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TSPDT: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision)

by PeacefulAnarchy • Created 13 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
January 2012 revision of the TSPDT list
Source: [link]http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films.htm[/link]
This list is a compilation of worldwide critical opinion, using published polls and top lists, carried out by the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? website.

Note that a few films have multiple entries on imdb:
528. Olympia
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030523/
675. Histoire(s) du cinéma
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179216/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118339/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179212/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179213/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179214/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179215/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179217/
900. Die Nibelungen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015174/
989. Dog Star Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058025/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284060/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284061/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058026/


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TSPDT Top 250 Directors

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  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    1. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (481K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Vertigo (1958)

    2. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (445K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Roland Toutain in The Rules of the Game (1939)

    3. The Rules of the Game

    19391h 50mNot Rated99Metascore
    7.9 (32K)
    A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette Dubost
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    4. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (753K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    5. The Godfather

    19722h 55mR100Metascore
    9.2 (2.1M)
    The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames Caan
  • 8½ (1963)

    6. 8½

    19632h 18mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.0 (129K)
    A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia Cardinale
  • Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in Seven Samurai (1954)

    7. Seven Samurai

    19543h 27mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.6 (384K)
    Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko Tsushima
  • John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, Jeffrey Hunter, and Vera Miles in The Searchers (1956)

    8. The Searchers

    19561h 59mApproved94Metascore
    7.8 (100K)
    An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneJeffrey HunterVera Miles
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

    9. Singin' in the Rain

    19521h 43mG99Metascore
    8.3 (272K)
    A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
    DirectorsStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie Reynolds
  • Battleship Potemkin (1925)

    10. Battleship Potemkin

    19251h 6mNot Rated97Metascore
    7.9 (63K)
    In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
    DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsAleksandr AntonovVladimir BarskiyGrigoriy Aleksandrov
  • Setsuko Hara and Chishû Ryû in Tokyo Story (1953)

    11. Tokyo Story

    19532h 17mNot Rated100Metascore
    8.1 (74K)
    An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûChieko HigashiyamaSô Yamamura
  • Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and George O'Brien in Sunrise (1927)

    12. Sunrise

    19271h 34mPassed95Metascore
    8.1 (55K)
    A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret Livingston
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    13. Lawrence of Arabia

    19623h 47mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (329K)
    The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
    DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony Quinn
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    14. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (185K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)

    15. The Godfather Part II

    19743h 22mR90Metascore
    9.0 (1.4M)
    The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroRobert Duvall
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    16. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (631K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • L'Atalante (1934)

    17. L'Atalante

    19341h 29mNot Rated
    7.7 (18K)
    Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
    DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles Margaritis
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    18. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (395K)
    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci
  • Toshirô Mifune and Machiko Kyô in Rashomon (1950)

    19. Rashomon

    19501h 28mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.2 (189K)
    The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
    DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki Mori
  • Maria Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

    20. The Passion of Joan of Arc

    19281h 54mPassed98Metascore
    8.1 (65K)
    In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré Berley
  • Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil (1958)

    21. Touch of Evil

    19581h 35mPG-1399Metascore
    7.9 (113K)
    A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet Leigh
  • Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976)

    22. Taxi Driver

    19761h 54mR94Metascore
    8.2 (978K)
    A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill Shepherd
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

    23. Some Like It Hot

    19592h 1mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (295K)
    After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack Lemmon
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)

    24. La Dolce Vita

    19602h 54mNot Rated95Metascore
    8.0 (83K)
    A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk Aimée
  • The Grand Illusion (1937)

    25. The Grand Illusion

    19371h 53mNot Rated
    8.1 (40K)
    During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre Fresnay

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