Here's a quick list of where to watch on Various Streaming Services 30- Bladerunner directors cut (rent or buy) 29- Chinatown (paramount+) 28 - Do the right thing (Rent) 27 - Lawrence of Arabia (Prime) 26 - Jeanne Dielman, 23 qui du commerce, 1080 bruxelles (MAX) 25 - The dark knight (MAX) 24 - Jaws (Netflix) 23 - Dr Strangelove (Prime) 22 - In the mood for love (MAX) 21 - Star Wars (Disney+) 20 - Persona (MAX) 19 - Tokyo Story (MAX) 18 - Taxi Driver(Prime) 17 - City Lights (MAX) 16 - Schindlers List (Rent) 15 - The Shawshabk Redemption (Hulu) 14 - The godfather 2 (Paramount+) 13 - Some like it hot (Hulu) 12 It's a wonderful life (Prime) 11- Casablanca (MAX) 10 - Apocalypse now (Rent) 9- Pulp Fiction (Paramount+ and Prime) 8- Singing in the rain (Max) 7 - Virtigo (Prime own) 6 - 2001: Space odyssey (MAX) 5- Seven Samuri (MAX) 4 - Psycho (Prime) 3- Goodfellas (Rent) 2- Citizen Kane (Rent) 1 - The Godfather (Paramount+)
Great list. Thanks for posting it. FYI, 5. should be Seven Samurai, (not Samuri) and 7. should be Vertigo, (not Virtigo). 15 should be "Shawshank Redemption".
Ridley Scott considers "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" - to be the definitive version, not the "Director's Cut". But if you ask me, I recommend seeing ALL of the different cuts, including the original theatrical release. Following the evolution of the different versions is fascinating in and of itself. My favorite film. Glad to see it made your list.
@@bandelay2134 Westworld (1973). Covers the same topics (mostly), is 30 minutes shorter, doesn't reduce itself to a conversation about whether or not it is okay to be an incel cop that bangs toasters because you may be a toaster too (mind blown), and stars Yule Brenner (coming off of Anna and the King) as a malfunctioning cowboy robot. Seriously though: Watch the theatrical release. The other versions are "better" if you watched the theatrical version and wished it was not the movie you just watched. Be aware that some of the other cuts will help you relive that feeling of disappointment. To quote Harrison Ford on the matter, "They haven't put anything in, so it's still an exercise in design." Ridley Scott admitted (which refutes decades of allegations of studio malfeasance) that the re-cuts were entirely to set the stage for a potential sequel with Harrison Ford playing a toaster with a ZipLoc baggie full of semen and feeling fatherly... we got the sequel to THAT in the form of Blade Runner 2049. Friendly advice: avoid Ridley Scott's output since his brother's suicide. It is all faith and paternal ranting that needs to be worked out privately and/or with a therapist because It is neither compelling nor interesting as film.
I’ve now read that he followed the American edition which omitted chapter 21 as well. So, there are two versions now: bad characters never change and even bad characters always have the opportunity to better themselves.
How many people skipped through the beginning where he said that he did not personally curate this list? Its compiled from a few different perspectives' best films list, audience and critic scores combined. People acting so personally offended really should calm down a bit. This is a great list!
Great list. Impossible to declare or include all of the Masterpieces of Film Making within a 30 count. What a wonderful time to be alive. There are so many we could include: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
When people talk abt the greatest directors of all time Louis C.K. gets overlooked everytime bc of his small body of work. However, if he never directed another movie after Pootie Tang he'd still be in the top 3 of all time with Roger Corman and Ed Wood.
To everyone getting angry that their favorites are not on the list, he explains in detail how he came up with it. It is a unique way of compiling a greatest films list. Your films are on other lists....they just didn't meet the cross-referencing criteria. I think he did a great job.
Agreed. However, the lists used are flawed as they only take into account western taste and the more famous eastern movies like Kurosawa hence the heavy repetition. The list also missed any Jean-Luc Goddard.
I wouldn't call that a detailed explanation. I'm curious as to how he weighted each movie and why he chose these specific lists to draw from over other lists.
Actually, "Jaws" did not mark the beginning of Spielberg and John Williams' partnership. They first worked together on "Sugarland Express", released just the year before.
Would anyone like to guess what my top 10 favorite films are? Don't be shy, and yes I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you. And you will never guess my top 10 musicians and bands. And you will never guess my top 10 books because I have never read 10 books in my life. I started Ulysses by James Joyce and can't finish it out of boredom and looking up the meaning.
@@matteg490 Good for you. Joyce was diagnosed a schizophrenic by Carl Jung (who later helped diagnose and treat Joyce's daughter Lucia). Dumb people are easily impressed by his published mental health crises.
@@Laceykat66 lolwut? It wasn't that early. The Searchers, High Noon, and The Big Country I'd probably peg as the best 3 and they were all earlier, and already playing with genre conventions. Johnny Guitar was earlier and absolutely wild. Stagecoach was much earlier and probably better (haven't seen it in ages). Even Hawks' own, much earlier movie Red River was more interesting than Rio Bravo. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the only big classic Western I can think of after Rio Bravo.
Certainly a difficult undertaking, but it sort of feels like there are some kind of insane omissions here. For example, how did NONE of the three movies that have won 11 Oscars not make it? My pick would be LotR, but I'd take any of them on a list of the thirty greatest films. Alien? The Exorcist? The Wizard of Oz? These movies (and many others that could have made the list over some that did) changed cinema.
That is the nature of any of these lists. People aren't going to agree. Personally, I put Alien and Wizard of Oz on any list. Alien was so incredibly influential, whereas Blade Runner was a fascinating failure. This is a best all time list? How about Annie Hall or Manhattan? Are these off the table due to cancel culture? How about a western? No "The Searchers?" or "Unforgiven". No "On the Waterfront?" Where is "There Will Be Blood"? Personally, I put "Fog of War" on any list, or at least have some representation of the Documentary genre. Internationally you could have a lot of films: Breathless, Wages of Fear, Rules of the Game, La Dolce Vita, Bicycle Thieves........ could go on for days. All you hope for in any list like this, is that it inspires some people to check out films they might otherwise not have seen, and perhaps from there they'll develop an interest in a wider range of films.
Singing in the Rain is SUCH a sleeper! I stayed away from it for so long just because I thought it was going to be a boring "fall asleep watching it on your couch on Sunday" kind of move, but it was actually REALLY good. Make sure you put this on your short list of movies to see soon!!
I know this will make no one's list, but I always loved the Westerns from the early 70s. Little Big Man. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Jeremiah Johnson. I don't know where they would be ranked in terms of technique, but when it comes to storytelling, they turn the John Ford, John Wayne Westerns on their head by not romanticizing the Wild West, but rather, humanizing people who were never humanized before. Characters once portrayed as caricatures are more fleshed out. No one is completely noble or completely evil. I just felt those films reflect a change in cinematic storytelling, where they myths the movies created over decades were shattered, where voices were given to those who never had them before, and where the heroes are deeply flawed.
That was already done years before by the Sergio Leone movies. BCATSK is romanticized more than those and a few other Eastwood movies. Little Big Man is a comedy set in the west.
@@s.scottsdale1839 Little Big Man was satire. It was Homer's Odyssey and Candide set in the Wild West. Its hero, Jack Crabb, begins the story as a white boy who grows up among Native Americans and has a certain perspective of life, and by exploring everything that happened in that time and place, from gun slinging and snakeoil salesmen to the Indian Wars, Jack evolves and realizes that everyone is pretty much full of shit. Even his beloved grandfather, Old Lodge Skins, proves that he's not the mystic Jack always believed him to be, but just another poor shmuck trying to get through the reality of his time as best as he can.
I'm doing my own film challenge this year. Watching a National Film Registry inductee every week. It started with Home Alone and continued through such films as The Best Years of Our Lives, The Apartment, Unforgiven, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Golden Age of the Disney Animated Canon amongst others. In later weeks I will be watching some Hitchcock and films like Dirty Harry, Hoosiers and Groundhog Day
Try to sneak in a couple of non-American films once in a while. The American film industry is the greatest but other cultures can make bangers as well and they are often a bit different.
The Best Years of Our Lives! Wow. I really watched that the first by accident about 30 years ago thinking it was another movie. But it blew me away. I had no idea the kind of depth on the aftermath of WW2 was represented in film back then. It’s one of my all time favorite films.
It's a Wonderful List - except for the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life. Kapra specifically chose to film it in black-and-white despite color being very popular by 1946. Thanks for this and I continue to subscribe :)
The website "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?" is my go-to for movie rankings cause it combines an insane number of lists into one master list. No movie buff or cinephile should deprive themselves of this great resource!
It’s a shame that people will view this list and watch the Special Edition. That version of the film tarnished all of the original achievements that the crew made on the original film.
List in order: 1. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola 2. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles 3. Goodfellas (1990) Martin Scorsese 4. Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock 5. Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa 6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick 7. Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock 8. Singin' in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen 9. Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino 10. Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola 11. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz 12. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra 13. Some Like It Hot (1959) Billy Wilder 14. The Godfather Part II (1974) Francis Ford Coppola 15. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont 16. Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg 17. City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin 18. Taxi Driver (1976) Martin Scorsese 19. Tokyo Story (1953) Yasujirô Ozu 20. Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman 21. Star Wars (1977) George Lucas 22. In the Mood for Love (2000) Wong Kar-wai 23. Dr. Strangelove (1964) Stanley Kubrick 24. JAWS (1975) Steven Spielberg 25. The Dark Knight (2008) Christopher Nolan 26. Jean Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Chantal Akerman 27. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) David Lean 28. Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee 29. Chinatown (1974) Roman Polanski 30. Blade Runner (1982) Ridley Scott
Thank you! I feel lucky that I’ve seen 25 of these on your list. But I feel even luckier that there are five films that I have not seen, that I get to treat myself to! 👍🏽
" “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine” : Casablanca I KNOW the feeling ALL TOO WELL. Many a man has felt this way , your not alone Humphrey.
