One hundred classic movies in Europe and the United States

1. "The Godfather" 1972 8.9 The first part of Coppola's gangster classic "The Godfather", one of Paramount's most successful films 1. It is expected that it will secure the top spot on IMDB. Although critics unanimously praised the second episode of the "Godfather" series, most fans still seem to have a soft spot for "The Godfather". This may have something to do with Marlon Brando's charismatic performance. To this day, he still has a soft spot for "The Godfather". The vague and hoarse voice and the mysterious expression still fascinate people.

2. "The Shawshank Redemption" 1994 8.9 This film called "1995" also has an excellent reputation among Chinese movie fans, which shows the magic of movies that transcend national boundaries.

3. "Schindler's List" Schindler's List 1993 8.8 Spielberg won the Oscar four times in "Jaws", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Alien" and "The Color Purple" After missing out, he finally won the gold statue with the help of Schindler and countless Jewish refugees.

4. "Citizen Kane" 1941 8.8 A film milestone that needs no introduction, the child prodigy Orson Welles is an unparalleled and stunning work.

5. "Casablanca" Casablanca 1942 8.7 Forever "The Spy", forever Ingrid Bergman

6. "The Godfather: Part II" The history of the rise of the Corleone family and Mike's bloody struggle in "The Godfather Sequel" in 1974 8.7 formed a perfect counterpoint. This use of parallel montage was deeply appreciated by critics, and the success of this film also consolidated Al Passi's reputation. The status of two Italian movie stars, Nobel and Robert De Niro.

7. "Seven Samurai" Shichinin no samurai 1954 8.7 This may not be the best work of the master Akira Kurosawa, but it is indeed his most beautiful work. Its influence on world cinema has long been beyond the pale. A simple oriental martial arts story.

8. Star Wars 1977 8.7 For every American born between the 1950s and 1970s, they almost all like to be called the "Star Wars Generation" ("Star Wars Generation") Generation of "Star Wars"), the Star Wars series should be the film series with the largest number of fans. Do you still remember the frenzy caused when "Star Wars: The Prequels" was released in 1999?

9. "American Beauty" 1999 8.6 It's a bit surprising that this movie was selected into the TOP10. It is a unique middle-class movie in the United States.

10. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 1975.8.6 Milos Forman and Jack Nicholson reached the same peak, a required course in film and television acting. .

11. "Dr. Strangelove" 1964 8.6 Kubrick's black humor classic that satirized the Cold War, the first part of the "Future Trilogy", for a Chinese audience who did not have that historical experience, This film may not get such high scores.

12. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Wo hu zang long 2000 8.6 Ang Lee really made a great movie.

13. "Rear Window" 1954 8.6 Hitchcock's classic, the combination of James Stewart and Grace Kelly is like the collaboration between Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts today. Just as eye-catching.

14. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 1981 8.6 Among the 50 greatest screen heroes (another TOP group) selected by the British "Total Film" magazine, Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones tops the list, and Spielberg would still be more cost-effective to shoot something like this.

15. "The Usual Suspects" 8.5, 1995. The film that makes the audience suddenly realize it at the end is always so charming. What is even more interesting is that it also hides two future Oscar winner Kevin? Patsy and Benijo Ditolo

16. "Psycho" 1960 8.5 The audience is still afraid of the murderer's butcher knife. This may be Hitchcock's greatest charm.

17. "The Empire Strikes Back" 1980 8.5 Star Wars

The second Bible for fans.

18. "Pulp Fiction" 1994 8.5 It may be the film I have watched the most, 12 times in two years. Tarantino's genius is short-lived but unforgettable.

19. "Memento" Memento 2000 8.5 This year's popular suspense film is still on the list.

20. "North by Northwest" 1959 8.5 Another Hitchcock film, the scene where Cary Grant is chased by a small plane and escapes into the cornfield is a classic in the history of film. , has been reproduced as a tribute in different films by Yugoslav prodigal Kusturica, funny whitehead Russell Nelson and others

21. "The Silence of the Lambs" 》The Silence of the Lambs 8.5, 1991 When "Buffalo Bill" comes from the darkness, do you hear the cry of the lamb, or the beating of your own heart?

22. "It's a Wonderful Life" 1946 8.4 Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart

Won the Academy Award for Best Performance that year Nominated for 5 categories including film, best director, and best actor, but lost out in front of another outstanding film "The Golden Age." Selected into the American Film Institute's 100 Best Films of the Century.

