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The Best Films Throughout History By cinephiliac
I'll admit, my tastes run towards the epic, the dramatic and the somewhat dark. But, these are my favorite films in history. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
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1972Francis Ford CoppolaDrama, Period piece, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptation, New Hollywood MoreMarlon Brando, Al Pacino, Alex Rocco, Robert Duvall, Richard Bright, John Martino, Joe Spinell, Victor Rendina, Lenny Montana, Richard S. Castellano, Gianni Russo, Louis Guss, Al Lettieri, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conte, Morgana King, Gabriele Torrei, Tom Rosqui, John Marley, Sofia Coppola, Al Martino, Vincent Trok, Talia Shire, Abe Vigoda, Simonetta Stefanelli, James Caan, John Cazale, Diane Keaton More - 2
1941Orson WellesDrama, Black-and-white, Period piece, Political drama, EpicJoseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Philip Van Zandt, Ray Collins, Harry Shannon, Carl Ekberg, Buddy Swan, Fortunio Bonanova, Alan Ladd, William Alland, Georgia Backus, Dorothy Comingore, Sonny Bupp, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Arthur O'Connell, Everett Sloane, Gus Schilling, Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Walter Sande, Charles Bennett More - 3
1942Michael CurtizDrama, Black-and-white, Romance film, War, Romantic drama, Drama film, Airplanes and airports MoreJohn Qualen, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Dooley Wilson, Helmut Dantine, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Lou Marcelle, Madeleine LeBeau, Conrad Veidt, S.Z. Sakall, Joy Page, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Panzer More - 4
1927Friedrich Wilhelm MurnauDrama, Black-and-white, Silent film, Romance film, Crime fiction, Indie, Romantic drama MoreEddie Boland, J. Farrell MacDonald, George O'Brien, Arthur Housman, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton More - 5
1927Fritz LangDrama, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Thriller, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Silent film, Romance film, Indie, World cinema, Dystopia MoreBrigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Erwin Biswanger, Alfred Abel, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Heinrich George More -
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1933Rouben MamoulianDrama, Black-and-white, Period piece, LGBT, Romance film, Romantic drama, Pre-Code MoreIan Keith, Gustav von Seyffertitz, John Gilbert, David Torrence, Greta Garbo, Reginald Owen, Aubrey Smith, Lewis Stone, Georges Renavent More - 7 2004Paul HaggisDrama, Crime fiction, IndieTony Danza, Art Chudabala, Thandie Newton, Dato Bakhtadze, Billy Gallo, William Fichtner, Loretta Devine, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Esposito, Marina Sirtis, Don Cheadle, Terrence Howard, Sandra Bullock, Keith David, Karina Arroyave, Ime N. Etuk, Eddie J. Fernandez More
- 8 1939Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, George CukorDrama, Costume drama, Period piece, Romance film, Roadshow theatrical release, War, Romantic drama, Epic, Film adaptation MoreOlivia de Havilland, George Reeves, Cammie King, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, Jack Moran, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, William Bakewell, Victor Jory, Thomas Mitchell, Harry Davenport, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara O'Neil, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Jane Darwell, Ward Bond, Irving Bacon, Yakima Canutt, Cliff Edwards More
- 9 2007Paul Thomas AndersonDrama, Period piece, Psychological thriller, Indie, Film adaptationDavid Willis, Colleen Foy, Ciarán Hinds, Paul Dano, Paul F. Tompkins, Mary Elizabeth Barrett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hope Elizabeth Reeves, Kevin J. O'Connor, Dillon Freasier More
- 10 1994Quentin TarantinoDrama, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, Black comedy, Indie, GangsterDevan Richardson, Alexis Arquette, Uma Thurman, Rich Turner, Burr Steers, Harvey Keitel, Sy Sher, Venessia Valentino, Robert Ruth, Christopher Walken, Duane Whitaker, Paul Calderon, Carl Allen, Jerome Patrick Hoban, Rene Beard, Laura Lovelace, Quentin Tarantino, Eric Clark, Ving Rhames, Lawrence Bender, Joseph Pilato, Brad Parker, Gary Shorelle, Kathy Griffin, Stephen Hibbert, Ani Sava, Peter Greene, Steve Buscemi, Lorelei Leslie, Susan Griffiths, Glendon Rich, Bruce Willis, Julia Sweeney, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Phil LaMarr, Maria de Medeiros, Frank Whaley, Bronagh Gallagher, Angela Jones, Don Blakely, Michael Gilden, Brenda Hillhouse, Chandler Lindauer, Linda Kaye, Emil Sitka, Dick Miller More
