Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | January 30, 2012 | Molly Driscoll

[iowamark]

Endless lists have been made, and it's a great way to start an argument at a party. What's better, 'Chinatown' or 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'? 'The Wizard of Oz' or 'Singin' in the Rain'? Everyone's picks are different, but for their new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza selected their choices for the best 101 movies of all time. First published in 2008, this edition of the book is revised with new picks like 'Slumdog Millionaire.' Here's a sampler -- the 50 films that got the top spots on Kinn and Piazza's list.

50.'Bonnie and Clyde'

49.'2001: A Space Odyssey'

48.'Rules of the Game'

47.'Top Hat'

46.'8 1/2'

45.'The Deer Hunter'

44.'City Lights'

43.'Diner'

42.'The Lives of Others'

41.'Schindler's List'

40.'The Conformist'

39.'Blade Runner'

38.'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

37.'The African Queen'

36.'The Best Years of Our Lives'

35.'Raging Bull'

34.'It's A Wonderful Life'

33.'The Graduate'

32.'It Happened One Night'

31.'Strangers on a Train'

30.'Saving Private Ryan'

29.'A Streetcar Named Desire'

28.'Funny Face'

27.'Jules and Jim'

26.'Goodfellas'

25.'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

24.'Vertigo'

23.'Pan's Labyrinth'

22.'Double Indemnity'

21.'La Dolce Vita'

20.'The Searchers'

19.'To Kill a Mockingbird'

18.'Gone with the Wind'

17.'On the Waterfront'

16.'Apocalypse Now'

15.'Taxi Driver'

14.'Psycho'

13.'All About Eve'

12.'Some Like It Hot'

11.'Nashville'

10.'Singin' In The Rain'

9.'Chinatown'

8.'Annie Hall'

7.'The Wizard of Oz'

6.'North by Northwest'

5.'Lawrence of Arabia'

4.'Sunset Boulevard'

3.'Casablanca'

2.'Citizen Kane'

1.'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather Part II'

[freedomtrail]

Dirty Dozen.
Ice Station Zebra.

[anglian]

No 'Once Upon a Time' films?

I don't need no steenkin list.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Bad list. HAS to be wrong.

I don’t trust ANY top 50 movies list that misses both “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Star Wars”. Pffffffffffft.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Red River.....John Wayne-Montgomery Clift was also in it I think....Also The Cowboys with John Wayne both were about cattle drives...

John Wayne in The Cowboys is the best of his movies I've seen. The supporting cast is also great, every one of them.

I haven't seen Red River, so now I have a new movie to check out on YouTube. Thanks for the heads up on that one Granny.

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Zampano is here!

Ok, but I always wonder what became of poor Geselina (played by Fellini's wife). She should lose the trumpet and get a makeover. This is one of the movies I love to watch over and over again.

[goat granny]

Red River is a really old one, black and white. But worth it, every now and then it appears on Turner Classic’s.