23. "Goodfellas" 1990 8.4 Martin Scorsese's Italian gangster documentary. The most eye-catching actor in the film is the little Joe Pesci. This film can definitely be compared with Copper Comparable to the "The Godfather" series

24. "Saving Private Ryan" August 4, 1998 Spielberg spent huge sums of money to shoot a World War II film that actually lost to an unknown person in the Oscar competition. The legendary "Sha Weng Love History".

25. "Lawrence of Arabia" 8.4, 1962. That is an Arab story, it was the era of David Lean...

26. "12 Angry Men" 12 Angry Men, 1957 August 4, starring Henry Fonda, is a very exciting movie. The whole story takes place in a room, where 12 people with different personalities stage a battle between wisdom, reason and prejudice. There are many wonderful lines and exquisite ideas.

27. "Paths of Glory" 1957 8.4

Kubrick's early classic, starring Kirk Douglas.

28. "To Kill a Mockingbird" 8.3, 1962

A classic film starring Gregory Peck, who plays a small-town lawyer in the South , defended the black rapist, and his wonderful acting skills won him the Oscar title that year.

29. "The Damned" M 1931 8.3

German film master Fritz Lang's classic of the 1930s, the first aesthetic reference for sound films, The repertoire of the Western Film Club, a required course for the study of film history.

30. "Vertigo" 1958 8.3

What would the movie be like if we lost Hitchcock...

31. " Taxi Driver 1976 8.3

One of Scorsese's most important works, the driver Travis portrayed by De Niro has become a typical figure in the history of film, and the child star Judy Foe Stern made his mark in the film.

32. "The Third Man" 1949 8.3

The famous British noir film has a great influence on New Hollywood directors such as Scorsese.

33. "L.A. Confidential" August 3, 1997

An excellent Hollywood film, the noir style brings the audience to Los Angeles in the 1950s, with a handful of outstanding male movie stars Plus Blonde Vase Basinger.

34. "La Vita è bella" 1997 8.3

Italian Roberto Bernini's gray comedy became famous all over the world and made Tom Hanks win three gold statues. The movie star's dream was thwarted again.

35. "Sunset Blvd." August 3, 1950

Director Billy Wilder was the most important figure in Hollywood in the 1950s. His works were shortlisted twenty times. Oscar for Best Picture and won six times. This European Jew once served as the director of the film department of the US Army's psychological warfare. He always believed that movies are entertainment and has been working in movies with this belief for decades.

36. "Toy Story 2" 8.3, 1999

The first cartoon on the list may be due to preconceptions. I think "Toy Story 2" 1》More exciting.

37. "The Maltese Falcon" 1941 8.3

The cornerstone of early noir films.

38. "The Sixth Sense" 1999 8.3

This film changed the fate of at least three people: the first one was the young Indian director Knight? Shyamalan, the second one is Bruce Willis, an action star who is struggling with his transition, and the third one is Osment, the now popular child star.

39. "Fight Club" 8.3, 1999

Integrating anarchy and violent tendencies into a suspenseful and coherent melodrama, David Finn Qi once again proved that he was one of the best Hollywood directors in the 1990s. Edward Norton's superb performance absolutely overwhelmed the handsome Brad Pitt.

40. "The Matrix" 1999 8.3

The whimsical ideas of the Wachowski brothers and the martial arts direction of Yuan Woo-Ping made movie fans around the world enjoy the movie in 1999 The strongest visual impact, the shot of Keanu Reeves dodging bullets has become a classic.

41. "Das Boot" 1981 8.3

The famous German war film, director Wolfgang Petersen, although contemporary with the German New Cinema, has always been Focusing on commercial films, he later went to Hollywood and directed works such as "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm".

42. "All About Eve" 1950 August 3

An American stage drama style film, famous for its "tongue-in-cheek" dialogue, starring a famous Hollywood acting actress Betty Davis stars in the lead role, and director Mankiewicz's most famous work should be "Cleopatra."

43. "Ragging Bull" 1980 8.3

The third Scorsese film on the list of the top 50 is enough to show that this film sociologist The level of applause among movie fans. De Niro, who plays the boxing champion LaMotta, not only suffered many scars from learning boxing, but also quickly gained more than 50 pounds to fit his image. His professionalism has become a role model for many actors to this day.

44. "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo 8.3, 1966

Italian director Sergio Leone, who has less than 10 works in his life He is the originator of Italian Westerns. He created a unique Italian Western style based on Kurosawa Akira's samurai films and American Westerns. This low-yield director has had a great influence on Italian films and American independent films. "Once Upon a Time in America", which is familiar to Chinese movie fans, is his final film.

