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Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss each compiled a list of 115–120 films that they judged worthy of inclusion and weighed each choice until they agreed on the top 100. [2] The process took about four months. An effort was made to make the list as diverse as possible in terms of directors, actors, countries, and genres represented. [2]
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This poll is regarded as one of the most important "greatest ever film" lists. American critic Roger Ebert described it as "by far the most respected of the countless polls of great movies—the only one most serious movie people take seriously." [2] Bicycle Thieves (1948) topped the first poll in 1952 with 25 votes. [1]
If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title.. Competitive Academy Awards are separated from non-competitive Awards; as such, any films that were awarded a non-competitive award will be shown in brackets next to the number of competitive wins.
In 2022, Time Out named North by Northwest the greatest thriller film ever made. [76] Time called the film "smoothly troweled and thoroughly entertaining". [77] A. H. Weiler of The New York Times made it a "Critic's Pick" and said it was the "year's most scenic, intriguing and merriest chase"; he also complimented the two leads:
The Graduate (1967) One of the films that kickstarted the New Hollywood Cinema era, The Graduate may have won director Mike Nichols an Oscar, but it ultimately lost out to Norman Jewison’s In ...
When Warner Brothers’ movie, “Casablanca,” was released nationally on Jan. 23, 1943, to coincide with a war-time meeting of President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston ...
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...