“846 critics and 358 film directors all voted”
That’s all I needed to read.
Neither of them is on my list of good movies.
Yentl should have made the top 5. /s
The Godfather.
And how is Apocalypse Now higher on the list? These people are on drugs.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure? Hello!
I never got the fuss about “Citizen Kane”. I found it good, but not great, certainly not the “greatest”. Thought I might be missing something, and gave it a second and a third chance. Doesn’t work for me.
War and Peace, 1973 (TV series), based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy; John Howard Davies, director; Anthony Hopkins as PierreI also recommend all of the novels on which these movies are based.Pride and Prejudice, 1995 (TV series), based on the novel by Jane Austen; Simon Langton, director; Jennifer Ehle; Colin Firth
Shichinin no samurai (Seven Samurai), 1954: Akira Kurosawa, director
I, Claudius, 1976 (TV series), based on the novel by Robert Graves; Herbert Wise, director; Derek Jacobi; Sian Phillips
Gone with the Wind, 1939, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland
Tomorrow, 1972 (TV), based on the short story by William Faulkner; Joseph Anthony, II, director; Robert Duvall
Los Olvidados, 1950; Luis Bunuel, director
East of Eden, 1955, based on the novel by John Steinbeck; Elia Kazan, director; James Dean; Julie Harris
The Godfather, Part I, 1972, based on the novel by Mario Puzo: Francis Ford Coppola, director; Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
The Godfather, Part II, 1974: Francis Ford Coppola, director; Al Pacino, Robert Duvall
My favorites didn’t make the list. Casablanca and High Noon.
Alfred Hitchcock was embittered at the critical and commercial failure of the film in 1958. He blamed this on James Stewart for "looking too old" to attract audiences any more. Hitchcock never worked with Stewart, previously one of his favorite collaborators, again.
It's good to see poor Jimmy Stewart vindicated.
Ridiculous. Vertigo isn’t even Hitchcock’s best film.
James Stewart is my favorite actor and I’m always pretty keen on Hitchcock, but “Vertigo” was never particularly a favorite of mine. Been many years since I last saw it, but I always thought it a bit uneven and far-fetched.
As for “Citizen Kane,” well, it’s nowhere near the top in terms of entertainment, but I could always understand why the critics put it on a pedestal. Especially if one puts it in its historical context of 1941, when it would have seemed wildly innovative, in so many different ways, from structure (flashbacks) to little things like showing off ceilings, etc. You could just see how its influence started to affect films immediately.
Coincidentally, Turner Classic Movies is airing it this evening at 8:00pm Eastern. Watch it once, and marvel.
This list is worthless.
America owns the movies. Sorry, Europe. Sorry, World. Your “films” are giant sucking soporific exercises in tedium and self-indulgence.
You’re still learning... slowly. You should stick to painting, piano, and pastry.
The only movies on this list that are any good are the American ones. Except, oddly enough, “Citizen Kane” and “Vertigo.” Which both drip with unfortunate European influences.
(P.S. Don’t say Hitchcock was a Brit. He came to America to make American movies. And he learned how.)
Vertigo isn’t even Hitchcock’s best...The Birds and Psycho are both better films.
Citizen Kane is AMAZING. I’ve seen it over thirty times and every time I watch it...I see something new for me.
Just another opinion...yours may be different...that’s baseball.
I thought Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest” was better than “Vertigo”. Of course, I’m a Cary Grant and James Mason fan.
And the real best movie ever made, Casablanca, doesn’t make the top 50. Oh, well. Everyone has an opinion.
“Best of” lists are always funny as hell but the voters of this poll are collectively the most pretentious bunch I have seen in a long,long time. I defy anyone to watch these top ten and not snooze through at least 4 of the films.
The best thing about Vertigo, is that it inspired High Anxiety.