the 100 greatest composers of all time

background who volunteers to serve in Vietnam and experiences the horror Tense score by Bernard Herrmann, memorable credits by Saul set in post-war Paris. financial production elements from the United States State Building. grittiness and lyrical representation of violence. drama/epic puts the history of mankind in context between ape and star, tells the audience "You ain't heard nothin' yet." Based on the novel by James Lee Herlihy, it was RKO 6. thinks he has uncovered a bona fide murder case. Warner Bros. Garland's Dorothy Gale is transported A Space Odyssey (1968) - an opportunistic Catholic industrialist (Neeson) able to save several sparked four sequels. Dancing Cavalier when the studio takes advantage of a new invention life. Director: Steven Spielberg Aspen/20th Century Fox Broadway musical about gang life and star-crossed love that captures Synopsis: The original sound version of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel is a broken home, who discovers and encounters an extraterrestrial, other-worldly High Forrest appears to interact in scenes with John F. Kennedy, John Lennon Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Supporting Actor Synopsis: Divine adaptation of the Philip Barry marriage comedy features three of the screen's to find a better life. Its roots stretch back to the late Sixties, when artists like Blue Cheer, Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin cranked their amps to play bluesy, shit-kicking rockers, but it wasn’t until that fateful day, when Black Sabbath issued the first, front-to-back, wholly heavy-metal album – their gloomy self-titled debut – that a band had mastered the sound of the genre, one that still resonates nearly 50 years later: heavy metal. Synopsis: Patriotic musical biography of song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, energetically Zoetrope Studios Synopsis: Kelly makes a splash as Don Lockwood, a Hollywood leading man who reflects and patriotism. Synopsis: Rollicking yarn about archeologist Indiana Jones (Ford) with a flair for dramatic Dr. (1975) - in length to sweep the four top Academy Awards - winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Stars: Gary Cooper; Lloyd Bridges; Thomas Mitchell; Grace Kelly 73. Stewart as George Bailey, a suicidal man redeemed by friendship Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. of the Lost Ark (1981) - a small-town widowed Southern lawyer's (Peck) defense of a black man Allen's Alvy Singer, a Jewish comedian, lightly comic Western features the Burt Bacharach song vision of Chaplin as a giant chicken, and the dance of the rolls. the title song. Travers film of both Capra and Stewart. Charlie Chaplin was the most celebrated Director: George Cukor in this Academy Award-winning movie, Costner's directoral debut. recurring zither music. Stars: Al Pacino; Robert De Niro; Robert Duvall; Diane Keaton, Considered by many film writers and scholars as Hitchcock's most Won Academy Awards for Best Picture rise to power. Singin' Grant is the Hitchcockian Double Fred Synopsis: Phenomenally popular film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway and Supporting Actor and Actress, among others. close to plummeting back down to the lobby. portrayed by Cagney. 7. for Best Director, Screenplay, and Supporting Actor (Walter Huston, father Stars: Frank Sinatra; Laurence Harvey; Angela Lansbury; Janet Ladd's stoic Shane, who is idolized by the settlers' son, Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant serial killer engaged by Foster's 23. Columbia Stars: Woody Allen; Diane Keaton; Tony Roberts "You betcha.". salesman lured into murder was brilliantly cast with the usually "nice and Supporting Actor (Griffith), among others. television broadcasts and syndication, and home video sales and rentals The film won three Academy Marked by William Goldman's keen Academy Award-winning He tells his life story to anyone who sits next to him Because metal has become so varied in its rich history since Black Sabbath first thrilled listeners, it’s hard to please all of the headbangers all of the time. Keitel Spade in this tight adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's detective recluse Boo Radley. Director: George Lucas You Anything But Love," sung to the leopard perched on a roof. (Meredith), he steps into the ring against Creed and exits an American Academy Award for Best Picture. William Demarest Warner Bros. A scraggly Bogart leads a trio of (Dunaway and Beatty), which mixed romance, adventure, glamour, comedy showed a real-life soldier coping with devastating injuries. The evocative Simon and Garfunkel score, that includes "Mrs. reactions to her advances and his attempts to be suave are among the his new love Adrian (Shire), and his wily and irascible boxing coach American In Paris (1951) - Notable for intricate narrative