User:Abbieh40456/film list compendium

This is a consolidation of over 50 lists of "best," critically-acclaimed,or award-winning movies into one large list. The first movie on the list, Singin' in the Rain, is named in a total of 26 sources, followed in descending order to films that are only in one of the sources I consulted. Although this is an everchanging list, due to new awards being given each year, and new critical analysis of new and classic movies, it is current as of August 2013.

Entries are formatted as: Movie Title, Date of movie, # of Awards or lists on which movie is found,  Abbreviated names of Awards given and/or Lists containing the film, and Notes (if any).

Sources :
The books I used are listed below, along with the abbreviation used to designate each title:

50 Funniest=The 50 Funniest Movies of All Time: A Critic's Ranking by Kathryn Bernheimer. Seacaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1999.

100 Best International Films=The 100 best films of the world / Concept and editor: Dr. Manfred Leier. Lisse, The Netherlands : Rebo International, c2008

101 Greatest Musicals=Hollywood musicals : the 101 greatest song-and-dance movies of all time by Ken Bloom ; foreword by Jane Powell. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2010.

1001 [or 1001--2013 ed.]=1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Revised edition. General Editor: Steven Jay Schneider. London: Quintet Publishing, c.2003 [or 2013 edition. c. 2013]

400 = 400 Videos You've Got to Rent: Great Movies You've Probably Missed by Ardis Sillick and Michael McCormick. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., c1977.

BFYNS=The Best Film You've Never Seen: 35 Directors Champion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love by Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2013.

CS=Movies: The Ultimate Insider's Guide [City Secrets series]. Series Editor Robert Khan. New York: Fang Duff Kahn Publishers, 2009.

LMC=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965, 2nd edition. Edited by Leonard Maltin. New York: Plume, 2010. [I have included only those movies from this book that are rated 3 1/2 or 4 stars.]

LMMG=Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era. Edited by Leonard Maltin. New York: Signet, 2012. [I have included only those movies from this book that are rated 3 1/2 or 4 stars, and that were not in the Classic Movie Guide (LMC).]

M50 = Must-see movies from Movie Makers: 50 Iconic Directors from Chaplin to the Coen Brothers by Ian Freer. London: Quercus, 2009.

The websites I consulted are listed below, along with the abbreviation used to designate entries therefrom: Academy Award: Best Picture

AFI 100=American Film Institute 100 Years, 100 Movies:   Other AFI movies are taken from AFI genre lists, and are designated by the abbreviation AFI:  AFI Comedy, Musicals, Romance, Inspiring, Thrillers

Arts & Faith 100=Top 100 Spiritually-Significant Films

BFI=British Film Institute Top Children's Movies of All Time:

Empire=Empire Magazine Independent 50

FGP= FIPRESCI Grand Prix

Film4 100=United Kingdom Channel 4 100 Greatest Films Film4 Top 50 Musicals=United Kingdom Channel 4 Top 50 Musicals

EW 100=Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies

FCC (B) Film of the Year=Film Critics Circle (British)   Other FCC films of the year included are:  FCC (B) British Film of the Year, FCC (B) Foreign Language Film of the Year, and FCC (B) Special Award, all found at the same website.

FS = Filmsite.org This website compiles dozens of film lists. The ones I used are all designated by FS, and are found at this address: GGA=Golden Globes Award

Guinness Top 5=Guinness World Records Top 100 Films divided into the top 5 per genre

Halliwell's 1000=John Walker's updated version of Leslie Halliwell's annual guide to films

Hitfix.com Best Movie Trilogies

NSFC Best Picture ( or ) NSFC Best Picture Nonfiction (or) ; NSFC Best Picture Foreign= National Society of Film Critics (US)

L Maltin Must-see 100=Leonard Martin's 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century

MM100Best=Movieline Magazine 100 Best Movies

Movieline Foreign 100=Movieline Foreign 100 Best Movies

NFR=National Film Registry of the Library of Congress

NSFC=National Society of Film Critics 100 Essential Films--The A List

NYTEL=New York Times Essential Library 100 Recommended Childrens Movies

Premiere=Premiere Magazine's 100 Most Daring Movies Ever Made

PCA=People's Choice Award Favorite Movie   This is one of the few lists whose movies are voted on by the general public. Most of the lists I used are from people who study movies or who make their living from reviewing movies.

R Ebert Great Movies=Roger Ebert's Great Movies

RS=Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Maverick Movies

RT=Rotten Tomato Top Movies (Classic Movies, Musical and Performing Arts, Romance, etc.)

SFF=Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize/Special Jury Prize/World Jury Prize

S&S-Sight and Sound Critics Poll Time 100=Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Best Movies

VF=Vanity Fair 50 Greatest Films of All Time

Village Voice Critics Poll--Village Voice Critics 100 Best Films of the 20th Century

I also included movies that are on the Basket of Tolerance list put out by Adidam.org Unfortunately I don't have a complete list, as it has not yet been published.