MeierMovies Feature Films by Star Rating 5 stars (masterpieces) Oscars Noms Cinema Year Director Writer AFI 100 1. Gone with the Wind * $1 8 (11) ~ 13 (16) 5 1939 Selznick/Fleming/Cukor Howard/Hecht/Zelznick 4 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1 4 3 1968 Stanley Kubrick Kubrick/A. Clarke 22 3. Psycho 0 4 3 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Joseph Stefano 18 4. The Sting * 7 10 3 1973 George Roy Hill David Ward 5. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest * 5 9 2 1975 Milos Forman Goldman/Hauben 20 6. The Godfather * 3 9 1 1972 Francis Ford Coppola M. Puzo/Coppola 3 7. Once Upon a Time in the West (165-min version) 0 0 1 1968/69 Sergio Leone S. Donati/Leone 8. The Graduate 1 6 5 1967 Mike Nichols Willingham/Henry 7 9. The Third Man 2 2 1 1949 Carol Reed Graham Greene 57 10. On the Waterfront * 8 12 2 1954 Elia Kazan Johnson/Schulberg 8 11. Modern Times SlWS 0 0 1 1936 Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 81 12. The Godfather, Part II * 6 11 1 1974 Francis Ford Coppola M. Puzo/Coppola 32 13. Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) FL 0 0 1 1945 Marcel Carné Jacques Prevert 14. Wuthering Heights 1 8 1939 William Wyler MacArthur/Hecht 73 15. East of Eden 1 4 1955 Elia Kazan Osborn/Steinbeck 16. Pinocchio 1 2 1940 W. Disney/Sharpsteen/Luske Battaglia/Cottrell 17. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 3 (4) 6 17 1988 Robert Zemeckis/R. Williams J. Price/P. Seaman 18. Dumbo 1 3 1 1941 Walt Disney/Ben Sharpsteen Englander/Grant 19. Casablanca * 3 8 1 1943 Michael Curtiz Epstein/Koch 2 20. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1998 “collector’s edition”) 1 (2) 8 2 1977/80 Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg 64 21. All the President’s Men 4 8 1 1976 Alan Pakula William Goldman 22. The Circus Sl 0 (1) 0 1928 Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 23. Somewhere in Time 0 1 1980 Jeannot Szwarc Richard Matheson 24. Dead of Night 0 0 1945 Cavalcanti/Chricton/Hamer Baines/Benson 25. The Exorcist $9 2 9 2 1973 William Friedkin William P. Blatty 26. The Grapes of Wrath 2 7 1 1940 John Ford Johnson/Steinbeck 21 27. To Kill a Mockingbird 3 8 1 1962 Robert Mulligan H. Lee/H. Foote 34 28. The Wizard of Oz 2 (3) 4 2 1939 V. Fleming/K. Vidor/G. Cukor Langley/Ryerson 6 29. Dr. Strangelove 0 4 2 1964 Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 26 30. A Clockwork Orange 0 4 2 1971 Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick 46 31. Atonement 1 6 2 2007 Joe Wright Christopher Hampton 32. Lawrence of Arabia (most-recent restoration) * 7 10 1 1962 David Lean Robert Bolt 5 33. City Lights SlWS 0 0 1 1931 Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin 76 34. Bridge on the River Kwai * 7 8 1957 David Lean Wilson/Forman 13 35. Bonnie and Clyde 2 9 1 1967 Arthur Penn/Warren Beatty Newman/Benton 27 36. The Truman Show 0 3 3 1998 Peter Weir Andrew Niccol 37. Dog Day Afternoon 1 6 1 1975 Sidney Lumet Frank Pierson 38. Zelig 0 2 1983 Woody Allen Woody Allen 39. Citizen Kane 1 9 2 1941 Orson Welles H. Mankiewicz/Welles 1 40. Harlan County U.S.A. 1 1 1976 Barbara Kopple 41. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3 13 6 2008 David Fincher Eric Roth/F. Scott Fitzgerald 42. A Streetcar Named Desire 4 12 1951 Elia Kazan T. Williams/Saul 45 43. Cool Hand Luke 1 4 1967 Stuart Rosenberg Donn Pearce 44. Bambi 0 3 1942 Walt Disney/David Hand L. Morey/P. Pearce 45. Les Diaboliques (The Devils) FL 0 0 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot Boileau/Narcejac/Clouzet 46. Gandhi * 8 11 1982 Richard Attenborough John Briley 47. All About Eve * 6 14 1 1950 Joseph Mankiewicz Joseph Mankiewicz 16 48. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 4 7 1969 George Roy Hill William Goldman 50 49 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 0 0 2 1975 Terry Gilliam/Terry Jones Monty Python 50. Nashville 1 5 1 1975 Robert Altman Joan Tewkesbury ( ) – Including special Academy Awards ~ Gone with the Wind is credited here with 11 awards, instead of the often-quoted 10, as its two special technical awards and the Thalberg Award are rightfully included in the total. This ties the film with Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as the top award winners. Click back to home page of MeierMovies.com 51. A Passage to India 1 1984 David Lean 52. Rosemary’s Baby 1 1968 Roman Polanski 53. Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 54. 12 Angry Men 1 1957 Sidney Lumet 55. The Stranger 1946 Orson Welles 56. Jaws $ 7 1 1975 Steven Spielberg 48 57. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $10 1937 Walt Disney/David Hand 49 58. Alice in Wonderland 1951 Walt Disney/Clyde Geronimi/Hamilton Luske 59. It’s a Wonderful Life 2 1946 Frank Capra 11 60. Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 61. La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) Sl 1 1928 Carl Theodor Dreyer 62. Arthur 1981 Steve Gordon 63. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back 2 1980/97 I. Kershner/George Lucas 64. Star Wars (a.k.a. Star Wars IV: A New Hope) $2 2 1977/97 George Lucas 15 65. Toy Story 2 1995 John Lasseter 66. Dunkirk (IMAX and 70mm versions) 2 2017 Christopher Nolan 67. Vertigo 2 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 61 68. Duel TV 1971 Steven Spielberg 69. Hugo (3-D version) 1 2011 Martin Scorsese 70. Ed Wood 4 1994 Tim Burton 71. Splendor in the Grass 1961 Elia Kazan 72. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1 1958 Richard Brooks 73. Amadeus * 1 1984 Milos Forman 53 74. The African Queen 1951 John Huston 17 75. Sling Blade 1 1996 Billy Bob Thornton 76. Titanic * $6 3 ½ 1997 James Cameron 77. Rain Man * 2 1988 Barry Levinson 78. The Silence of the Lambs * 2 1991 Jonathan Demme 65 79. JFK 2 1991 Oliver Stone 80. The Remains of the Day 1 1993 James Ivory 81. Sense and Sensibility 1 1995 Ang Lee 82. Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi 2 1983/97 Richard Marquand/George Lucas 83. Fantasia 1940 Walt Disney/Ben Sharpsteen 58 84. The Prestige 3 2006 Christopher Nolan 85. Howards End 1992 James Ivory 86. A Room with a View 1986 James Ivory 87. Bullets Over Broadway 2 1995 Woody Allen 88. The Sixth Sense 2 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 89. Babe 1 1995 Chris Noonan 90. The Gold Rush Sl 1 1925 Charlie Chaplin 74 91. Dead Poets Society 3 1989 Peter Weir 92. Forrest Gump * 2 1994 Robert Zemeckis 71 93. Lady and the Tramp 1955 Walt Disney/Hamilton Luske/Clyde Geronimi 94. Doctor Zhivago $8 1965 David Lean 39 95. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (original 35mm, general-release version) 1 1963 Stanley Kramer 96. American Graffiti 3 (drive-in) 1973 George Lucas 77 97. Great Expectations 1946 David Lean 98. The Sorrow and the Pity FL 1969 Marcel Ophüls 99. Come and See FL 1 1985 Elem Klimov 100. Oliver! * 1968 Carol Reed 101. Giant 1956 George Stevens 82 102. Unbreakable 2 2000 M. Night Shyamalan 103. Broadcast News 1987 James Brooks 104. In the Heat of the Night * 1967 Norman Jewison 105. Anna Karenina 2 2012 Joe Wright Click back to home page of MeierMovies.com 2 4 ¾ stars (masterpieces) 106. Inherit the Wind 1960 Stanley Kramer 107. Grand Hotel * 1932 Edmund Goulding/Irving Thalberg 108. The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson 109. Ben-Hur * 1959 William Wyler 72 110. Beauty and the Beast 1 1991 Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise 111. Rebecca * 1940 Alfred Hitchcock/David Selznick 112. Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 113. Field of Dreams 1989 Phil Robinson 114. American Beauty * 1 1999 Sam Mendes 115. The Shining 3 1980 Stanley Kubrick 116. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Florida 1966 Mike Nichols 117. Chicago * 3 2002 Rob Marshall 118. Don’t Look Now 1 1973 Nicolas Roeg 119. Jacob’s Ladder 1990 Adriane Lyne 120. North by Northwest 1959 Alfred Hitchcock 40 121. Ordinary People * 1980 Robert Redford 122. The Others 3 2001 Alejandro Amenabar 123. Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 124. Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 125. Kramer vs. Kramer * 1979 Robert Benton 126. Loving Vincent 1 2017 Dorota Kobiela/Hugh Welchman 127. Sansho the Bailiff FL 1954 Kenji Mizoguchi 128. Annie Hall * 1977 Woody Allen 31 129. Quiz Show 3 1994 Robert Redford 130. The Lion King 2 1994 Roger Allers/Rob Minkoff 131. The Jungle Book 1967 Walt Disney/Wolfgang Reitherman 132. The Shawshank Redemption 1 1994 Frank Darabont 133. Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 66 134. La Dolce Vita (The Good Life) FL 1960 Federico Fellini 135. The Pianist 1 2002 Roman Polanski 136. 1917 1 2019 Sam Mendes 137. Deliverance 1 1972 John Boorman 138. La Regle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) FL (106-minute version) 1939/59 Jean Renoir 139. Schindler’s List * 1 1993 Steven Spielberg 9 140. Tootsie 1982 Sydney Pollack 62 141. Straw Dogs 1972 Sam Peckinpah 142. Frankenstein 1 1931 James Whale 87 143. The Great Dictator 1940 Charlie Chaplin 144. The Kid Sl 1921 Charlie Chaplin 145. The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 23 146. Shakespeare in Love * 1 1998 John Madden 147. Being There 1979 Hal Ashby 148. Easy Rider 2 1969 Dennis Hopper 88 149.