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Daniel Garris' List of 500 Really, Really Good Films


A list of my 500 favorite films of all-time, with film images included.

The list of 500 films is broken down into groups of 50, based on my order of preference, with films in each group of 50 being ordered by year of release.

Films 1 - 50

Films 51 - 100

Films 101 - 150

Films 151 - 200

Films 201 - 250

Films 251 - 300

Films 301 - 350

Films 351 - 400

Films 401 - 450

Films 451 - 500

Text Only Version



Films 1 - 50

Intolerance (1916)
Intolerance (1916)
- Directed by D.W. Griffith

The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
- Directed by Charles Chaplin

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Directed by Victor Fleming

The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
- Directed by Charles Chaplin

Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
- Directed by Hamilton Luske /
Ben Sharpsteen

Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
- Directed by Orson Welles

Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
- Directed by Michael Curtiz

Ivan Groznyy I & II (1944/1958)
Ivan Groznyy I & II (1944/1958)
- Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein

Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
- Directed by Roberto Rossellini

Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Directed by Vittorio De Sica

Rashômon (1950)
Rashômon (1950)
- Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- Directed by Stanley Donen / Gene Kelly

Tokyo Monogatari (1953)
Tokyo Monogatari (1953)
- Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

La Strada (1954)
La Strada (1954)
- Directed by Federico Fellini

Ordet (1955)
Ordet (1955)
- Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Directed by Nicholas Ray

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
- Directed by Ingmar Bergman

Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Directed by Federico Fellini

Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- Directed by John Ford

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Directed by Robert Mulligan

Vivre sa Vie (1962)
Vivre sa Vie (1962)
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

8 1/2 (1963)
8 1/2 (1963)
- Directed by Federico Fellini

Contempt (1963)
Contempt (1963)
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (1966)
- Directed by Sergio Leone

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Conformist (1970)
The Conformist (1970)
- Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick

The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Amarcord (1973)
Amarcord (1973)
- Directed by Federico Fellini

The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Directed by Milos Forman

Rocky (1976)
Rocky (1976)
- Directed by John G. Avildsen

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
- Directed by George Lucas

Stalker (1979)
Stalker (1979)
- Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Directed by Irvin Kershner

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg

Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Schindler's List (1993)
Schindler's List (1993)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick

Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
- Directed by David Fincher

Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
- Directed by Baz Luhrmann

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Directed by Michel Gondry


Films 1 - 50

Films 51 - 100

Films 101 - 150

Films 151 - 200

Films 201 - 250

Films 251 - 300

Films 301 - 350

Films 351 - 400

Films 401 - 450

Films 451 - 500





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