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The Best Movies of the 2010s

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Bold I have seen (unranked)

Shutter island
Tangled
Blue Valentine
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Despicable Me
The Fighter
127 Hours
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
How to Train Your Dragon
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Black Swan
The Town
Winter’s Bone
The Social Network
Inception
Toy Story 3
The Tree of Life
A Separation
Drive
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
The Kid with a Bike
Win Win
Take Shelter
Source Code
The Bridesmaids
The Descendants
X Men: First Class
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
50/50
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
The Raid
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Zero Dark 30
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Lining Playbook
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
21 Jump Street
Amour
Skyfall
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Les Miserables
Pitch Perfect
The Hunt
Moonrise Kingdom
Looper
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Flight
The Sessions
The Impossible
Wreck-it-Ralph
The Hunger Games
The Master
Brave
Mud
Frances Ha
Before Midnight
Star Trek Into Darkness
Fruitvale Station
Blue Jasmine
Short Term 12
Rush
The Spectacular Now
Gravity
Captain Phillips
12 Years a Slave
Enough Said
The Way Way Back
Dallas Buyers Club
American Hustle
Inside of Llewyn Davis
Saving Mr. Banks
Philomena
Her
The Hunger Games:Catching Fire
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Nebraska
All is Lost
Frozen
Under the Skin
Boyhood
Selma
Birdman
Whiplash
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The LEGO Movie
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Guardians of the Galaxy
Edge of Tomorrow
Ida
Nightcrawler
A Most Violent Year
Two Days, One Night
Foxcatcher
Leviathan
Calvary
Inherent Vice
Big Hero 6
Snowpiercer
Mr. Turner

The Best 101 Movies of the 2000s

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 4 Star Films

*Bold I Have Seen

1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – (2003)

2. City of God – (2002)

3. The Dark Knight – (2008)

4. The Departed – (2006)

5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – (2007)

6. No Country for Old Men – (2007)

7. The Pianist – (2002)

8. There Will Be Blood – (2007)

9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings – (2001)

10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – (2000)

11. Pan’s Labyrinth – (2006)

12. Mystic River – (2003)

13. The Hurt Locker – (2009)

14. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – (2002)

15. Gladiator – (2000)

16. Slumdog Millionaire – (2008)

17. Letters From Iwo Jima – (2006)

18. Children Of Men – (2006)

19. Chicago – (2002)

20. Lost in Translation – (2003)

21. Avatar – (2009)

22. Spirited Away – (2001)

23. Million Dollar Baby – (2004)

24. Finding Nemo – (2003)

25. Up – (2009)

26. Yi Yi – (2000)

27. Moulin Rouge – (2001)

28. Crash – (2005)

29. Capote – (2005)

30. Ray – (2004)

31. The Aviator – (2004)

32. Memento – (2000)

33. Munich – (2005)

34. Traffic – (2000)

35. Sideways – (2004)

36. Amelie – (2001)

37. In the Mood for Love – (2000)

38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – (2004)

39. The Bourne Ulitmatum-(2007)

40. Casino Royale – (2005)

41. Babel – (2006)

42. The Incredibles -(2004)

43. Juno-(2007)

44. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – (2003)

45. A Beautiful Mind – (2001)

46. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – (2004)

47. Hotel Rwanda – (2004)

48. Adaptation – (2002)

49. Inglourious Basterds – (2009)

50. Shrek – (2001)

51. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – (2003)

52. The Hours – (2002)

53. Walk the Line – (2005)

54. Pride & Prejudice – (2005)

55. Oldboy – (2003)

56. WALL-E – (2008)

57. Dancer in the Dark – (2000)

58. Little Miss Sunshine – (2006)

59. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

60. The Queen – (2006)

61. Seabiscuit – (2003)

62. The Class – (2007)

63. The Lives of Others – (2005)

64. The Passion of the Christ – (2004)

65. The Royal Tenenbaums – (2001)

66. Atonement – (2007)

67. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

68. Star Trek-(2009)

69. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith – (2005)

70. Mulholland Dr. – (2001)

71. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – (2008)

