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)