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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 posters 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 201 - 250

Napoléon (1927)

Napoléon (1927)
- Directed by Abel Gance

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

The Story of the Last
Chrysanthemums (1939)
- Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- Directed by Michael Powell /
Emeric Pressburger

La Perla (1947)

La Perla (1947)
- Directed by Emilio Fernández

The Band Wagon (1953)

The Band Wagon (1953)
- Directed by Vincente Minnelli

I, Vitelloni (1953)

I, Vitelloni (1953)
- Directed by Federico Fellini

Roman Holiday (1953)

Roman Holiday (1953)
- Directed by William Wyler

North by Northwest (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

The Apartment (1960)

The Apartment (1960)
- Directed by Billy Wilder

A Woman Is a Woman (1961)

A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

The Birds (1963)

The Birds (1963)
- Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad
World (1963)
- Directed by Stanley Kramer

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- Directed by Jacques Demy

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)
- Directed by Fred Zinnemann

The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
- Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

PlayTime (1967)

PlayTime (1967)
- Directed by Jacques Tati

Z (1969)

Z (1969)
- Directed by Costa-Gavras

Catch-22 (1970)

Catch-22 (1970)
- Directed by Mike Nichols

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Directed by Bob Rafelson

Woodstock (1970)

Woodstock (1970)
- Directed by Michael Wadleigh

The Exorcist (1973)

The Exorcist (1973)
- Directed by William Friedkin

That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)

That Most Important Thing:
Love (1975)
- Directed by Andrzej Zulawski

Being There (1979)

Being There (1979)
- Directed by Hal Ashby

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
- Directed by Louis Malle

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

The Thin Blue Line (1988)
- Directed by Errol Morris

Barton Fink (1991)

Barton Fink (1991)
- Directed by Joel Coen

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Directed by Gary Trousdale /
Kirk Wise

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
- Directed by Zhang Yimou

Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Three Colors: Blue (1993)
- Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Directed by Frank Darabont

Babe (1995)

Babe (1995)
- Directed by Chris Noonan

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
- Directed by Milos Forman

Gattaca (1997)

Gattaca (1997)
- Directed by Andrew Niccol

L.A. Confidential (1997)

L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Directed by Curtis Hanson

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The Iron Giant (1999)

The Iron Giant (1999)
- Directed by Brad Bird

The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix (1999)
- Directed by Lana Wachowski /
Lilly Wachowski

American Splendor (2003)

American Splendor (2003)
- Directed by
Shari Springer Berman /
Robert Pulcini

2046 (2004)

2046 (2004)
- Directed by Wong Kar Wai

A Prophet (2009)

A Prophet (2009)
- Directed by Jacques Audiard

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Directed by Peter Jackson

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Interstellar (2014)

Interstellar (2014)
- Directed by Christopher Nolan

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- Directed by Bryan Singer

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Star Wars:
The Force Awakens (2015)
- Directed by J.J. Abrams

Phantom Thread (2017)

Phantom Thread (2017)
- Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Sorry to Bother You (2018)
- Directed by Boots Rileys

Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Three Identical Strangers (2018)
- Directed by Tim Wardle

1917 (2019)

1917 (2019)
- Directed by Sam Mendes


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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