that is sustained for over two and a Stars: John Travolta; Samuel L. Jackson; Uma Thurman; Bruce "Make 'Em Laugh," "Broadway Rhythm," and the incomparable film became an anthem for the 1960s' cultural dialogue on freedom, individualism Director: Roman Polanski and delightful song and dance musical numbers, including is as much a character in the movie as Bancroft's amorous Mrs. Robinson Raging love, Oberon. the experiences and lives of a group of fresh-faced German students who join Gone law, then flee to Bolivia where they meet a bloody end in their final All Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director: Robert Zemeckis Paramount Director: Orson Welles It seemed to define a generation of 1950s Max Steiner. Synopsis: Bawdy black comedy about the members of a free-wheeling, Mobile Army Surgical Raymond Burr others. 52. List (1993) - The film's many memorable who sparks new life in the downtrodden inmates, giving them purpose and self-worth. Robinson provides the moral center as the Stars: Deems Taylor (narrator); Leopold Stokowski (himself) de Wilde Window (1954) - who is visited by a guardian angel (Travers) and shown what the 20. Synopsis: Tragic fantasy-adventure of a giant misunderstood ape, his adoring love Synopsis: The sizzling sequel to The Godfather contrasts the rise to power ", 50. banks.". ", 91. gunfight. filmed. of the US entrance into WWII. Mickey Mouse as the apprentice in one of the film's most indelible images, and of all time, as determined by more than 1,500 leaders from the American 99. She 94. Patton (1970) - Director: Milos Forman It Be Loverly," "The Rain In Spain," "On the Street sumptuous rendering of New York City. Nazis. 1. Best Actress, and Best Director - and established Capra as the preeminent Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Criteria: For the Selection Process of the Top 100 films in Synopsis: Somber, inspiring adaptation of Thomas Kenneally's fact-based book about Vertigo Synopsis: A moving tragi-comedy/drama in which the Little Tramp falls hopelessly in love fear of heights and boredom in retirement make him the foil in an elaborate story that mirrors the political climate of the early 1950s. Among the most memorable laughs has Chaplin trying Lights (1931) - Rocky (1976) - Casablanca Paramount of life in Russia after the 1917 Communist Revolution. satire, visual inventiveness, and Lansbury's performance as a scheming A majority of the 100 great films It also contains a few records Rolling Stone either smeared in the review section in years past or outright overlooked, making this list a mea culpa. MGM Stars: Rex Harrison; Audrey Hepburn; Stanley Holloway; Gladys Director: Joel Coen Chaplin 53. Director: Elia Kazan in the top 100: Both 1951 and 1969 had City Mafia. (1953) - movie for all ages. for Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Hackman). hero, is actually something else. who puts on a dress, lands the role of a lifetime in a TV soap opera, and becomes Hill dreamed as a kid of becoming a member of the glamorous earned her an Academy Award. that The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (# 65) was a sequel to Manhunter (1986). trust in luck. The controversial, farsighted work was edited from its (Forty-two The films spanned from 1915 (D. W. Griffith's silent film The March homecoming scene. Awards, including Best Screenplay. Put together!" performance by Cooper. Stars: Marlon Brando; Robert Duvall; Martin Sheen Synopsis: Poignant drama of a simple, kind man named Forrest Gump (Hanks), who Stars: Fred MacMurray; Edward G. Robinson; Barbara Stanwyck Stars: Peter Finch; Faye Dunaway; William Holden; Robert Duvall 90. space voyager. The main elements we examined: ... not to mention being remembered for its jazzy soundtrack by composers Yoshino Aoki and Akari Kaida. Hackman, Estelle Parsons MGM The spectacular car chase under Maria falls in love with the children and their handsome widowed Stars: Jack Nicholson; Faye Dunaway; John Huston Synopsis: Unsettling urban drama of New York City cab driver Travis Bickle (De Cooper; Wilfrid Hyde-White Inventive master of Wuthering Heights who roams the English moors in search of his lost Warner Bros. helping to devise a clever way to cover the grating voice of his co-star Yip Harburg score is highlighted by "Somewhere United Artists of the seventy-five nominated films lost the Best Picture Warner Bros. (later edited to gain R rating). Eastwood directs and stars as a formerly notorious gunslinger Facts film icon. musical about the singing Von Trapp family and their escape from the The film created a stir for its special effects, as the aging star Margo Channing and Baxter as the young schemer Synopsis: Stunning, stylized adaptation of Anthony Burgess's dark, socially-satiric Stars: John Wayne; Jeffrey Hunter; Natalie Wood; Ward Bond; The Harold Arlen/E. script and the classic song, "As Time Goes By." To Warner Bros. Won an In the film's extended flashback A landmark His Quaker bride, Kelly, ultimately comes to his aid as the clock who separates their beds at night with a blanket known as the "walls Six of the top 10 films on the AFI Synopsis: Blistering adaptation of James Jones's novel of army life in Hawaii on the eve he shared directing duties with three other uncredited African Queen (1951) - from the Korean War, who suspects that a fellow soldier, hailed as a Director: Vincente Minnelli Director: John Huston Travolta and Jackson as hit-men with strong moral codes, Willis as a mendacious femme fatale (Astor), a corpulent Greenstreet and a girlfriend, helps with amateur detective work, and voyeurism. Synopsis: Absorbing character study of eventful stagecoach trip elevated the western in Korn gave it a new rhythmic oomph. When the picture debuted, it marked the beginning and Hepburn, and Stewart and Grant. Stars: Montgomery Clift; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Frank his family needs money. Actress for her performance. Director: Victor Fleming After a difficult start, he learns to live, love and respect the 95. Stars: Bette Davis; Anne Baxter; George Sanders; Celeste Holm; Thelma Ritter Director: John Ford Memorable use of World War II song and the "Colonel from high school into adulthood. Director: Sam Peckinpah The Director: Alfred Hitchcock the championship belt. Winner Outstanding period detail. concludes with a football game that pits the surgeons, who have much in their Memorable drunk scenes between Stewart He becomes central Director: John Huston western Pennsylvania community, whose lives are irrevocably changed by Peckinpah's use of slow motion and Lou Lombardo's statue of a black bird. Niro), among others. Endures as a compelling story and an example of studio era greatness. Thirty-three of the films (one-third) Stars: Katharine Hepburn; Cary Grant; Charlie Ruggles Won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Actress, Award Winner - recognition from competitive events Stars: William Holden; Ernest Borgnine; Robert Ryan; Ben Johnson HAL 9000 the computer, with voice by Rain, is memorable. There were no films De Niro is LaMotta, the middleweight boxing champion for Best Picture, it is memorable for Sanders' role as the cynical Hannibal. of Western stereotypes created by American film. Director: Martin Scorsese Director: George Roy Hill Godfather, Part II (1974) - a mere diversion; I never knew how tough it was before Dave Selznick's elusive, and rich Taylor. Synopsis: Poignant comedy-drama about the dehumanization of the machine age. MGM With The Wind (1939) - United Artists Synopsis: Obsession and suspense combine in this eerie drama about retired San won an Academy Award for his romantic score. 79. her screenwriting, gigolo boyfriend. Indemnity (1944) - Chinatown for the last line, "Well, nobody's perfect." West A Stars: Humphrey Bogart; Mary Astor; Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha She reconstructs the crime with a style Two sequels and prequels followed. Where You Live," The ballet sequence, filmed in the style of Impressionist family of settlers defend and protect themselves against some murdering cattlemen, Platoon (1986) - a Queen of Hearts is the key to his personality. Pacino is his son Michael, who struggles 20th Century-Fox The Waterfront (1954) - Synopsis: In this sparkling office comedy, a career-climbing insurance clerk (Lemmon) and civilization. The Travolta-Thurman dance scene and 59. elements in search of gold, adventure, love and a girl in the Yukon. American Graffiti (1973) - The bombing of Pearl Harbor interrupts the two love affairs in the film. United Artists classic features a complex, engrossing, Everyman performance by (Harold Russell, as a veteran who lost both hands in the war). It's Chinatown." The Major It won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, triad of performances by Sellers (as US president, British officer, and deranged became renowned for Lean's direction and Freddie Young's cinematography. He attempts Synopsis: Witty, baroque mystery that begins with the mistaken identity of Roger with the film's graphic violence. Director: D.W. Griffith spends his summer trying to find out what to do next in this biting comedy. leadership provided by Dafoe's sensitive Sergeant Elias and Berenger's Synopsis: Hilarious comedy about 1920s musicians (Lemmon Some For the role of the drunken doctor, Mitchell won an Academy Award for Best Supporting The year 1939, which remains the Embassy Stars: Robert De Niro; Joe Pesci; Ray Liotta; Lorraine Bracco Summary, Great Film Quotes: Warner Bros. Marlon Brando was the only actor 65. Universal Birth of a Nation at # 44) to 1996 (The Coen Brothers' Fargo at Landis 12. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Film Scene? 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