WGA 101 Best Screenplays

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

1.	CASABLANCA
2.	THE GODFATHER
3.	CHINATOWN
4.	CITIZEN KANE
5.	ALL ABOUT EVE
6.	ANNIE HALL
7.	SUNSET BLVD.
8.	NETWORK
9.	SOME LIKE IT HOT
10.	THE GODFATHER II
11.	BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
12.	DR. STRANGELOVE
13.	THE GRADUATE
14.	LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
15.	THE APARTMENT
16.	PULP FICTION
17.	TOOTSIE
18.	ON THE WATERFRONT
19.	TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
20.	IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
21.	NORTH BY NORTHWEST
22.	THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
23.	GONE WITH THE WIND
24.	ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
25.	THE WIZARD OF OZ
26.	DOUBLE INDEMNITY
27.	GROUNDHOG DAY
28.	SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
29.	SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS
30.	UNFORGIVEN
31.	HIS GIRL FRIDAY
32.	FARGO
33.	THE THIRD MAN
34.	THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
35.	THE USUAL SUSPECTS
36.	MIDNIGHT COWBOY
37.	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
38.	AMERICAN BEAUTY
39.	THE STING
40.	WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
41.	GOODFELLAS
42.	RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
43.	TAXI DRIVER
44.	THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
45.	ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
46.	THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
47.	THE MALTESE FALCON
48.	THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
49.	SCHINDLER’S LIST
50.	THE SIXTH SENSE
51.	BROADCAST NEWS
52.	THE LADY EVE
53.	ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
54.	MANHATTAN
55.	APOCALYPSE NOW
56.	BACK TO THE FUTURE
57.	CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
58.	ORDINARY PEOPLE
59.	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
60.	L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
61.	THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
62.	MOONSTRUCK
63.	JAWS
64.	TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
65.	SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
66.	JERRY MAGUIRE
67.	E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
68.	STAR WARS
69.	DOG DAY AFTERNOON
70.	THE AFRICAN QUEEN
71.	THE LION IN WINTER
72.	THELMA & LOUISE
73.	AMADEUS
74.	BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
75.	HIGH NOON
76.	RAGING BULL
77.	ADAPTATION
78.	ROCKY
79.	THE PRODUCERS
80.	WITNESS
81.	BEING THERE
82.	COOL HAND LUKE
83.	REAR WINDOW
84.	THE PRINCESS BRIDE
85.	LA GRANDE ILLUSION
86.	HAROLD & MAUDE
87.	8 1/2
88.	FIELD OF DREAMS
89.	FORREST GUMP
90.	SIDEWAYS
91.	THE VERDICT
92.	PSYCHO
93.	DO THE RIGHT THING
94.	PATTON
95.	HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
96.	THE HUSTLER
97.	THE SEARCHERS
98.	THE GRAPES OF WRATH
99.	THE WILD BUNCH
100.	MEMENTO
101.	NOTORIOUS

World War II Films

Posted on August 12, 2014 by 4 Star Films

1940s

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Convoy

Foreign Correspondent

The Great Dictator

The Long Voyage Home

The Mortal Storm

Night Train to Munic

49^thParallel

A Yank in the RAF

Buck Privates

Casablanca

Desperate Journey

In Which we Serve

Mrs. Miniver

Journey for Margaret

Saboteur

Private Buckaroo

To Be or Not to Be

Went the Day Well?

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Air Force

Bataan

Destination Tokyo

Five Graves to Cairo

Hangmen Also Die!

Immortal Sergeant

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The More the Merrier

Sahara

So Proudly We Hail

Star Spangled Rhythm

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thousands Cheer

The Conspirators

The Fighting Sullivans

Four Jills in a Jeep

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hollywood Canteen

Lifeboat

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Pin Up Girl

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

Since You Went Away

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo

To Have and Have Not

A Walk in the Sun

Back to Bataan

Objective Burma

Rome, Open City

The Story of G.I. Joe

The Seventh Cross

They Were Expendable

A Matter of Life and Death

It’s a Wonderful Life

The Best Years of Our Lives

Paisan

The Stranger

The Search

Battleground

Sands of Iwo Jima

Twelve O’Clock High

Le Silence de la mer

1950s

The Men

Go for Broke!

