Allen Stewart
Huntington Beach, California, USA
The webmaster and statistical analyst at the Phi-Phenomenon, which analyzes greatest film lists to identify different tastes in films and produce a master list of the 2,500+ best films of all time.
Site: phil-phenomenon
1. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz
2. Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Stanley Kubrick
4. Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg
5. Princess Mononoke (a.k.a Mononoke-hime) (1997) Hayao Miyazaki
6. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
7. The Seven Samurai (a.k.a. Shichinin no samurai) (1954) Akira Kurosawa
8. Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee
9. Ran (1985) Akira Kurosawa
10. Field of Dreams (1989) Phil Alden Robinson
11. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen
12. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Elia Kazan
13. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra
14. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Robert Wise
15. In the Name of the Father (1993) Jim Sheridan
16. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) John Frankenheimer
17. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen
18. Memento (2000) Christopher Nolan
19. Being John Malkovich (1999) Spike Jonze
20. Rashômon (1950) Akira Kurosawa
21. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lewis Milestone
22. Dead Man Walking (1995) Tim Robbins
23. Lone Star (1996) John Sayles
24. Jean de Florette (1986) Claude Berri
25. Good Will Hunting (1997) Gus Van Sant
26. GoodFellas (1990) Martin Scorsese
27. Sunset Blvd (1950) Billy Wilder
28. All about Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
29. Before Sunset (2004) Richard Linklater
30. The African Queen (1951) John Huston
31. Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen
32. The Great Dictator (1940) Charles Chaplin
33. Ikiru (1952) Akira Kurosawa
34. Diva (1980) Jean-Jacques Beineix
35. American History X (1998) Tony Kaye
36. Before the Rain (1994) Milcho Manchevski
37. Million Dollar Baby (2004) Clint Eastwood
38. Kagemusha (1980) Akira Kurosawa
39. Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen
40. Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh
41. Bringing up Baby (1938) Howard Hawks
42. An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Davis Guggenheim
43. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick
44. The Kid Brother (1927) Ted Wilde
45. The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) John Ford
46. Menace II Society (1993) Allen and Albert Hughes
47. Duck Soup (1933) Leo McCarey
48. Dogma (1999) Kevin Smith
49. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Don Coscarelli
50. Sicko (2007) Michael Moore
51. Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen
52. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (a.k.a. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta, Castle in the Sky) (1986) Hayao Miyazaki
53. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (a.k.a. Kaze no tani no Naushika) (1984) Hayao Miyazaki
54. Up (2009) Pete Docter
55. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Frank Capra
56. Kisses (2008) Lance Daly
57. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001) Steven Spielberg
58. The Insider (1999) Michael Mann
59. Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock
60. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles
61. Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone
62. The Sixth Sense (1999) M. Night Shyamalan
63. Of Mice and Men (1939) Lewis Milestone
64. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Ford
65. Richard III (1995) Richard Loncraine
66. Run Lola Run (a.k.a. Lola Rennt) (1998) Tom Tykwer
67. Synecdoche, New York (2008) Charlie Kaufman
68. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Alexander Mackendrick
69. High Fidelity (2000) Stephen Frears
70. Life is Beautiful (a.k.a. La Vita è bella) (1998) Roberto Benigni
71. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont
72. Black Hawk Down (2001) Ridley Scott
73. Sleeper (1973) Woody Allen
74. Nixon (1995) Oliver Stone
75. Bull Durham (1988) Ron Shelton
76. Pleasantville (1998) Gary Ross
77. Adam's Rib (1949) George Cukor
78. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) John Sayles
79. Dead Again (1991) Kenneth Branagh
80. Across the Universe (2007) Julie Taymor
81. Spirited Away (a.k.a. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001) Hayao Miyazaki
82. Ninotchka (1939) Ernst Lubitsch
83. Paths of Glory (1957) Stanley Kubrick
84. The Remains of the Day (1993) James Ivory
85. The Producers (1968) Mel Brooks
86. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Kenneth Branagh
87. Open Your Eyes (a.k.a. Abre los Ojos) (1997) Alejandro Amenábar
88. The Truman Show (1998) Peter Weir
89. L'Atalante (1934) Jean Vigo
90. Wages of Fear (a.k.a. Le Salaire de la peur) (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot
91. Ulee's Gold (1997) Victor Nunez
92. The Return of Martin Guerre (a.k.a. Le Retour de Martin Guerre) (1982) Daniel Vigne
93. Gallipoli (1981) Peter Weir
94. Yojimbo (1961) Akira Kurosawa
95. Shakespeare in Love (1998) John Madden
96. Boys Don't Cry (1999) Kimberly Peirce
97. Les Misérables (1995) Claude Lelouch
98. Fail-Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet
99. Sling Blade (1996) Billy Bob Thornton
100. Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
Huntington Beach, California, USA
The webmaster and statistical analyst at the Phi-Phenomenon, which analyzes greatest film lists to identify different tastes in films and produce a master list of the 2,500+ best films of all time.