72. Monster’s Inc – (2001)

73. The Prestige (2006)

74. The Bourne Identity – (2002)

75. Cinderella Man – (2005)

76. Crazy Heart – (2009)

77. Kill Bill Vol. 1 – (2003)

78. Kill Bill Vol. 2 – (2004)

79. Batman Begins-(2005)

80. (500) Days of Summer – (2009)

81. Ratatouille – (2007)

82. An Education (2009)

83. Frost/Nixon – (2008)

84. Before Sunset – (2004)

85. Gosford Park (2001)

86. Iron Man – (2008))

87. Almost Famous – (2000)

88. Spider Man 2 – (2004)

89. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone – (2001)

90. Up in the Air (2009)

91. The Blind Side – (2009)

92. Collateral – (2004)

93. Good Night and Good Luck – (2005)

94. Knocked Up – (2007)

95. Gangs of New York – (2002)

96. A History of Violence

97. Black Hawk Down (2001)

98. Erin Brockovich – (2000)

99. Minority Report-(2002)

100. Spider Man – (2002)

101. Cast Away – (2000)

101 Movies to See Before You Die (2013)

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 4 Star Films

I have seen a lot of these types of lists so I thought I might as well throw together my own. A little clarification might be needed. These are 101 films that you should see. Some are my favorites and other are very famous and so they are on the list. The list is not ranked and I put it in a general chronological order. Hope you enjoy it!

Battleship Potemkin
The General
Sunrise
City Lights
King Kong
Duck Soup
It Happened One Night
Swing Time
Modern Times
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Gone With the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Rules of the Game
His Girl Friday
The Philadelphia Story
The Grapes of Wrath
The Maltese Falcon
Citizen Kane
Sullivan’s Travels
Casablanca
Double Indemnity
Rome, Open City
Notorious
Best Years of Our Lives
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Bicycle Thief
The Third Man
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
Rashomon
The African Queen
Singin’ in the Rain
High Noon
Roman Holiday
Shane
Tokyo Story
Rear Window
On the Waterfront
Seven Samurai
Rebel Without a Cause
The Searchers
The Bridge on the River of Kwai
12 Angry Men
Wild Strawberries
Vertigo
North By Northwest
Some Like it Hot
Ben Hur
The 400 Blows
Breathless
Psycho
Spartacus
West Side Story
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lawrence of Arabia
The Manchurian Candidate
8 ½
Dr. Strangelove
The Sound of Music
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Bonnie and Clyde
The Graduate
Playtime
2001: A Space Odyssey
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Godfather
American Graffiti
Chinatown
The Godfather Part II
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Nashville
Jaws
Rocky
Taxi Driver
Star Wars
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Raging Bull
The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blade Runner
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
Back to the Future
Goodfellas
Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Schindler’s List
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Toy Story
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan
The Lord of the Rings
The Dark Knight
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Artist

101 Popular and Beloved Films

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 4 Star Films

INTRODUCTION

Gone With the Wind (1939)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Bambi (1942)
Casablanca (1943)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Cinderella (1950)
Ben Hur (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Peter Pan (1953)
Rear Window (1954)
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
White Christmas (1954)
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Some Like it Hot (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Goldfinger (1964)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Graduate (1967)
Jungle Book (1967)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Jaws (1975)
The Exorcist (1973)
Grease (1978)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Sting (1973)
The Godfather (1972)
Superman (1978)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rocky (1976)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
American Graffiti (1973)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Airplane!(1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Shining (1980)
Back to the Future (1985)
Die Hard (1988)
Aliens (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
Tootsie (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Titanic (1997)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Aladdin (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Home Alone (1990)
The Matrix (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Fight Club (1999)
Goodfellas (1990)
Gladiator (2000)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Avatar (2009)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Incredibles (2004)
Up (2009)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Shrek (2001)
Mean Girls (2004)
Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Inception (2010)
Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
Toy Story 3 (2010)

