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The movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their cinematic greatness from a directing/writing perspective. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
100 Most Influential Films of All Time. This list is constructed for an introductory art appreciation class to debate the history of film aesthetics, development of genres, and social impact that film has had on American culture.
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- The Graduate (1967) Mike Nichols’ indelible comedy of alienation is that rare thing, a movie that really does define a generation. That’s because there has never been another movie like it (and no, “Rushmore” doesn’t count).
- 12 Angry Men (1957) How elemental — and riveting — is this: an entire courtroom drama set inside the jury room, where Henry Fonda, as the only member of the jury who suspects that a teenage defendant might not be guilty of murder, questions, cajoles and gradually convinces his fellow jurors to look more closely at the evidence.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) You never forget your first. That may be how many American art-house habituésthink of Pedro Almodóvar’s riotous comedy.
- Alien (1979) A smothering tentacled thingy attaches itself to an astronaut’s face. Several scenes later, an alien fetus erupts right out of his belly, and the cinema would never be the same.
Welcome to Cinema Appreciation. This list of the 100 Most Influential Films of All Time is designed as an introduction to cinema appreciation and the impact that film has had on American art, culture and civilization.
Dec 6, 2022 · Films that have been knocked out of the top 100 include D.W. Griffith ’s Intolerance (1916), David Lean ’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Roman Polanski ’s Chinatown (1974), Francis Ford Coppola ’s...
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There are 106 films in this list, with Olympia (1938; directed by Leni Riefenstahl ), The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959; Satyajit Ray ), The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (1972, 1974; Francis Ford Coppola ), and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–03; Peter Jackson) each listed as single entries. [3]