Well, I have 13 all time FAVORITE films (I don't like to say "best" It's all a matter of taste, but it does make for lively discussion) and amazingly two are on this list----Vertigo and Goodfellas. For any of you who might be curious, and I know there are precious few, here are the others that are mu favorites. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Sunrise, Either Renoir's The Rules of the Game or his The River (I go back and forth). The Flowers of St. Francis, I Walked with a Zombie, Kiss Me Deadly, The Searchers, Touch of Evil, Demy's Lola, Shoot the Piano Player and Contempt
Almost irrelevant to comment, but 'Cabaret', 'Three Colours: Red', and 'Alien' should surely be on somebody's list, as well as my own. Nice to have spent time watching your video, though.
Thank you very much! Yes, alien seems to be coming up in the comments a lot as a film that most definitely should be in the top 30, and would likely be in my personal top 10
I guess this guy prefers The Dark Knight to those great films. If he was going to do sci-fi action, at least do Terminator 2 or Aliens or Predator. The Dark Knight isn't even the best Batman movie.
I agree with all three but 30 is a small number. Also, this is a list of several other lists and those styles of movies are not as resected as the bulk of the films here. I would have included Steel Magnolias for a number of reasons.
If you love film, then Cinema Paradiso should be in the list. The Odyssey Cinema in St. Albans shows classic films, and has Cinema Paradiso on Thursday 22nd august. I am going by myself, just so I can be like the end of the film.
I deeply appreciate you including Tokyo Story, one of my favorite films which I discovered by accident. What do you think about Kurosawa's very early film 'Stray Dog'? It shares many of the same elements of Japanese ability to embrace an entirely new and truly alien culture into its own ancient world, holding the one in a kind of sacred embrace while taking the other as the lower status. I found Mifune's performance especially good here, far more nuanced than any of his others, perhaps because it was also one of his first.
Last words: 2001 might be the greatest endeavor ever. Basically silent. Chaplin’s “Times” could be another one. We love this craft. Best film ever made? We have no idea. Francis’ “Outsiders” ripped me apart. The original “Insomnia” blew my mind. As a musical, “The Sound and of Music” is the best thing I’ve ever seen. So, that’s it. No perfect answer to this multi-million film industry. Thanks for this magnificent show!
I've seen almost all of these, and many of them several times. Two notable exceptions are the Godfather films. I've tried hard a few times to make it through these and Raging Bull, but have never made it. Some films here I love (Casablanca, it's WONDERFUL [not 'beautiful' as you said here] Life, A New Hope), but others I admire without loving (Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane). Notable by their strange absence are Brazil and Excalibur.
Everyone complaining that their fav movie didn't make the list must seriously lack comprehension skills. This list is an aggregate of a NUMBER of lists - if your movie didn't' make it into the top 30 then its because it didn't qualify after all the lists had been gathered and cross referenced. He CLEARLY states this in the beginning of the video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and provide context for each film - I'm sure it will be very helpful to people new to cinema especially.
I have seen all of these films. Some of them multiple times. I own copies of at least half of them, probably more. But such lists, whilst being excellent for introducing students and new film enthusiasts to a broad spectrum of classic cinema, cannot account for personal tastes. I think this is important, because we are allowed to say some films are overrated or perennially misunderstood, without being tossed out of the, “club,” so to speak. Personal taste must be allowed and respected in film appreciation. It is in the differences in our tastes that the most interesting discussions occur. And it is in this dialectic cauldron that new and exciting things can be stimulated, producing original ideas that develop the art form.
I was genuinely curious as to how many i would have seen. Was pretty pleased with 22/30 and especially The Godfather being no. 1. A few gems for me to catch up on still - mainly the international ones.
Shawshank Redemption is definitely one of the greatest films of all time. Loved it ever since I was a kid, when my mom would have it on tv whenever she did house chores. Now as an adult, it is a go-to when I do work around the house. The last time I watched it was when i recently assembled my 4th DVD shelf. I've probably seen it 50 times. Great list!
#26 is unbearably dull. I’ve watched plenty of 3 hr movies and this one had me banging my head trying to stay awake. I appreciate that menial tasks are dull, but i enjoy doing these tasks way more than watching this movie.
It's not only dull...to suggest that it belongs amongst the 30 greatest movies OF ALL TIME, is quite the amusement. I love how its merits to be on the list are political, NOT because of great film making. How politically progressive a movie is for its time decides nowadays apparently if it's good or not. Amazing
Exactly what is wrong with this list... that movie is on the list, because two of the lists have this movie in their top 5, and one of them has it at #1! Both of the lists that have it top 5 are essentially represented by the same population with the same principles for grading movies. Look at other movies these lists didn't even have in their top 50 or top 100, but are clearly all-time greats.
I’m absolutely amazed at your take. We are professors. Nobody is ever going to agree with us. I wouldn’t agreee with your list without Fanny och Alexander. Or how a short story became such a masterful piece like Stand by Me. I’m not absolutely sure about this one: Billy Elliott directed (as a first timer on film) by Stephen Daldry. And, above all, Metropolis… But, then, there’s The Exorcist. As with Jaws, they changed everything. I absolutely agree with you: there’s no way to get the list “right”. You are the first film teacher I agree with. Hollywood had its time, sometimes. This is the best list I’ve ever seen. I just miss Fanny och Alexander and The 400 blows. Maybe a couple more. Wow! You rock!
Thank you for the kind words! 400 blows would be in my personal top 20 and although I don’t like the exorcist - it’s definitely one of the greatest films ever made due to its cultural impact. Thanks for watching.
I was about to be appalled by your use of the colorized ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ when I was reminded of the gag in Christopher Guest’s ‘The Big Picture.’
Thank you. Great list! Still have to catch up with some films but fortunately I have seen most of them :) Supose that means I am in the right track? Best!
Quite a heavy lift to bring together all this data, and some pretty interesting results. Well done! I suspect almost everyone will have one or two others they think should have been on here, but this does a great job of being a Film Buff 101 required viewing list.
I have seen exactly half of these and most of them are still on my list of movies I need to watch. I would argue that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy needs to be on this list. All three were filmed entirely over 438 days, green lit before the first one even hit theaters with a somewhat unknown director, outside of his previous genres, and mostly unknown actors at the time. Something like this would never happened today, and possibly never again. The massive budget, beautiful location filming, practical special effects only supplemented with CGI, set design, costume design, film score, casting, etc... they truly are masterpieces.
Yes, I think I agree with you: although I would include them as one entry rather than individual films. I think there’s a bit of film snobbery about films like those because they are blockbusters and incredibly mainstream, but that shouldn’t diminish the technical accomplishment of them.
@@TheMediaInsider oh %100. they were filmed as one, there should count as one LOL. I enjoy the occasional blockbuster and Star Wars and Jaws made this list. I don't think they should be held to any lesser regard to these movies.
I 100% agree. It truly is one of the greatest films projects ever produced, and the fact it even got made with the largest budget of all-time (at that time) with no studio oversight whatsoever, and became such a monumental achievement commercially, culturally and critically is remarkable. Unfortunately, we will probably never see anything like it ever happen again. But I'd rather have it happen once than never to have happened at all.
I just don't agree. You could make those movies today because Hollywood has been making them for over 100 years. Big ensemble casts with gigantic set pieces have ALWAYS been a thing and doable, "Intolerance" much? The set was on Hollywood and Sunset for 6 years AFTER the movie came out before it finally got demolished. Perhaps Stanley Kramer had to get into a pact with the devil to make "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"? James Cameron could have built 4 full sized replicas of the Titanic (yes adjusted for inflation) with the budget for the movie, "Titanic" and had money left over to hire the cast. Many of the actors were VERY well known already from being in the industry for decades. Viggo was a Hollywood gad fly for 20+ years and was married to X singer, Exene Cervenka, Sean Astin (apart from being a legacy/nepo baby) was in a slew of films throughout the late 1980s into the mid 1990s, Cate Blanchett had already been nominated for her role in "Elizabeth," Hugo Weaving was HOT for "The Matrix," Elijah Wood... don't even pretend, Peter Jackson was a proven and reliable director known for being economical, hands on, and was just coming off an Oscar nod his first time out doing a serious movie. "Lord of the Rings" was a phenomenon, just like MANY movies that came before ("The Matrix" 2 years earlier) and the countless that have yet to be made.
@@satsubatsu347 Yes, the money can be spent, the workers in front of and behind the camera assembled, the lot edited into a releasable form and then put into cinemas. What now comes out is not true to any reasonable source, however. All are warped to a false vision of humanity, at least among the blockbuster pop category, whether for horror, comedy, epic fantasy or superhero. LOTR was written from what is now almost an obsolete point of view in that it is resolutely pre-modern and does not partake at all of Enlightenment tropes, even in adaptation, which is the element which most astounds commentators. I might note that a good number of the films on this list also show the world view I attribute to LOTR, even Pulp Fiction in its weird way. Until the industry stops trying to redefine humanity, what we see on this list and in films like LOTR won't be made. But I would suggest such films are being made, but as yet I have not seen one to equal any of these titans of the art. My own regret is there is no film from Buster Keaton or DW Griffith, as others have noted. Perhaps critics lean too dependently on a small set of directors.
I own about 25 of the 30, so clearly we have a certain amount of agreement. I would remove "Singing in the Rain", which to me feels totally irrelevant, and maybe add something like Amélie, but there are lots of movies and lots of opinions. Good job overall!
This list just taught me how much I diverge from what other people like; how different and subjective personal taste can be. There were some films that made the list that I find absolutely terrible, but in the end, it comes down to what people enjoy and just because I don't like it doesn't mean it isn't good.
@@DarrenToth Comedy never seems to get the respect it deserves and the lists that get trotted out always seem to put the Some Like it Hot", The Apartment, and some other very old comedies that really do not hold up very well IMO. I have seen every Best Picture nominee since 2017 and JoJo Rabbit I placed at number one. I show my students Groundhog Day and Back to the Future - they LOVE these movies even though they are 30-40 years old. They hold up very well. The Chinese teens clapped at the end of Back to the Future. Show them an MCU movie and they fall asleep in the first 20 minutes.
@@DarrenToth - I’d agree with you on Idiocracy and Groundhog Day. Both groundbreaking films you can come back to repeatedly and still enjoy. Not such a fan of Shaun, and not seen the other two.
