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The All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies is a compilation by Time magazine featuring and celebrating 100 of the best movies released between March 3, 1923 (when the first issue of Time was published) and early 2005 (when the list was compiled). The list was compiled by respected movie critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss and generated significant attention, receiving 7.8 million hits in its first week alone.

Methodology
Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss each compiled an independent list of 115-120 they judged to be worthy of inclusion and then debated and weighed each choice until they agreed on the top 100. The process took about four months to complete. An effort was made to make the list as diverse as possible in terms of directors, actors, countries, and genres represented.

The List
There are 106 films on this list with Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia Part 1 and 2 (Independent, 1938), Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (Edward Harrison, 1955, 1956, 1959), Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part I and II (Paramount Pictures, 1972, 1974), and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (New Line Cinema, 2001-2003) all listed as single entries. Other directors with multiple films on the list are Martin Scorsese with three (Taxi Driver (Columbia Pictures, 1976), Raging Bull (United Artists, 1980), and Goodfellas (Warner Bros., 1990); and Kenji Mizoguchi,Yasujirō Ozu,Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Elia Kazan, Ernst Lubitsch, François Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman, Sergio Leone, Stanley Donen, Stanley Kubrick, and Steven Spielberg all with two each. Films on the list span a period of 80 years starting with Sherlock, Jr. (Metro Pictures Corporation, 1924) directed by Buster Keaton, and finishing with Finding Nemo (Disney, 2004) directed by Andrew Stanton.

2000s

 * Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton (Disney, 2004)
 * City of God directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund (Independent, 2002)
 * Talk to Her directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Sony Pictures Classics, 2002)
 * The Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema, 2001-2003)
 * Kandahar directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Independent, 2001)

1990s

 * Ulysses' Gaze directed by Theo Angelopoulos (Roissy Films, 1995)
 * Chungking Express directed by Wong Kar Wai (Miramax Films, 1994)
 * Drunken Master II directed by Lau Kar-Leung (Miramax Films, 1994)
 * Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino (Miramax Films, 1994)
 * Farewell My Concubine directed by Chen Kaige (Miramax Films, 1993)
 * Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg (Universal Pictures, 1993)
 * Léolo directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon (Independent, 1992)
 * Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood (Warner Bros., 1992)
 * Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese (Warner Bros., 1990)
 * Miller's Crossing directed by Joel Coen (20th Century Fox, 1990)

1980s

 * The Decalogue directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski (Independent, 1989)
 * Nayagan directed by Mani Ratnam (Sujatha Films, 1987)
 * Wings of Desire directed by Wim Wenders (MGM, 1987)
 * The Fly directed by David Cronenberg (20th Century Fox, 1986)
 * The Singing Detective directed by Jon Amiel (BBC TV, 1986)
 * Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam (Universal Pictures, 1985)
 * The Purple Rose of Cairo directed by Woody Allen (Orion Pictures, 1985)
 * Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott (Warner Bros., 1982)
 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg (Universal Studios, 1982)
 * Berlin Alexanderplatz directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (TeleCulture, 1980)
 * Mon oncle d'Amérique directed by Alain Resnais (New World Pictures, 1980)
 * Raging Bull directed by Martin Scorsese (United Artists, 1980)

1970s

 * Star Wars directed by George Lucas (20th Century Fox, 1977)
 * Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese (Columbia Pictures, 1976)
 * Barry Lyndon directed by Stanley Kubrick (Warner Bros., 1975)
 * Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski (Paramount Pictures, 1974)
 * Day for Night directed by François Truffaut (Independent, 1973)
 * The Godfather and The Godfather Part II directed by Francis Ford Coppola (Paramount Pictures, 1972, 1974)
 * Aguirre, the Wrath of God directed by Werner Herzog (Independent, 1972)
 * The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie directed by Luis Buñuel (Independent, 1972)
 * A Touch of Zen directed by King Hu (Independent, 1971)

1960s

 * Once Upon a Time in the West directed by Sergio Leone (Paramount, 1968)
 * Bonnie and Clyde directed by Arthur Penn (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1967)
 * Mouchette directed by Robert Bresson (UGC, 1967)
 * Closely Watched Trains directed by Jiří Menzel (Ústřední půjčovna filmů, 1966)
 * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone (United Artists, 1966)
 * Persona directed by Ingmar Bergman (United Artists, 1966)
 * Bande à part directed by Jean-Luc Godard (Independent, 1964)
 * Dr. Strangelove directed by Stanley Kubrick (Columbia Pictures, 1964)
 * A Hard Day's Night directed by Richard Lester (United Artists, 1964)
 * Charade directed by Stanley Donen (Universal Pictures, 1963)
 * 8½ directed by Federico Fellini (Independent, 1963)
 * Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean (Columbia Pictures, 1962)
 * The Manchurian Candidate directed by John Frankenheimer (United Artists, 1962)
 * Yojimbo directed by Akira Kurosawa (Toho Company Ltd., 1961)
 * Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Paramount Pictures, 1960)

