The list of 100 greatest American films: the BBC version

The last time a similar rating was the magazine Sight and Sound of three years ago — it was a list of the best films of all time. Then "Vertigo" is Hitchcock's ahead of "Citizen Kane" Welles. This time the situation turned out different.

In the BBC poll were 62 the critics, who were asked to choose 10 American films.





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. Alien (Steven Spielberg, 1982)

90. Apocalypse now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)

89. In 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 Romero, 1968)

84. Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)

83. Bringing up baby (Howard hawks, 1938)

82. Indiana Jones: raiders of the lost ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)

81. Thelma and 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. Star wars: the Empire strikes back (Irvin 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. Designing woman (Vincente Minnelli, 1953)

69. Koyaaniskatsi / Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982)

68. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)

67. New times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)

66. Red river (Howard hawks, 1948)

65. The right stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1965)

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 (Milos 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, 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. It's a wonderful life (Frank Capra, 1946)

45. The man who shot liberty vallance the (John Ford, 1962)

44. Sherlock Junior (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. Network afternoon (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943)

39. The birth of a nation (Griffith, 1915)

38. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

37. Imitation of life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)

36. Star wars (George Lucas, 1977)

35. Double indemnity (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 influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)

30. In some like it hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)

29. Raging bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

28. Pulp fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

27. Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)

26. Miner 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 and 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 II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

9. Casablanca (Michael Curtis, 1942)

8. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

7. Singin ' in the rain (Stanley donen and gene Kelly, 1952)

6. Sunrise (Friedrich Murnau, 1927)

5. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

4. 2001: a Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

3. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

2. The godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) published

 

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