Los Angeles Times 129 'Best' Films: Rich, Risky and Enduring |
Peter Rainer, President of the National Society of Film Critics and former LA Times film critic published this list on April 17th, 2005 in the LA Times. The list put together by Mr. Rainer does a good job in compiling a great film fan listing. Of course, like many others, does not risk ranking them in order of preference (or greatness) he simply alphabetizes them. A simple approach as we know it does take time to dissect which film belongs ahead or behind another. Well, he must of been much too busy. Don't fret Mr. Rainer, they're still great movies. |
Auuirre, The Wrath of God (1972) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Alexander Nevsky (1938) The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), The World of Apu (1959) A Short Film About Killing (1988) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) The Band Wagon (1953) The Battle of Algiers (1965) Beauty and the Beast (1946) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) The Bicycle Thief (1947) The Big Sleep (1946) The Birth of a Nation (1915) Blue Velvet (1986) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Breathless (1959) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Broken Blossoms (1919) Cabaret (1972) Carrie (1972) Children of Paradise (1945) Chimes at Midnight/Falstaff (1966) Chinatown (1974) Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) City Lights (1931) Crumb (1994) Day of Wrath (1943) Dead of Night (1945) Diary of a Country Priest (1950) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Double Indemnity (1944) Dr. Strangelove... (1964) Duck Soup (1933) The Earrings of Madame De ... (1953) Earth (1930) 8 1/2 (1963) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Enemies, A Love Story (1989) The Entertainer (1960) E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1982) Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask (1972) Freaks (1932) From Here To Eternity (1953) Funny Girl (1968) The General (1927) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) The Godfather (1972) The Godfather, Part II (1974) The Gold Rush (1925) Grand Illusion (1937) The Great Escape (1963) Great Expectations (1946) Henry V (1945) His Girl Friday (1940) Ikiru (1952) Intolerance (1916) Invaders From Mars (1953) It's A Gift (1934) Jaws (1975) The Lady Eve (1941) Lady With A Dog (1959) Last Laugh (1924) La Strada (1954) Last Tango In Paris (1973) L'Atalante (1934) L'Avventura (1960) The Leopard (1963) Local Hero (1983) Lolita (1962) Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) The Long Good Friday (1980) Lost In America (1985) M (1931) The Magic Flute (1974) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Manchurian Candidate 91962) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) The Man With Two Brains (1983) M*A*S*H (1970) McCabe & Mrs. Mille (1971) Mean Streets (1973) Modern Times (1936) Monsieur Verdoux (1947) My Left Foot (1989) My Uncle Antoine (1971) Napoleon (1927) The Night Of The Hunter (1955) North By Northwest (1959) Nosferatu (1922) The Nun's Story (1959) On The Waterfront (1954) Orpheus (1949) The Palm Beach Story (1942) The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928) Pennies From Heaven (1981) Pinocchio (1940) Psycho (1960) The Rules Of The Game (1939) The Seven Samurai 91954) Singin' In The Rain (1952) Smiles Of A Summer Night (1955) Some Like It Hot (1959) The Sorrow And The Pity (1970) Sounder (1972) Spirited Away (2001) Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) The Story Of Adele H. (1975) Strangers On A Train (1951) Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) Taxi Driver (1975) The Third Man (1949) Time Out (2001) To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Tokyo Story (1953) Topsy-Turvy (1999) The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) The Triplets Of Belleville (2003) Triumph Of The Will (1935) Umberto D (1952) Vanya On 42nd Street (1994) Vertigo (1958) Waiting For Guffman (1997) Way Out West (1937) The Wild Bunch (1969) The Wild Child (1970) The Wizard Of Oz (1939) Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988) |