1950s

 * The 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut (Cocinor, 1959)
 * Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder (United Artists, 1959)
 * Pyaasa directed by Guru Dutt (Independent, 1957)
 * Sweet Smell of Success directed by Alexander Mackendrick (United Artists, 1957)
 * Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Don Siegel (Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1956)
 * The Searchers directed by John Ford (Warner Bros., 1956)
 * The Apu Trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray (Edward Harrison, 1955, 1956, 1959)
 * Smiles of a Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman (Independent, 1955)
 * On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan (Columbia Pictures, 1954)
 * Tokyo Story directed by Yasujiro Ozu (Shochiku, 1953)
 * Ugetsu directed by Kenji Mizoguchi (Daiei, 1953)
 * Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa (Toho, 1952)
 * Singin' in the Rain directed by Stanley Donen (MGM, 1952)
 * Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica (Dear Film, 1952)
 * A Streetcar Named Desire directed by Elia Kazan (Warner Bros., 1951)
 * In a Lonely Place directed by Nicholas Ray (Columbia Pictures, 1950)

1940s

 * Kind Hearts and Coronets directed by Robert Hamer (General Film Distributors, 1949)
 * White Heat directed by Raoul Walsh (Warner Bros., 1949)
 * Out of the Past directed by Jacques Tourneur (RKO Radio Pictures, 1947)
 * It's a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra (RKO Radio Pictures, 1946)
 * Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock (RKO Radio Pictures, 1946)
 * Children of Paradise directed by Marcel Carné (Independent, 1945)
 * Detour directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (Producers Releasing Corporation, 1945)
 * Double Indemnity directed by Billy Wilder (Paramount Pictures, 1944)
 * Meet Me in St. Louis directed by Vincente Minnelli (MGM, 1944)
 * Casablanca directed by Michael Curtiz (Warner Brothers, 1942)
 * Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles (RKO Radio Pictures, 1941)
 * The Lady Eve directed by Preston Sturges (Independent, 1941)
 * His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawks (Columbia Pictures, 1940)
 * Pinocchio directed by Bill Roberts (Walt Disney, 1940)
 * The Shop Around the Corner directed by Ernst Lubitsch (MGM, 1940)

1930s

 * Ninotchka directed by Ernst Lubitsch (MGM, 1939)
 * Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 directed by Leni Riefenstahl (Independent, 1938)
 * The Awful Truth directed by Leo McCarey (Columbia, 1937)
 * Camille directed by George Cukor (MGM, 1936)
 * The Crime of Monsieur Lange directed by Jean Renoir (Independent, 1936)
 * Dodsworth directed by William Wyler (United Artists, 1936)
 * Swing Time directed by George Stevens (RKO, 1936)
 * Bride of Frankenstein directed by James Whale (Universal Pictures, 1935)
 * It's a Gift directed by Norman Z. McLeod (Independent, 1934)
 * Baby Face directed by Alfred E. Green (Warner Bros., 1933)
 * King Kong directed by Merian C. Cooper (RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1933)
 * City Lights directed by Charlie Chaplin (United Artists, 1931)

1920s

 * Man with a Movie Camera directed by Dziga Vertov (VUFKU, 1929)
 * The Crowd directed by King Vidor (MGM, 1928)
 * The Last Command directed by Josef von Sternberg (Paramount Pictures, 1928)
 * Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang (Universum Film A.G., 1927)
 * Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans directed by F. W. Murnau (Fox Film Corporation, 1927)
 * Sherlock, Jr. directed by Buster Keaton (Metro Pictures Corporation, 1924)

10 Best Soundtracks
The list also included a section on the "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time, as chosen by Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss:


 * Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO Pictures (1930s), by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and the Gershwins
 * The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
 * Citizen Kane (1941), by Bernard Herrmann
 * Laura (1944), by David Raksin
 * On the Waterfront (1954), by Leonard Bernstein
 * The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), by Elmer Bernstein
 * Jules et Jim (1962), by Georges Delerue
 * The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), by Ennio Morricone
 * Roja (1992), by A. R. Rahman
 * South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), by Marc Shaiman

Reception
According to Richard Corliss, the listing pages attracted a record 7.8 million page views in its first week, including 3.5 million on May 23rd, its opening day.

"Thousands of readers have written in to cheer or challenge our selections, and thousands more have voted for their own favorites. The response simply underscores Richard's and my long-held belief that everybody has two jobs: his own and movie critic."

Source

 * The All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies