Paul Notley's Top 400 Movies In Order Paul can often be reached at pnotley@hotmail.com. 1. Yellow Submarine 2. Help! 3. The Confession 4. Murder on the Orient Express 5. 2001: A Space Odyssey 6. The Godfather, Part II 7. Shoah 8. The Godfather 9. Casablanca 10. North by Northwest 11. The Sorrow and the Pity 12. Brazil 13. Vertigo 14. Grand Illusion 15. Andrei Rublev 16. A Night at the Opera 17. A Fish Called Wanda 18. The Wizard of Oz 19. Fanny and Alexander 20. Barry Lyndon 21. Chinatown 22. Richard III (Ian McKellan version) 23. All the President’s Men 24. Splash 25. Matilda 26. Schindler’s List 27. Lawrence of Arabia 28. A Man for all Seasons 29. Pink Floyd: the Wall 30. The Red Tent 31. Apocalypse Now 32. The Wages of Fear 33. Tess 34. A Man Escaped 35. The Pianist 36. Gandhi 37. Aliens 38. The Usual Suspects 39. Angel Heart 40. The Seven Samurai 41. Cries and Whispers 42. Ordet 43. JFK 44. Spirited Away 45. The Leopard 46. Love and Death 47. Alice in Wonderland 48. Top Hat 49. His Girl Friday 50. Singin’ in the Rain 51. Duck Soup 52. A Hard Day’s Night 53. Bringing up Baby 54. Time Regained 55. Pather Panchali 56. Persona 57. Around the World in 80 days (Michael Todd version) 58. After the Thin Man 59. Se7en 60. Rope 61. Russian Ark 62. The Band Wagon 63. Twelve Monkeys 64. A Very Long Engagement 65. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 66. C’est la Vie 67. 12 Angry Men 68. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 69. The Conversation 70. Raiders of the Lost Ark 71. Ivan the Terrible, Part One 72. Magnolia 73. Sunset Blvd 74. Ivan the Terrible, Part Two 75. Badlands 76. Celine and Julie Go Boating 77. The River (by Jean Renoir) 78. Delicatessen 79. Annie Hall 80. Goodfellas 81. Pulp Fiction 82. Henry V (Kenneth Branagh version) 83. The Shining 84. Bram Stoker’s Dracula 85. The Thin Man 86. The Sting 87. A Night to Remember 88. The Great Escape 89. The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring 90. The World of Apu 91. Children of Paradise 92. A.I. 93. Solaris (original version) 94. The Earrings of Madame De 95. Miracle in Milan 96. The Rules of the Game 97. Last Year in Marienbad 98. L.A. Confidential 99. Reversal of Fortune 100. Manhattan 101. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 102. The Mirror 103. Paris, Texas 104. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 105. The Man who would be King 106. Breathless (original version, of course) 107. Groundhog Day 108. The Manchurian Candidate 109. The Night of the Hunter 110. Voyage in Italy 111. Two for the Road 112. The Vanishing (original version, of course) 113. Jacob’s Ladder 114. That’s Entertainment! 115. Requiem for a Dream 116. Once upon a Time in the West 117. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 118. Throne of Blood 119. Reservoir Dogs 120. Oliver! 121. The Flight of the Phoenix (original version, of course) 122. The Man with Two Brains 123. Aladdin 124. That’s Entertainment, Part II 125. Umberto D 126. Jaws 127. The Princess Bride 128. Bound 129. Fitzcarraldo 130. Fantasia 131. Airplane! 132. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 133. The Enigma of Kasper Hauser 134. Saving Private Ryan 135. The Crying Game 136. The Passion of Joan of Arc 137. The Seventh Seal 138. A Woman Under the Influence 139. Born on the Fourth of July 140. Days of Heaven 141. The Magnificent Ambersons 142. Tora, Tora, Tora 143. The Gospel According to Saint Matthew 144. Au Hasard, Baltazar 145. Charulata 146. Diary of a Country Priest 147. Mulholland Drive 148. Dead Man 149. Touch of Evil 150. Death in Venice 151. M 152. The Philadelphia Story 153. Double Indemnity 154. Missing 155. Black Narcissus 156. Pinocchio 157. Hotel Terminus 158. Stop Making Sense 159. Miller’s Crossing 160. Memento 161. All About Eve 162. Jules and Jim 163. McCabe and Mrs. Miller 164. Sans Soleil 165. Blade Runner (Director’s cut) 166. The Empire Strikes Back 167. Taxi Driver 168. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 169. Winter Light 170. Rosemary’s Baby 171. Gertrud 172. Europa (also known as Zentropa) 173. L’Argent 174. The Grapes of Wrath 175. The Battle of Algiers 176. The Matrix 177. Vampyr 178. Death and the Maiden 179. Citizen Kane 180. The Flowers of Saint Francis 181. Raging Bull 182. Speed 183. Death on the Nile 184. Psycho 185. Monty Python’s Life of Brian 186. Weekend 187. Star Wars 188. The Incredibles 189. The Red Shoes 190. The Silence of the Lambs 191. Dr. Strangelove 192. The Organizer 193. Strangers on a Train 194. The Great Muppet Caper 195. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 196. Trouble in Paradise 197. Bananas 198. The Phantom of Liberty 199. The Spirit of the Beehive 200. Ponyo 201. The 400 Blows 202. In the Bedroom 203. The Best Intentions 204. Scenes from a Marriage 205. Stalker 206. Modern Times 207. Smiles of a Summer Night 208. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday 209. Playtime 210. The Ascent 211. Come and See 212. La Commune Paris 1871 213. There will be Blood 214. Time Bandits 215. The Scarlet Empress 216. Lola Montes 217. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus 218. La Ronde 219. Sherlock, Jr. 220. It’s a Wonderful Life 221. The Tales of Hoffmann 222. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 223. My Neighbor Totoro 224. Great Expectations (David Lean version) 225. Shoot the Piano Player 226. The Last Emperor 227. Some Like it Hot 228. Day of Wrath 229. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek 230. The Palm Beach Story 231. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 232. Gremlins 2: The New Batch 233. The Young Girls of Rochefort 234. The Music Room 235. Wild Strawberries 236. Quadrophenia 237. Ikiru 238. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 239. Howl’s Moving Castle 240. Toy Story 2 241. The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bashki version) 242. The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers 243. La Femme Nikita 244. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 245. Secrets and Lies 246. Grave of the Fireflies 247. Watership Down 248. The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King 249. Jeanne Dielman, 2300 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 250. Shadow of a Doubt 251. Napoleon 252. The Mother and the Whore 253. Lovers of the Arctic Circle 254. Ran 255. Le Samourai 256. Band of Outsiders 257. Chungking Express 258. The Puppet Masters 259. Ghost World 260. Wall-E 261. One, Two, Three 262. The Others 263. Mon Oncle 264. Providence 265. Red Psalm 266. Marketa Lazarova 267. Dial M for Murder 268. Freaks 269. Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life 270. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick version) 271. Oldboy 272. Hellzapoppin’ 273. The Nights of Cabiria 274. Late Spring 275. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams 276. Meet me in Saint Louis 277. Gold Diggers of 1933 278. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 279. Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors 280. Orpheus 281. A Star is Born (Judy Garland version) 282. The Life of Oharu 283. Sweet Smell of Success 284. Z 285. Ugetsu 286. Masculin Feminin 287. Winter Soldier 288. The Gleaners and I 289. The King of Comedy 290. Away From Her 291. Jour de Fete 292. Mr. Smith goes to Washington 293. Gosford Park 294. The Empire of the Sun 295. Hope and Glory 296. My Life as a Dog 297. The Misfits 298. Underground 299. A Canterbury Tale 300. Persepolis 301. Vidas Secas 302. The Fifth Element 303. Inner Space 304. Boogie Nights 305. Fantastic Mr. Fox 306. In the Mood for Love 307. Le Trou 308. Rififi 309. The Man from Laramie 310. The Conformist 311. A Christmas Tale 312. Back to the Future 313. If… 314. October 315. Early Summer 316. Tokyo Story 317. The City of Lost Children 318. Amelie 319. Battleship Potemkin 320. Satantango 321. Angel (by Ernst Lubitsch) 322. The Tenant 323. The Muppet Movie 324. Letter from Siberia 325. Summer 326. All of Me 327. The Great Dictator 328. Alice (by Jan Svankmajer) 329. Finding Nemo 330. Peter Ibbetson 331. Two English Girls 332. Hunger 333. A Shot in the Dark 334. Clue 335. The Wannsee Conference 336. Blue Velvet 337. The English Patient 338. Kundun 339. The Nasty Girl 340. Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh version) 341. Mystic River 342. Eyes Wide Shut 343. The Sacrifice 344. Landscape in the Mist 345. The Weeping Meadow 346. Army of Shadows 347. The Man with a Movie Camera 348. Daisies 349. The Red and the White 350. Lola 351. Toy Story 3 352. A Matter of Life and Death (a.k.a Stairway to Heaven) 353. Alice in the Cities 354. Synecdoche, New York 355. Tell No One 356. The South 357. Vive L’Amour 358. Murder by Contract 359. The Right Stuff 360. Werckmeister Harmonies 361. Kings & Queen 362. La Collectionuese 363. Shadows and Fog 364. Femme Fatale 365. The White Balloon 366. The Child 367. Long Day’s Journey into Night 368. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 369. The Ninth Gate 370. Mouchette 371. The New World 372. The Wrong Man 373. Of Time and the City 374. Mr. Arkadin 375. The Horse Thief 376. Dark City 377. The Mission 378. Mountains of the Moon 379. Happy-Go-Lucky 380. The Sun 381. Alphaville 382. Three Times 383. Portrait of a Lady 384. Day for Night 385. Where is the Friend’s home? 386. My Dinner with Andre 387. Being There 388. Little Women (George Cukor version) 389. Ten (by Abbas Kiarostami) 390. Waltz with Bashir 391. The Virgin Spring 392. Norma Rae 393. Harikari 394. The Sweet Hereafter 395. Autumn Sonata 396. The Ballad of Narayama 397. Limelight 398. Tropical Malady 399. King Lear (Peter Brooks version) 400. The Snow Queen Movies by director Allen-5 Altman-2 (P.T.) Anderson-3 Angelopoulos-2 Bergman-10 Bertolucci-2 Besson-2 Branagh-2 Bresson-5 Bunuel-2 Capra-2 Chaplin-2 Coppola-5 Costa-Gavras-3 Cukor-2 Dante-2 De Sica-2 Demme-2 Demy-2 Desplechin-2 Donen-2 Dreyer-5 Edwards-2 Eisenstein-3 Erice-2 Gilliam-6 Godard-5 Hawks-3 Henson-2 Herzog-3 Hitchcock-8 Houston-2 Kubrick-6 Jackson-3 Jancso-2 Jeunet-4 Kiarostami-2 Kurosawa-4 Lean-2 Leone-2 Lester-2 Leigh-2 Lubitsch-2 Lumet-3 Lynch-2 Mallick-3 Marker-2 Melville-2 Minnelli-2 Miyazaki-4 Mizoguchi-2 (Marcel) Ophuls-2 (Max) Ophuls-4 Ozu-3 Parker-2 Polanski-7 Powell/Pressburger-6 (S.) Ray-4 Renoir-3 Resnais-2 Rohmer-2 Rossellini-2 Scorsese-4 Sokurov-2 Stone-2 Sturges-2 Spielberg-6 Tarantino-2 Tarkovsky-5 Tarr-2 Tati-4 Truffaut-5 Visconti-2 Wachowski-2 Welles-4 Wenders-2 Wilder-3 Wong-2 Movies I should see again. When I first made this list of 130 movies, 8 ultimately graduated into the top 400. So if you're wondering why these movies weren't on my top 400, you can see that they're in this sort of critical limbo. So, more movies to consider! (1 to 289 are ranked according to the most recent version of theyshootpictures.com top 1000 movies. 