Night Of The Living Dead should be on the list as it was a game changer in all genres of film, not just Horror because this film, along with In Cold Blood, caused the MPAA ratings system, freeing the hands of the filmmakers. Rocky was another game changer, bringing back the underdog story as well as the uplifting ending. In an art form that was pretty nihilistic.
A wonderful list especially for those looking for a guide into classic cinema both distant and near in historical perspective. I would add a few favorites of mine if no one objects. It Happened One Night, Laura, A Place In The Sun, Giant, and Who's Afraid of Virigina Wollf?
I guess the two blockbuster color films of 1939 that I grew up from the 1950 through the 1970s as the greatest ever films ever made have finally become passé that they aren’t even on the list? I don’t need to name them.
Thanks for making this. Enjoyed. Surprised the original Matrix never made the list. Such a ground breaking movie in both technological advancement and style.
Ok, I am not telling you what movies had to be in that list instead of X or Y, because it is not even your list but just a collection of best lists as you mentioned not just once.😊 From these 30 movies (I probably would had done a top-50 list) I only haven’t seen 5 of them and only of one of them I never heard of (Jeanne Dielman). I always wanted to watch Persona and Schindler's List as well as Tokyo Story. Only to Do The Right Thing I fail to connect. Maybe someday …
They are all worth watching, although I will admit that Deilman is quite love it or hate it. I’ve never met someone who wasn’t blown away by Schindler‘s list. Enjoy!
The way this list combines critic scores with ratings on IMDb is excellent. This is a great list. I’d be interested to see you update it with Letterboxd scores to pull it even more towards “popularity”. It’s worth nothing that these films are not necessarily the best place to start with film. The most prominent example is “Persona”: to be serious about film, you’ll need to see at least ten by Bergman eventually, and Persona is not an ideal start. Autumn Sonata and Wild Strawberries are much better.
That is one of the greats. I tell you why length. It never gets air play once maybe twice a year it gets shown. Great Great movie the best Western ever shot. But this list ignored the whole of westerns
This list holds tremendous value. Everyone should write down all the titles' names on paper, making brief notes about each, and carry these sheets with you for those times you are caught in the toilet without any dunny paper. Just do this with all "best of" lists, actually.
I've never understood the complaint about the lack of women in Lawrence of Arabia and I'm a woman. Even now, in more conservative parts of the "Arab" world, it's a man's world out there and they were also literally in a war. I'd rather take realism over a "strong female lead".
Schindler's List is still one of the films that should be mandatory watching for every school kid on the planet to make sure this period in history is never ever downplayed or forgotten.
I don't know, I liked parts of it very much, but overall, it is like so many Spielberg movies, I feel that he takes his idea and shoves it down your throat, whether you like it or not. I don't think I would include it in my top 30.
It’s impossible to see a list like this and not immediately think of possible substitutions. The American western seems underrepresented. The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Big Country, The Unforgiven, High Noon, et. al.
@@verbatim22222 Good question. Although a fine movie indeed it probably can’t be considered a true western. The time line brings it well into the 20th century where the west had become well settled. By this time cattle drives had been replaced by ranching and the proliferation of the internal combustion engine was driving the demand for oil. Horses were no longer a necessity and the wide open spaces had become as they are today, largely in the realm of private or governmental ownership. This raises the question what might be considered the “last western” in terms of time line. Perhaps something along the lines of LITTLE BIG MAN?
Toy Story over The Lion King? Still one of the most beautiful, well acted, and most incredibly scored films of all time. Toy Story, however, looks like '90's CGI. It's well performed, and well written, and incredibly groundbreaking, but it really doesn't hold up at all visually. But, yeah, animation still gets little to no respect from your average cinephile.
This is a good list and I don't know what I'd eliminate to make room for my favorites, but here are some filmmakers who are on my list with the work I feel best represents them: Disney (Snow White), Woody Allen (Annie Hall), Marx Brothers (Duck Soup), Mel Brooks (The Producers). Maybe a 50 greatest list?
Reportedly, before Orson Wells died filmmaker Henry Jaglom quoted the director of Citizen Kane as telling him not to “let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.” I think “It’s a Wonderful Life” deserves similar courtesy.
Media Insider. The method you came up with to perform this Herculean labor was inspired. There was only one film on the list I hadn't seen #22 In the mood for Love, Wong Kai Wai. I didn't expect my own favorite film of all time to appear on ANY list because it's a strange concoction of my personal interests. German Language and Culture, Classical music, Surrealism and Film. It's Hans Jurgen Syberberg's Hitler, ein Film Aus Deutschland. I'd be surprised if it made that master list of yours at all. I was asked in the early 2000s by a fellow film buff to make a top 100 list. I made a general list of my favs which came to around 2000 films. Then whittled it down to a working list of 600. and finally the arbitrary and painful task of honing that down to 100. But the final list could have looked different for so many reasons. I basically did one film from each of my fav directors. This was great fun for me. Thanks for doing the calculations and your elucidating commentary. Is there somewhere one might see the complet list? I'm subscribed and looking forward to more of your content. All the best Jacques Mexico Retired
@@SAMTYLER1974 Hi Sam, I'm of a 1952 vintage myself and ignorant of technology but let's see what we can get done here. I will have to dig up the list. Until then I'm going to 'wing it" Hitchcock's Vertigo was on the final list, but it could just as easily been a dozen other films (Lady Vanishes, Psycho, Rebecca, etc) Bergman's Cries and Whispers (but his 1960 Devil's Eye is hilarious, as biographers tell us Ingmar himself was) . Chaplin Monsieur Verdoux, my dark fav, The Duchess & Dirtwater Fox, hilarious, relentless, 1976, Melvin Frank. Cabiria, 1914, GiovanniPastrone. Intolerance 1916 Griffith (Broken Blossoms, 1919). Best of the worst Plan 9 from Outer Space, 1959 Ed Wood Jr. 1962 Long Day's Journey into Night, O'Neill's pitiless masterpiece Sidney Lumet,1962 Hepburn Stockwell Robards Richardson all in top form, Andre Previn music. Lubitsch 1943 Heaven Can Wait (a series of birthdays) Tierney Ameche Coburn. Well that's 10 (or 60 if you keep digging) Let me know if this is what you want and I will be happy to keep digging. Jacques Mexico Retired
Dark Knight in the 30 greatest films, ever? Where's The Searchers? The Conversation? The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly? The Shining? Alien? Snow White (1937)? A Streetcar Named Desire? Frankenstein? I think anyone of those films belong ahead of Dark Knight. I don't think it's even Nolan's best film. Just my opinion, of course.
Get over yourselves people. It’s a list of movies, just movies. Fed up of “This is my opinion and you must pay attention to me because I can articulate” - no, no we don’t…and we do not care. Just give the bloke a like for effort and get on with the day.
That's why they put these lists out. For feedback. There's nothing wrong with people expressing their opinions. Matter of fact it should be welcomed as long as it's constructive and isn't offensive, more comments ,more views ,more likes ,better for the maker
What a great way to compile a "greatest movies" list - just looking at a list from 1 person (or maybe 1 group) isn't enough. It might be kind of a tired idea after this video but the only thing that would make it better would be to include even more lists to cross reference. It could be fun to see if/how things change with a bigger sample size. Only missing 4 from this list: Do the right thing Jeanne Dielman It's a wonderful life (though I'm sure I saw pieces of it as a kid, I just don't remember) Star wars (long story) I don't know what my personal list would look like exactly, but I know it would be much different. For instance: My favorite Hitchcock movie is "Rope", if any of his made my list (and I'm sure they would) it'd be that one. While city lights might be my favorite Chaplin movie, there are several Keaton movies I would put over anything from Chaplin, notably, "The General". I'll also fight til I'm blue in the face for "Casino" over "Goodfellas". Although the latter is still very good. Maybe I just don't "get" them, or they may just not be for me, but I found "Tokyo Story" and "Persona" quite boring and they wouldn't be anywhere near a top 30 for me. Maybe not even top 300. Last thing I'll say is that I cannot believe how much I loved "In the Mood for Love". I've never experienced longing being conveyed so strongly in a movie before.
Some really excellent points there: the list changed massively actually because I started off by rating the top 50 from each list, and then expanded to the top 100 and there were loads of changes. Really like some of your suggestions, and agree with you that my personal list wouldn’t look like this one at all! Thanks for watching.
It's worth mentioning that colorizing films like "It's A Wonderful Life" is a travesty. Also, though everyone has their own taste, it's borderline insane Metropolis isn't here. The Wizard of Oz isn't here. Kubrick is barely represented. And "Goodfellas", which is very good, is #3 while "Lawrence of Arabia is low. Other must see classics: "Easy Rider", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Network", "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly", "The French Connection", "Grand Prix", "The Searchers", ""The Right Stuff", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Alien", "12 Angry Men" and pretty much Kubrick's entire catalog.
No list can be complete, particularly when you limit it to 30. I agree with all of your additions, particularly Grand Prix which is so often missed by so-called film critics and historians. I also agree that colonizing is a travesty however in today's modern world it is often the only way a "younger generation" can be introduced to these classics. A necessary evil.
@@Laceykat66 don't budge. If the younger generation cannot stomach b&w movies - their loss! It's almost as bad as autotuning classic pop music. It is sinful, abhorrent, shameful.
How can you say that Kubrick is underrepresented, when he has two films on this list and Kurosawa, in my opinion (and Coppola's and Spielberg's and Scorsese's and probably even Kubrick's) the greatest director who ever lived, is represented by just one? Where is Rashomon, Ikiru, the criminally underrated The Lower Depths, Yojimbo, High and Low, Ran? Non-English-language films in general are much too rare on this list. I know the video maker's hands were tied because of the pre-existing lists he had to use, but there's an irony to this somehow.
Colorizing is better than dull black and white. Are you colourblind or something? You can turn down the colour if you don't like it. Turn the the volume if your hearing is like your eyesight. I bet there's a hundred films better than all of the ones you proposed. There's nothing good about films that were amazing 70 years ago. We live in 2024 not 1954
I appreciate you’ve taken the time to aggregate various lists. We all love a list! Lol! Your comments and delivery shows great awareness, I love it and thank you. How about you poll all these cynical ones giving their best neg vibes? Sod them. Your work is great. Thanks again.
