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Roger Ebert's Great Movies: All 345 Movies
This collection gathers the movies that film critic Roger Ebert has identified as great or among the best. It provides a concise reference to notable films highlighted by Ebert's reviews.
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345 films
Every Film on the Roger Ebert's Great Movies List
345 films from 1914 to 2009, mostly drama and comedy, newest first.
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Departures 2009 · Drama -
Chop Shop 2008 -
Pan's Labyrinth 2006 · Drama -
Babel 2006 · Drama -
A Prairie Home Companion 2006 · Drama -
Caché (Hidden) 2005 · Drama -
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 · Drama -
Lost in Translation 2003 · Drama -
The Grey Zone 2002 · Drama -
Spirited Away 2002 · Adventure -
Ripley’s Game 2002 · Crime -
Waking Life 2001 · Drama -
Werckmeister Harmonies 2001 · Sci-Fi -
The Pledge 2001 · Drama -
Magnolia 1999 · Drama -
42: Forty Two Up 1999 · Biography -
The Big Lebowski 1998 · Comedy -
Dark City 1998 · Sci-Fi -
Contact 1997 · Sci-Fi -
Secrets & Lies 1996 · Drama -
Fargo 1996 · Drama -
Richard III 1995 · Drama -
Leaving Las Vegas 1995 · Drama -
Seven 1995 · Drama -
La Ceremonie 1995 · Thriller -
Crumb 1995 · Biography -
Exotica 1995 · Drama -
Three Colors: Red 1994 · Drama -
Hoop Dreams 1994 · Drama -
Pulp Fiction 1994 · Drama -
The Shawshank Redemption 1994 · Drama -
Three Colors: White 1994 · Drama -
Schindler's List 1993 · Biography -
The Age of Innocence 1993 · Drama -
Three Colors: Blue 1993 · Drama -
The Blue Kite 1993 · Drama -
Groundhog Day 1993 · Fantasy -
Unforgiven 1992 · Drama -
Léolo 1992 · Fantasy -
Howards End 1992 · Drama -
A Tale of Winter 1992 · Romance -
JFK 1991 · Biography -
The Double Life of Veronique 1991 · Drama -
A Woman’s Tale 1991 · Drama -
Raise the Red Lantern 1991 · Drama -
35 Up 1991 · Documentary -
La Belle Noiseuse 1991 · Drama -
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 · Thriller -
The Hairdresser’s Husband 1990 · Romance -
Goodfellas 1990 · Biography -
After Dark, My Sweet 1990 · Drama -
The Match Factory Girl 1990 · Drama -
Mystery Train 1989 · Drama -
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 · Drama -
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) 1989 · Animation -
Do the Right Thing 1989 · Drama -
Monsieur Hire 1989 · Crime -
Santa Sangre 1989 · Horror -
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 · Drama -
Wings of Desire 1988 · Drama -
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 · Fantasy -
Au Revoir les Enfants 1988 · Drama -
Moonstruck 1987 · Drama -
Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1987 · Comedy -
House of Games 1987 · Thriller -
The Dead 1987 · Drama -
Withnail & I 1987 · Drama -
Ran 1985 · Action -
The Color Purple 1985 · Drama -
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 · Biography -
After Hours 1985 · Thriller -
Shoah 1985 · Documentary -
28 Up 1984 · Documentary -
Paris, Texas 1984 · Drama -
A Year of the Quiet Sun 1984 · Romance -
Amadeus 1984 · Drama -
A Sunday in the Country 1984 · Drama -
This Is Spinal Tap 1984 · Comedy -
El Norte 1984 · Adventure -
Scarface 1983 · Drama -
A Christmas Story 1983 · Comedy -
The Right Stuff 1983 · Adventure -
Tender Mercies 1983 · Drama -
Fanny and Alexander 1982 · Mystery -
Pink Floyd: The Wall 1982 · Drama -
Blade Runner 1982 · Action -
Fitzcarraldo 1982 · Adventure -
Veronika Voss 1982 · Drama -
My Dinner with Andre 1981 · Biography -
Body Heat 1981 · Drama -
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 · Action -
Atlantic City 1981 · Drama -
Diva 1981 · Thriller -
Mephisto 1981 · Drama -
Raging Bull 1980 · Biography -
Pixote 1980 · Drama
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The Big Red One 1980 · Action -
The Shining 1980 · Thriller -
My American Uncle 1980 · Romance -
Being There 1979 · Drama -
Vengeance Is Mine 1979 · Drama -
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 · Drama -
Apocalypse Now 1979 · Action -
Alien 1979 · Horror -
Manhattan 1979 · Drama -
The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979 · Drama -
Superman 1978 · Action -
Gates of Heaven 1978 · Documentary -