45. "Singin' in the Rain" August 3, 1952

It may be many movie fans' first impression of "musicals", Jim Kelly dancing in the rain The shot will evoke romantic memories for many people, but when this classic song and dance was transplanted into Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" it became horror and ridicule.

46. Chinatown 1974 8.3

One of the most famous films of legendary director Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson.

47. "Wallace & Gromit: The Razor's Edge" Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 8.2, 1993

An early work by the director of "Chicken Run", it is also a clay animation .

48. "The Wizard of Oz" 1939 8.2

It seems that I have only seen cartoons. This film was released on DVD last year, but it is really true for this kind of old Hollywood movies. Don't have the patience to watch.

49. "Apocalypse Now" 1979 8.2

This film that won Coppola praise and the Palme d'Or also caused him to be ranked in the top ten due to poor box office. With a high debt that was only paid off in 2007, Brando, who has very few scenes in the movie, is still the focus of people's attention.

50. "Some Like It Hot" 1959 8.2

Director Billy Wilder, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack? The comedy co-starring Lemmon and the trio was selected as the number one best comedy of the century by the American Film Institute.

51. "The Bridge on the River Kwai" August 2, 1957

David Lean's prisoner-of-war-themed film, the background of the film is similar to Oshima Nagisa's " Merry Christmas on the battlefield" has similarities.

52. "Traffic" 2000 8.2

Steven Soderbergh's tenth film has just won the Oscar for Best Director. It seems that this was ten years ago The standard-bearer of independent filmmaking, which became famous in Cannes with "Sex, Lies, Videotape", has completely transitioned into the mainstream of Hollywood.

53. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" (TV version) 8.2, 1966

Cartoon, this is Jim Carrey's new film "The Grinch" 》Original work.

54. Rashomon 1950 8.2

Think back to half a century ago when the tall "Emperor Kurosawa" held up the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the Los Angeles Music Center The scene has the meaning of "Asian movies have stood up!" Unfortunately, Akira Kurosawa was not able to witness the "zero breakthrough" in Asian films - at the Venice Film Festival that year, he learned about the news that "Rashomon" won the Golden Lion from the newspaper, and the trophy was also mailed from Italy. To Japan.

55. "Double Indemnity" 1944 8.2

Another Billy Wilder film, it seems that there is a large nostalgic audience in the United States.

56. "2001: A Space Odyssey" 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 8.2

The second part of Kubrick's "Future Trilogy", this science fiction film classic, Still charming today.

57. "Touch Of Evil" 1958 8.2

Orson Welles's later works.

58. "The General" 1927 8.2

It seems that I have only seen cartoons. This film was released on DVD last year, but there is really no such old Hollywood movie. Be patient and watch.

59. "Almost Famous" 8.2, 2000

Director Cameron Crowe adapted the film based on his own experience, evoking people's memories of rock and roll and youth in the 1970s. , of course, for China’s huge dakou family, watching this film is also very enjoyable.

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61. "The Manchurian Candidate" August 2, 1962

A relatively famous political thriller about the brainwashed American soldiers in the Korean War who returned to the Soviet Union and The story of instigating the assassination of important officials.

62. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" August 2, 1948

Director and screenwriter John Huston has produced many films of this type, but this description The film about greed, fear and murder in Mexico is undoubtedly the most successful, and the superb performance of the leading actor Humphrey Bogart is also an important factor.

63. "Ran" August 1, 1985

Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece in his later years, adapted from Shakespeare's "King Lear". The film pursues grand scenes and beautiful images too much. In order to be authentic and believable, Akira Kurosawa ordered the three real-life castles built at a high cost to be burned down.

64. "A Clockwork Orange" 1971 8.1

The finale of Kubrick's "Future Trilogy" vividly exposes people's violent nature. Due to excessive violence, pornographic scenes and similar cases, "A Clockwork Orange" was banned shortly after its release. It was not until shortly after Kubrick's death that the film was re-released and met with European audiences in theaters.

65. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" August 1, 1975

"12 Monkeys" director Terry Gilliam's early comedy film about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table encountered all kinds of interesting things on their way to find the Holy Grail.

66. "Being John Malkovich" 1999 8.1

One of the more interesting American films in recent years.

67. "City Light" 1931 8.1

One of Chaplin's masterpieces.

68. Lola rennt 1998 8.1

Red hair, screaming, running, maybe this is the postmodernism everyone is talking about.

69. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 8.1

An early Hollywood political film.

