Top 100 Films

Below is the New List of "Top 100 Films"; 100 Each from before 1973, 1973-1998, and 1998-2018.
Key: Rank. Title (Year) Director (and rank on over-all list of top 100)

Pre-1973

1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra (1)
2. Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock (4)
3. Fiddler on the Roof (1971) Norman Jewison (9)
4. North by Northwest (1959) Alfred Hitchcock (10)
5. A Shot In the Dark (1964) Blake Edwards (11)
6. Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock (19)
7. Wizard of Oz (1939) Victor Fleming (21)
8. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Alfred Hitchcock (23)
9. Singing in the Rain (1952) Stanley Donen (25)
10.Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock (26)
11. The Jungle Book (1967) Wolfgang Reitherman (28)
      (One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
      (Aristocats (1970)
      (The Sword in the Stone (1963)
12. The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin (32)
13. Mary Poppins (1964) Robert Stevenson (35)
14. The Birds (1963) Alfred Hitchcock (36)
15. The Sound of Music (1965) Robert Wise (40)
16. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Frank Capra (43)
17. Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock (47)
18. You Can't Take It With You (1938) Frank Capra (51)
19. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtis (52)
20. High Noon (1952) Fred Zinnemann (57)
21. Fantasia (1940) (60)
     (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
     (Pinocchio (1940)
     (Bambi (1942)
     (Dumbo (1941)
22. The African Queen (1951) John Huston (62)
23. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) James Whale (69)
24. Seven Samurai (1954) Akira Kurosawa (70)
25. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) George Roy Hill (71)
26. Dr. Strangelove (1964) Stanley Kubrick (73)
27. To Catch a Thief (1955) Alfred Hitchcock (77)
28. The Maltese Falcon (1941) John Huston (83)
29. Rosemary's Baby (1968) Roman Polanski (84)
30. The Searchers (1956) John Ford (85)
31. Rashomon (1950) Akira Kurosawa (89)
32. Rope (1948) Alfred Hitchcock (91)
33. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Otto Preminger
    ( Touch of Evil (1958) Orson Wells)
     (12 Angry Men (1957) Sidney Lumet)
34. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean
35. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Robert Wise
36. City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin
37. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Alfred Hitchcock
38. Modern Times (1936) Charlie Chaplin
39. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967) Sergio Leone
    ( A Fist Full of Dollars (1964) Sergio Leone)
    ( For a Few Dollars More (1966) Sergio Leone)
40. Sleeping Beauty (1959) Disney)
     (Lady and the Tramp (1955) Disney)
     (Cinderella (1950) Disney)
     (Alice in Wonderland (1951) Disney)
     (Peter Pan (1953)  Disney)
41. Stagecoach (1939) John Ford
42. Yojimbo (1961) Akira Kurosawa
     (Sanjuro (1962) Akira Kurosawa)
43. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
     ("The Godfather Part 2" (1974) Francis Ford Coppola)
44. The Lady Vanishes (1939) Alfred Hitchcock
45. Romeo and Juliet (1968) Franco Zeffirelli
46. The Pink Panther (1963) Blake Edwards
47. "From Russia with Love" (1963) Terence Young
    ( "Goldfinger" (1964) Guy Hamilton)
    ( "Dr. No" (1962) Terence Young)
    ( "Thunderball" (1965) Terence Young)
48. Lost Horizon (1937) Frank Capra
49. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) F.W. Murnau
50. Planet of the Apes (1967) Franklin j. Schaffner
51. Dracula (1931) Tod Browning
     (Dracula (1931) Eduardo Arozamena)
52. The 39 Steps (1935) Hitchcock
53. Bringing Up Baby (1938) Howard Hawks
54. Frankenstein (1931) James Whale
55. Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) Roman Polanski
56. The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder
57. The Great Escape (1963) John Sturges
58. Dracula (1958) Terence Fisher
59. Rio Bravo (1959) Howard Hawks
60. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Hitchcock
61. Sunset Boulevard (1950) Billy Wilder
62. Blackmail (1929) Alfred Hitchock
63. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) Hitchcock
64. The Philadelphia Story (1940) George Cukor
65. The Magnificent Seven (1960) John Sturges
66. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick
67. Strangers on a Train (1951) Alfred Hitchcock
68. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Jack Arnold
69. Charade (1963) Stanley Donen
70. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) Alan Rafkin
71. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Charles Barton
72. It Happened One Night (1934) Frank Capra
73. Duck Soup (1933) Leo McCarey
74. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) George Roy Hill
75. A Hard Day's Night (1964) Richard Lester
76. Peeping Tom (1960) Michael Powell
77. Son of Frankenstein (1939) Lambert Hillyer
78. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) Fielder Cook
79. Suspicion (1941) Alfred Hitchcock
80. The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) Chuck Jones
81.  The Trouble with Harry (1955) Alfred Hitchcock
82.  Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) Mel Stuart
83. The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) Alan Rafkin
84. King Kong (1933) Cooper & Shoedsack
85. Gojira (1954) Ishoro Honda
86. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick
87. Hello Dolly! (1969) Gene Kelly
88.  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Stanley Kramer
89. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston
90. Wait Until Dark (1967) Terence Young
91. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Frank Capra
92. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock
93. How the West Was Won (1963) George Marshall, Henry Hathaway, and John Ford
94. The Parent Trap (1961) David Swift
95. Winchester '73 (1950) Anthony Mann
    (Bend of the River (1952) Anthony Mann)
    (The Naked Spur (1953) Anthony Mann)
    (The Far Country (1954) Anthony Mann)
    (The Man from Laramie (1955) Anthony Mann)
96. In the Heat of the Night (1967) Norman Jewison
97. Hatari! (1962) Howard Hawks
98. Spellbound (1945) Alfred Hitchcock
99. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) John Ford
100. Cat Balloo (1965) Elliot Silverstein