Oh c'mon, everyone knows the best Christmas movie is Die Hard. On a serious note, Robbins was just as good in The Player, and I find the lack of any Altman, Fellini, Truffaut, or Satyajit Ray disheartening.
Definetely a great list, i have an itch to watch a lot of these movies now and also you managed to not trigger me with any of your picks past Pulp Fiction, i love all of those movies and am glad they made it.
I think you made a good list, and have undertaken this mission myself also. I came up with the same movies. People will always say that a movie is missing, but you cant deny that every movie in this list should at least be high on everybody's "to watch list".
1977's Slap Shot starring Paul Newman would have made my #1, and I have seen 17 of the films on this list. Slap Shot was dismissed as vulgar when it came out, but it has stood the test of time as an excellent example of 1970's North American culture, attitudes, fashion, and music. I'm not sure there is a film with more quotable one-liners? My opinion, thanks.
Thanks for the tip: I’ve not seen that one so I’ll definitely add it to my watchlist! Love Newman in Butch Cassidy, which would be in my personal top 10
I love Slap Shot, but, dude, c'mon! LOL. Here, I'll send you through the roof and tell you that Slap Shot isn't even the best Hockey movie out there...that would be Goon.
@@unprofound Respectfully, I've seen both GOON films, and they are a 4 to Slap Shot's 10. My second favorite hockey film is YOUNGBLOOD staring a really young Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze.
Asking someone which three films they think that I _must_ watch (and why) is a really useful way of getting them display their self (vs. persona). Meanwhile, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and 12 Angry Men?
I've seen 28 of 30 (not Jeanne Dielman or In The Mood For Love}. My own list would be very different. I'm sure everybody's would. Since this is a compilation, not a judgement or opinion or personal taste, I'd actually be astonished if anyone's list came close to matching this. That's not how being a movie lover works. But it's great that you put this together to give us some kind of general consensus to measure against. And argue with 😁.
I simply cannot believe that movie beats out literally hundreds of better films for top 30. I feel modern list makers feel the need to be "inclusive" with their top-whatever lists. Just like Hildegard of Bingen or Clara Schumann are added to modern "best composers of all time" lists even though there are dozens of better composers.
@@JohnPrepuce , if you were to say there are dozens of composers you prefer to Hildegard, I'd be fine with your argument. But "better"? What are your criteria?
The top 30 paintings. Top 30 novels. Top 30... what?... Garden designs? Symphonies? It's all art. And it's all entertaining, though in vastly different ways. And I have lots of reasons for my choices... but it's still subjective. Even if I tried to list the best 100, by the time I got to the end I'd have to lengthen it.
I've seen all but 3 of these. Personally, I wouldn't have included the French housewife film, Do The Right Thing or Singing In The Rain either. I think there are a ton of great films that deserve being on the list more. Saving Private Ryan, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, The Unforgiven, Alien, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wizard of Oz, etc.
Apparently I have good cinematic instincts for films to build my personal collection around, as i own most of the films mentioned, though the foreign language films are sadly lacking. For someone starting their own cinema library those listed are surely a good start
Interesting list. There'll be a million people disagreeing - changing views on filmmakers can make great films drop lower on existing lists - but given the parameters you set, an interesting list.
Thank you - certainly made for an insightful experiment - the general consensus says these are the best films, even if I don’t necessarily agree with it!
Wayyyy to many film greats excluded from this list. This list should really be around 100 to satisfy most movie buffs. Time to craft a part 2 and part 3 in this series.
Here's a quick list of where to watch on Various Streaming Services
30- Bladerunner directors cut (rent or buy)
29- Chinatown (paramount+)
28 - Do the right thing (Rent)
27 - Lawrence of Arabia (Prime)
26 - Jeanne Dielman, 23 qui du commerce, 1080 bruxelles (MAX)
25 - The dark knight (MAX)
24 - Jaws (Netflix)
23 - Dr Strangelove (Prime)
22 - In the mood for love (MAX)
21 - Star Wars (Disney+)
20 - Persona (MAX)
19 - Tokyo Story (MAX)
18 - Taxi Driver(Prime)
17 - City Lights (MAX)
16 - Schindlers List (Rent)
15 - The Shawshabk Redemption (Hulu)
14 - The godfather 2 (Paramount+)
13 - Some like it hot (Hulu)
12 It's a wonderful life (Prime)
11- Casablanca (MAX)
10 - Apocalypse now (Rent)
9- Pulp Fiction (Paramount+ and Prime)
8- Singing in the rain (Max)
7 - Virtigo (Prime own)
6 - 2001: Space odyssey (MAX)
5- Seven Samuri (MAX)
4 - Psycho (Prime)
3- Goodfellas (Rent)
2- Citizen Kane (Rent)
1 - The Godfather (Paramount+)
This is brilliant - I’m pinning
MVP right here.
Hero!!
Great list. Thanks for posting it. FYI, 5. should be Seven Samurai, (not Samuri) and 7. should be Vertigo, (not Virtigo). 15 should be "Shawshank Redemption".
@@martihelmick2359 Thanks!
Not my top 30, but easily the best UA-cam content I have watched this decade.
That’s incredibly high praise!
Lists are hard, but this has a nice logic to it. And the Singing in the Rain entry is - wait, I like this bit - just wonderful
Thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed and saw my logic!
In principle, yes... in execution, no! It's all about which lists you choose... and he chose some bad lists.
Ridley Scott considers "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" - to be the definitive version, not the "Director's Cut". But if you ask me, I recommend seeing ALL of the different cuts, including the original theatrical release. Following the evolution of the different versions is fascinating in and of itself. My favorite film. Glad to see it made your list.
Challenge accepted!
@@TheMediaInsidercould you do a video on the evolution of the movie. Could talk about how films change from vision to production and back to vision.
@@bandelay2134 Final Cut is the only one you need to see. Despite the name confusion, it's Scott's director's cut.
@@bandelay2134 Final Cut
@@bandelay2134 Westworld (1973). Covers the same topics (mostly), is 30 minutes shorter, doesn't reduce itself to a conversation about whether or not it is okay to be an incel cop that bangs toasters because you may be a toaster too (mind blown), and stars Yule Brenner (coming off of Anna and the King) as a malfunctioning cowboy robot.
Seriously though: Watch the theatrical release. The other versions are "better" if you watched the theatrical version and wished it was not the movie you just watched. Be aware that some of the other cuts will help you relive that feeling of disappointment. To quote Harrison Ford on the matter, "They haven't put anything in, so it's still an exercise in design."
Ridley Scott admitted (which refutes decades of allegations of studio malfeasance) that the re-cuts were entirely to set the stage for a potential sequel with Harrison Ford playing a toaster with a ZipLoc baggie full of semen and feeling fatherly... we got the sequel to THAT in the form of Blade Runner 2049.
Friendly advice: avoid Ridley Scott's output since his brother's suicide. It is all faith and paternal ranting that needs to be worked out privately and/or with a therapist because It is neither compelling nor interesting as film.
I would have included the movie that really put Jack Nicholson at the top of his game. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. My all-time fave...
A very good, almost 1:1 adaptation of a very good novel. Same with "A Clockwork Orange".
I was really surprised it didn’t make the list
@@TheHesseJames Except "A Clockwork Orange" makes better sense WITH Chapter 21 than Kubrick's cynical omission of it.
@@satsubatsu347 it’s about 40 years I had read the novel, now I have to look up chapter 21!
I’ve now read that he followed the American edition which omitted chapter 21 as well. So, there are two versions now: bad characters never change and even bad characters always have the opportunity to better themselves.
How many people skipped through the beginning where he said that he did not personally curate this list? Its compiled from a few different perspectives' best films list, audience and critic scores combined. People acting so personally offended really should calm down a bit. This is a great list!
Great list. Impossible to declare or include all of the Masterpieces of Film Making within a 30 count. What a wonderful time to be alive.
There are so many we could include: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
How did Pootie Tang not make the list?
Hahaha Pootie Tang masterpiece !!
ima sign your pinny on the runny kine
When people talk abt the greatest directors of all time Louis C.K. gets overlooked everytime bc of his small body of work. However, if he never directed another movie after Pootie Tang he'd still be in the top 3 of all time with Roger Corman and Ed Wood.
Setting the bar pretty low there, huh?
And what if you list Die Hard as your favorite Christmas Film ???
Lots of people asking which film the thumbnail is from. Answer: Apocalypse Now
From the Playmate scene at the river base when the boat stops in for resupply.
Other than swapping in AMADEUS somewhere, cinema's greatest biopic, a splendid list.
Thank you! Amadeus would also be in my top 20
To everyone getting angry that their favorites are not on the list, he explains in detail how he came up with it. It is a unique way of compiling a greatest films list. Your films are on other lists....they just didn't meet the cross-referencing criteria. I think he did a great job.
Many thanks! I think a lot of people just click the video and check the timestamps, so thank you for reiterating the purpose of this experiment
You really did a great job. 👍@@TheMediaInsider
Agreed. However, the lists used are flawed as they only take into account western taste and the more famous eastern movies like Kurosawa hence the heavy repetition. The list also missed any Jean-Luc Goddard.
I wouldn't call that a detailed explanation. I'm curious as to how he weighted each movie and why he chose these specific lists to draw from over other lists.
nah I'm pissed Jeanne Dielman is on the list. social engineering.
Actually, "Jaws" did not mark the beginning of Spielberg and John Williams' partnership. They first worked together on "Sugarland Express", released just the year before.
I stand corrected, thank you!
I would agree the music is the most important part of the movie.
Would anyone like to guess what my top 10 favorite films are? Don't be shy, and yes I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you. And you will never guess my top 10 musicians and bands. And you will never guess my top 10 books because I have never read 10 books in my life. I started Ulysses by James Joyce and can't finish it out of boredom and looking up the meaning.
