GoneMovie.com Top 50
- The American Film Institute (AFI) is, in their words, an American institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.
They produced in 2007 their Hit parade called AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES . It contains the first 100 years of American (mostly) movies by making a definitive selection of the 100 greatest American movies of all time, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the American film community.
- British magazine Sight and Sound compiles since 1952, every 10 years, a list of the best films of all time. In 2002 they produced two lists, receiving contributions from 145 film critics, writers and academics, and 108 film directors. The critics list and the directors
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- The Internet Movie DataBase (IMDB) is the worlds largest movie web site. Visitors can vote for their favorite movie and in this way, a Top 250 is compiled. This list changes every week, although the top 25 is pretty steady. (Our calculation: July 24, 2008)
Calculation
We take from each list the top 50 to form our own hit parade. It's a simple calculation, number 1 gets 50 points (51-1), nr 2 gets 49 points (51-2) and so on.
Let's look at our number 1, The Godfather.
It ranks number 2 at AFI, so that's 51-2 = 49 points
It ranks number 4 at S&S Critics, so that's 51-4=47 points
It ranks number 2 at S&S Directors, so that's 51-2=49 points
It ranks number 2 at IMDB, so that's 51-2=49 points
Total = 49+47+49+49 = 194 points
The List
Top 50
Which are the best movies of all time? It's a difficult question. There are many, many movies and many, many movie lovers in this world. But with the help of some movie authorities, we were able to compile a “Classic Movie Hit parade”.The Movie Authorities
- - The Godfather (USA, 1972) 194
AFI -> position 2 = 49 points
IMDB -> position 2 = 49 points
S&S Critics -> position 4 = 47 points
S&S Directors -> position 2 = 49 points
- - Citizen Kane (USA, 1941) 173
AFI -> position 1 = 50 points
IMDB -> position 28 = 23 points
S&S Critics -> position 1 = 50 points
S&S Directors -> position 1 = 50 points
- - The Godfather 2 (USA, 1974) 162
AFI -> position 32 = 19 points
IMDB -> position 4 = 47 points
S&S Critics -> position 4 = 47 points
S&S Directors -> position 2 = 49 points
- - Vertigo (USA, 1958) 147
AFI -> position 9 = 42 points
IMDB -> position 40 = 11 points
S&S Critics -> position 2 = 49 points
S&S Directors -> position 6 = 45 points
- - Casablanca (USA, 1942) 121
AFI -> position 3 = 48 points
IMDB -> position 10 = 41 points
S&S Directors -> position 19 = 32 points
- - The seven samurai (Japan, 1954) 121
IMDB -> position 12 = 39 points
S&S Critics -> position 11 = 40 points
S&S Directors -> position 9 = 42 points
- - 2001: A Space Odyssey (UK, 1968) 120
AFI -> position 15 = 36 points
S&S Critics -> position 6 = 45 points
S&S Directors -> position 12 = 39 points
- - Singing in the rain (USA, 1952) 119
AFI -> position 5 = 46 points
IMDB -> position 78 = 0 points
S&S Critics -> position 10 = 41 points
S&S Directors -> position 19 = 32 points
- - Psycho (USA, 1960) 117
AFI -> position 14 = 37 points
IMDB -> position 22 = 29 points
S&S Critics -> position 35 = 16 points
S&S Directors -> position 16 = 35 points
- - Lawrence of Arabia (UK, 1962) 113
AFI -> position 7 = 44 points
IMDB -> position 35 = 16 points
S&S Critics -> position 45 = 6 points
S&S Directors -> position 4 = 47 points
- - The searchers (USA, 1956) 105
AFI -> position 12 = 39 points
S&S Critics -> position 12 = 39 points
S&S Directors -> position 24 = 27 points
- - Sunset boulevard (USA, 1950) 95
AFI -> position 16 = 35 points
IMDB -> position 30 = 21 points
S&S Directors -> position 12 = 39 points
- - Raging bull (USA, 1980) 92
AFI -> position 4 = 47 points
S&S Directors -> position 6 = 45 points
- - 8½ (Italy, 1963) 90
S&S Critics -> position 9 = 42 points
S&S Directors -> position 3 = 48 points
- - The rules of the game (France, 1939) 90
S&S Critics -> position 3 = 48 points
S&S Directors -> position 9 = 42 points
- - Schindlers list (USA, 1993) 87
AFI -> position 8 = 43 points
IMDB -> position 7 = 44 points
- - Dr. Strangelove (UK, 1964) 85
AFI -> position 39 = 12 points
IMDB -> position 24 = 27 points
S&S Directors -> position 5 = 46 points
- - Tokyo story (Japan, 1953) 81
S&S Critics -> position 5 = 46 points
S&S Directors -> position 16 = 35 points
- - Rashomon (Japan, 1950) 80
S&S Critics -> position 13 = 38 points
S&S Directors -> position 9 = 42 points
- - Some like it hot (USA, 1959) 80
AFI -> position 22 = 29 points
S&S Critics -> position 27 = 24 points
S&S Directors -> position 24 = 27 points
- - City lights (USA, 1931) 78
AFI -> position 11 = 40 points
S&S Critics -> position 45 = 6 points
S&S Directors -> position 19 = 32 points
- - Star wars (USA, 1977) 76
AFI -> position 13 = 38 points
IMDB -> position 13 = 38 points
- - Apocalypse now (USA, 1979) 68
AFI -> position 30 = 21 points
IMDB -> position 36 = 15 points
S&S Directors -> position 19 = 32 points
- - Battleship Potemkin (USSR, 1925) 64
S&S Critics -> position 7 = 44 points
S&S Directors -> position 31 = 20 points