Operation Pacific

Forbidden Games

From Here to Eternity

Stalag 17

The Caine Mutiny

Bad Day at Black Rock

The Dam Busters

Mister Roberts

A Man Escaped

Attack

Bridge on the River Kwai

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

Ice Cold in Alex

Ashes and Diamonds

The Bridge

Dunkirk

The Diary of Anne Frank

Hiroshima, Mon Amour

Run Silent, Run Deep

South Pacific

Ballad of a Soldier

Operation Peticoat

1960s

Hell to Eternity

Two Women

Bridge to the Sun

The Guns of Navarone

Judgment at Nuremberg

The Counterfeiter Traitor

The Longest Day

The Great Escape

Father Goose

The Train
The Hill

Closely Watched Trains

The Dirty Dozen

Where Eagles Dare

Army of Shadows

Battle of Britain

1970s

Catch-22

Kelly’s Heroes

Patton

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Overlord

Midway

A Bridge too Far

Cross of Iron

1980s

The Big Red One

The Last Metro

Das Boot

Sophie’s Choice

Come and See

Grave of the Fireflies

1990s

Europa Europa

Schindler’s List

Stalingrad

The English Patient

Life is Beautiful

Saving Private Ryan

The Thin Red Line

2000s

Nowhere in Africa

To End All Wars

The Pianist

Downfall

Sophie Scholl-The Final Days

Flags of Our Fathers

Letters from Iwo Jima

Inglorious Basterds

Empire’s 500 Greatest Films of All Time

Posted on August 11, 2014 by 4 Star Films

1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)

3. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)

4. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)

5. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

6. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)

7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)

8. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)

9. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

10. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)

11. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

12. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)

13. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)

14. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)

15. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)

16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

17. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

18. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

19. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

20. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

21. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)

22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)

23. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)

24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)

25. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)

26. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
27. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
28. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
30. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
31. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
33. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
35. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
36. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)
37. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
38. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
39. The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1999)
40. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

41. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
42. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)

43. The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998)
44. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
45. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
46. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
47. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
48. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
49. Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1987)
50. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)

51. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
52. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
53. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
54. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
55. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)

56. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
57. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
58. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
59. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
60. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
61. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
62. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
63. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
64. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
65. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)

66. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
67. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
68. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
69. Three Colours Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
70. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
71. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
72. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
74. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
75. A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
76. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
77. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
78. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
79. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
80. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
81. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
82. The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
83. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
84. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
85. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
86. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
87. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
88. Ferris Bueller’s Day off (John Hughes, 1986)
89. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
90. When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989)
91. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
92. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
93. Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
94. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
95. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
96. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
97. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
98. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
99. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
100. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)

101. Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
102. The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
103. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
104. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
105. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
106. A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
107. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
108. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
109. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
110. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
111. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
112. I Am Cuba (Alexander Payne, 1964)
113. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
114. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
115. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
116. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
117. Miller’s Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990)
118. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
119. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
120. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
121. Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
122. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
123. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
124. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
125. A Bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
126. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
127. The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
128. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
129. Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
130. The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston, 1975)
131. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)
132. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
133. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
134. Seven (David Fincher, 1995)
135. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
136. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
137. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)
138. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
139. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
140. As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
141. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
142. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
143. Cyrano De Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1991)
144. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
145. Sophie’s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
146. Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975)
147. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
148. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
149. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
150. The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)

151. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
152. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
153. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
154. Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)
155. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
156. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
157. True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
158. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
159. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
160. Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979)
161. The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982)
162. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
163. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
164. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
165. Partie de campagne (Jean Renoir, 1936)
166. Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
167. Don’t Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
168. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
169. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
170. La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
171. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
172. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
173. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
174. Superman the Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
175. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
176. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1944)
177. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002)
178. Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter, 1941)
179. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)
180. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
181. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
182. Performance (Donald Cammell, Nic Roeg, 1970)
183. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
184. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
185. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
186. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
187. The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958)
188. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
189. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
190. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
191. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
192. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
193. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
194. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
196. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1999)
197. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
198. Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
199. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
200. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)

201. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
202. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
203. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
204. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
205. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
206. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
207. The Misfits (John Huston, 1961)
208. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
209. Local Hero (Billy Forsyth, 1983)
210. Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
211. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
212. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
213. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
214. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
215. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
216. Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
217. The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)
218. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
219. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
220. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
221. McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
222. Mother and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997)
223. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
224. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)
225. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
226. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996)
227. Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
228. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
229. Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
230. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
231. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
232. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
233. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
234. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
235. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
236. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
237. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, 1991)
238. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
239. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
240. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
241. Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
242. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
243. Heimat (Edgar Reitz, 1984)
244. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
245. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
246. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
247. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
248. Pandora’s Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929)
249. My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
250. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)

251. Darling (John Schlesinger, 1965)
252. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1980)
253. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
254. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
255. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
256. Le Quai des brumes (Marcel Carné, 1938)
257. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
258. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
259. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
260. Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robisnon, 1989)
261. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
262. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
263. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
264. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
265. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
266. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
267. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
268. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
269. A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
270. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
271. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
272. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970)
273. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
274. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, 2005)
275. My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
276. Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2004)
277. On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949)
278. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
279. National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Landis, 1978)
280. Mad Max 2 (George Miller, 1982)
281. Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
282. The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
283. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
284. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
285. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
286. L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
287. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
288. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)
289. John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
290. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
291. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
292. Le belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
293. La maman et la putain (Jean Eustache, 1973)
294. The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
295. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
296. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
297. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
298. Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
299. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
300. Sawdust and Tinsel (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)

301. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
302. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
303. Together (Lukas Moodyson, 2000)
304. Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987)
305. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
306. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
307. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
308. The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
309. Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
310. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
311. American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
312. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
313. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
314. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
315. Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995)
316. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
317. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
318. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
319. The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)
320. Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
321. Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957)
322. Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker, 1992)
323. The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)
324. Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
325. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
326. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
327. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
328. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
329. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
330. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
331. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
332. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
333. Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)
334. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
335. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
336. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
337. 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
338. Jules et Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)
339. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
340. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
341. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
342. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
343. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
344. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
345. Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne, 1987)
346. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
347. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
348. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
349. Arthur (Steve Gordon, 1981)
350. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)

351. Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
352. Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948)
353. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
354. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
355. Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
356. Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927)
357. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
358. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
359. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
360. The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
361. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
362. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
363. Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, 1987)
364. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
365. The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
366. Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
367. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
368. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
369. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
370. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
371. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
372. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992)
373. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
374. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
375. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994)
376. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
377. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
378. The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
379. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
380. Children of Men (Alfondo Cuarón, 2006)
381. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, 1975)
382. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
383. Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
384. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
385. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
386. The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
387. Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
388. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
389. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
390. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)
391. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
392. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
393. Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
394. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008)
395. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
396. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
397. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
398. Killer of Sheep (Charless Burnett, 1977)
399. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
400. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)

401. Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)
402. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2006)
403. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
404. RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
405. Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
406. Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
407. The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967)
408. Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
409. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
410. A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
411. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
412. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989)
413. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
414. The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
415. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
416. Bad Taste (Peter Jackson, 1987)
417. Lords of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke, 2005)
418. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
419. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
420. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996)
421. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
422. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
423. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
424. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
425. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
426. Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004)
427. Spring in a Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948)
428. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, 1974)
429. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
430. Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986)
431. Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
432. X-Men 2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)
433. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
434. The Cat Concerto (William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, 1947)
435. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
436. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1991)
437. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
438. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
439. Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
440. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)
441. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
442. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
443. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
444. Hairspray (John Waters, 1988)
445. Dumb and Dumber (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 1994)
446. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
447. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
448. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
449. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
450. King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)

