Roger Ebert's The Great Movies, Sorted Chronologically

Added on by C. Maoxian.

In 2002 Roger Ebert wrote a book called The Great Movies which includes the following 100 movies. I’ve listed them here chronologically. I am not a fan of Ebert’s criticism, but have noted which movies I recommend.

  1. Broken Blossoms 1919

  2. Nosferatu 1922

  3. Greed 1924

  4. Battleship Potemkin 1925

  5. The General 1926

  6. Metropolis 1927

  7. The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 - Chairman Recommended

  8. Pandora's Box 1929

  9. Un Chien Andalou 1929

  10. City Lights 1931 - Chairman Recommended

  11. Dracula 1931

  12. M 1931 - Chairman Recommended

  13. Trouble in Paradise 1932

  14. Duck Soup 1933

  15. L'Atalante 1934

  16. Bride of Frankenstein 1935

  17. Swing Time 1936 - Chairman Recommended

  18. Grand Illusion 1937

  19. Gone with the Wind 1939

  20. The Wizard of Oz 1939

  21. Pinocchio 1940

  22. Citizen Kane 1941

  23. The Lady Eve 1941

  24. The Maltese Falcon 1941

  25. Casablanca 1942

  26. Double Indemnity 1944 - Chairman Recommended

  27. Detour 1945

  28. Beauty and the Beast 1946 - Chairman Recommended

  29. The Big Sleep 1946

  30. It's a Wonderful Life 1946

  31. My Darling Clementine 1946

  32. Notorious 1946 - Chairman Recommended

  33. Bicycle Thieves 1948

  34. Red River 1948

  35. The Third Man 1949 - Chairman Recommended

  36. All About Eve 1950

  37. Sunset Blvd 1950

  38. Ikiru 1952

  39. Singin' in the Rain 1952 - Chairman Recommended

  40. Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953

  41. On the Waterfront 1954

  42. The Seven Samurai 1954

  43. The Night of the Hunter 1955 - Chairman Recommended

  44. The Apu Trilogy 1955-59

  45. Written on the Wind 1956

  46. The Seventh Seal 1957

  47. Sweet Smell of Success 1957

  48. Vertigo 1958 - Chairman Recommended

  49. The 400 Blows 1959

  50. Floating Weeds 1959

  51. Pickpocket 1959

  52. Some Like It Hot 1959 - Chairman Recommended

  53. The Apartment 1960 - Chairman Recommended

  54. La Dolce Vita 1960

  55. L'Avventura 1960

  56. Peeping Tom 1960

  57. Psycho 1960

  58. Last Year at Marienbad 1961

  59. The Exterminating Angel 1962

  60. Lawrence of Arabia 1962

  61. My Life to Live 1962

  62. 8 1/2 1963

  63. Dr. Strangelove 1964 - Chairman Recommended

  64. A Hard Day's Night 1964

  65. The "Up" Documentaries 1964

  66. Woman in the Dunes 1964 - Chairman Recommended

  67. Blowup 1966

  68. Persona 1966

  69. Belle de Jour 1967

  70. Bonnie and Clyde 1967 - Chairman Recommended

  71. Le Samourai 1967

  72. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

  73. The Wild Bunch 1969

  74. McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971

  75. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972

  76. The Godfather 1972 - Chairman Recommended

  77. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974

  78. Chinatown 1974 - Chairman Recommended

  79. A Woman Under the Influence 1974

  80. Nashville 1975

  81. Network 1976

  82. Taxi Driver 1976 - Chairman Recommended

  83. Star Wars 1977 - Chairman Recommended

  84. Days of Heaven 1978 - Chairman Recommended

  85. Gates of Heaven 1978

  86. Apocalypse Now 1979

  87. Manhattan 1979 - Chairman Recommended

  88. Raging Bull 1980 - Chairman Recommended

  89. Body Heat 1981 - Chairman Recommended

  90. E.T. 1982

  91. Wings of Desire 1987

  92. The Decalogue 1989

  93. Do the Right Thing 1989

  94. JFK 1991

  95. The Silence of the Lambs 1991 - Chairman Recommended

  96. Schindler's List 1993

  97. Hoop Dreams 1994 - Chairman Recommended

  98. Pulp Fiction 1994

  99. The Shawshank Redemption 1994 - Chairman Recommended

  100. Fargo 1996 - Chairman Recommended