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.
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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
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
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da
A sumptuously detailed panorama of Chinese history as seen through the eyes of two male stars of the Chinese Opera. Joint winner (with 'The Piano') of... Read more
Fargo (1996)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Peter Stormare, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Frances McDormand
A lovingly mocking tale of a kidnapping scheme that goes horribly wrong in the snow-clad Mid-West. A pregnant Sheriff (Oscar-winning Frances McDormand... Read more
Fargo (Blu-ray) (1996)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, Harve Presnell, Steve Buscemi, William H Macy, Peter Stormare...
"Fargo" is a reality-based crime drama set in Minnesota in 1987. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten hi... Read more
Fight Club (1999)
8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Meat Loaf, Tom Waits, Jared Leto, Helena Bonham Carter, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more
Fight Club ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto, Tom Waits, Meat Loaf
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
8.1/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale
Herzog's saga of an impressario's obsession to bring his own opera boat up the Amazon River and over a mountain into Peru where he will have Caruso si... 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
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
7.4/10
Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Starring: Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Michelle Reis
In the "flower houses" (upscale brothels) of Shanghai, various interweaving stories of love, loyalty, and deceit play out subtly. Read more
Forbidden Games (1952)
8/10
Director: Rene Clement
Starring: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly
A timeless evocation of childhood innocence corrupted, Rene Clement's ("Purple Noon") undisputed masterpiece tells the story of a young girl orphaned... Read more
Forrest Gump (1994)
8.8/10
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Mykelti Williamson, Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
Winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director and Actor, Robert Zemeckis' modern-day fable stars Tom Hanks as the simple-minded but good-hear... 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
French Connection II (1975)
7.6/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Bernard Fresson, Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman, Cathleen Nesbitt
'French Connection II' (1975, 119 mins) - While tracking down a drug lord in Marseilles, "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman reprising his Oscar-winning role) is... Read more
French Connection II (1975)
6.8/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Bernard Fresson, Fernando Rey, Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman is back as tough-as-nails New York cop "Popeye" Doyle, heading to France to track down the heroin dealer whose syndicate he busted in Ame... Read more
From Here to Eternity (1953)
7.7/10
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, De...
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
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
Funny Games (1997)
7.6/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Frank Geiring, Arno Frisch
At the start of the summer holiday, Anna, Georg and their young son Georgie travel to their idyllic lakeside house; their neighbours, Fred and Eva are... Read more
Gandhi (1982)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mill...
Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning epic follows the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Ben Kingsley), from his beginnings as a... Read more
Gandhi ( Blu-ray ) (1982)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, John Mills, Martin Sheen...
Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning epic follows the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Ben Kingsley), from his beginnings as a... Read more