70. "Alien" 8.1, 1979

The beginning of a nightmare, the famous work of director Ridley Scott ("Thelma and Louise", "Gladiator")

71. "Reservoir Dogs" August 1, 1992

Tarantino's debut film, black, violent, bloody, a fable about male relationships, an outstanding independent film, as if Tarantino's talents were exhausted in the first two films.

72. "Braveheart" 8.1, 1995

As Mel Gibson shouted "Freedom", he not only conquered the Oscar judges, but also conquered ten Eighty-nine movie fans.

73. "Fargo" 1996 August 1

The masterpiece of the Coen brothers, director Joel's wife McDormand had a good performance in the film, but she was rubbish. The dialect is impressive.

74. "Requiem for a Dream" 8.1, 2000

Hollywood newcomer Darren Aronofsky's 2000 masterpiece, his first film The work is "π".

75. "Modern Times" 1936 8.1

This is a film that has been included in junior high school politics textbooks!

76. "Once Upon a Time in the West" C'era una volta il West 1969 8.1

Sergio Leone's work in the 1960s.

77. "The Green Mile" 8.1, 1999

"The Shawshank Redemption" director Frank Darabont's new work launched in 1999, directed by Tom Hanks Starring, but obviously failed to surpass its predecessor.

78. "Mozart" Amadeus 1984 August 1

Milos Forman may be the most successful immigrant director in the United States. His works have a clear sense of challenging society. Awareness, but only within the limits of what Hollywood allows.

79. "Blade Runner" Blade Runner 1982 8.1

Ridley Scott's work, the unique humanistic spirit and outstanding art stunts make "Blade Runner" ” has become a science fiction film that is not easily forgotten.

80. "The Bicycle Thief" Ladri di biciclette 1948 8.1

Synonymous with Italian neorealism.

81. "The Sting" August 1, 1973

A scam film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, which was screened on domestic TV stations a few years ago .

82. "Jaws" Jaws 1975 8.1

David Fincher described this movie this way: Ever since I watched "Jaws", I have never dared to go there again. I swam in the sea, even though I knew it was just a movie.

83. "Duck Soup" 1933 8.1

Co-starring the famous comedy family the Marx Brothers.

84. "On The Waterfront" 1954 8.1

Another classic created by Marlon Brando.

85. "Leon" Léon 1994 8.1

Luc Besson's work that established international reputation. This seems to be the work of the first French director on the list. The film was shot in the United States. It seems that American audiences only care about domestic films.

86. "Seven Deadly Sins" Se7en 1995 8.1

David Fincher made his debut and is a movie that almost everyone loves.

87. "That Night" Festen 1998 8.0

Originally known as "Celebration", Dogme95's No. 1 work, the ultimate image method is shocking, and the narrative is compact and gripping It is the most widely influential of Dogme95's official works for those viewers who are not used to hand-held lenses.

88. "Mulan" Magnolia 1999 8.0

Paul Thomas Anderson's second attempt at a multi-petal structure after "Boogie Nights", won the 2000 Berlin Film Festival Gold Medal Bear Award.

89. Annie Hall 1977 8.0

Woody Allen's semi-autobiographical masterpiece won the Oscar for Best Picture. What impressed me deeply was the chattering dialogue in the film. If the GRE was a listening test, it would definitely be like this.

90. "Pride and Prejudice" 1995 8.0

A popular TV miniseries filmed by the British BBC TV station. British actor Colin Firth plays the hero Darwin. West has a large number of movie fans.

91. "The Straight Story" 1999 8.0

American avant-garde director David Lynch returns to simple works.

92. "The Insider" 1999 8.0

Russell Crowe's performance in this film is obviously better than his award-winning "Gladiator".

93. "Yojimbo" Yojimbo, also known as the Bodyguard, 1961 8.0

Works by Akira Kurosawa.

94. "The Great Escape" 1963 8.0

Representative of prisoner of war escape films, one of Steve McQueen's masterpieces.

95. "Gladiator" 2000 8.0

Despite being a hit and winning awards, Ridley Scott's original talent was still swallowed up by Hollywood.

96. "Aliens II" Aliens 1986 8.0

James Cameron's sequel to the horror science fiction film made actress Sylgune Weaver a star in action films A lone heroine.

97. "The Africa Queen" 1951 8.0

A wonderful work with Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn's dueling acting skills.

98. "Princess Mononoke" Mononoke Hime 1997 8.0

A work by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, this film that focuses on people and nature is full of gentle humanistic care.

99. Strangers on a Train 1951 8.0

Hitchcock.

100. "The Seventh Seal" Det Sjunde inseglet 1957 8.0