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Alice's 500 Greatest Films

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

Koyaanisqatsi ( Blu-ray ) (1982)

8.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio

The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance", an apt summation of this mesmerizing collection of wonders both natural and man-made. S... Read more

Sawdust and Tinsel (1956)

7.7/10
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Ake Gronberg, Harriet Andersson

Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival in one of his most vivid early works. A twisted relationship devel... Read more

The Killing/Killer's Kiss (Blu-ray) (1956)

8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards

An early Stanley Kubrick classic about an elaborate race track robbery filmed with total artistic freedom using a multilayered simultaneous storyline.... Read more

Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022)

7.9/10
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, Clif...

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started,... Read more

Vertigo ( Blu-ray ) (1958)

8.3/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Tom Helmore

Critics have hailed 'Vertigo' as Alfred Hitchcock's ultimate masterpiece. This haunting tale of obsession, fear and murder stars Hitchcock's favourite... Read more

American Graffiti (1973)

7.5/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Wolfman Jack, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Ron Howard, Richard Drey...

George Lucas' paean to early '60s youth stars Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Paul LeMat, Harrison Ford and other then-unknowns. Follow... Read more

Boyz N The Hood (1991)

7.8/10
Director: John Singleton
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Ice Cube, Laurence Fishburne

A thoughtful look at life in the black section of South Central Los Angeles. A divorced father strives to raise his son with values and steer him away... Read more

From Here to Eternity ( Blu-ray ) (1953)

7.7/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Montgo...

The talented Fred Zinnemann ('A Man for All Seasons') perfectly captures the static isolation and boredom that envelops the military personnel in peac... Read more

City Lights ( Blu-ray + DVD ) (1931)

8.6/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

Chaplin's final silent film is one of the screen's true masterworks. Charlie plays the Little Tramp, who falls in love with a blind flower girl and vo... Read more

My Fair Lady (1964)

7.9/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Coope...

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical variation of Shaw's 'Pygmalion' is an intellectual comedy of manners from expert director George Cukor.... Read more

The Long Goodbye (Blu-ray) (1973)

7.6/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden

A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Brad Pitt, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Susan Sarandon

This controversial 'female road movie' stars Susan Sarandon as a bored waitress, and Geena Davis as a put-upon housewife, who decide to set off on a v... Read more

Walkabout (Blu-Ray) (1971)

7.7/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, John Meillon

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the... Read more

12 Angry Men ( Blu-ray ) (1957)

8.9/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: E G Marshall, Ed Begley, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, John Fiedler, Lee J Cobb, Mar...

A teenage boy is accused of killing his father, and between him and capital punishment stands just one man. A vivid, shocking courtroom drama with a p... Read more

Midnight Express ( Blu-ray ) (1978)

7.6/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Bo Hopkins, Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid

From director Alan Parker ('Birdy', 'Mississippi Burning') and based on a true story, this hyper-violent and grim portrait of American student Billy H... Read more

A Passage To India (1984)

7.4/10
Director: David Lean
Starring: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft

Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft and Victor Bannerjee star in this adaptation of E M Forster's celebrated novel about the clash of Indian and British cultur... Read more

Forrest Gump (Blu-Ray) (1994)

8.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Gary Sinise, Haley Joel Osment, Peter Dobson, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Tom Han...

Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anythi... Read more

The Usual Suspects (Blu-Ray) (1995)

8.6/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Gabriel Byrne, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Pol...

"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

Badlands (1973)

7.9/10
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Alan Vint

Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek star in this tale of two outcasts on a murder-spree in a film that is one of the most stunning directorial debuts in the... Read more

Boogie Nights (1997)

7.9/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, William H Macy, Heather Graham, Jo...

This acclaimed, disco-filled chronicle of the adult film industry's rise and decline in the late 70s and 80s stars Mark Wahlberg as the well-endowed s... Read more