Tynan’s Great Movies

Posted on July 30, 2014 by 4 Star Films

In no particular order…

Singin’ in the Rain
Great Dictator
Rear Window
Casablanca
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Return of the King
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Once Upon a Time in the West
American Graffiti
Shadow of a Doubt
Lawrence of Arabia
Strangers on a Train
In the Heat of the Night
Finding Nemo
Ben Hur
Ikiru
Rebel Without a Cause
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Spartacus
Star Wars: A New Hope
Rocky
The Empire Strikes Back
The Manchurian Candidate
The Princess Bride
Psycho
Schindler’s List
The Godfather
Goodfellas
One Flew Over the Cukcoo’s Nest
Unforgiven
Bonnie and Clyde
Saving Private Ryan
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Raging Bull
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity
The Maltese Falcon
Rio Bravo
Rashomon
The Bicycle Thief
To Kill a Mockingbird
City Lights
Modern Times
The African Queen
It’s a Wonderful Life
Laura
King Kong
Miracle on 34th Street
Cool Hand Luke
12 Angry Men
Roman Holiday
The Searchers
On the Waterfront
Some Like it Hot
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Shane
The Third man
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
It Happened One Night
8 ½
Out of the Past
North by Northwest
Sullivan’s Travels
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Rome, Open City
White Heat
Notorious
The Quiet Man
Great Expectations
Playtime
High Noon
The 400 Blows
The Best Years of Our Lives
Vertigo
Wild Strawberries
Rules of the Game
Raiders of the Lost Ark
La Dolce Vita
The Seventh Seal
The Gold Rush
Up
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Dark knight
The Artist
The Lion King
My Fair Lady
The King and I
The Music Man
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
A Hard Day’s Night
The Odd Couple
True Grit
Giant
Gone With the Wind
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
The Incredibles
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Citizen Kane
The Birds
Life is Beautiful
Annie Hall
Jaws
East of Eden
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
The Two Towers
Chariots of Fire
The Big Heat
Dr. Strangelove
Patton
The Fellowship of the Ring
Chinatown
The Godfather Part II
L.A. Confidential
Lost in Translation
The Shawshank Redemption
All the President’s Men
The Last Picture Show
The French Connection
The Graduate
The Pianist
The Silence of the Lambs
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Nashville
Taxi Driver
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Seven Samurai
Twelve O’Clock High
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Great Escape
The Hustler
Touch of Evil
Breathless
Rebecca
Red River
Stagecoach
Anatomy of a Murder
Marty
Diabolique
The 39 Steps
The Lady Eve
A Night at the Opera
All About Eve
The Court Jester
Harvey
The Magnificent Seven
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Night of the Hunter
Gunga Din
The Shop Around the Corner
Witness for the Prosecution
The Big Sleep
The Pride of the Yankees
The Lost Weekend
Swing Time
Cape Fear
Winchester ‘73
Hud
The Little Foxes
The Thin Man
The Ladykillers
The Killing
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Destry Rides Again
Only Angels Have Wings
A Place in the Sun
In a Lonely Place
The Lavender Hill Mob
Sweet Smell of Success
Dial M for Murder
This is Spinal Tap
His Girl Friday
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Trouble in Paradise
Mildred Pierce
West Side Story

How Green Was My Valley
Auntie Mame
The Lady Vanishes
The Awful Truth
The Philadelphia Story
Stalag 17
Fargo
Forrest Gump
The Sting
Tree of Life
Titanic
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future
Superman
The Departed
Casino Royale
The Bourne Ultimatum
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Lining Playbook
The Naked City
The Gunfighter
Ball of Fire
The Killers
Pickpocket
Groundhog Day
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Toy Story 3
Lincoln
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tokyo Story
Moneyball
Sound of Music
Goldfinger
The Social Network
Juno
Le Samourai
Bullitt
Safety Last!
Steamboat Bill Jr.
Our Hospitality
Seven Chances
Letter from an Unknown Woman
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Leopard
Wages of Fear
Amelie
Argo
Brief Encounter
The Conversation
Shadowlands
Le Cercle Rouge
Wings of Desire
The Kid
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Fugitive
Angels with Dirty Faces
Sunrise: Song of Two Humans
The Red Shoes
Le Trou
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Say Anything…
My Neighbor Totoro
The Spectacular Now
The Lives of Others
American Hustle
Spirited Away
A Woman Under the Influence
Before Sunrise
The Passion of Joan of Arc
L’Avventura
Before Midnight
Written on the Wind
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Band Wagon
The Kid with a Bike
City of God
Serpico
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Red
Persona
Alien
Ida
Boyhood
Kramer vs. Kramer
Amadeus
Murder, My Sweet
Rataouille
Point Blank
Late Spring
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Whiplash
Birdman
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Young Mr. Lincoln
Through a Glass Darkly
L’Atalante
Me and Earl and The Dying Girl
Shoah
Battles of Algiers
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Make Way for Tomorrow
Days of Heaven
Grande Illusion
Ordet
Au Hasard Balthazar
The Last Laugh
Nosferatu
Metropolis
The Conformist
Man with a Movie Camera
The Shining
Two Days, One Night
Winter Light
The Exterminating Angel
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
The Double Life of Veronique
The Crowd
The Wind
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Greed
The Hurt Locker
Day for Night
The Wild Bunch
Hannah and Her Sisters
Late Autumn
Ugetsu
Elevator to the Gallows
In the Mood for Love
Phoenix
Room
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Love Me Tonight
M
Ashes and Diamonds
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Brooklyn
Spotlight
L’Eclisse
Last Year at Marienbad
The Truman Show

