Alice's 500 Greatest Films
The goal in this compilation was to determine film history's definitive creme de la creme. The titles considered to be the greatest of the great from around the world and throughout the history of film.. So, after an in-depth analysis of respected critics and publications from around the globe, cross referenced and tweaked to arrive at the ranking of films representing, we believe, the greatest cinema can offer.
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Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
Aka "And Your Mother Too". A raunchy, yet emotionally layered and keenly observed coming-of-age tale in which two Mexican teens - wealthy Tenoch and w... Read more
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Blu-Ray) (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna
The lives of Julio and Tenoch, like those of 17-year old boys everywhere, are ruled by raging hormones, intense friendships, and a headlong rush into... Read more
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
8.1/10
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da
A sumptuously detailed panorama of Chinese history as seen through the eyes of two male stars of the Chinese Opera. Joint winner (with 'The Piano') of... Read more
The Wages of Fear (1953)
8.1/10
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck
A thriller with surprisingly little violence which is, nevertheless, a hair-raising, hold-onto-the-edge-of-your-seat masterpiece of suspense. A young... Read more
Brazil (1985)
8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hos...
Terry Gilliam's acclaimed, surrealistic nightmare vision of a 'perfect' future where technology reigns supreme. Spectacular set design, this wildly vi... Read more
Performance (1970)
7/10
Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
Starring: James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
Mick Jagger is Turner, a burnt-out rock star, in this mind-boggling study of consciousness and identity where nothing is true and everything is permit... Read more
Das Boot ( aka The Boat ) (1981)
8.4/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Herbert Gronemeyer, Jurgen Prochnow, Klaus Wennemann
A.k.a. 'The Boat.' Totally restored and with over an hour of never-before-seen footage, Das Boot: The Director's Cut is Wolfgang Petersen's acclaimed... Read more
The Decalogue (1988)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Henryk Baranowski, Krystyna Janda, Daniel Olbrychski, Adrianna Biedrynska, Miros...
A.k.a. "Dekalog". Krzysztof Kieslowski's modern masterpiece, "The Decalogue", is one of cinema's greatest and most ambitious achievements. This extrao... Read more
There Will Be Blood (2007)
8.1/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ciaran Hinds, Kevin J O'Connor, Dillon Freasier
Loosley based on Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil!,' Paul Thomas Anderson's powerful drama stars Best Actor Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis as self-made oil... Read more
There Will Be Blood ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
8.1/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, Kevin J O'Connor, Dillon Freasier
Loosley based on Upton Sinclair's novel 'Oil!,' Paul Thomas Anderson's powerful drama stars Best Actor Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis as self-made oil... Read more
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
8.3/10
Director: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
Considered by many critics to be Visconti's greatest work, follows a mother and her four sons as they move from rural Italy to the slums of Milan. Ala... Read more
Night and Fog (1955)
8.6/10
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Jean Cayrol
One of the most haunting documentaries ever made, director Alain Resnais' ("Hiroshima, Mon Amour") powerful examination of the horrors of the Holocaus... Read more
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine...
This unorthodox dream western by Robert Altman may be the most radically beautiful film to come out of the New American Cinema. It stars Warren Beatty... Read more
Shane ( Blu-ray ) (1953)
7.7/10
Director: George Stevens
Starring: Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, B...
George Stevens' legendary rendition of the archetypal Western myth earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Screenplay, Best Director and B... Read more
American Graffiti / More American Graffiti (1973)
Director: Bill L Norton, George Lucas
Starring: Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Mart...
"American Graffiti" (1973) - Follow the misadventures of a group of friends on one summer night in '62, as they prepare for the uncertainty of life af... Read more
American Graffiti ( Blu-ray ) (1973)
7.5/10
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Candy Clark, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Paul Le Mat, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron H...
George Lucas' paean to early '60s youth stars Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Paul LeMat, Harrison Ford and other then-unknowns. Follow... Read more
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition (2003)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serk...
The Fellowship's journey is coming to an end. Sauron's forces have attacked Gondor's capital of Minas Tirith in his final siege against mankind. Watch... Read more
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( Blu-ray ) (2003)
8.9/10
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Bernard Hill, Cate Blanchett, David Wenham, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm,...
Director Peter Jackson's triumphant finale to fantasy cinema's most acclaimed series has Frodo, Sam and the treacherous Gollum attempt to destroy the... Read more
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
7.8/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
The original sci-fi classic that combined outer space terror with Cold War paranoia. A small California town is under siege from alien "pods" that tur... Read more
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
8.1/10
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson
A superb black comedy about a man who ruthlessly eliminates eight of his relatives (all played to perfection by Alec Guinness) in order to inherit a t... Read more