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Note that this list is in a constant state of flux. If you check back in a few weeks, don't be surprised to find it drastically different. I change it every time I look at it...

Shadows all-time top 100 films

  1. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 56)
  2. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 41)
  3. The Stunt Man (Richard Rush, 80) Shadows review
  4. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 54) Shadows review
  5. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 79) Shadows review
  6. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 74) Shadows review
  7. Star Wars (Lucas, Kershner, Marquand, 77-05) Shadows review
  8. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 58) Shadows review
  9. Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 01) Shadows review
  10. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 46) Shadows review
  11. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 86)
  12. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 31)
  13. Sunrise (FW Murnau, 27) Shadows review
  14. The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, 01-03) Shadows review
  15. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 55) Shadows review
  16. The Nights of Cabiria (Federico Fellini, 57) Shadows review
  17. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 72-90)
  18. Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 85)
  19. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 40)
  20. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 43)
  21. E.T., The Extra-terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 82) Shadows review
  22. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 71) Shadows review
  23. Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 55)
  24. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 51)
  25. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 60)
  26. Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 52)
  27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 81)
  28. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 58) Shadows review
  29. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 53) Shadows review
  30. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 60) Shadows review
  31. Being There (Hal Ashby, 79)
  32. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 74)
  33. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 69)
  34. Some Like it Hot (Billy Wilder, 59) Shadows review
  35. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 79)
  36. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 98) Shadows review
  37. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 36)
  38. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 99) Shadows review
  39. Dr Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 64)
  40. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 39)
  41. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 60) Shadows review
  42. GoodFellas (Martin Scorcese, 90)
  43. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 35)
  44. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 79)
  45. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 59) Shadows review
  46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 04) Shadows review
  47. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 95)
  48. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 00) Shadows review
  49. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 99) Shadows review
  50. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 68)
  51. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 87)
  52. Fargo (Joel Coen, 96)
  53. Dead Man Walking (Tim Robbins, 95)
  54. Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears, 88)
  55. The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock, 56)
  56. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 54)
  57. Smoke (Wayne Wang, 95)
  58. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 96)
  59. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 46)
  60. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 85)
  61. The Piano (Jane Campion, 93)
  62. Raging Bull (Martin Scorcese, 80)
  63. Limelight (Charles Chaplin, 35)
  64. Lenny (Bob Fosse, 76)
  65. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 98)
  66. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 86)
  67. Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, 81)
  68. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Foreman, 75)
  69. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 97)
  70. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 62)
  71. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 84) Shadows review
  72. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 48)
  73. A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 51)
  74. Reds (Warren Beatty, 81)
  75. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe, 84)
  76. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 34)
  77. The Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 54)
  78. Amadeus (Milos Foreman, 84) Shadows review
  79. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 71)
  80. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 74)
  81. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 72)
  82. My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan, 89)
  83. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 89)
  84. Drugstore Cowboy (Gus Van Sant, 89)
  85. The Untouchables (Brian DePalma, 87)
  86. Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 86)
  87. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 33)
  88. Tess (Roman Polanski, 80)
  89. Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 89)
  90. All that Jazz (Bob Fosse, 79)
  91. Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam, 81)
  92. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 89)
  93. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorcese, 76)
  94. All About Eve (Joe Mankiewicz, 50)
  95. The Colour of Paradise (Majid Majidi, 99) Shadows review
  96. Blow Out (Brian DePalma, 81)
  97. Blood Simple (Joel Coen, 83)
  98. The Mission (Roland Joffe, 86)
  99. Airplane! (Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, 80)
  100. Kiss of the Spider Woman (Hector Babenco, 85)

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