Days of Heaven 1978 · Drama -
Killer of Sheep 1978 · Drama -
Saturday Night Fever 1977 · Drama -
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977 · Action -
Stroszek 1977 · Drama -
21 Up 1977 · Documentary -
Annie Hall 1977 · Comedy -
3 Women 1977 · Drama -
Network 1976 · Drama -
Dog Day Afternoon 1975 · Biography -
Barry Lyndon 1975 · Adventure -
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 · Drama -
Jaws 1975 · Adventure -
Night Moves 1975 · Mystery -
The Godfather: Part II 1974 · Drama -
A Woman Under the Influence 1974 · Drama -
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974 · History -
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 · Action -
Chinatown 1974 · Drama -
The Conversation 1974 · Drama -
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 · Drama -
Amarcord 1973 · Drama -
Don't Look Now 1973 · Drama -
Badlands 1973 · Drama -
Mean Streets 1973 · Drama -
The Spirit of the Beehive 1973 · Fantasy -
Day for Night 1973 · Comedy -
The Long Goodbye 1973 · Drama -
Last Tango in Paris 1973 · Drama -
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 · History -
Cries and Whispers 1972 · Drama -
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 · Comedy -
The Godfather 1972 · Drama -
Solaris 1972 · Mystery -
The Last Picture Show 1971 · Drama -
Mon oncle Antoine 1971 · Comedy -
Walkabout 1971 · Adventure -
WR: Mysteries of the Organism 1971 · Comedy -
El Topo 1970 · Drama -
7 Plus Seven 1970 · Documentary -
Five Easy Pieces 1970 · Drama -
Woodstock 1970 · History -
The Butcher 1970 · Crime -
Patton 1970 · Biography -
Army of Shadows 1969 · History -
Easy Rider 1969 · Drama -
The Wild Bunch 1969 · Action -
Yellow Submarine 1968 · Adventure -
Romeo and Juliet 1968 · Drama -
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 · Adventure -
The Producers 1968 · Comedy -
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1967 · Adventure -
The Firemen’s Ball 1967 · Comedy -
In Cold Blood 1967 · Drama -
PlayTime 1967 · Comedy -
Samurai Rebellion 1967 · Drama -
Cool Hand Luke 1967 · Drama -
Le Samouraï 1967 · Drama -
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 · Biography -
Belle de Jour 1967 · Drama -
Persona 1967 · Drama -
La Collectionneuse 1967 · Romance -
Blow-Up 1966 · Drama -
Au hasard Balthazar 1966 · Drama -
The Battle of Algiers 1966 · History -
Juliet of the Spirits 1965 · Fantasy -
Goldfinger 1965 · Action -
My Fair Lady 1964 · Drama -
The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 · Drama -
A Hard Day’s Night 1964 · Comedy -
Pale Flower 1964 · Romance -
The Silence 1963 · Drama -
8½ 1963 · Drama -
Winter Light 1963 · Drama -
The Leopard 1963 · Drama -
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · Adventure -
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 · Drama -
The Manchurian Candidate 1962 · Drama -
Cléo from 5 to 7 1962 · Drama -
Vivre Sa Vie 1962 · Drama -
The Exterminating Angel 1962 · Drama -
Jules and Jim 1962 · Drama -
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 · Drama -
Through a Glass Darkly 1962 · Drama -
Victim 1962 · Drama -
West Side Story 1961 · Drama -
The Hustler 1961 · Drama -
Yojimbo 1961 · Action -
Léon Morin, Priest 1961 · Romance -
Last Year at Marienbad 1961 · Drama -
Viridiana 1961 · Drama -
La Dolce Vita 1961 · Comedy -
Psycho 1960 · Mystery -
Rocco and His Brothers 1960 · Romance -
Inherit the Wind 1960 · Biography -
The Apartment 1960 · Drama -
L’Avventura 1960 · Drama -
Peeping Tom 1960 · Horror -
Breathless 1960 · Crime -
Pickpocket 1959 · Drama -
The 400 Blows 1959 · Drama -
Apur Sansar 1959 · Drama -
Rio Bravo 1959 · Action -
Some Like It Hot 1959 · Comedy -
The Seventh Seal 1958 · Drama -
The Music Room 1958 · Drama -
The Ballad of Narayama 1958 · Drama -
Vertigo 1958 · Mystery -
Mon Oncle 1958 · Comedy -
Touch of Evil 1958 · Drama -
Paths of Glory 1957 · Drama -
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 · Adventure -
What’s Opera, Doc? 1957 · Music -
Sweet Smell of Success 1957 · Drama -
Nights of Cabiria 1957 · Drama -
12 Angry Men 1957 · Drama -
Written on the Wind 1956 · Drama -
A Man Escaped 1956 · Drama -
Aparajito 1956 · Drama -
Bob le Flambeur 1956 · Action -
The Killing 1956 · Drama -
The Searchers 1956 · Adventure -
