50 - 26 - Great Films
50. FORREST GUMP (1994) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
“My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.” This line introduces us to one of the most iconic figures in movie history. This film was
49. RASHOMON (1950) Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa
48. THE GREAT ESCAPE (1964) U.S.
Director: John Sturges
47. RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991) China. / Ho. Ko.
Director: Yimou Zhang
46. TOY STORY 3 (2010) (Ani.) U.S.
Director: Lee Unkrich
45. SPARTACUS (1960) U.S.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
44. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Michael Mann
43. THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)
Director: Peter Weir
42. THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) (BST) (Bio.) U.S.
Director: David Lynch
41. THE PIANIST (2002) (BST) (Bio.) (Ed.) France / Pol.
Director: Roman Polanski
40. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) (U.S.)
Director: Frank Capra
39. THE LIFE OF PI (2012) U.S. / Ind.
Director: Ang Lee
38. ANNIE HALL (1977) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Woody Allen
37. STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977)
Director: George Lucas
36. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
Director: William Wyler
35. THE GENERAL (1927) (Silent) U.S.
Director: Buster Keaton
34. EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987) U.S.
Director: Steven Spielberg
33. WEST SIDE STORY (1961) U.S.
Director: Robert Wise / Jerome Robbins
32. THE SEARCHERS (1956) U.S.
Director: John Ford
31. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) U.S.
Director: Victor Fleming
30. PATHS OF GLORY (1957) U.K.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
29. THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928) (Silent) France
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
28. THE GODFATHER (1972) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
27. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993) U.K.
Director: James Ivory
26. CINEMA PARADISO (1993) (Ed.) Italy / Fra.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Hands down, this is the most nostalgic film about film nostalgia ever made. Through the eyes if a young boy, we experience the hopes, the dreams, even the heartache, of a famous director told in flashback. Training under the supervision of the theater manager and projectionist (Phillippe Noiret), we experience the ongoing conflict between the sensor’s scissors in deleting all love scenes including kissing. And what part does this lone movie theater play in the lives of this Sicilian village. You simply have to see the movie yourself. The ending is one of the most exhilarating in movie history.
