bbc'nin isteği üzerine sinema eleştirmenleri en iyi 100 film listesini oluşturdular. listede 21. yüzyıla ait 6 film yer alıyor. 90’lar da 8, 80’ler de 13, 70’ler de 21, 60’lar da 10, 50’ler de 15, 40’larda da 15, 30’lar da 7, 20’ler de 4, 10’lu yıllar da ise 1 film listede yer almış.

steven spielberg, billy wilder, stanley kubrick ve alfred hitchcock 5'er filmle listeye girmiştir.

howard hawks, martin scorsese ve francis ford coppola 4, orson welles, john ford ve charlie chaplin 3, woody allen, david lynch, spike lee, robert altman, victor fleming, john cassavetes, terrence malick, robert zemeckis, nicholas ray ve vincente minnelli ise 2'şer filmle listede kendilerine yer bulmuştur.

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100- ace in the hole (billy wilder, 1951)

99- 12 years a slave (steve mcqueen, 2013)

98- heaven’s gate (michael cimino, 1980)

97- gone with the wind (victor fleming, 1939)

96- the dark knight (christopher nolan, 2008)

95- duck soup (leo mccarey, 1933)

94- 25th hour (spike lee, 2002)

93- mean streets (martin scorsese, 1973)

92- the night of the hunter (charles laughton, 1955)

91- e.t. the extra-terrestrial (steven spielberg, 1982)

90- apocalypse now (francis ford coppola, 1979)

89- ın a lonely place (nicholas ray, 1950)

88- west side story (robert wise and jerome robbins, 1961)

87- eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (michel gondry, 2004)

86- the lion king (roger allers and rob minkoff, 1994)

85- night of the living dead (george a romero, 1968)

84- deliverance (john boorman, 1972)

83- bringing up baby (howard hawks, 1938)

82- raiders of the lost ark (steven spielberg, 1981)

81- thelma & louise (ridley scott, 1991)

80- meet me in st louis (vincente minnelli, 1944)

79- the tree of life (terrence malick, 2011)

78- schindler’s list (steven spielberg, 1993)

77- stagecoach (john ford, 1939)

76- the empire strikes back (ırvin kershner, 1980)

75- close encounters of the third kind (steven spielberg, 1977)

74- forrest gump (robert zemeckis, 1994)

73- network (sidney lumet, 1976)

72- the shanghai gesture (josef von sternberg, 1941)

71- groundhog day (harold ramis, 1993)

70- the band wagon (vincente minnelli, 1953)

69- koyaanisqatsi (godfrey reggio, 1982)

68- notorious (alfred hitchcock, 1946)

67- modern times (charlie chaplin, 1936)

66- red river (howard hawks, 1948)

65- the right stuff (philip kaufman, 1983)

64- johnny guitar (nicholas ray, 1954)

63- love streams (john cassavetes, 1984)

62- the shining (stanley kubrick, 1980)

61- eyes wide shut (stanley kubrick, 1999)

60- blue velvet (david lynch, 1986)

59- one flew over the cuckoo’s nest (miloš forman, 1975)

58- the shop around the corner (ernst lubitsch, 1940)

57- crimes and misdemeanors (woody allen, 1989)

56- back to the future (robert zemeckis, 1985)

55- the graduate (mike nichols, 1967)

54- sunset boulevard (billy wilder, 1950)

53- grey gardens (albert and david maysles, ellen hovde and muffie meyer, 1975)

52- the wild bunch (sam peckinpah, 1969)

51- touch of evil (orson welles, 1958)

50- his girl friday (howard hawks, 1940)

49- days of heaven (terrence malick, 1978)

48- a place in the sun (george stevens, 1951)

47- marnie (alfred hitchcock, 1964)

46- ıt’s a wonderful life (frank capra, 1946)

45- the man who shot liberty valance (john ford, 1962)

44- sherlock jr (buster keaton, 1924)

43- letter from an unknown woman (max ophüls, 1948)

42- dr strangelove (stanley kubrick, 1964)

41- rio bravo (howard hawks, 1959)

40- meshes of the afternoon (maya deren and alexander hammid, 1943)

39- the birth of a nation (dw griffith, 1915)

38- jaws (steven spielberg, 1975)

37- ımitation of life (douglas sirk, 1959)

36- star wars (george lucas, 1977)

35- double ındemnity (billy wilder, 1944)

34- the wizard of oz (victor fleming, 1939)

33- the conversation (francis ford coppola, 1974)

32- the lady eve (preston sturges, 1941)

31- a woman under the ınfluence (john cassavetes, 1974)

30- some like ıt hot (billy wilder, 1959)

29- raging bull (martin scorsese, 1980)

28- pulp fiction (quentin tarantino, 1994)

27- barry lyndon (stanley kubrick, 1975)

26- killer of sheep (charles burnett, 1978)

25- do the right thing (spike lee, 1989)

24- the apartment (billy wilder, 1960)

23- annie hall (woody allen, 1977)

22- greed (erich von stroheim, 1924)

21- mulholland drive (david lynch, 2001)

20- goodfellas (martin scorsese, 1990)

19- taxi driver (martin scorsese, 1976)

18- city lights (charlie chaplin, 1931)

17- the gold rush (charlie chaplin, 1925)

16- mccabe & mrs miller (robert altman, 1971)

15- the best years of our lives (william wyler, 1946)

14- nashville (robert altman, 1975)

13- north by northwest (alfred hitchcock, 1959)

12- chinatown (roman polanski, 1974)

11- the magnificent ambersons (orson welles, 1942)

10- the godfather part ıı (francis ford coppola, 1974)

9- casablanca (michael curtiz, 1942)

8- psycho (alfred hitchcock, 1960)

7- singin’ in the rain (stanley donen and gene kelly, 1952)

6- sunrise (fw murnau, 1927)

5- the searchers (john ford, 1956)

4- 2001* (stanley kubrick, 1968)

3- vertigo (alfred hitchcock, 1958)

2- the godfather (francis ford coppola, 1972)

1- citizen kane (orson welles, 1941)

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