
Set in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, writer/director Edward Yang's acclaimed drama juxtaposes old and new, love and heartbreak as it follows the em... Read more
Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak and Kevin Spacey star in this inventive, engrossing crime story as a bunch of guys brou... Read more
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist," says con man Kint (Kevin Spacey), drawing a comparison to the mos... Read more
A short and semisweet romantic vignette based on a story by Guy de Maupassant. A group of family members spend a day away from the city in the French... Read more
A fable of modern Germany in which an unlikely romance between a young Moroccan immigrant worker and a sixty year old charlady blossoms into marriage,... Read more
Space explorers on a routine mission bring an extremely adaptable life form on board that has attached itself onto a crew member and then regenerates... Read more
One of cinema's greatest adventure films sees Errol Flynn at his swashbuckling best in a role originally slated for James Cagney. Claude Rains is the... Read more
'The French Connection' (1971, 103 mins) - New York City detectives "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narco... Read more
Gene Hackman is an unorthodox New York narcotics cop in his Oscar winning performance. He and his partner (Roy Scheider) are investigating the flow of... Read more
Winner of 8 Oscars, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Lisa Minnelli) and Best Supporting Actor (Joel Grey) and widely regarded as one... Read more
A beautifully shot film telling the story of Richard Gere, a fugitive from the Chicago slums, and Sam Shepard, a shy, rich Texan in love with the same... Read more
The chronicle of a Bengali family continues in the 'Apu trilogy' and takes up where 'Pather Panchali' left off. Apu's father brings the family to the... Read more
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino makes a startling debut with this story of a diamond heist gone wrong. A brain-twisting array of unexpected plot tur... Read more