The 100 Best Films in Cinema History

Although well-known distrust of moviegoers against so-called ratings or rankings, the staff of The Cibicida he still wanted to compile a top 100 of the best movies in cinema history, accepting that which is critical for any more than an arduous . Of course in choosing the films to be included on the Committee moved according to certain criteria that would be impossible to explain now. It ’s almost a duty to mention all those movies that reluctantly and with some suffering the Committee found no place in this ranking: Noon, Unknown thieves, exorcism, Quo Vadis, MASH, Manhattan, Fargo, The Wife Del Soldato, The Crimson Pirate, Goodfellas, Blue Velvet, JFK, The Razor’s Edge, Rebecca the First Wife, Perfect Strangers, Born July 4, Deep Red, Dances With Wolves, Ed Wood, The Army Of the 12 Monkeys, AI, Philadelphia, Star Wars, War Zone, Mediterranean, Heat, Twentieth Century, Birth of a Nation, The Graduate, The 25th Hour, Riff Raff, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Untouchables, Alien, West Side Story , Divorce Italian Style, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Doctor Zhivago, The Blues Brothers – and many others. Once this introductory parentheses wish you a good read, in the hope that our choices are to your liking. Thanks.
- Ranking – movie title – director – year -

l00 All About My Mother – P. Almodovar – 1999
99 Platoon  - O. Stone – 1986
98 Existenz  - D. Cronenberg – 1999
97 La Ronde – M. Ophuls – 1950
96 Underground  - E. Kusturika – 1995
95 Best Years Of Our Lives – W. Wyler – 1946
94 Frankenstein – J. Wale – 1931
93 Wings – W. Wenders – 1987
92 Nuovo Cinema Paradiso  - G. Tornatore – 1988
91 The Kingdom – L. Von Trier – 1995
90 Scarface – B. De Palma – 1983
89 Soldier Blue – R. Nelson – 1970
88 Seven – D. Fincher – 1995
87 Life is Beautiful – R. Benigni – 1997
86 The Big Lebowski – J. Coen – 1998
85 Gone With The Wind – V. Fleming – 1939
84 The Overtaking – D. Risi – 1962
83 Bram Stoker’s Dracula – FF Coppola – 1992
82 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – R. Vienna – 1920
81 The Birds  - A. Hitchcock – 1963
80 M – Monster of Dusseldorf – F. Lang – 1931
79 Raging Bull – M. Scorsese – 1980
78 Life Is Wonderful – F. Capra – 1946
77 Red Lantern – Z. Yimou – 1991
76 Ordet – Dreyer CT – 1955
75 The Great War – M. Monicelli – 1959
74 Di Bella Day  - L. Bunuel – 1968
73 Rear Window – A. Hitchcock – 1954
72 The Ballad Of Stroszek – W. Herzog – 1977
71 Rebel Without a Cause – No Ray – 1955
70 Senso  - L. Visconti – 1954
69 Mulholland Drive – D. Lynch – 2001
68 ET The Extraterrestrial – S. Spielberg – 1982
67 Lulu – GW Pabst – 1928
66 Wild Trails – J. Ford – 1956
65 Stagecoach – J. Ford – 1939
64 The Conformist – B. Bertolucci – 1970
63 Rocco and His Brothers – L. Visconti – 1960
62 City Lights – Charlie Chaplin – 1931
61 Peeping Tom – M. Powell – 1960
60 Ben Hur – W. Wyler – 1959
59 Blow-Up – M. Antonioni’s – 1966
58 Lawrence of Arabia – D. Lean – 1962
57 The Bridge On The River Kwai – D. Lean – 1957
56 Rome, Open City – R. Rossellini – 1942
55 Notorious – A. Hitchcock – 1946
54 Day For Night – F. Truffaut – 1973
53 Rosemary’s Baby – R. Polanski – 1967
52 Modern Times  - C. Chaplin – 1936
51 rapacity – E. Von Stroheim – 1925
50 Freaks – T. Browning – 1932
49 Dracula – T. Browning – 1931
48 The Ten Commandments – K. Kieslowski – 1989
47 The Blue Angel – J. Von Sternberg – 1930
46 On the Waterfront – E. Kazan – 1954
45 Pulp Fiction – Q. Tarantino – 1994
44 The Battleship Potemkin – MS. Eisenstein – 1925
42 Full Metal Jacket – S. Kubrick – 1987
41 Some Like It Hot – B. Wilder – 1959
40 Barry Lyndon  - S. Kubrick – 1975
39 Easy Riders – D. Hopper – 1969
38 Casablanca  - M. Curtiz – 1942
37 Paths of Glory – S. Kubrick – 1957
Schindler’s List 36 – S. Spielberg – 1933
35 Blade Runner – R. Scott – 1982
34 Rashomon  - A. Kurosawa – 1950
33 The Godfather Part II – FF Coppola – 1974
32 8 ½ – F. Fellini – 1963
31 Once Upon A Time In The West – S. Lion – 1969
30 Fight Club – D. Fincher – 1999
29 Metropolis  - F. Lang – 1926
28 The Great Illusion – J. Renoir – 1937
27 The Elephant Man – D. Lynch – 1980
26 Chinatown – R. Polanski – 1974
25 Shining – S. Kubrick – 1980
24 The 400 Blows – F. Truffaut – 1959
23 The Hunter  - M. Cimino – 1979
22 The Seven Samurai – A. Kurosawa – 1954
21 Bicycle Thieves – V. De Sica – 1948
20 Alexander Nevsky  - SM Eisenstein – 1938
19 The Silence of the Lambs – J. Demme – 1991
18 Wild Strawberries – I. Bergman – 1957
17 Brazil  - T. Gilliam – 1985
16 North by Northwest – A. Hitchcock – 1959
15 Dr. Strangelove – S. Kubrick – 1964
14 Nosferatu – FW Murnau – 1922
13 One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest – M. Forman – 1975
12 The Woman Who Lived Twice – A. Hitchcock – 1958
11 The Godfather – FF Coppola – 1972
10 Taxi Driver – M. Scorsese – 1976
9 Clockwork Orange – S. Kubrick – 1971
Psycho 8 – A. Hitchcock – 1960
7 La Dolce Vita – F. Fellini – 1960
6 Kane – O. Welles – 1941
5 Sunset Boulevard – B. Wilder – 1950
4 Once Upon A Time In America – S. Lion – 1984
3 The Seventh Seal – I. Bergman – 1956
2 Apocalypse Now  - FF Coppola – 1979
1 2001: A Space Odyssey – S. Kubrick – 1968