@@matteg490 Good for you. Joyce was diagnosed a schizophrenic by Carl Jung (who later helped diagnose and treat Joyce's daughter Lucia). Dumb people are easily impressed by his published mental health crises.
Battleship Potemkin, Das Boot, Stagecoach, all immediately come to mind
Agreed, and I would add to that Rio Bravo. However, they did not "add up" on the lists he chose to use.
@@Laceykat66 Eh, I own Rio Bravo and I wouldn't even put it in top 5 Westerns. Too dated/cheesy/tropey.
@@concinnus It MADE the tropes.
@@Laceykat66 lolwut? It wasn't that early. The Searchers, High Noon, and The Big Country I'd probably peg as the best 3 and they were all earlier, and already playing with genre conventions. Johnny Guitar was earlier and absolutely wild. Stagecoach was much earlier and probably better (haven't seen it in ages). Even Hawks' own, much earlier movie Red River was more interesting than Rio Bravo. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the only big classic Western I can think of after Rio Bravo.
@@concinnusthe searcher glories film and that last shot..watershed moment
Certainly a difficult undertaking, but it sort of feels like there are some kind of insane omissions here. For example, how did NONE of the three movies that have won 11 Oscars not make it? My pick would be LotR, but I'd take any of them on a list of the thirty greatest films. Alien? The Exorcist? The Wizard of Oz? These movies (and many others that could have made the list over some that did) changed cinema.
That is the nature of any of these lists. People aren't going to agree. Personally, I put Alien and Wizard of Oz on any list. Alien was so incredibly influential, whereas Blade Runner was a fascinating failure. This is a best all time list? How about Annie Hall or Manhattan? Are these off the table due to cancel culture? How about a western? No "The Searchers?" or "Unforgiven". No "On the Waterfront?" Where is "There Will Be Blood"? Personally, I put "Fog of War" on any list, or at least have some representation of the Documentary genre. Internationally you could have a lot of films: Breathless, Wages of Fear, Rules of the Game, La Dolce Vita, Bicycle Thieves........ could go on for days. All you hope for in any list like this, is that it inspires some people to check out films they might otherwise not have seen, and perhaps from there they'll develop an interest in a wider range of films.
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We all allowed to make our own lists
City Lights is my favorite Chaplin film, a feel good film that tugs on the heart strings. I watch it when i need a pick me up.
Thank you for this. At 29:53, you call "it's a wonderful life" "it's a beautiful life.". A video that's good is worth getting perfect
We all make mistakes
@@julieturner5281I donnt.
He's not going to reupload it
Singing in the Rain is SUCH a sleeper! I stayed away from it for so long just because I thought it was going to be a boring "fall asleep watching it on your couch on Sunday" kind of move, but it was actually REALLY good. Make sure you put this on your short list of movies to see soon!!
Yes, and Danny Kaye absolutely steals the show. What a genius.
@@Chrisyade His not in the movie, his in other golden age movies.
@@Chrisyadeit’s not Danny Kaye. It’s Donald O’Connor.
I know this will make no one's list, but I always loved the Westerns from the early 70s. Little Big Man. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Jeremiah Johnson. I don't know where they would be ranked in terms of technique, but when it comes to storytelling, they turn the John Ford, John Wayne Westerns on their head by not romanticizing the Wild West, but rather, humanizing people who were never humanized before. Characters once portrayed as caricatures are more fleshed out. No one is completely noble or completely evil. I just felt those films reflect a change in cinematic storytelling, where they myths the movies created over decades were shattered, where voices were given to those who never had them before, and where the heroes are deeply flawed.
The Searchers and Ince Upon a Time in the West. Perhaps High Noon, and Shane.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was so much funnier than I expected. Great chemistry between the two leads.
Don't forget My Darling Clementine
That was already done years before by the Sergio Leone movies. BCATSK is romanticized more than those and a few other Eastwood movies. Little Big Man is a comedy set in the west.
@@s.scottsdale1839 Little Big Man was satire. It was Homer's Odyssey and Candide set in the Wild West. Its hero, Jack Crabb, begins the story as a white boy who grows up among Native Americans and has a certain perspective of life, and by exploring everything that happened in that time and place, from gun slinging and snakeoil salesmen to the Indian Wars, Jack evolves and realizes that everyone is pretty much full of shit. Even his beloved grandfather, Old Lodge Skins, proves that he's not the mystic Jack always believed him to be, but just another poor shmuck trying to get through the reality of his time as best as he can.
I'm doing my own film challenge this year. Watching a National Film Registry inductee every week. It started with Home Alone and continued through such films as The Best Years of Our Lives, The Apartment, Unforgiven, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Golden Age of the Disney Animated Canon amongst others. In later weeks I will be watching some Hitchcock and films like Dirty Harry, Hoosiers and Groundhog Day
Try to sneak in a couple of non-American films once in a while. The American film industry is the greatest but other cultures can make bangers as well and they are often a bit different.
All great films.
The Best Years of Our Lives was stunning.
The Best Years of Our Lives! Wow. I really watched that the first by accident about 30 years ago thinking it was another movie. But it blew me away. I had no idea the kind of depth on the aftermath of WW2 was represented in film back then. It’s one of my all time favorite films.
I actually consider Coppola's "The Conversation" to be his best film.
I agree
Great shout
It might be his only good film other than Godfather . I will never understand why Godfather II is loved or liked. Apocalypse Now! is a bore.
Hear hear!
I am a film fan and work in the industry. I’ve never understood the fandom of the godfather movies. They are completely boring.
It's a Wonderful List - except for the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life. Kapra specifically chose to film it in black-and-white despite color being very popular by 1946. Thanks for this and I continue to subscribe :)
The website "They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?" is my go-to for movie rankings cause it combines an insane number of lists into one master list. No movie buff or cinephile should deprive themselves of this great resource!
13:29. Thank you for correctly calling the film “Star Wars” and for not referring to it as the other, incorrect episode number retitle
It’s a shame that people will view this list and watch the Special Edition. That version of the film tarnished all of the original achievements that the crew made on the original film.
List in order:
1. The Godfather
(1972) Francis Ford Coppola
2. Citizen Kane
(1941) Orson Welles
3. Goodfellas
(1990) Martin Scorsese
4. Psycho
(1960) Alfred Hitchcock
5. Seven Samurai
(1954) Akira Kurosawa
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968) Stanley Kubrick
7. Vertigo
(1958) Alfred Hitchcock
8. Singin' in the Rain
(1952) Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
9. Pulp Fiction
(1994) Quentin Tarantino
10. Apocalypse Now
(1979) Francis Ford Coppola
11. Casablanca
(1942) Michael Curtiz
12. It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) Frank Capra
13. Some Like It Hot
(1959) Billy Wilder
14. The Godfather Part II
(1974) Francis Ford Coppola
15. The Shawshank Redemption
(1994) Frank Darabont
16. Schindler's List
(1993) Steven Spielberg
17. City Lights
(1931) Charlie Chaplin
18. Taxi Driver
(1976) Martin Scorsese
19. Tokyo Story
(1953) Yasujirô Ozu
20. Persona
(1966) Ingmar Bergman
21. Star Wars
(1977) George Lucas
22. In the Mood for Love
(2000) Wong Kar-wai
23. Dr. Strangelove
(1964) Stanley Kubrick
24. JAWS
(1975) Steven Spielberg
25. The Dark Knight
(2008) Christopher Nolan
26. Jean Dielman,
23 Quai Du Commerce,
1080 Bruxelles
(1975) Chantal Akerman
27. Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) David Lean
28. Do the Right Thing
(1989) Spike Lee
29. Chinatown
(1974) Roman Polanski
30. Blade Runner
(1982) Ridley Scott
Thank you ❤
Thank you!
Thank you! I feel lucky that I’ve seen 25 of these on your list. But I feel even luckier that there are five films that I have not seen, that I get to treat myself to! 👍🏽
Pleased to hear it, thanks for watching
As an old movie lover I really enjoyed this list and intelligent review. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard! Glad you enjoyed
I shall not abide any slander against the sacred masterpiece that is Elf!
" “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine” : Casablanca I KNOW the feeling ALL TOO WELL.
Many a man has felt this way , your not alone Humphrey.
Well, I have 13 all time FAVORITE films (I don't like to say "best" It's all a matter of taste, but it does make for lively discussion) and amazingly two are on this list----Vertigo and Goodfellas.
For any of you who might be curious, and I know there are precious few, here are the others that are mu favorites.
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, Sunrise, Either Renoir's The Rules of the Game or his The River (I go back and forth). The Flowers of St. Francis, I Walked with a Zombie, Kiss Me Deadly, The Searchers, Touch of Evil, Demy's Lola, Shoot the Piano Player and Contempt
Great list. Favourites are always so much more interesting than ‘greatest’.
@@steve4films agree
Almost irrelevant to comment, but 'Cabaret', 'Three Colours: Red', and 'Alien' should surely be on somebody's list, as well as my own. Nice to have spent time watching your video, though.
Thank you very much! Yes, alien seems to be coming up in the comments a lot as a film that most definitely should be in the top 30, and would likely be in my personal top 10
Dekalogue, a made for TV series should be on TV list. The colors Trilogy is excellent, yes.
Aren't these your personal top 30?@@TheMediaInsider
Three Colours: White is my favorite, but all three films are excellent.
yes one of the three colors series
Gone With The wind…… Sound Of Music…The Adventures of Robin Hood
I guess this guy prefers The Dark Knight to those great films. If he was going to do sci-fi action, at least do Terminator 2 or Aliens or Predator. The Dark Knight isn't even the best Batman movie.
@JohnPrepuce I agree. Batman 1989 is the best, IMO.
@@JohnPrepuce They are not his choices.
I agree with all three but 30 is a small number. Also, this is a list of several other lists and those styles of movies are not as resected as the bulk of the films here. I would have included Steel Magnolias for a number of reasons.
Rear Window, North by Northwest
Pure and simply... a Greatest Films list that doesn't have Unforgiven on it... is not worth wiping your a$$ with!
I gave you a thumbs up 'cause your comment made me laugh. I've probably scene Unforgiven five or six times. It's one of my favorites.
