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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

The Magnificent Ambersons (Blu-ray) (1942)

7.7/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Dolores Costello

Orson Welles' followup to "Citizen Kane" was utterly different in style and texture, but just as brilliant in its own way. Famously re-edited by the s... Read more

Boyhood (2014)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater

Filmed over a 12 year period with the same cast, Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a c... Read more

Woman at War (2018)

7.5/10
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson

Halla is a 50-year-old environmental activist who crusades against the local aluminium industry in Iceland. As her actions grow bolder, her life chang... Read more

Triumph of the Will (1934)

7.5/10
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Starring: Adolf Hitler

Leni Riefenstahl's breathtaking film record of the 1934 Nazi Nuremberg Rally is universally regarded as one of the most outstanding documentaries ever... Read more

The Great Dictator (1940)

8.5/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Paulette Goddard

Chaplin's first talkie stands as one of his greatest achievements. In this touching and often hilarious political spoof on the Third Reich, Chaplin pl... Read more

The Sixth Sense (1999)

8.1/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Toni Collette, Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg

Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed patient he was unable to help. So... Read more

Toy Story 3 (2010)

8.3/10
Director: Lee Unkrich
Starring: Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Joan Cusack, John Ratzenberger, Michael Keaton, Ned...

Join these beloved toy-box residents for their third heart-warming and hilarious adventure. All your favourite characters return, along with some new... Read more

Once Were Warriors ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

7.9/10
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis, Julian Arahang...

Director Lee Tamahori's stunning debut film focuses on a violent love story set against a contemporary urban backdrop. This insightful, gutsy drama fe... Read more

Three Colours Trilogy ( Blue, White, Red ) ( Blu-ray ) (2003)

Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Florence Pernel, Irene Jacob, Janusz Gajos, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Julie Delpy,...

This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more

Enter the Void (2009)

7.3/10
Director: Gaspar Noe
Starring: Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Olly Alexander

This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict... Read more

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

8.4/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman...

Set eight years on from the events of 'The Dark Knight', the film sees Batman (Christian Bale) returning to save Gotham City from the evil clutches of... Read more

Floating Weeds (1959)

8/10
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Starring: Ganjiro Nakamura, Machiko Kyo, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

"Floating Weeds" tells the story of a travelling Kabuki acting troupe, led by Komajuro, who arrive in a small coastal town. There, Komajuro is reunite... Read more

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

7.5/10
Director: John Cassavetes
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Morgan Woodward, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey

Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara) owns a strip joint; he loves his girls and he loves his job. Trouble is, however, he also loves to gamble and this has res... 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

Fantastic Mr Fox ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl S...

The visually ravishing animated movie 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' follows a fox, voiced by George Clooney and dressed in a natty brown corduroy suit, as h... Read more

Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)

7.8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl S...

The visually ravishing animated movie 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' follows a fox (George Clooney) as he cheerfully and recklessly takes his thieving too fa... Read more

Loves of a Blonde ( A Blonde In Love ) (1965)

7.7/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Hanna Brejchova, Vladimir Pucholt, Vladimir Mensik

Milos Forman's great comedy is an acute satire of Czech daily life. The film focuses on the relationship of a factory girl and a touring piano player.... Read more

The Godfather ( Blu-ray ) (1972)

9.2/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterlin...

Francis Ford Coppola's mafioso epic featuring Marlon Brando as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Based on Mario Puzo's novel, it's a masterful ble... Read more

Brazil (Special Edition) (1985)

8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michae...

Pitting the imagination of a common man against the oppressive stormtroopers of the Ministry of Information, this bitter parable for the Information A... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more