451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
452. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
453. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
455. Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
458. Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
459. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
460. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
461. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
462. Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
463. Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)
464. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, 1954)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
468. The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
470. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)
471. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
472. Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
474. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
475. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
476. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
477. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
478. Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968)
479. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947)
480. The Son’s Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
481. Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
482. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
483. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980)
484. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
487. Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007)
488. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
489. Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)
490. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
492. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
493. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
494. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
495. Jailhouse Rock (Richard Thorpe, 1957)
496. Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)
497. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
498. Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
499. Saw (James Wan, 2004)
500. Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

Frequently Asked Questions (2016)

Posted on August 4, 2014 by 4 Star Films

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Why is the name “4 Star Films?”

I am a film enthusiast but I try and focus on high-quality films. Although any rating system is highly subjective and flawed, I attempt to hone in on those titles commonly rated 4 Stars and above by fans and critics. There is such a thing as a bad film, so I try and focus on ones with historical significance, entertainment value, artistic merit and a lens into humanity (To be perfectly honest, I never loved the name but I also never came up with anything better. It stuck).

What is the purpose of this blog?

The site does have a heavy focus on Classic Hollywood, but that is rather by convenience since I appreciate a lot of the films from that era. However, as 4 Star Films continues to evolve, I would like to increase the focus on continually going deeper when it comes to film. I want to keep asking questions and digging for answers that give us a better understanding of what it means to live life as human beings.

What is your Favorite Movie of All Time?

Probably something like Rear Window or 12 Angry Men. The first because it’s probably the most fascinating thrillers ever by the Master of the genre. The latter is such a great human drama. By coincidence both take place in confined spaces.

What is your Favorite Film of the Last Few Years?

Me & Earl and the Dying Girl is an unassuming indie that’s actually really poignant and powerful. It felt very pertinent to places where I’ve been at before and it’s a love letter to movies.

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What is your Favorite Underrated Classic?

Here are three. Sam Fuller’s The Crimson Kimono has become a favorite, because of its depiction of Asian-Americans. The Young Girls of Rochefort is just a really fun musical romp from Jacques Demy. Also, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet is a difficult film, but it has fascinating themes of spirituality.

Who is your Favorite Leading Lady other than Audrey Hepburn (or Grace Kelly)?

I am partial to Catherine Deneuve and I think Brie Larson is deservedly on the rise.

Who is your Favorite Director Right Now?

They’re old school, but I’ve really been appreciating Francois Truffaut and Sam Fuller a lot recently. Also, Howard Hawks and Michelangelo Antonioni are really great for very different reasons.

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If You Could Be in Any Movie which One Would it Be?

Probably Roman Holiday. Who wouldn’t want to spend a vacation in Rome with Audrey Hepburn no less?

Favorite Song in a Movie?

Moon River hands down. Watching Audrey Hepburn walk the silent streets of New York during the opening moments of Breakfast at Tiffany’s is fantastic. It’s almost difficult to top those first few minutes, because of that wonderful, soft melody of Moon River.

WESTERNS

Posted on August 2, 2014 by 4 Star Films

The Searchers (1956)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
High Noon (1952)
Shane (1953)
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Unforgiven (1992)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Gunfighter (1950)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Naked Spur (1953)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Professionals (1966)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Will Penny (1968)
Tombstone (1993)
True Grit (1969)
True Grit (2010)
Red River (1948)
Stagecoach (1939)
The Shootist (1976)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Winchester ’73 (1950)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
McLintock! (1963)
Fort Apache (1948)
Ride the High Country (1962)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Seven Men From Now (1956)
Rio Grande (1950)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
How the West Was Won (1962)
The Tall T (1957)
Virginia City (1940)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Hondo (1953)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Misfits (1961)
The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward John Ford (2007)
The Cowboys (1972)
Dodge City (1939)
The Gunfight at the O.K. Coral (1957)
Man of the West (1958)
The Westerner (1940)
Rio Lobo (1970)
Hombre (1967)
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
A Few Dollars More (1965)
The man From Laramie (1955)
Broken Arrow (1950)
Bend in the River (1952)
The Far Country (1954)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Yellow Sky (1948)
The Big Country (1958)
Comanche Station (1960)
The Shooting (1966)
The Bravados (1958)
Django Unchained (2012)
Dead Man (1995)
Forty Guns (1957)
Rancho Notorious (1952)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
El Topo (1970)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Wagon Master (1950)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Great Silence (1968)
El Dorado (1966)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Django (1966)