- 11 1942Orson WellesDrama, Black-and-white, Family DramaTim Holt, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford More
- 12 1924Buster KeatonDrama, Comedy, Black-and-white, Fantasy, Silent film, Crime fiction, Indie MoreJoe Keaton, Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Erwin Connelly, Ward Crane
- 13 1984Wim WendersDrama, Mystery, Romance film, IndieAurore Clément, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Hunter Carson, Socorro Valdez, John Lurie, Tommy Farrell, Nastassja Kinski, Bernhard Wicki More
- 14 1990Martin ScorseseDrama, Biographical film, Crime fiction, Gangster, Film adaptationMike Starr, Tony Darrow, Debi Mazar, Ray Liotta, Charles Scorsese, Kevin Corrigan, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Vincent, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Sivero, Catherine Scorsese, Michael Imperioli, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Gina Mastrogiacomo More
- 15 George CukorComedyMelvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Greta Garbo, Ruth Gordon More
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- 16 2002John SaylesDrama, Comedy, IndieMarc Blucas, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Cobbs, Jane Alexander, Edie Falco, Miguel Ferrer, Gordon Clapp, Angela Bassett, Alan King, Timothy Hutton, Mary Alice, Perry Lang More
- 17 1943Alexandr Hackenschmied, Maya DerenBlack-and-white, Surrealism, Short film, Film noirAlexandr Hackenschmied, Maya Deren
- 18 1995Richard LinklaterDrama, Romance film, Romantic dramaDominik Castell, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Julie Delpy, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Ethan Hawke, Hanno Pöschl, Andrea Eckert, Erni Mangold, Harald Waiglein More
- 19 1958Alfred HitchcockDrama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Romance film, Crime Thriller, Suspense, Film adaptation, Film noir, Detective MoreJames Stewart, Tom Helmore, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Alfred Hitchcock More
- 20 1950Billy WilderDrama, Black-and-white, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Suspense, Film noir, Psycho-biddy MoreJack Webb, Fred Clark, Erich von Stroheim, Anna Q. Nilsson, Gloria Swanson, Cecil B. DeMille, Buster Keaton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Lloyd Gough, H. B. Warner, Nancy Olson, William Holden More
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1930Josef von SternbergDrama, Black-and-white, Pre-CodeRosa Valetti, Kurt Gerron, Reinhold Bernt, Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, Hans Albers, Eduard von Winterstein More - 22 Melville Shyer, Dorothy DavenportDrama, Black-and-whiteNell O'Day, Helen Foster
- 23 1998Ethan Coen, Joel CoenComedy, Crime, Crime fiction, Indie, Screwball comedy, Cult, Buddy film, Stoner film MoreMichael Peter Balzary, Paris Themmen, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, David Thewlis, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Peter Siragusa, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, John Turturro, Philip Moon, Mark Pellegrino, Richard Gant, James G. Hoosier, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jack Kehler, David Huddleston, Peter Stormare, Tara Reid, Jon Polito, Torsten Voges, Ben Gazzara, Christian Clemenson, Asia Carrera More
- 24 1931Fritz LangDrama, Black-and-white, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Crime fiction, Crime Thriller, World cinema, Art film MorePeter Lorre, Gustaf Gründgens, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos, Otto Wernicke, Georg John, Inge Landgut, Ellen Widmann More
- 25 1929Alfred HitchcockDrama, Black-and-white, Psychological thriller, Thriller, Crime fiction, Goat gland MoreCharles Paton, Harvey Braban, Cyril Ritchard, Alfred Hitchcock, Sara Allgood, Anny Ondra, Franklin Dyall, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Hannah Jones, Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop More
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