- - The sweet life (Italy, 1960) 64
S&S Critics -> position 24 = 27 points
S&S Directors -> position 14 = 37 points
- - One flew over the cuckoo’s nest (USA, 1975) 61
AFI -> position 33 = 18 points
IMDB -> position 8 = 43 points
- - Chinatown (USA, 1974) 60
AFI -> position 21 = 30 points
IMDB -> position 48 = 3 points
S&S Directors -> position 24 = 27 points
- - Breathless (France, 1960) 56
S&S Critics -> position 15 = 36 points
S&S Directors -> position 31 = 20 points
- - Sunrise (USA, 1927) 54
S&S Critics -> position 7 = 44 points
S&S Directors -> position 41 = 10 points
- - On the waterfront (USA, 1954) 52
AFI -> position 19 = 32 points
S&S Directors -> position 31 = 20 points
- - The bicycle thief (Italy, 1948) 51
S&S Critics -> position 45 = 6 points
S&S Directors -> position 6 = 45 points
- - The wizard of Oz (USA, 1939) 51
AFI -> position 10 = 41 points
S&S Directors -> position 41 = 10 points
- - The dark knight (USA, 2008) 50
IMDB -> position 1 = 50 points
- - It’s a wonderful life (USA, 1946) 50
AFI -> position 20 = 31 points
IMDB -> position 32 = 19 points
- - Taxi driver (USA, 1976) 50
AFI -> position 52 = 0 points
IMDB -> position 37 = 14 points
S&S Critics -> position 35 = 16 points
S&S Directors -> position 31 = 20 points
- - The Shawshank redemption (USA, 1994) 48
IMDB -> position 3 = 48 points
- - The good, the bad and the ugly (Italy, 1966) 46
IMDB -> position 5 = 46 points
- - Gone with the wind (USA, 1939) 45
AFI -> position 6 = 45 points
- - Pulp fiction (USA, 1994) 45
IMDB -> position 6 = 45 points
- - Children of Paradise (France, 1945) 44
S&S Critics -> position 27 = 24 points
S&S Directors -> position 31 = 20 points
- - The grand illusion (France, 1937) 43
S&S Critics -> position 35 = 16 points
S&S Directors -> position 24 = 27 points
- - The empire strikes back (USA, 1980) 42
IMDB -> position 9 = 42 points
- - Once upon a time in the west (USA, 1969) 42
IMDB -> position 19 = 32 points
S&S Directors -> position 41 = 10 points
- - Rear window (USA, 1954) 38
AFI -> position 48 = 3 points
IMDB -> position 16 = 35 points
- - The apartment (USA, 1960) 37
S&S Directors -> position 14 = 37 points
- - The return of the king (USA, 2003) 37
IMDB -> position 14 = 37 points
- - Goodfellas (USA, 1990) 36
IMDB -> position 15 = 36 points
- - The graduate (USA, 1967) 34
AFI -> position 17 = 34 points
- - Raiders of the lost ark (USA, 1981) 34
IMDB -> position 17 = 34 points
- - The fellowship of the ring (USA, 2001) 32
AFI -> position 50 = 1 points
IMDB -> position 20 = 31 points
Spotlight
Jack Nicholson
You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police
Remarkable:
Jack has a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
It’s located between Highland avenue and Orange Drive.
Born:
April 22, 1937Born as:
John Joseph NicholsonJack started out as an office boy at MGM's cartoon department and soon began performing on the stage and in soap opera's.
About 1957 he met B-film king Roger Corman , who offered him the leading role in his low-budget film The Cry Baby Killer (1958).
Nicholson spent the next decade playing major roles in B-films but in 1969 his life changed playing a boozy Southern lawyer in a biker film, Easy rider. Nicholson's newfound stardom was secured with his leading role in Five Easy Pieces (1970) and Chinatown (1970).
Nicholson took home Oscar gold in 1975 for his portrayal of mental patient Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
He directed and starred in an revisionist western, Goin' South (1978). Critics were divided over The Shining (1980), in which Jack went crazy for nearly two hours.
In 1989, a wicked Nicholson appeared as The Joker in the blockbuster hit Batman.
By the 1990s, Nicholson was regarded as a screen icon and his notable roles included a colonel in A Few Good Men (1992); the title role in Hoffa (1992); a werewolf in Wolf (1994); and an obsessive-compulsive writer in As Good As It Gets (1997).
Selected Movies:
- One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975)
- Chinatown (1974)
- The shining (1980)
- As good as it gets (1997)
- A few good men (1992)
- Terms of Endearment (1983)
Academy awards:
2003 Nominated Best Actor for: About Schmidt (2002)1998 Won Best Actor for: As Good as It Gets (1997)
1993 Nominated Best Actor for: A Few Good Men (1992)
1988 Nominated Best Actor for: Ironweed (1987)
1986 Nominated Best Actor for: Prizzi's Honor (1985)
1984 Won Best Actor for: Terms of Endearment (1983)
1982 Nominated Best Actor for: Reds (1981)
1976 Won Best Actor for: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
1975 Nominated Best Actor for: Chinatown (1974)
1974 Nominated Best Actor for: The Last Detail (1973)
1971 Nominated Best Actor for: Five Easy Pieces (1970)
1970 Nominated Best Actor for: Easy Rider (1969)
Books:
Donald Sheperd -> Jack Nicholson: An Unauthorized Biography (1991)Patrick McGilligan -> Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson (1994)
Peter Thompson -> Jack Nicholson: The Life and Times of an Actor on the Edge (1997)
Don Shiach -> Jack Nicholson: The Complete Film Guide (1999)
Edward Douglas -> Jack : The Great Seducer (2004)