Site: phil-phenomenon
1. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz
2. Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen
3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Stanley Kubrick
4. Schindler's List (1993) Steven Spielberg
5. Princess Mononoke (a.k.a Mononoke-hime) (1997) Hayao Miyazaki
6. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
7. The Seven Samurai (a.k.a. Shichinin no samurai) (1954) Akira Kurosawa
8. Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee
9. Ran (1985) Akira Kurosawa
10. Field of Dreams (1989) Phil Alden Robinson
11. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Woody Allen
12. Gentleman's Agreement (1947) Elia Kazan
13. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Frank Capra
14. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Robert Wise
15. In the Name of the Father (1993) Jim Sheridan
16. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) John Frankenheimer
17. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Woody Allen
18. Memento (2000) Christopher Nolan
19. Being John Malkovich (1999) Spike Jonze
20. Rashômon (1950) Akira Kurosawa
21. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lewis Milestone
22. Dead Man Walking (1995) Tim Robbins
23. Lone Star (1996) John Sayles
24. Jean de Florette (1986) Claude Berri
25. Good Will Hunting (1997) Gus Van Sant
26. GoodFellas (1990) Martin Scorsese
27. Sunset Blvd (1950) Billy Wilder
28. All about Eve (1950) Joseph L. Mankiewicz
29. Before Sunset (2004) Richard Linklater
30. The African Queen (1951) John Huston
31. Broadway Danny Rose (1984) Woody Allen
32. The Great Dictator (1940) Charles Chaplin
33. Ikiru (1952) Akira Kurosawa
34. Diva (1980) Jean-Jacques Beineix
35. American History X (1998) Tony Kaye
36. Before the Rain (1994) Milcho Manchevski
37. Million Dollar Baby (2004) Clint Eastwood
38. Kagemusha (1980) Akira Kurosawa
39. Das Boot (1981) Wolfgang Petersen
40. Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh
41. Bringing up Baby (1938) Howard Hawks
42. An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Davis Guggenheim
43. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stanley Kubrick
44. The Kid Brother (1927) Ted Wilde
45. The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) John Ford
46. Menace II Society (1993) Allen and Albert Hughes
47. Duck Soup (1933) Leo McCarey
48. Dogma (1999) Kevin Smith
49. Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Don Coscarelli
50. Sicko (2007) Michael Moore
51. Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen
52. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (a.k.a. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta, Castle in the Sky) (1986) Hayao Miyazaki
53. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (a.k.a. Kaze no tani no Naushika) (1984) Hayao Miyazaki
54. Up (2009) Pete Docter
55. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Frank Capra
56. Kisses (2008) Lance Daly
57. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001) Steven Spielberg
58. The Insider (1999) Michael Mann
59. Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock
60. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson Welles
61. Platoon (1986) Oliver Stone
62. The Sixth Sense (1999) M. Night Shyamalan
63. Of Mice and Men (1939) Lewis Milestone
64. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Ford
65. Richard III (1995) Richard Loncraine
66. Run Lola Run (a.k.a. Lola Rennt) (1998) Tom Tykwer
67. Synecdoche, New York (2008) Charlie Kaufman
68. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Alexander Mackendrick
69. High Fidelity (2000) Stephen Frears
70. Life is Beautiful (a.k.a. La Vita è bella) (1998) Roberto Benigni
71. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont
72. Black Hawk Down (2001) Ridley Scott
73. Sleeper (1973) Woody Allen
74. Nixon (1995) Oliver Stone
75. Bull Durham (1988) Ron Shelton
76. Pleasantville (1998) Gary Ross
77. Adam's Rib (1949) George Cukor
78. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) John Sayles
79. Dead Again (1991) Kenneth Branagh
80. Across the Universe (2007) Julie Taymor
81. Spirited Away (a.k.a. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001) Hayao Miyazaki
82. Ninotchka (1939) Ernst Lubitsch
83. Paths of Glory (1957) Stanley Kubrick
84. The Remains of the Day (1993) James Ivory
85. The Producers (1968) Mel Brooks
86. Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Kenneth Branagh
87. Open Your Eyes (a.k.a. Abre los Ojos) (1997) Alejandro Amenábar
88. The Truman Show (1998) Peter Weir
89. L'Atalante (1934) Jean Vigo
90. Wages of Fear (a.k.a. Le Salaire de la peur) (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot
91. Ulee's Gold (1997) Victor Nunez
92. The Return of Martin Guerre (a.k.a. Le Retour de Martin Guerre) (1982) Daniel Vigne
93. Gallipoli (1981) Peter Weir
94. Yojimbo (1961) Akira Kurosawa
95. Shakespeare in Love (1998) John Madden
96. Boys Don't Cry (1999) Kimberly Peirce
97. Les Misérables (1995) Claude Lelouch
98. Fail-Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet
99. Sling Blade (1996) Billy Bob Thornton
100. Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