1973-1998

1. Amadeus Milos Forman (2)
2. Chariots of Fire Hugh Hudson (3)
3. Raiders of the Lost ArkSteven Spielberg (5)
    (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Steven Spielberg)
    (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Steven Spielberg)
4. The Mission (1986) Roland Joffe (7)
5. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Lawrence Kasdan (8)
    (Star Wars (1977) George Lucas)
    (Return of the Jedi (1983) Richard Marquand)
6. Dead Poets Society (1989) Peter Weir (14)
7. Anne of Green Gables (1985) Kevin Sullivan (16)
    (Anne of Avonlea (1987) Kevin Sullivan)
8. Babe (1995) Chris Noonan (20)
9. Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg (22)
10. A Christmas Carol (1984) Clive Donner (30)
11. Dark City (1998) Alex Proyas (31)
12. A River Runs Through It (1992) Robert Redford (33)
13. Saving Private Ryan (1998) Steven Spielberg (34)
14. Batman (1989) Tim Burton (37)
     Batman Returns (1992) Tim Burton
15. Braveheart (1995) Mel Gibson (41)
16. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) Disney (44)
     The Aristocats (1970)
     Robin Hood (1973)
     The Rescuers (1977)
17. Back to the Future (1985) Robert Zemeckis (46)
18. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Francis Ford Coppola (49)
19. Beauty and the Beast (1991) Tousdale & Wise (53)
     (The Lion King (1994) Allers & Minkof)
     (The Little Mermaid (1989) Clemens & Musker)
     (Aladdin (1992) Clemens and Musker)
     (Rescuers Down Under (1990) Gabriel)
20. The Truman Show (1998) Peter Weir (54)
21. Forrest Gump (1994) Robert Zemeckis (59)
22. Blade Runner (1982) (61)
23. Dances with Wolves (1990) Kevin Costner (65)
24. Contact (1997) Robert Zemeckis (67)
25. Edward Sissorhands (1990) Tim Burton (68)
26. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) Barry Levinson (74)
27. The Princess Bride (1987) (75)
28. A Christmas Story (1983) Bob Clark (76)
29. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Jonathan Demme (80)
30. Murder By Death (1976) Robert Moore (82)
31. Jaws (1975) Steven Spielberg (87)
32. Fright Night (1985) Tom Holland (90)
33. Die Hard (1988) John McTiernan (93)
34. Miller's Crossing (1990) Coen Brothers (95)
35. L.A. Confidential (1997) Curtis Hanson (96)
36. The Fifth Element (1997) Luc Besson (97)
37. The Big Lebowski (1998) Coen Brothers (98)
38. When Harry Met Sally (1989) Rob Reiner (99)
39. Fargo (1996) The Coen Brothers (100)
40. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter
41. Jurassic Park (1993) Steven Spielburg
42. The Sting (1973) George Roy Hill
43. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Michael Mann
44. French Kiss (1995) Lawrence Kasdan
45. Witness (1985) Peter Weir
46. Romeo + Juliet (1996) Baz Luhrman
47. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Blake Edwards
48. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) Terry Gilliam
49. Chinatown (1974) Roman Polanski
50. Die unendliche Geschichte (1984) Wolfgang Peterson
51. Swing Kids (1993) Thomas Carter
52. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) John Carpenter
53. Karate Kid (1984) John G. Avidsen
54. The Great Muppet Caper (1981) Jim Henson
55. Young Frankenstein (1974) Mel Brooks
56. Labyrinth (1986) Jim Henson
57. The Great Mouse Detective (1986) Clements & Musker
58. Emma (1996) Douglas McGrath
59. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) Werner Herzog
60. The Lost Boys (1987) Joel Schumacher
61. Death on the Nile (1978) John Guillermin
62. The Muppet Movie (1979) James Frawley
63. Evil Under the Sun (1982) Guy Hamilton
64. The Three Amigos! (1986) John Landis
65. Ghostbusters (1984) Ivan Reitman
66. Hunt for the Red October (1990) John McTiernen
67. Wargames (1983) John Badham
68. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Kenneth Branagh
69. Innerspace (1987) Joe Dante
70. Scream (1996) Wes Craven
71. Silverado (1985) Lawrence Kasdan
72. Beetlejuice (1988) Tim Burton
73. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki
74. Men In Black (1997) Barry Sonnenfeld
75. Hoosiers (1986) David Anspaugh
76. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Sidney Lumet
77. Star Gate (1994) Roland Emmerich
78. Raising Arizona (1987) Coen Brothers
79. Glory (1988) Edward Zwick
80. Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh
81. Pulp Fiction (1994) Quentin Tarantino
82. Blood Simple (1984) Coen Brothers
83. Frighteners (1996) Peter Jackson
84. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) Frank Ox
85. Sense and Sensibility (1995) Ang Lee
    (Pride and Prejudice (1995) Simon Langton)
86. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Jay Roach
87. Fools Rush In (1997) Andy Tennant
88. Gattaca (1997) Andrew Niccol
89. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Charles Crichton
90. Alien (1979) Ridley Scott
91. Candyman (1992) Bernard Rose
92. Arachnophobia (1990) Frank Marshall
93. The Untouchables (1987) Brian De Palma
94. The Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978) Blake Edwards
    (The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) Blake Edwards)
95. A Few Good Men (1992) Rob Reiner
96. Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn (1982) Nicholas Meyer
    (ST: First Contact (1996) Jonathan Frakes)
    (ST: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Nicholas Meyer)
    (ST: The Voyage Home (1986) Leonard Nemoy)
    (ST: Generations (1994) David Carson)
97. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Nora Ephron
98. Home Alone (1990) Chris Columbus
99. The Witches (1990) Nicholas Roeg
100. The Living Daylights (1987) John Glen

