WJEC A-Level Film Studies: Film Four’s 100 Greatest Films of All Time
No. Film
1 Star Wars (1977): Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2 The Godfather (1972) & The Godfather Part II (1974)
3 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4 Pulp Fiction (1994)
5 Some Like It Hot (1959)
6 Gladiator (2000)
7 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
8 Blade Runner (1982)
9 Schindler’s List (1993)
10 Goodfellas (1990)
11 Psycho (1960)
12 Jaws (1975)
13 Apocalypse Now (1979)
14 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
15 The Matrix (1999)
16 Casablanca (1942)
17 The Usual Suspects (1995)
18 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
19 Citizen Kane (1941)
20 Raging Bull (1980)
21 ET: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
22 Taxi Driver (1976)
23 Life of Brian (1979)
24 Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
25 LA Confidential (1997)
26 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
27 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) WJEC A-Level Film Studies: Film Four’s 100 Greatest Films of All Time
No. Film
28 Kes (1969)
29 Vertigo (1958)
30 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
31 Fargo (1996)
32 Gone with the Wind (1939)
33 Trainspotting (1996)
34 The Full Monty (1997)
35 The Graduate (1967)
36 Alien (1979)
37 The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
38 Withnail and I (1987)
39 The Great Escape (1963)
40 Toy Story (1995)
41 The Third Man (1949)
42 Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
43 The Sound of Music (1965)
44 Fitzcarraldo (1982)
45 Deliverance (1972)
46 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
47 Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
48 Chinatown (1974)
49 The Exorcist (1973)
50 Annie Hall (1977)
51 The Italian Job (1969)
52 Sunset Boulevard (1950)
53 The Jungle Book (1967)
54 Titanic (1998) WJEC A-Level Film Studies: Film Four’s 100 Greatest Films of All Time
No. Film
55 Jean De Florette (1986) Manon Des Sources (1986)
56 Dr Strangelove (1963)
57 Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
58 The Seven Samurai (1954)
59 A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
60 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
61 Secrets and Lies (1995)
62 Blue Velvet (1988)
63 La Dolce Vita (1960)
64 Spartacus (1960)
65 Metropolis (1927)
66 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
67 King Kong (1933)
68 Get Carter (1971)
69 The Searchers (1956)
70 The Seventh Seal (1957)
71 Don’t Look Now (1973)
72 Brief Encounter (1945)
73 M*A*S*H (1970)
74 The French Connection (1971)
75 Top Hat (1935)
76 The Producers (1968)
77 Three Colours: Blue (1993), Three Colours: White (1993), Three Colours: Red (1994)
78 Cabaret (1972)
79 Goldfinger (1964)
80 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) WJEC A-Level Film Studies: Film Four’s 100 Greatest Films of All Time
No. Film
81 The Gold Rush (1925)
82 High Noon (1952)
83 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
84 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
85 Enter the Dragon (1973)
86 Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1960)
87 Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
88 Battleship Potemkin (1925)
89 The African Queen (1951)
90 The General (1926)
91 A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
92 Way Out West (1937)
93 Henry V (1944)
94 Easy Rider (1969)
95 My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
96 Belle De Jour (1967)
97 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
98 The Terminator (1984)
99 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
100 Do the Right Thing (1989)
TOTAL
Summer homework task - to watch a minimum of 2 films from this list and write a short review about each film in your ‘Film Diary’.
Extended t ask - continue to watch films from this list throughout your Film Studies course.
These films have made it into the 100 Greatest Film of All Time because they are classics; they break the mould of direction, performance, narrative structure and appeal to audiences sense of cinematic pleasure - they deserve to be watched!