If you love film, then Cinema Paradiso should be in the list. The Odyssey Cinema in St. Albans shows classic films, and has Cinema Paradiso on Thursday 22nd august. I am going by myself, just so I can be like the end of the film.
Great film - it came in at #209 on the list. If I was local, I'd definitely go to the screening.
Cinema Paradiso is in my top 10 or 20. Hard to rank, but definitely top 20.
I deeply appreciate you including Tokyo Story, one of my favorite films which I discovered by accident. What do you think about Kurosawa's very early film 'Stray Dog'? It shares many of the same elements of Japanese ability to embrace an entirely new and truly alien culture into its own ancient world, holding the one in a kind of sacred embrace while taking the other as the lower status. I found Mifune's performance especially good here, far more nuanced than any of his others, perhaps because it was also one of his first.
Last words: 2001 might be the greatest endeavor ever. Basically silent. Chaplin’s “Times” could be another one. We love this craft. Best film ever made? We have no idea. Francis’ “Outsiders” ripped me apart. The original “Insomnia” blew my mind. As a musical, “The Sound and of Music” is the best thing I’ve ever seen. So, that’s it. No perfect answer to this multi-million film industry. Thanks for this magnificent show!
100% agree about sound of music - way better than singing in the rain.
@@TheMediaInsideroh you guys are funny! Singing in the Rain is the single perfect musical. SoM is terrific, and there are certainly others... but.
I've seen almost all of these, and many of them several times. Two notable exceptions are the Godfather films. I've tried hard a few times to make it through these and Raging Bull, but have never made it. Some films here I love (Casablanca, it's WONDERFUL [not 'beautiful' as you said here] Life, A New Hope), but others I admire without loving (Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane). Notable by their strange absence are Brazil and Excalibur.
Thank you for this video ❤️
Hope you enjoy and find a few things to add to your watchlist
Everyone complaining that their fav movie didn't make the list must seriously lack comprehension skills. This list is an aggregate of a NUMBER of lists - if your movie didn't' make it into the top 30 then its because it didn't qualify after all the lists had been gathered and cross referenced. He CLEARLY states this in the beginning of the video. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and provide context for each film - I'm sure it will be very helpful to people new to cinema especially.
Yes we understood the premise at the start of the video, does not mean we aren't allowed to interject on what movies we believe are top 30.
I have seen all of these films. Some of them multiple times. I own copies of at least half of them, probably more. But such lists, whilst being excellent for introducing students and new film enthusiasts to a broad spectrum of classic cinema, cannot account for personal tastes. I think this is important, because we are allowed to say some films are overrated or perennially misunderstood, without being tossed out of the, “club,” so to speak.
Personal taste must be allowed and respected in film appreciation. It is in the differences in our tastes that the most interesting discussions occur. And it is in this dialectic cauldron that new and exciting things can be stimulated, producing original ideas that develop the art form.
I always think/thought the film experience is subjective, not objective.
Totally agree with you.
I was genuinely curious as to how many i would have seen. Was pretty pleased with 22/30 and especially The Godfather being no. 1. A few gems for me to catch up on still - mainly the international ones.
@@smylsie : You’re in for a treat.
idk if I'd call it a "broad spectrum" when its overwhelmingly anglophone movies
Shawshank Redemption is definitely one of the greatest films of all time. Loved it ever since I was a kid, when my mom would have it on tv whenever she did house chores. Now as an adult, it is a go-to when I do work around the house. The last time I watched it was when i recently assembled my 4th DVD shelf. I've probably seen it 50 times. Great list!
#26 is unbearably dull. I’ve watched plenty of 3 hr movies and this one had me banging my head trying to stay awake. I appreciate that menial tasks are dull, but i enjoy doing these tasks way more than watching this movie.
It's not only dull...to suggest that it belongs amongst the 30 greatest movies OF ALL TIME, is quite the amusement.
I love how its merits to be on the list are political, NOT because of great film making. How politically progressive a movie is for its time decides nowadays apparently if it's good or not. Amazing
Worst movie on the list by far.
Exactly what is wrong with this list... that movie is on the list, because two of the lists have this movie in their top 5, and one of them has it at #1! Both of the lists that have it top 5 are essentially represented by the same population with the same principles for grading movies. Look at other movies these lists didn't even have in their top 50 or top 100, but are clearly all-time greats.
I enjoyed it more than Lawrence of Arabia
Rated so high because women where doing domestic tasks. Oh the horror, oh the pain!! The mad woke culture that we now live in.
I’m absolutely amazed at your take. We are professors. Nobody is ever going to agree with us. I wouldn’t agreee with your list without Fanny och Alexander. Or how a short story became such a masterful piece like Stand by Me. I’m not absolutely sure about this one: Billy Elliott directed (as a first timer on film) by Stephen Daldry. And, above all, Metropolis… But, then, there’s The Exorcist. As with Jaws, they changed everything. I absolutely agree with you: there’s no way to get the list “right”. You are the first film teacher I agree with. Hollywood had its time, sometimes. This is the best list I’ve ever seen. I just miss Fanny och Alexander and The 400 blows. Maybe a couple more. Wow! You rock!
Thank you for the kind words! 400 blows would be in my personal top 20 and although I don’t like the exorcist - it’s definitely one of the greatest films ever made due to its cultural impact. Thanks for watching.
2001 is the GOAT
I think I agree
Barry Lyndon is better ;)
@@TheMediaInsider Nah dude, you're either with us......or against us. LMAO, just kidding............no I'm not.
I recently saw it on a big screen. It was better then I remember.
Great work! Always nice to see a refreshing take on a never ending debate, regardless of how much one agrees.
I was about to be appalled by your use of the colorized ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ when I was reminded of the gag in Christopher Guest’s ‘The Big Picture.’
It was the only version of the film I could source, but sincere apologies for the upset.
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Thank you. Great list! Still have to catch up with some films but fortunately I have seen most of them :) Supose that means I am in the right track? Best!
In the Mood for Love is one of the greatest films every made. In my opinion its my no 1. Its a perfect film.
I’m glad it made the list
Understated. Modern audiences don't have the attention span.
@TeddyRumble the slow drawn out shots destroy me. I've never had a film make me cry from just a shot. No action. No dialogue. It's beautiful.
@@tylero8595 yes, it is. I saw it in my film studies class at Sacramento City College.
2046 as well.
Quite a heavy lift to bring together all this data, and some pretty interesting results. Well done!
I suspect almost everyone will have one or two others they think should have been on here, but this does a great job of being a Film Buff 101 required viewing list.
I have seen exactly half of these and most of them are still on my list of movies I need to watch.
I would argue that the Lord of the Rings Trilogy needs to be on this list. All three were filmed entirely over 438 days, green lit before the first one even hit theaters with a somewhat unknown director, outside of his previous genres, and mostly unknown actors at the time. Something like this would never happened today, and possibly never again. The massive budget, beautiful location filming, practical special effects only supplemented with CGI, set design, costume design, film score, casting, etc... they truly are masterpieces.
Yes, I think I agree with you: although I would include them as one entry rather than individual films. I think there’s a bit of film snobbery about films like those because they are blockbusters and incredibly mainstream, but that shouldn’t diminish the technical accomplishment of them.
@@TheMediaInsider oh %100. they were filmed as one, there should count as one LOL. I enjoy the occasional blockbuster and Star Wars and Jaws made this list. I don't think they should be held to any lesser regard to these movies.
I 100% agree. It truly is one of the greatest films projects ever produced, and the fact it even got made with the largest budget of all-time (at that time) with no studio oversight whatsoever, and became such a monumental achievement commercially, culturally and critically is remarkable. Unfortunately, we will probably never see anything like it ever happen again. But I'd rather have it happen once than never to have happened at all.
I just don't agree.
You could make those movies today because Hollywood has been making them for over 100 years. Big ensemble casts with gigantic set pieces have ALWAYS been a thing and doable, "Intolerance" much? The set was on Hollywood and Sunset for 6 years AFTER the movie came out before it finally got demolished. Perhaps Stanley Kramer had to get into a pact with the devil to make "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"? James Cameron could have built 4 full sized replicas of the Titanic (yes adjusted for inflation) with the budget for the movie, "Titanic" and had money left over to hire the cast.
Many of the actors were VERY well known already from being in the industry for decades. Viggo was a Hollywood gad fly for 20+ years and was married to X singer, Exene Cervenka, Sean Astin (apart from being a legacy/nepo baby) was in a slew of films throughout the late 1980s into the mid 1990s, Cate Blanchett had already been nominated for her role in "Elizabeth," Hugo Weaving was HOT for "The Matrix," Elijah Wood... don't even pretend, Peter Jackson was a proven and reliable director known for being economical, hands on, and was just coming off an Oscar nod his first time out doing a serious movie.
"Lord of the Rings" was a phenomenon, just like MANY movies that came before ("The Matrix" 2 years earlier) and the countless that have yet to be made.
@@satsubatsu347 Yes, the money can be spent, the workers in front of and behind the camera assembled, the lot edited into a releasable form and then put into cinemas. What now comes out is not true to any reasonable source, however. All are warped to a false vision of humanity, at least among the blockbuster pop category, whether for horror, comedy, epic fantasy or superhero. LOTR was written from what is now almost an obsolete point of view in that it is resolutely pre-modern and does not partake at all of Enlightenment tropes, even in adaptation, which is the element which most astounds commentators. I might note that a good number of the films on this list also show the world view I attribute to LOTR, even Pulp Fiction in its weird way. Until the industry stops trying to redefine humanity, what we see on this list and in films like LOTR won't be made.
But I would suggest such films are being made, but as yet I have not seen one to equal any of these titans of the art. My own regret is there is no film from Buster Keaton or DW Griffith, as others have noted. Perhaps critics lean too dependently on a small set of directors.
I own about 25 of the 30, so clearly we have a certain amount of agreement. I would remove "Singing in the Rain", which to me feels totally irrelevant, and maybe add something like Amélie, but there are lots of movies and lots of opinions. Good job overall!
