1. Lovers and Other Strangers (Cy Howard, 1970)
2.
The Apartment
(Billy
Wilder, 1960)
3. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
4. It's A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1956)
5.
Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
6. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
7. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
8. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
9. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1943)
10. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Sydney Pollack, 1969)
11. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
12. Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936)
13. The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
14. The African Queen (John Huston, 1951)
15. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
16. Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks, 1960)
17. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
18. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
19.
Beat The Devil (John
Huston, 1954)
20. Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
21. High Noon (Fred Zinneman, 1952)
22. The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdonavitch, 1971)
23. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
24. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)
25.
The Maltese Falcon
(John Huston, 1941)
26. On The Town (Gene Kelly, 1949)
27. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
28. Adams's Rib (George Cukor, 1950)
29. The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952)
30. 84 Charing Cross Road (David Jones, 1987)
31.
North By Northwest (Alfred
Hitchcock, 1959)
32. Patton (Frank Schaffner, 1970)
33. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
34.
Top Hat (Mark
Sandrick, 1935)
35. Lion in Winter (Anthony Harvey, 1968)
36. Safety Last (Sam Taylor, 1923)
37. Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932)
38. All About Eve (Joseph Mankiewicz, 1950)
39.
The Producers (Mel
Brooks, 1968)
40. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
41. Gunfight at the OK Corral (John Sturges, 1957)
42. Odd Man Out (Carol Reed, 1947)
43. A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951)
44. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
45.
The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke,
1934)
46. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
47. From Russia With Love (Terence Young, 1963)
48. Goodfellas (Martin Scorcese, 1990)
49. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
50. A Thousand Clowns (Fred Coe, 1965)
Disagree with my selections? Think I've left out an important film? Feel free to send your recommendations to me at mrusso@molloy.edu.