My Top 0001 To 0100 Favorite English Language Films

Recently, I posted a relatively comprehensive and reasonably accurate list of my top 1,500 favorite movies of all time, grouped into 15 sections of 100 films each, and listed alphabetically (a to z) within each section. However the boys at the club, and those good fellows who frequent my haberdashery have all been pressing me to give more precise detail-- "Come on, Spence, which are your top TEN favorites?" and so forth, they plead. So, to satisfy the truly curious, and the deeply disturbed, I have split my listings into "English Language Films" and "Foreign Language Films."

I find this strategy a slightly easier way to think about movies. Plus, it seems I left off a good number of the foreign language films from my big list of 1,500-- I just did not think of them until forced to concentrate on such titles much more closely. I admit it; I am sort of a chauvinist when it comes to movies, in that I tend to like (and to have seen) far MORE of Hollywood's films than of those made in all the rest of the world. Yikes!

So, here, following, is my newly created (and much more accurate) list of "My Top 0001 To 0100 Favorite English Language Films. I am posting it in two versions-- the first, listed in strict numerical order; the second, listed by the year of original release. Enjoy!

[The list of "My Top 0001 To 0100 Favorite Foreign Language Films In Numerical Order" will eventually follow when I am fully satisfied with it.]



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Top 0001 To 0100 Favorite English Language Films In Numerical Order
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0001 Unforgiven (1992)


0002 The Maltese Falcon (1941)


0003 My Fair Lady (1964)


0004 The African Queen (1951)


0005 From Russia With Love (1963)


0006 Charade (1963)


0007 The Big Chill (1983)


0008 The Great Escape (1963)


0009 Sense And Sensibility (1995)


0010 My Man Godfrey (1936)


0011 The Ipcress File (1965)


0012 Sabrina (1954)


0013 55 Days At Peking (1963)


0014 The Thin Man (1934)


0015 South Pacific (1958)


0016 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


0017 Mister Roberts (1955)


0018 The Philadelphia Story (1940)


0019 To Have and Have Not (1944)


0020 Soldier In The Rain (1963)


0021 Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970)


0022 Catch-22 (1970)


0023 As Good As It Gets (1997)


0024 Green Card (1990)


0025 A Fish Called Wanda (1988)


0026 About A Boy (2002)


0027 The Big Sleep (1946)


0028 The Exorcist (1973)


0029 Dogma (1999)


0030 Quiet Days In Clichy/ Stille dage i Clichy (1970)


0031 Stalag 17 (1953)


0032 Local Hero (1983)


0033 Bell, Book And Candle (1958)


0034 Miracle on 34th Street (1947)


0035 The Seven Year Itch (1955)


0036 The Bishop's Wife (1947)


0037 Goldfinger (1964)


0038 The Blues Brothers (1980)


0039 Michael (1996)


0040 Crossing Delancey (1988)


0041 Trading Places (1983)


0042 Rebecca (1940)


0043 The Pink Panther (1964)


0044 The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)


0045 The Wheeler Dealers (1963)


0046 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)


0047 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)


0048 Walk the Line (2005)


0049 Kate and Leopold (2001)


0050 High Fidelity (2000)


0051 Casablanca (1942)


0052 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)


0053 National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)


0054 The Color Of Money (1986)


0055 Harvey (1950)


0056 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)


0057 Ghostbusters (1984)


0058 The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)


0059 Home Alone (1990)


0060 Beat the Devil (1954)


0061 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)


0062 Being There (1979)


0063 The Addams Family (1991)


0064 Holiday (1938)


0065 The Man Who Would Be King (1975)


0066 Crocodile Dundee (1986)


0067 Adam's Rib (1949)


0068 Suspicion (1941)


0069 Born Yesterday (1950)


0070 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)


0071 Auntie Mame (1958)


0072 My Cousin Vinny (1992)


0073 A Hard Day's Night (1964)


0074 Broadcast News (1987)


0075 The Magnificent Seven (1960)


0076 Barfly (1987)


0077 Apocalypse Now (1979)


0078 Blow-Up (1966)


0079 We're No Angels (1955)


0080 Some Like It Hot (1959)


0081 Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)