AMC Filmsite’s Greatest Films

Posted on July 29, 2014 by 4 Star Films

*Bold I have seen

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The African Queen

All About Eve

All Quiet on the Western Front

An American in Paris

Annie Hall

Apocalypse Now

Ben Hur

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Big Sleep

The Birth of a Nation

Blade Runner

Bonnie and Clyde

Bride of Frankenstein
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Bringing up Baby

Casablanca

Chinatown

Citizen Kane

City Lights

The Crowd

Dr. Strangelove

Double Indemnity

Duck Soup

The Empire Strikes Back

E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial

Easy Rider

Fantasia

42^nd Street

The General

The Godfather

The Godfather Part II
Gone With the Wind

The Graduate

Grapes of Wrath

Greed

High Noon

His Girl Friday

Intolerance

It Happened One Night

It’s a Wonderful Life

Jaws

King Kong

The Lady Eve

Lawrence of Arabia

Letters From an Unknown Woman

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Maltese Falcon

Meet Me in St. Louis

Midnight Cowboy

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Modern Times

My Darling Clementine

Nashville

A Night at the Opera

The Night of the Hunter

Ninotchka

North By Northwest

Notorious

On the Waterfront

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Out of the Past

Paths of Glory

The Philadelpia Story

Psycho

Pulp Fiction

The Quiet Man

Raging Bull

Rear Window

Rebecca

Rebel Without a Cause

Red River

Roman Holiday

Schindler’s List

The Searchers

Shane

The Shawshank Redemption

Singin’ in the Rain

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Some Like it Hot

Stagecoach

A Star is Born

Star Wars

A Streetcar Named Desire

Sunrise

Sunset Boulevard

Taxi Driver

The Third Man

To Kill a Mockingbird

Top Hat

Touch of Evil

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Trouble in Paradise

2001: A Space Odyssey

Vertigo

West Side Story

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Wild Bunch

The Wizard of Oz

Wuthering Heights

Yankee Doodle Dandy

AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by 4 Star Films

*Bold I have seen

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

2. The Godfather (1972)

3. Casablanca (1942)

4. Raging Bull (1980)

5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

6. Gone with the Wind (1939)

7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

8. Schindler’s List (1993)

9. Vertigo (1958)

10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

11. City Lights (1931)

12. The Searchers (1956)

13. Star Wars (1977)

14. Psycho (1960)

15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

16. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

17. The Graduate (1967)

18. The General (1927)

19. On the Waterfront (1954)

20. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

21. Chinatown (1974)

22. Some Like It Hot (1959)

23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

24. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

25. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

27. High Noon (1952)

28. All About Eve (1950)

29. Double Indemnity (1944)

30. Apocalypse Now (1979)

31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

32. The Godfather Part II (1974)

33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

35. Annie Hall (1977)

36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

39. Dr. Strangelove (1964)

40. The Sound of Music (1965)

41. King Kong (1933)

42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

44. The Philadelphia Story (1940)

45. Shane (1953)

46. It Happened One Night (1934)

47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

48. Rear Window (1954)

49. Intolerance (1916)

50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

51. West Side Story (1961)

52. Taxi Driver (1976)

53. The Deer Hunter (1978)

54. M*a*s*h (1970)

55. North By Northwest (1959)

56. Jaws (1977)

57. Rocky (1976)

58. The Gold Rush (1925)

59. Nashville (1975)

60. Duck Soup (1933)

61. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

62. American Graffiti (1973)

63. Cabaret (1972)

64. Network (1976)

65. The African Queen (1951)

66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

67. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

68. Unforgiven (1992)

69. Tootsie (1982)

70. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

76. Forrest Gump (1994)

77. All the President’s Men (1976)

78. Modern Times (1936)

79. The Wild Bunch (1969)

80. The Apartment (1960)