One Froggy Evening 1955 · Comedy -
Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 · Romance -
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 · Drama -
Pather Panchali 1955 · Drama -
The Night of the Hunter 1955 · Drama -
Rififi 1955 · Crime -
Marty 1955 · Drama -
French Cancan 1955 · Music -
Ordet 1955 · Drama -
Sansho the Bailiff 1955 · Drama -
Senso 1954 · Romance -
On the Waterfront 1954 · Drama -
Johnny Guitar 1954 · Western -
Touchez Pas au Grisbi 1954 · Crime -
Beat the Devil 1953 · Adventure -
Tokyo Story 1953 · Drama -
The Big Heat 1953 · Crime -
The Earrings of Madame de… 1953 · Drama -
The Band Wagon 1953 · Comedy -
Shane 1953 · Drama -
Ugetsu 1953 · Fantasy -
Duck Amuck 1953 · Comedy -
Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday 1953 · Comedy -
Forbidden Games 1952 · Drama -
The Life of Oharu 1952 · Drama -
Singin' in the Rain 1952 · Comedy -
Umberto D. 1952 · Drama -
Rashomon 1951 · Drama -
The River 1951 · Drama -
Strangers on a Train 1951 · Thriller -
Ace in the Hole 1951 · Drama -
Diary of a Country Priest 1951 · Drama -
All About Eve 1950 · Drama -
Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Drama -
In a Lonely Place 1950 · Romance -
The Third Man 1949 · Mystery -
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 · Comedy -
Red River 1948 · Drama -
The Red Shoes 1948 · Drama -
Bicycle Thieves 1948 · Drama -
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 · Adventure -
Out of the Past 1947 · Drama -
Great Expectations 1947 · Adventure -
It's a Wonderful Life 1947 · Drama -
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 · Drama -
My Darling Clementine 1946 · Romance -
Beauty and the Beast 1946 · Fantasy -
Notorious 1946 · Drama -
The Big Sleep 1946 · Mystery -
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars’ Plot 1946 · History -
Detour 1945 · Drama -
Children of Paradise 1945 · Drama -
Ivan the Terrible, Part I 1944 · Drama -
Laura 1944 · Mystery -
Double Indemnity 1944 · Drama -
Casablanca 1943 · Drama -
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 · Film-Noir -
Cat People 1942 · Thriller -
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942 · Biography -
The Maltese Falcon 1941 · Mystery -
Citizen Kane 1941 · Drama -
The Lady Eve 1941 · Comedy -
The Bank Dick 1940 · Comedy -
The Great Dictator 1940 · Comedy -
The Grapes of Wrath 1940 · Drama -
Pinocchio 1940 · Fantasy -
The Thief of Bagdad 1940 · Romance -
Gone with the Wind 1940 · Drama -
The Wizard of Oz 1939 · Adventure -
The Rules of the Game 1939 · Drama -
Stagecoach 1939 · Adventure -
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 · Romance -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1938 · Fantasy -
Grand Illusion 1937 · War -
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 · Romance -
The Only Son 1936 · Drama -
My Man Godfrey 1936 · Comedy -
Swing Time 1936 · Comedy -
Top Hat 1935 · Comedy -
The Bride of Frankenstein 1935 · Drama -
Triumph of the Will 1935 · Documentary -
The Thin Man 1934 · Mystery -
The Scarlet Empress 1934 · History -
L’Atalante 1934 · Romance -
Duck Soup 1933 · Comedy -
King Kong 1933 · Adventure -
Trouble in Paradise 1932 · Comedy -
M 1931 · Thriller -
City Lights 1931 · Drama -
Diary of a Lost Girl 1929 · Drama -
Un Chien Andalou 1929 · Fantasy -
Man with a Movie Camera 1929 · Documentary -
The Passion of Joan of Arc 1929 · Biography -
Pandora’s Box 1929 · Drama -
The Circus 1929 · Comedy -
The Fall of the House of Usher 1928 · Horror -
The Man Who Laughs 1928 · Horror -
Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 · Comedy -
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927 · Romance -
Metropolis 1927 · Drama -
The General 1926 · Comedy -
Battleship Potemkin 1926 · Drama -
Faust 1926 · Fantasy -
The Phantom of the Opera 1925 · Music -
The Last Laugh 1924 · Drama -
Greed 1924 · Crime -
The Navigator 1924 · Action -
Our Hospitality 1923 · Comedy -
Safety Last! 1923 · Comedy -
Souls for Sale 1923 · Comedy -
Nosferatu 1922 · Horror -
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 · Crime -
Broken Blossoms 1919 · Drama -
The Birth of a Nation 1915 · Drama -
Cabiria 1914 · Drama
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