0082 Bedazzled (1968)


0083 The Wizard of Oz (1939)


0084 The Apartment (1960)


0085 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)


0086 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


0087 Chances Are (1989)


0088 When Harry Met Sally (1989)


0089 Switch (1991)


0090 Tombstone (1993)


0091 Arthur (1981)


0092 Gosford Park (2001)


0093 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


0094 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)


0095 Hair (1979)


0096 Down By Law (1986)


0097 Flashback (1990)


0098 Murder, My Sweet (1944)


0099 Henry And June (1990)


0100 The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)



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Top 0001 To 0100 Favorite English Language Films Listed By Year
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0100 The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)


0048 Walk the Line (2005)


0046 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)


0026 About A Boy (2002)


0092 Gosford Park (2001)


0049 Kate and Leopold (2001)


0047 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)


0050 High Fidelity (2000)


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0029 Dogma (1999)


0023 As Good As It Gets (1997)


0039 Michael (1996)


0009 Sense And Sensibility (1995)


0090 Tombstone (1993)


0072 My Cousin Vinny (1992)


0001 Unforgiven (1992)


0063 The Addams Family (1991)


0089 Switch (1991)


0097 Flashback (1990)


0024 Green Card (1990)


0099 Henry And June (1990)


0059 Home Alone (1990)


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0087 Chances Are (1989)


0081 Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)


0088 When Harry Met Sally (1989)


0040 Crossing Delancey (1988)


0025 A Fish Called Wanda (1988)


0076 Barfly (1987)


0074 Broadcast News (1987)


0054 The Color Of Money (1986)


0066 Crocodile Dundee (1986)


0096 Down By Law (1986)


0057 Ghostbusters (1984)


0007 The Big Chill (1983)


0032 Local Hero (1983)


0041 Trading Places (1983)


0091 Arthur (1981)


0061 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)


0038 The Blues Brothers (1980)


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0077 Apocalypse Now (1979)


0062 Being There (1979)


0095 Hair (1979)


0053 National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)


0056 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)


0065 The Man Who Would Be King (1975)


0070 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)


0028 The Exorcist (1973)


0022 Catch-22 (1970)


0030 Quiet Days In Clichy/ Stille dage i Clichy (1970)


0021 Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music (1970)


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0082 Bedazzled (1968)


0094 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)


0078 Blow-Up (1966)


0011 The Ipcress File (1965)


0016 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)


0037 Goldfinger (1964)


0073 A Hard Day's Night (1964)


0003 My Fair Lady (1964)


0043 The Pink Panther (1964)


0006 Charade (1963)


0013 55 Days At Peking (1963)


0005 From Russia With Love (1963)


0008 The Great Escape (1963)


0020 Soldier In The Rain (1963)


0045 The Wheeler Dealers (1963)


0085 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)


0084 The Apartment (1960)


0075 The Magnificent Seven (1960)


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0080 Some Like It Hot (1959)


0071 Auntie Mame (1958)


0033 Bell, Book And Candle (1958)


0015 South Pacific (1958)


0058 The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)


0052 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)


0017 Mister Roberts (1955)


0035 The Seven Year Itch (1955)


0079 We're No Angels (1955)


0060 Beat the Devil (1954)


0012 Sabrina (1954)


0031 Stalag 17 (1953)


0004 The African Queen (1951)


0069 Born Yesterday (1950)


0055 Harvey (1950)


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0067 Adam's Rib (1949)


0093 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)


0036 The Bishop's Wife (1947)


0034 Miracle on 34th Street (1947)


0027 The Big Sleep (1946)


0086 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


0019 To Have and Have Not (1944)


0098 Murder, My Sweet (1944)


0051 Casablanca (1942)


0044 The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)


0002 The Maltese Falcon (1941)


0068 Suspicion (1941)


0018 The Philadelphia Story (1940)


0042 Rebecca (1940)


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0083 The Wizard of Oz (1939)


0064 Holiday (1938)


0010 My Man Godfrey (1936)


0014 The Thin Man (1934)


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--Spencer