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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Roman Holiday William Wyler
2.
Ugetsu
Ugetsu monogatari Kenji Mizoguchi
3.
The Wages of Fear
Le salaire de la peur Henri-Georges Clouzot
4.
Tokyo Story
Tôkyô monogatari Yasujirô Ozu
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Films

5.
Shane George Stevens
6.
Beat the Devil John Huston
7.
Julius Caesar Joseph L. Mankiewicz
8.
Pickup on South Street Samuel Fuller
9.
The Band Wagon Vincente Minnelli
10.
Peter Pan Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Jack Kinney
11.
The Cruel Sea Charles Frend
12.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot Jacques Tati
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Films

13.
From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann
14.
The Bigamist Ida Lupino
15.
The Captain's Paradise Anthony Kimmins
16.
Lili Charles Walters
17.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Howard Hawks
18.
Split Second Dick Powell
19.
Woman They Almost Lynched Allan Dwan
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Films

20.
Calamity Jane David Butler
21.
The Titfield Thunderbolt Charles Crichton
22.
I Confess Alfred Hitchcock
23.
Niagara Henry Hathaway
24.
Invaders from Mars William Cameron Menzies
25.
Jeopardy John Sturges
26.
The Hitch-Hiker Ida Lupino
27.
The War of the Worlds Byron Haskin
28.
How to Marry a Millionaire Jean Negulesco
29.
Gun Fury Raoul Walsh
30.
Cry of the Hunted Joseph H. Lewis
31.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Eugène Lourié
32.
House of Wax André De Toth
33.
It Came from Outer Space Jack Arnold
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Films

34.
Hondo John Farrow
35.
Glen or Glenda Edward D. Wood Jr.
36.
The Blue Gardenia Fritz Lang
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Films

37.
Torch Song Charles Walters
38.
Never Wave at a WAC Norman Z. McLeod
39.
Titanic Jean Negulesco
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Films

40.
Donovan's Brain Felix E. Feist
Beat the Devil John Huston 
Calamity Jane David Butler 
Cry of the Hunted Joseph H. Lewis 
Donovan's Brain Felix E. Feist 
From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Howard Hawks 
Glen or Glenda Edward D. Wood Jr. 
Gun Fury Raoul Walsh 
Hondo John Farrow 
House of Wax André De Toth 
How to Marry a Millionaire Jean Negulesco 
I Confess Alfred Hitchcock 
Invaders from Mars William Cameron Menzies 
It Came from Outer Space Jack Arnold 
Jeopardy John Sturges 
Julius Caesar Joseph L. Mankiewicz 
Lili Charles Walters 
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot Jacques Tati 
Never Wave at a WAC Norman Z. McLeod 
Niagara Henry Hathaway 
Peter Pan Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Jack Kinney 
Pickup on South Street Samuel Fuller 
Roman Holiday William Wyler 
Shane George Stevens 
Split Second Dick Powell 
The Band Wagon Vincente Minnelli 
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Eugène Lourié 
The Bigamist Ida Lupino 
The Blue Gardenia Fritz Lang 
The Captain's Paradise Anthony Kimmins 
The Cruel Sea Charles Frend 
The Hitch-Hiker Ida Lupino 
The Titfield Thunderbolt Charles Crichton 
The Wages of Fear
Le salaire de la peur Henri-Georges Clouzot 
The War of the Worlds Byron Haskin 
Titanic Jean Negulesco 
Tokyo Story
Tôkyô monogatari Yasujirô Ozu 
Torch Song Charles Walters 
Ugetsu
Ugetsu monogatari Kenji Mizoguchi 
Woman They Almost Lynched Allan Dwan 
Never Wave at a WAC Norman Z. McLeod 28 January 1953
Niagara Henry Hathaway 01 February 1953
Peter Pan Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Jack Kinney 05 February 1953
I Confess Alfred Hitchcock 18 February 1953
Woman They Almost Lynched Allan Dwan 20 March 1953
The Blue Gardenia Fritz Lang 28 March 1953
Glen or Glenda Edward D. Wood Jr. 10 April 1953
Invaders from Mars William Cameron Menzies 22 April 1953
House of Wax André De Toth 25 April 1953
The Hitch-Hiker Ida Lupino 29 April 1953
Jeopardy John Sturges 01 May 1953
Split Second Dick Powell 02 May 1953
Cry of the Hunted Joseph H. Lewis 08 May 1953
Julius Caesar Joseph L. Mankiewicz 04 June 1953
It Came from Outer Space Jack Arnold 05 June 1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Eugène Lourié 13 June 1953
Pickup on South Street Samuel Fuller 03 July 1953
Lili Charles Walters 10 July 1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Howard Hawks 01 August 1953
The Band Wagon Vincente Minnelli 07 August 1953
Shane George Stevens 14 August 1953
The Cruel Sea Charles Frend 19 August 1953
The War of the Worlds Byron Haskin 26 August 1953
From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann 28 August 1953
Roman Holiday William Wyler 02 September 1953
The Captain's Paradise Anthony Kimmins 28 September 1953
Donovan's Brain Felix E. Feist 30 September 1953
Torch Song Charles Walters 01 October 1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt Charles Crichton 20 October 1953
Calamity Jane David Butler 04 November 1953
Gun Fury Raoul Walsh 11 November 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire Jean Negulesco 20 November 1953
Hondo John Farrow 27 November 1953
The Bigamist Ida Lupino 03 December 1953
Beat the Devil John Huston 17 December 1953
Titanic Jean Negulesco 18 December 1953
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot Jacques Tati 16 June 1954
Ugetsu
Ugetsu monogatari Kenji Mizoguchi 07 September 1954
The Wages of Fear
Le salaire de la peur Henri-Georges Clouzot 16 February 1955
Tokyo Story
Tôkyô monogatari Yasujirô Ozu 13 March 1972
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