Empire Strikes Back instead of Star Wars and Raiders of the lost Ark, the perfect action/adventure film
Raiders is best action adventure flick in my book
@@TheMediaInsider I would not argue with you, but I would secretly say Last Crusade under my breath. 😊😊
This list just taught me how much I diverge from what other people like; how different and subjective personal taste can be. There were some films that made the list that I find absolutely terrible, but in the end, it comes down to what people enjoy and just because I don't like it doesn't mean it isn't good.
What’s your top 5?
@@sirrathersplendid4825 O Brother Where Art Thou/ Idiocracy/ Jo Jo Rabbit/ Shaun of the Dead/ Groundhog Day
@@DarrenToth Comedy never seems to get the respect it deserves and the lists that get trotted out always seem to put the Some Like it Hot", The Apartment, and some other very old comedies that really do not hold up very well IMO. I have seen every Best Picture nominee since 2017 and JoJo Rabbit I placed at number one. I show my students Groundhog Day and Back to the Future - they LOVE these movies even though they are 30-40 years old. They hold up very well. The Chinese teens clapped at the end of Back to the Future. Show them an MCU movie and they fall asleep in the first 20 minutes.
@@DarrenToth - I’d agree with you on Idiocracy and Groundhog Day. Both groundbreaking films you can come back to repeatedly and still enjoy.
Not such a fan of Shaun, and not seen the other two.
Jojo rabbit is fantastic
Harakiri (1962) is an absolutely perfect film to me. Tough watch but perfect in all regards
??? You mean HATARI ?
Night Of The Living Dead should be on the list as it was a game changer in all genres of film, not just Horror because this film, along with In Cold Blood, caused the MPAA ratings system, freeing the hands of the filmmakers. Rocky was another game changer, bringing back the underdog story as well as the uplifting ending. In an art form that was pretty nihilistic.
Totally agree.
Rocky would probably be in my top 50
A wonderful list especially for those looking for a guide into classic cinema both distant and near in historical perspective. I would add a few favorites of mine if no one objects. It Happened One Night, Laura, A Place In The Sun, Giant, and Who's Afraid of Virigina Wollf?
I guess the two blockbuster color films of 1939 that I grew up from the 1950 through the 1970s as the greatest ever films ever made have finally become passé that they aren’t even on the list?
I don’t need to name them.
Oz and wind? Both just missed out on the top 30!
@@TheMediaInsiderTop 100 at a minimum.
Thanks for making this. Enjoyed. Surprised the original Matrix never made the list. Such a ground breaking movie in both technological advancement and style.
Agreed! It’s in the second video I’m working on now though
Ok, I am not telling you what movies had to be in that list instead of X or Y, because it is not even your list but just a collection of best lists as you mentioned not just once.😊
From these 30 movies (I probably would had done a top-50 list) I only haven’t seen 5 of them and only of one of them I never heard of (Jeanne Dielman).
I always wanted to watch Persona and Schindler's List as well as Tokyo Story. Only to Do The Right Thing I fail to connect. Maybe someday …
They are all worth watching, although I will admit that Deilman is quite love it or hate it. I’ve never met someone who wasn’t blown away by Schindler‘s list. Enjoy!
The way this list combines critic scores with ratings on IMDb is excellent. This is a great list. I’d be interested to see you update it with Letterboxd scores to pull it even more towards “popularity”.
It’s worth nothing that these films are not necessarily the best place to start with film. The most prominent example is “Persona”: to be serious about film, you’ll need to see at least ten by Bergman eventually, and Persona is not an ideal start. Autumn Sonata and Wild Strawberries are much better.
How comes “Once Upon a Time in America” didn’t make it in this list?
Was #71 on the list!
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That is one of the greats. I tell you why length. It never gets air play once maybe twice a year it gets shown. Great Great movie the best Western ever shot. But this list ignored the whole of westerns
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@@TheMediaInsiderOne MUST see the full, uncut version, which is hard to find.
The striking look of "The Godfather" is all down to cinematographer Gordon Willis, the Caravaggio of cinematographers.
Wow, no ALIEN.
Would definitely be in my personal top 30! It was actually #43 on the list
Film lists are heavily skewed against sci-fi.
Well you can't include every single last popular / great / notable movie on a list of only 30. I can probably think of 30 more important than Alien.
LOL
@@philipgwyn8091 I'm counting four science fiction films on this list (five with Dark Knight). Pretty good representation, actually. So few musicals.
This list holds tremendous value. Everyone should write down all the titles' names on paper, making brief notes about each, and carry these sheets with you for those times you are caught in the toilet without any dunny paper. Just do this with all "best of" lists, actually.
Laurence of Arabia needed a strong female lead? Thank God these movies were made before people lost their minds.
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I've never understood the complaint about the lack of women in Lawrence of Arabia and I'm a woman. Even now, in more conservative parts of the "Arab" world, it's a man's world out there and they were also literally in a war. I'd rather take realism over a "strong female lead".
Needed more editing
He didn’t say a female lead, a character was all he wanted .
@julieturner5281 doesn't matter. In what context would there be a female character? Like, where would you shoehorn a girl and for what reason?
Schindler's List is still one of the films that should be mandatory watching for every school kid on the planet to make sure this period in history is never ever downplayed or forgotten.
I remember watching it in 10th grade English, after reading Elie Wiesel's Night
Wrong politic for the popular regime
It’s a genre already.
I don't know, I liked parts of it very much, but overall, it is like so many Spielberg movies, I feel that he takes his idea and shoves it down your throat, whether you like it or not. I don't think I would include it in my top 30.
It’s impossible to see a list like this and not immediately think of possible substitutions. The American western seems underrepresented. The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Big Country, The Unforgiven, High Noon, et. al.
Would you consider "Giant" to be a western ? Just curious, not on the list. But I thought of it when I saw your comment
@@verbatim22222 Good question. Although a fine movie indeed it probably can’t be considered a true western. The time line brings it well into the 20th century where the west had become well settled. By this time cattle drives had been replaced by ranching and the proliferation of the internal combustion engine was driving the demand for oil. Horses were no longer a necessity and the wide open spaces had become as they are today, largely in the realm of private or governmental ownership. This raises the question what might be considered the “last western” in terms of time line. Perhaps something along the lines of LITTLE BIG MAN?
The fact that there wasn’t an animated film on here is crazy. At least I don’t think there was.
Agreed! At least one studio Ghibli should have appeared. I think Toy Story was the closest
Many filmmakers and critics consider animation a completely separate art form.
Toy Story over The Lion King? Still one of the most beautiful, well acted, and most incredibly scored films of all time. Toy Story, however, looks like '90's CGI. It's well performed, and well written, and incredibly groundbreaking, but it really doesn't hold up at all visually.
But, yeah, animation still gets little to no respect from your average cinephile.
I agree. There are many films I would have excluded as "stereotypical" and added several animation classics.
Akira would be mine
This is a good list and I don't know what I'd eliminate to make room for my favorites, but here are some filmmakers who are on my list with the work I feel best represents them: Disney (Snow White), Woody Allen (Annie Hall), Marx Brothers (Duck Soup), Mel Brooks (The Producers). Maybe a 50 greatest list?
My list would have The Remains of the Day somewhere on it.
Mune would have included Chariots of Fire or The Big Fish.
Remains is such a strong movie.
The Black Stallion is a masterpiece, that deserves a place in every home. I rewatched it after 30 plus years and was in awe.
Colorized footage of “It’s a Wonderful Life?” Really?
That upset me too.
I thought it was just me.
Terrible!
Also - he said Stewart was in "It's A Beautiful Life".
Reportedly, before Orson Wells died filmmaker Henry Jaglom quoted the director of Citizen Kane as telling him not to “let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.” I think “It’s a Wonderful Life” deserves similar courtesy.
Really enjoyed this, and you've given me lots to think about - and look forward to. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks and happy watching
Media Insider. The method you came up with to perform this Herculean labor was inspired. There was only one film on the list I hadn't seen #22 In the mood for Love, Wong Kai Wai. I didn't expect my own favorite film of all time to appear on ANY list because it's a strange concoction of my personal interests. German Language and Culture, Classical music, Surrealism and Film. It's Hans Jurgen Syberberg's Hitler, ein Film Aus Deutschland. I'd be surprised if it made that master list of yours at all.
I was asked in the early 2000s by a fellow film buff to make a top 100 list. I made a general list of my favs which came to around 2000 films. Then whittled it down to a working list of 600. and finally the arbitrary and painful task of honing that down to 100. But the final list could have looked different for so many reasons. I basically did one film from each of my fav directors.
This was great fun for me. Thanks for doing the calculations and your elucidating commentary. Is there somewhere one might see the complet list? I'm subscribed and looking forward to more of your content. All the best Jacques Mexico Retired
In the Mood for Love I watched in Sac City's Film Studies program. It's heartbreaking, and beautiful.
I, for one, would have loved to see your list. And yes, In The Mood For Love is wonderful and now I’m in the mood for a rewatch!
@@SAMTYLER1974 Hi Sam, I'm of a 1952 vintage myself and ignorant of technology but let's see what we can get done here. I will have to dig up the list. Until then I'm going to 'wing it" Hitchcock's Vertigo was on the final list, but it could just as easily been a dozen other films (Lady Vanishes, Psycho, Rebecca, etc) Bergman's Cries and Whispers (but his 1960 Devil's Eye is hilarious, as biographers tell us Ingmar himself was) . Chaplin Monsieur Verdoux, my dark fav, The Duchess & Dirtwater Fox, hilarious, relentless, 1976, Melvin Frank. Cabiria, 1914, GiovanniPastrone. Intolerance 1916 Griffith (Broken Blossoms, 1919). Best of the worst Plan 9 from Outer Space, 1959 Ed Wood Jr. 1962 Long Day's Journey into Night, O'Neill's pitiless masterpiece Sidney Lumet,1962 Hepburn Stockwell Robards Richardson all in top form, Andre Previn music. Lubitsch 1943 Heaven Can Wait (a series of birthdays) Tierney Ameche Coburn. Well that's 10 (or 60 if you keep digging) Let me know if this is what you want and I will be happy to keep digging. Jacques Mexico Retired
Well done, great job making such a list.
It's not my list, but I understand why these films are on it and in this order.
Thank you, and for taking this experiment as it was intended
@@TheMediaInsider Any time you "make a list" you are going to catch it. This was a good job.