1998-2018

1. Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Peter Jackson (6)
    Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (2003) Peter Jackson
    Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002) Peter Jackson
2. El Laberinto del Fauno (2006) Guillermo Del Toro (12)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuarón (13)
    (HP and the Deathly Hallows P2 (2011) David Yates)
    (HP and the Deathly Hallows P1 (2010) David Yates)
    (HP and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Chris Columbus)
    (HP and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) David Yates)
    (HP and the Order of th Phoenix (2007) David Yates)
    (HP and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Chris Columbus)
    (HP and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Mike Newell)
4. The Matrix (1999) Wachowsky Brothers (15)
5. Minority Report (2002) Steven Spielberg (17)
6. The Iron Giant (1999) Brad Bird (18)
7. Signs (2002) M. Night Shyamalan (24)
8. Toy Story 3 (2010) Lee Unkrich (27)
     Toy Story 2 (1999) John Lasseter
9. Inside Out (2015) Pete Doctor (27)
     The Incredibles (2004) Brad Bird
     Ratatouille (2007) Brad Bird
     Up (2009) Pete Doctor
     Finding Nemo (2003) Andrew Stanton
     Wall-E (2008) Andrew Stanton
10. True Grit (2010) Coen Brothers (29)
11. The Village (2004) M. Night Shyamalan (24)
12. Rango (2011) Gore Verbinski (38)
13. The Sixth Sense (1999) M. Night Shyamalan (24)
14. Batman Begins (2005) Christopher Nolan (39)
     The Dark Knight (2008) Christopher Nolan
     The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Christopher Nolan
15. Doctor Strange (2016) Scott Derrickson (42)
16. Brick (2005) Ryan Johnson (45)
17. Big Fish (2003) Tim Burton (48)
18. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Andrew Adamson (50)
19. How To Train Your Dragon (2010) Sanders & DeBlois (55)
     (How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) DeBlois)
     (How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) DeBlois)
20. Coraline (2009) Henry Selick (56)
21. The Lego Batman Movie (2017) (58)
22. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit (2005) (63)
23. Sleepy Hollow (1999) Tim Burton (64)
24. No Country for Old Men (2007) Coen Bros (66)
25. Skyfall (2012) Sam Mendes (72)
    ( Casino Royale (2006) Martin Campbell)
    ( Spectre (2015) Sam Mendes)
    ( Quantum of Solace (2008) Marc Foster)
26. It: Chapter One (2017) Andrew Muschietti (77)
27. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) James Gunn (78)
     Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) James Gunn (78)
28. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Taika Waititi (79)
29. Inception (2010) Christopher Nolan (81)
30. O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) Coen Brothers (86)
31. About Time (2013) Richard Curtis (88)
32. Interstellar (2014) Christopher Nolan (92)
33. Inglorious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino (94)
34. Moulin Rouge! (2001) Baz Luhrman
35. Munich (2005) Steven Spielberg
36. Zootopia (2016) Byron Howard & Rich Moore
37. Frankenweenie (2012) Tim Burton
38. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Hiromasa Yonebayashi
39. Wreck It Ralph (2012) Rich Moore
40. What We Do in the Shadows (2015) Taika Waititi
41. Chicken Run (2000) Nick Park
42. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee
43. Warm Bodies (2013) Jonathan Levine
44. The Tree of Life (2011) Terence Malick
45. Midnight in Paris (2011) Woody Allen
46. Down with Love (2003) Payton Reed
47. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (2011) Thomas Alfredson
48. "The Ninth Gate" (2000) Roman Polanski
49. End of the Spear (2006) Jim Hanon
50. The Peanuts Movie (2015) Steve Martino
51. Argo (2012) Ben Afflack
52. Monster vs. Aliens (2009) Rob Letterman
53. Ponyo (2008) Hayao Miyazaki
54. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Joe Johnston
    ( Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) Russo Brothers)
    ( Captain America: Civil War (2016) Russo Brothers )
55. Serenity (2005) Joss Whedon
56. Children of Men (2006) Alfonso Cuaron
57. Chocolat (2000) Lasse Halström
58. The Ring (2002) Gore Verbinski
59. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Spielberg
60. Tarzan (1999) Chris Buck
61. Unbreakable (2000) M. Night Shyamalan
62. The Muppets (2011) James Bobin
63. Shaun of the Dead (2004) Edgar Wright
64. The Bourne Identity (2002) Doug Liman
     (The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Paul Greengrass)
     (The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Paul Greengrass)
65. Hail, Caesar! (2016) The Coen Brothers
66. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) George Miller
67. Pirates! A Band of Misfits (2012) Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
68. Babadook (2014) Jennifer Kent
69. Crimson Peak (2015) Guillermo Del Toro
70. Nanny McFee (2005) Kirk Jones
71. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) E. Elias Merhige
72. Hellboy (2004) Guillermo Del Toro
     (Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Guillermo Del Toro)
73. Monster House (2006) Gil Kenan
74. Super 8 (2011) J.J. Abrams
75. The Insider (1999) Michael Mann
76. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) Edgar Wright
77. Cabin in the Woods (2012) Drew Goddard
78. Ocean's Eleven (2001) Steven Soderberg
    (Ocean's Twelve (2004) Steven Soderberg)
    (Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Steven Soderberg)
79.  The VVitch: A New England Folktale (2015) Robert Eggers
80. It Follows (2015) David Robert Mitchell
81. The Brothers Bloom (2009) Rian Johnson
82. Sinister (2012) Scott Derrickson
83. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) Eli Craig
84. El Orfanato (2007) Juan Antonio Bayona
85. Muppets Most Wanted (2014) James Bobin
86. Dark Shadows (2012) Tim Burton
87. Frailty (2001) Bill Paxton
88. Amelie (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
89. El Espinazo del Diablo (2001) Guillermo del Toro
90. Get Out (2017) Jordan Peale
91. Bridge of Spies (2015) Steven Spielberg
92. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Garth Jennings
93. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) Scott Glosserman
94. The Book of Eli (2010) The Hughes Bros
95. Das Weiße Band (2009) Michael Hanake
96. The Conjuring (2013) James Wan
97. The Intern (2015) Nancy Meyers
98. Gladiator (2000) Ridley Scott
99. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Gore Verbinski
    (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Gore Verbinski)
    (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Gore Verbinski)
100. The Avengers (2012) Joss Whedon
     The Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Russo Bros
     The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Joss Whedon