81. Spartacus (1960)

82. Sunrise (1927)

83. Titanic (1997)

84. Easy Rider (1969)

85. A Night at the Opera (1935)

86. Platoon (1986)

87. 12 Angry Men (1957)

88. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

89. The Sixth Sense (1999)

90. Swing Time (1936)

91. Sophie’s Choice (1982)

92. Goodfellas (1990)

93. The French Connection (1971)

94. Pulp Fiction (1994)

95. The Last Picture Show (1971)

96. Do the Right Thing (1989)

97. Blade Runner (1982)

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

99. Toy Story (1995)

100. Ben-Hur (1959)

Yahoo’s 100 Movies to See Before You Die

Posted on July 29, 2014 by 4 Star Films

*Bold I have seen

12 Angry Men
2001:A Space Odyssey
The 400 Blows (1959)
8 ½ (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The African Queen (1952)
Alien (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
Blade Runner (1982)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blow Up (1966)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breathless (1960)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Casablanca (1942)
Chinatown (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Die Hard (1988)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Duck Soup (1933)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
The French Connection (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Goldfinger (1964)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1968)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Graduate (1967)
Grand Illusion (1938)
Groundhog Day (1993)
In the Mood For Love (2001)
It Happened One Night (1934)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jaws (1975)
King Kong (1933)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Lord of the Rings (2001,2002,2003)
M (1931)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Matrix (1999)
Modern Times (1936)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Network (1976)
Nosferatu (1922)
On the Waterfront (1954)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Paths of Glory (1958)
Princess Mononoke (1999)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Raging Bull (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raise the Red Lantern (1992)
Rashomon (1951)
Rear Window (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rocky (1976)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Schindler’s List (1993)
The Searchers (1956)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Star Wars (1977)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Third Man (1949)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Titanic (1997)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Toy Story (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Vertigo (1958)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wings of Desire (1988)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
The World of Apu (1959)

The Best Films of John Wayne

Posted on July 29, 2014 by 4 Star Films

1. The Searhchers
2. The Quiet Man
3. Stagecoach
4. Rio Bravo
5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
6. True Grit
7. Red River
8. The Longest Day
9. The Shootist
10. Fort Apache
11. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
12. El Dorado
13. The Long Voyage Home
14. They Were Expendable
15. Sands of Iwo Jima
16. 3 Godfathers
17. Hondo
18. The Cowboys
19. Sons of Katie Elder
20. Rio Grande
21. The Horse Soldiers
22. McLIntock
23. The Comancheros
24. Big Jake
25. Hatari
26. The Big Trail

It Happened One Night (1934)

Posted on July 29, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert with director Frank Capra, this light romance pits a sunk newspaper man with a dissatisfied socialite. Colbert feels stuck in her life with a domineering father who does not approve of her marriage, and so she runs off to get away. While on a bus she meets the recently fired Peter (Gable) and there is immediate friction between them. However, realizing she is inexperienced, Peter watches out for her and they travel together. Finding out who she is, he is even more driven to get a story and stay with her. Along the way Colbert begins to fall in love but he does not immediately react. When he finally realizes his true feelings, the situation becomes complicated when Colbert returns to her father and fiancee. In the midst of the wedding she hears of Peter’s true love and runs off to him. By that evening they are married and the “walls of Jericho” come tumbling down. Gable and Colbert both do well in this film and Capra gives us another light classic.