290 to 328 are former movies on theyshootpictures.com. The rest are in chronological order.) 1. The Searchers 2. Sunrise 3. The Bicycle Thieves 4. Rashomon 5. City Lights 6. La Dolce Vita 7. The Third Man 8. The Gold Rush 9. L’Avventura 10. Rear Window 11. The Wild Bunch 12. Contempt 13. Intolerance 14. The Apartment 15. Rio Bravo 16. Gone With the Wind 17. Greed 18. To Be or Not to Be 19. Nashville 20. A Clockwork Orange 21. Notorious 22. Stagecoach 23. Sansho the Baliff 24. Pierrot Le Fou 25. Pickpocket 26. My Darling Clementine 27. Rome Open City 28. L’Age d’Or 29. King Kong 30. Hiroshima, mon Amour 31. The Lady Eve 32. Los Olvidados 33. Out of the Past 34. Ashes and Diamonds 35. The Exterminating Angel 36. The Best Years of Our Lives 37. My Life to Live 38. Sullivan’s Travels 39. Once Upon a Time in America 40. Bonnie and Clyde 41. Don’t Look Now 42. The Quiet Man 43. Brief Encounter 44. Red River 45. Rocco and his Brothers 46. Belle de Jour 47. The Maltese Falcon 48. The Deer Hunter 49. Do the Right Thing 50. The Travelling Players 51. Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau version) 52. The Last Laugh 53. Paths of Glory 54. Monsieur Verdoux 55. The Shop Around the Corner 56. Unforgiven 57. Blow-Up 58. Johnny Guitar 59. L’Eclisse 60. Fear Eats the Soul 61. Pandora’s Box 62. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 63. Peeping Tom 64. The Crowd 65. Close-Up 66. Only Angels Have Wings 67. Tabu 68. Alexander Nevsky 69. Imitation of Life 70. Crimes and Misdemeanors 71. Berlin Alexanderplatz 72. Germany, Year Zero 73. The Passenger 74. Two or three Things I know about Her 75. Senso 76. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums 77. Salo 78. The Crime of Monsieur Lange 79. Wings of Desire 80. Ninotchka 81. The Tree of Wooden Clogs 82. The Last Picture Show 83. Floating Clouds 84. Cabaret 85. Midnight Cowboy 86. West Side Story 87. Yojimbo 88. Make Way for Tomorrow 89. In a Lonely Place 90. The Big Sleep 91. Le Million 92. Aparajito 93. The Thief of Bagdad 94. Black God, White Devil 95. Salvatore Giulliano 96. Laura 97. Heat 98. Strike 99. A Time to Live and a Time to Die 100. Yi Yi 101. Five Easy Pieces 102. The Hustler 103. High and Low 104. Doctor Zhivago 105. All Quiet on the Western Front 106. The 39 Steps 107. Killer of Sheep 108. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 109. The Awful Truth 110. City of Sadness 111. Tootsie 112. The Navigator 113. Tristana 114. Casque D’Or 115. Love Streams 116. Steamboat Bill, Jr., 117. Chelsea Girls 118. The Colour of Pomegranates 119. The Killing 120. Our Hospitality 121. Les Vampires 122. The Sound of Music 123. Forbidden Games 124. Muriel 125. Repulsion 126. A Brighter Summer Day 127. Full Metal Jacket 128. I Know Where I’m Going 129. The Adventures of Robin Hood 130. It’s a Gift 131. Nostalghia 132. Dumbo 133. Raise the Red Lantern 134. The Tiger of Eschnapur 135. French Cancan 136. A Moment of Innocence 137. American Graffiti 138. Kes 139. Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne 140. I am Cuba 141. The Producers 142. I was Born, but.. 143. Lancelot du Lac 144. Videodrome 145. The Silence 146. Midnight Run 147. Dead Ringers 148. Odd Man Out 149. Distant Voices, Still Lives 150. The Age of Innocence 151. Reds 152. A Touch of Zen 153. Detour 154. That Obscure Object of Desire 155. Down by Law 156. Fellini’s Casanova 157. Othello (Orson Welles version) 158. The Damned 159. Time of the Gypsies 160. Bob la Flambeur 161. And Life Goes On/Life and Nothing But 162. The Long Goodbye 163. Daybreak 164. On the Town 165. The Barefoot Contessa 166. Get Carter 167. Stromboli 168. The Story of a Cheat 169. The Wild Child 170. Van Gogh 171. The Circus 172. Through the Olive Trees 173. My Name is Ivan/Ivan’s Childhood 174. Beau Travail 175. Fight Club 176. Diner 177. Hitler: a film from Germany 178. Storm over Asia 179. Holiday 180. Farewell my Concubine 181. Short Cuts 182. The Elephant Man 183. The Woman Next Door 184. Morocco 185. La Chienne 186. The End of Summer 187. The Verdict 188. Boudou Saved From Drowning 189. An American in Paris 190. The Lovers on the Bridge 191. The Thin Red Line 192. The Shanghai Gesture 193. Rushmore 194. Unfaithfully Yours (original version) 195. Man of the West 196. Walkabout 197. La Belle Noiseuse 198. A Taste of Cherry 199. Carnival in Flanders 200. The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach 201. Pickup on South Street 202. The Royal Tenenbaums 203. Not Reconciled 204. Design for Living 205. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 206. The Wind will Carry Us 207. Mon Oncle D’Amerique 208. Avanti 209. Naked 210. The Player 211. The Hawks and the Sparrows 212. Flowers of Shanghai 213. War and Peace (Bonarchuk version) 214. The Puppetmaster 215. Ace in the Hole 216. The Rise to Power of Louis XIV 217. The Fallen Idol 218. The Heiress 219. Ceddo 220. Mother and Son 221. Hour of the Wolf 222. The Docks of New York 223. O Lucky Man! 224. Branded to Kill 225. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 226. Lost Highway 227. Zelig 228. The Naked Spur 229. Punch-Drunk Love 230. The 47 Ronin 231. Crash (the Cronenberg movie, not, dear God, the oscar winner) 232. My Own Private Idaho 233. Dazed and Confused 234. Shoeshine 235. Days and Nights of the Forest 236. Caro Diaro 237. Pixote 238. The Red Circle 239. Lacombe, Lucien 240. Anatomy of a Murder 241. Yeleen/Brightness 242. The Saragossa Manuscript 243. The Marquise of O 244. A Woman is a Woman 245. Europa’ 51 246. Broadway Danny Rose 247. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky 248. Ed Wood 249. A History of Violence 250. Die Nibulungen 251. Pink Flamingoes 252. The Long Day Closes 253. Duel 254. Happiness (Alexander Medvedkin film) 255. Our Daily Bread 256. The Crucified Lovers 257. Cul de Sac 258. Wild River 259. Le Deuxieme Souffle 260. Radio Days 261. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 262. Lessons in Darkness 263. To Live 264. The Italian Straw Hat 265. L’Argent (L’Herbier) 266. Spies 267. Safety Last 268. Seventh Heaven 269. Il Posto 270. Sonatine 271. Charade 272. Late Autumn 273. And the Ship Sails On 274. Under the Bridges 275. Black Orpheus 276. Fallen Angels 277. Eternity and a Day 278. Heaven Can Wait (Lubitsch version) 279. In Praise of Love 280. Koyaanisqatsi—Life out of Balance 281. Cutter’s Way 282. Stray Dog 283. A Time to Love and A time to Die 284. The Ceremony (Oshima Version) 285. Bienvenido Mr. Mashall 286. Yesterday Girl 287. Scarlet Street 288. Arsenal 289. Strangers when we Meet 290. I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 291. The Bank Dick 292. A Short Film About Killing 293. Swing Time 294. Arabian Nights 295. Still Life 296. To Sleep with Anger 297. The Night of the Shooting Stars 298. The Round-up 299. Heaven and Earth Magic 300. The Official Story 301. A Slave of