The Online Film Community Releases Top 100 Movies List

Posted by Sean on July 30th, 2007   Filed under: Internet, Movies

A while back when we were contacted by Jonathan from Cinema Fusion about participating in a Top 100 Movies list, a sort of response to the AFI Top 100, we thought it was a great idea, not just to provide a new perspective on film, but also as a way of bringing together all of the online film critics, bloggers and writers out there as some sort of community. Together, volunteers from Cinema Fusion and Movie Patron pored over the nominations from over 50 contributors and came up with a combined list that is, surprisingly, not all that different from the AFI’s list. I guess no one can accuse the online community of having poor taste, although I am a little disappointed that this list wasn’t very radical or “progressive”. Check out the Top 20 below, or follow the link below to read the whole list. Were there any major surprises for you? Stay tuned for our individual Top 100 Lists.

1. The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
2. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Spielberg, 1981)
5. Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
6. Blade Runner (R. Scott, 1982)
7. Jaws (Spielberg, 1975)
8. The Godfather Part II (Coppola, 1974)
9. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Kershner, 1980)
10. Alien (R. Scott, 1979)
11. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)
12. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)
13. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Lucas, 1977)
14. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968)
15. Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
16. The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994)
17. Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954)
18. Psycho (Hitchcock, 1960)
19. Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958)
20. Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954)

» Related Link: Cinema Fusion: The Online Film Community's Top 100 Movies

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Comments (9)

  1. I like this list much more than the AFI list. The AFI list seemed to ignore modern cinema, and although I haven’t looked at it in a while I think the newest movie on their list was fron 1996. I love that this list includes Memento, the Matrix, and Fight Club.

    Posted by mike on July 30th, 2007

  2. Oh and Eternal Sunshine making the top 25 makes me giddy.

    Posted by mike on July 30th, 2007

  3. Citizen Kane and Casablanca in the top 5 makes me very, very happy!

    Posted by Glenn on July 30th, 2007

  4. As much as I love 4,6,7,9 & 10 (and they are amoung my own personal favorites), I don’t think they belong amoungst the 20 best movies ever made.

    Posted by TheSnowLeopard on July 30th, 2007

  5. Seriously…. Alien, Empire Strikes Back, and Pulp Fiction ahead of Chinatown….? Ugh. Raiders ahead of Casablanca??? -_-.

    Posted by Derek on July 30th, 2007

  6. I wanted to check out the full list, but the link provided looks like it is out of date. Is it available anywhere else?

    Posted by Mason on December 31st, 2008

  7. Our good friends at Row Three still have the entire list here:

    http://www.rowthree.com/2007/11/10/ofc-top-100/

    Posted by Sean on December 31st, 2008

  8. I actually just watched Casablanca for the first time tonight. I thought that after a slow first hour or so it came together in the end very interestingly. I agree with its presence in the top 100, but I wonder why many critics always consider it be in the top 10 movies of all time. Is it enough that it was a sentimental romantic drama with Nazis, and had a screenwriter that gave Bogey some catchy lines?

    Posted by Mason on December 31st, 2008

  9. We are a Cape Town based Film review show hosted by two film fans! It’s not a basic film review…we basically just chat and argue about movies and give them a rating, we would love to work with you guys as we take pride in getting to know the film community, you could also embed our reviews with your reviews or banners? Basically tell us what you would be able to offer us and we can take it from there if you are keen.

    We could supply weekly vids for you guys to embed, each of our inserts are about 3min long, we have interviewed local and INT celebs and have regular set visits on huge film productions, so all in all it would be pretty cool

    I look forward to hearing from you guys
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    Posted by David Pretorius on May 5th, 2010

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