Dark Knight in the 30 greatest films, ever? Where's The Searchers? The Conversation? The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly? The Shining? Alien? Snow White (1937)? A Streetcar Named Desire? Frankenstein?
I think anyone of those films belong ahead of Dark Knight. I don't think it's even Nolan's best film. Just my opinion, of course.
Is this your list??? NO make your own fucking list and make a video and you can do whatever tf you want
Dark Knight is ridiculous
If Nolan, then INCEPTION
@@klartext2225 Ick. Boring and done better in, literally, a dozen other films.
@@satsubatsu347 Really? Bet you can't name THREE!
I’m surprised I have seen all but 5 of these. The older movies I saw as a kid on TBS in the 80s.
25 is very impressive!
Get over yourselves people. It’s a list of movies, just movies. Fed up of “This is my opinion and you must pay attention to me because I can articulate” - no, no we don’t…and we do not care.
Just give the bloke a like for effort and get on with the day.
That's why they put these lists out. For feedback. There's nothing wrong with people expressing their opinions. Matter of fact it should be welcomed as long as it's constructive and isn't offensive, more comments ,more views ,more likes ,better for the maker
Really enjoyed that , be interested where you feel “ American Graffiti “ would come and also “ The last picture show “
Trading places, one of the best movies of all time ..
In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks.
What a great way to compile a "greatest movies" list - just looking at a list from 1 person (or maybe 1 group) isn't enough. It might be kind of a tired idea after this video but the only thing that would make it better would be to include even more lists to cross reference. It could be fun to see if/how things change with a bigger sample size.
Only missing 4 from this list:
Do the right thing
Jeanne Dielman
It's a wonderful life (though I'm sure I saw pieces of it as a kid, I just don't remember)
Star wars (long story)
I don't know what my personal list would look like exactly, but I know it would be much different. For instance:
My favorite Hitchcock movie is "Rope", if any of his made my list (and I'm sure they would) it'd be that one.
While city lights might be my favorite Chaplin movie, there are several Keaton movies I would put over anything from Chaplin, notably, "The General".
I'll also fight til I'm blue in the face for "Casino" over "Goodfellas". Although the latter is still very good.
Maybe I just don't "get" them, or they may just not be for me, but I found "Tokyo Story" and "Persona" quite boring and they wouldn't be anywhere near a top 30 for me. Maybe not even top 300.
Last thing I'll say is that I cannot believe how much I loved "In the Mood for Love". I've never experienced longing being conveyed so strongly in a movie before.
Some really excellent points there: the list changed massively actually because I started off by rating the top 50 from each list, and then expanded to the top 100 and there were loads of changes. Really like some of your suggestions, and agree with you that my personal list wouldn’t look like this one at all! Thanks for watching.
It's worth mentioning that colorizing films like "It's A Wonderful Life" is a travesty. Also, though everyone has their own taste, it's borderline insane Metropolis isn't here. The Wizard of Oz isn't here. Kubrick is barely represented. And "Goodfellas", which is very good, is #3 while "Lawrence of Arabia is low.
Other must see classics: "Easy Rider", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Network", "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly", "The French Connection", "Grand Prix", "The Searchers", ""The Right Stuff", "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Alien", "12 Angry Men" and pretty much Kubrick's entire catalog.
No list can be complete, particularly when you limit it to 30. I agree with all of your additions, particularly Grand Prix which is so often missed by so-called film critics and historians. I also agree that colonizing is a travesty however in today's modern world it is often the only way a "younger generation" can be introduced to these classics. A necessary evil.
@@Laceykat66 don't budge. If the younger generation cannot stomach b&w movies - their loss! It's almost as bad as autotuning classic pop music. It is sinful, abhorrent, shameful.
How can you say that Kubrick is underrepresented, when he has two films on this list and Kurosawa, in my opinion (and Coppola's and Spielberg's and Scorsese's and probably even Kubrick's) the greatest director who ever lived, is represented by just one? Where is Rashomon, Ikiru, the criminally underrated The Lower Depths, Yojimbo, High and Low, Ran? Non-English-language films in general are much too rare on this list. I know the video maker's hands were tied because of the pre-existing lists he had to use, but there's an irony to this somehow.
Colorizing is better than dull black and white. Are you colourblind or something? You can turn down the colour if you don't like it. Turn the the volume if your hearing is like your eyesight.
I bet there's a hundred films better than all of the ones you proposed.
There's nothing good about films that were amazing 70 years ago. We live in 2024 not 1954
I'm glad you listed the right stuff.
Small point ☝🏼... Its Mutually Assured Destruction....Giving the acronym MAD....Oh and the thumb nail is taken from Apocalypse Now
I appreciate you’ve taken the time to aggregate various lists. We all love a list! Lol!
Your comments and delivery shows great awareness, I love it and thank you.
How about you poll all these cynical ones giving their best neg vibes?
Sod them. Your work is great. Thanks again.
Oh my goodness... the first 30 seconds of this video excited me more than Christmas morning as a kid...
😂😂 what about the other 39 minutes??
@@TheMediaInsider I had to wait for my parents to wake up... Fabulous video! Thanks for making it!!!
Oh c'mon, everyone knows the best Christmas movie is Die Hard.
On a serious note, Robbins was just as good in The Player, and I find the lack of any Altman, Fellini, Truffaut, or Satyajit Ray disheartening.
Definetely a great list, i have an itch to watch a lot of these movies now and also you managed to not trigger me with any of your picks past Pulp Fiction, i love all of those movies and am glad they made it.
Thanks so much and I’m glad you enjoyed!
I think you made a good list, and have undertaken this mission myself also. I came up with the same movies. People will always say that a movie is missing, but you cant deny that every movie in this list should at least be high on everybody's "to watch list".
"Favorite Christmas film?"
"Gremlins. No ... Die Hard. No ... The Godfather. No ... Muppets Christmas Carol."
1977's Slap Shot starring Paul Newman would have made my #1, and I have seen 17 of the films on this list. Slap Shot was dismissed as vulgar when it came out, but it has stood the test of time as an excellent example of 1970's North American culture, attitudes, fashion, and music. I'm not sure there is a film with more quotable one-liners? My opinion, thanks.
Thanks for the tip: I’ve not seen that one so I’ll definitely add it to my watchlist! Love Newman in Butch Cassidy, which would be in my personal top 10
Very well said. But ... now I feel so philistine for liking it mostly bc I got to see "a Christmas Story" mom's hooters.
I love Slap Shot, but, dude, c'mon! LOL.
Here, I'll send you through the roof and tell you that Slap Shot isn't even the best Hockey movie out there...that would be Goon.
@@unprofound Respectfully, I've seen both GOON films, and they are a 4 to Slap Shot's 10.
My second favorite hockey film is YOUNGBLOOD staring a really young Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze.
@@RedStarSanJose I appreciate your take, my friend! BTW, grew up in the Bay Area. Hope all is good there!
This was really well done. Bravo
Thanks buddy
Parasite (2019)
Agreed!!!
Asking someone which three films they think that I _must_ watch (and why) is a really useful way of getting them display their self (vs. persona).
Meanwhile, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and 12 Angry Men?
Totally agree! I really like Letterboxd UA-cam shorts where they literally ask celebrities that
No "Plan 9 from Outer Space" makes this list VERY suspect! Ya slippin' man, ya slippin'...
I agree. Screenplay and dialogue is almost unmatched in this one.
True true
Actually, I prefer Bride of the Monster.
I've seen 28 of 30 (not Jeanne Dielman or In The Mood For Love}. My own list would be very different. I'm sure everybody's would. Since this is a compilation, not a judgement or opinion or personal taste, I'd actually be astonished if anyone's list came close to matching this. That's not how being a movie lover works. But it's great that you put this together to give us some kind of general consensus to measure against. And argue with 😁.
in the mood for love is a beautiful and perfect movie, i would get on it immediately. one of my all timers
In the Mood for Love is slow, moody, excellent.
Yeah I was done with your list the moment you added Jeanne Dielman
Yeah, it probably wouldn’t have been on my list either, but the eclectic mix this list has come up with has a bit of something, including Dielman
I simply cannot believe that movie beats out literally hundreds of better films for top 30. I feel modern list makers feel the need to be "inclusive" with their top-whatever lists. Just like Hildegard of Bingen or Clara Schumann are added to modern "best composers of all time" lists even though there are dozens of better composers.
@@JohnPrepuce , if you were to say there are dozens of composers you prefer to Hildegard, I'd be fine with your argument. But "better"? What are your criteria?
The top 30 paintings. Top 30 novels. Top 30... what?... Garden designs? Symphonies? It's all art. And it's all entertaining, though in vastly different ways. And I have lots of reasons for my choices... but it's still subjective. Even if I tried to list the best 100, by the time I got to the end I'd have to lengthen it.
I know right? A recently widowed women who prostitutes herself biggest problems in life are making dinner for her son and doing laundry.
I've seen all but 3 of these. Personally, I wouldn't have included the French housewife film, Do The Right Thing or Singing In The Rain either. I think there are a ton of great films that deserve being on the list more. Saving Private Ryan, No Country For Old Men, Fargo, The Unforgiven, Alien, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Wizard of Oz, etc.
27 is an impressive number! The three films you’ve listed also wouldn’t be in my personal list
It's Belgian, not French
@@magnusbe My bad.
Dr. Zhivago, another Lean film, merits a mention. Beautiful film, unforgettable score and visuals.
Yea that’s a classic
Apparently I have good cinematic instincts for films to build my personal collection around, as i own most of the films mentioned, though the foreign language films are sadly lacking. For someone starting their own cinema library those listed are surely a good start
Interesting list. There'll be a million people disagreeing - changing views on filmmakers can make great films drop lower on existing lists - but given the parameters you set, an interesting list.
Thank you - certainly made for an insightful experiment - the general consensus says these are the best films, even if I don’t necessarily agree with it!
Wayyyy to many film greats excluded from this list. This list should really be around 100 to satisfy most movie buffs. Time to craft a part 2 and part 3 in this series.
only 5/30 are non-anglophone films? that's sad