WAR FILMS

Posted on August 1, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Great Escape (1963)
Full Metal Jacket (19870
Platoon (1986)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Zulu (1964)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Braveheart (1995)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Thin Red Line (1998)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Longest Day (1962)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
MASH (1970)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Gladiator (2000)
Spartacus (1960)
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Henry V (1989)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Catch-22 (1970)
Patton (1970)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Three Kings (1999)
Troy (2004)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Stalingrad (1993)
In Which We Serve (1942)
The English Patient (1996)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Ran (1985)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Glory (1989)
Went the Day Well (1942)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Sergeant York (1941)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
The Big Red One (1980)
Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Master and Command: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Napoleon (1927)
Forbidden Games (1953)
Air Force (1943)
Battleground (1949)
Germany Year Zero (1945)
Paisan (1946)
American Sniper (2014)
Duck You Sucker (1971)
Das Boot (1981)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
They Were Expendable (1945)
Come and See (1985)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
300 (2006)
Lone Survivor (2013)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Go for Broke! (1951)
Fury (2014)

SPORTS

Posted on August 1, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Raging Bull(1980)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The Hustler (1961)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Rocky (1976)
Hoosiers (1986)
Angles in the Outfield (1951)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Breaking Away (1979)
Body and Soul (1948)
Bull Durham (1988)
Caddyshack (1980)
Ali (2001)
Champion (1949)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
Field of Dreams (1989)
The Freshman (1925)
Friday Night Lights (2004)
Horse Feathers (1932)
The Hurricane (1999)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Moneyball (2011)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Miracle (2004)
Rush (2013)
National Velvet (1944)
The Natural (1984)
Pat and Mike (1952)
Rudy (1993)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Slap Shot (1977)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Cinderella Man (2005)
42 (2013)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
Warrior (2011)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
The Damned United (2009)
The Sandlot (1993)
The Wrestler (2008)
The Blind Side (2009)
Eight Men Out (1988)
Brian’s Song (1971)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Invictus (2009)
The Fighter (2010)
The Color of Money (1986)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Senna (2010)
Rocky Balboa (2006)

SCREWBALL COMEDIES

Posted on August 1, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Design For Living (1933)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Top Hat (1935)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Easy Living (1937)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
Topper (1937)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Holiday (1938)
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Ninotchka (1939)
Midnight (1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Christmas in July (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
The Great McGinty (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Woman of the Year (1942)
The Major and The Minor (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The More the Merrier (1943)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Mr. Blandings Build His Dream House (1948)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

SCI-FI

Posted on August 1, 2014 by 4 Star Films

Back to the Future (1985)
Star Wars (1977)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Aliens (1986)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Children of Men (2005)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Close Encounter of the Third Kind (1978)
Contact (1997)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
The Fly (1986)
Forbidden Planet (1958)
Independence Day (1997)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The Matrix (1999)
Men in Black (1997)
Minority Report (2002)
The Planet of the Apes (1968)
RoboCop (1988)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgment day (1991)
The Thing From Another World (1951)
Them! (1954)
The Time Machine (1960)
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
Total Recall (1990)
TRON (1982)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Westworld (1973)
Avatar (2009)
Inception (2010)
WALL-E (2008)
Metropolis (1927)
The Thing (1982)
Solaris (1972)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Gravity (2013)
Brazil (1985)
Akira (1988)
District 9 (2009)
Serenity (2005)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Predator (1987)
GATTACA (1997)
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Trek: First Contact (1997)
Looper (2012)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Moon (2009)
Interstellar (2014)