Love 302. Wanda 303. Atlantic City 304. Homework 305. The Mattei Affair 306. Stavisky 307. The Adventures of Prince Achmed 308. The Last Waltz 309. The Go-Between 310. Harlan County USA 311. Variety 312. Gloria 313. Sherman’s March 314. Land of Silence and Darkness 315. House of Games 316. The Getaway 317. Quai des Orfeuves 318. Kwaidan 319. A Short Film About Love 320. Ashes of Time 321. Chloe in the Afternoon 322. Four Friends 323. Tout va Bien 324. The Ballad of Cable Hogue 325. California Split 326. People on Sunday 327. Bay of Angels 328. The Straight Story 329. Orphans of the Storm 330. Monkey Business 331. Horsefeathers 332. The Champ 333. What Price Hollywood? 334. Baby Face 335. The Gay Divorcee 336. Maskerade 337. A Tale of Two Cities (1935 version) 338. Sylvia Scarlett 339. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935 version) 340. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 341. Dodsworth 342. Carefree 343. Dark Victory 344. The Women 345. The Mortal Storm 346. High Sierra 347. Suspicion 348. Yankee Doodle Dandy 349. Gentleman Jim 350. The Clock 351. The Small Back Room 352. The Prowler 353. The Steel Helmet 354. My Son John 355. Stalag 17 356. Shame 357. Woodstock 358. Little Big Man 359. Deep End (Skolimowski) 360. Murmur of the Heart 361. Frenzy 362. The Friends of Eddie Coyle 363. Thieves Like Us 364. The Parallax View 365. The Story of Adele H 366. Family Plot 367. Julia 368. A Grin Without a Cat 369. The Shout 370. The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith 371. Breaking Away 372. Breaker Morant 373. The Black Stallion 374. Melvin and Howard 375. From the Life of the Marionettes 376. Victor/Victoria 377. Birdy 378. The Killing Fields 379. The Cotton Club 380. Platoon 381. Housekeeping 382. Say Anything 383. Queen of Hearts 384. Enemies, a Love Story 385. Jesus of Montreal 386. The Music Box 387. Open Doors 388. Bugsy 389. Howard’s End 390. Glengarry Glen Ross 391. 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould 392. Clerks 393. James and the Giant Peach 394. Deconstructing Harry 395. Princess Mononoke 396. The Game 397. The Spanish Prisoner 398. Out of Sight 399. Beloved 400. Felicity’s Journey 401. The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan version) 402. Amores Perros 403. High Fidelity 404. The House of Mirth 405. George Washington 406. Ataranjuat 407. Platform 408. Fat Girl 409. The Piano Teacher 410. Time Out 411. Nine Queens 412. Unknown Pleasures 413. Morvern Caller 414. Blissfully Yours 415. Spider 416. Amen 417. Panic Room 418. In America 419. The Best of Youth 420. Crimson Gold 421. Café Lumiere 422. Goodbye, Dragon Inn 423. Vera Drake 424. 2046 425. Innocence 426. Nobody Knows 427. Kung Fu Hustle 428. Moolaade 429. The World 430. Keane 431. Children of Men 432. Syndromes and a Century 433. Offside 434. Volver 435. A Prairie Home Companion 436. Still Life 437. 12:08 East of Bucharest 438. Iraq in Fragments 439. Zodiac 440. Ratatouille 441. Michael Clayton 442. My Winnpeg 443. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 444. Paranoid Park 445. Eastern Promises 446. Before the Devil Knows you’re Dead 447. Gommorah 448. Red Cliff, Part One 449. Summer Hours 450. Ballast 451. Wendy and Lucy 452. Rachel Getting Married 453. 35 Shots of Rum 454. Up 455. Bright Star 456. Micmacs 457. In the Loop 458. Up in the Air 459. The Hurt Locker 460. Inglorioius Basterds 461. A Town Called Panic 462. The Ghost Writer 463. Uncle Bonmee who can Recall His Past Lives 464. The Social Network 465. Black Swan ?? ?? ?? ??