All in no order -

Princess Bride
Twelve Monkeys
Last Samurai
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Dances With Wolves
Forbidden Planet
Time Bandits
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Lord of The Rings
Modern Times

Classics, every last one, but all absent.

Jim, Glasgow,

It's a ranking for incult teenagers!

Where are Fellini, Visconti, Antonioni, Bergman, Eisenstein, Kurosawa, Godard, Leone, lang ?

you prefer casablanca and ET ?

Your list is ridiculous!

vinny, paris, france

and for me the best film ever made is Once Upon a Time in America!

vinny, paris, france

if you would dump all of the 1990's garbage from this list you would have room for some really great over looked films

william duren, pascagoula, usa

The real top 10:
1. The Godfather
2. Seven Samurai
3. Citizen Kane
4. The Godfather: Part II
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey
6. Raging Bull
7. Schindler's List
8. Lawrence of Arabia
9. Sunset Blvd.
10. Psycho

adam, omaha, usa

What happened to Fellini? Bergman? Truffaut? Kurosawa? Goddard? Why are none of their films listed? This is one of the worst Top 100 films lists I have ever seen. Some great movies in it though.

That being said, THERE IS NO GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. It's a matter of personal tastes and opinion.

Miles, Los Angeles, USA

Casablanca is a worthy choice. And I agree with choices like It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, A Matter of Life & Death, and The Manchurain Candidate as well as personal favourites of mine like My Darling Clementine, Bringing Up Baby, Les Diabolique, Portrait of Jennie and Singing in The Rain

Jim Coats, Renfrew, Scotland

Tedious, overrated, dull, dull, dull film. Can you honstly say that it is a more entertaining film than say Gladiator which didn't even make the list? That it is better scripted than Godfather? Better acted than One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest? No, No and No. Dreadful film, dreadful decision

Richard, Steyning, UK

Dr. Strangelove (not even on the list) should be in the Top 10, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre should be somewhere. Casablanca is tedious and overrated, but its sentimental veneer makes it inevitable for the Top 10. Though #1? Hardly.

Sean, Bangor, USA

Casablanca? Number one? I want to weep!! Its good but not the best movie ever, not by a country mile.

Andrew Harrison, Holmfirth, UK

In terms of classic films, I'm surprised 'It's a Wonderful Life' wasn't in this list. That too is a timeless classic.

Oliver, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Casablanca is a great movie. But there's no excuse for putting it at #1 and leaving Citizen Kane, La Règle du jeu, Ladri di biciclette, Sunrise, Greed, The Battleship Potemkin, The Gold Rush, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Intolerance clean off the list.

Sam Bailey, Florida,

By the way, I'm surprised that the grossly overrated Forrest Gump wasn't put on the list.

Sam Bailey, Florida,

The Apartment is my Casablanca. A Billie Wilder classic showing us that the underdog can still get the girl. Jack Lemon at his best and a lovely feel good movie too.

Martin Peet, Anglesey, Wales

What about "the Lady Vanishes"?

Scott, London,

I must be dreaming. I could swear that I just took the time to read a list of the 100 top movies of all time printed by the Time of London (London, ENGLAND) and not one Chaplin film was on it. That must be it - must be dreaming. Then again, I don't typically blog in my sleep, so it may have happened

Travis, Chicago, IL, US

Restored to its rightful place, Casablanca is pure movie magic: perfect cast, gorgeous photography (palm frond shadows on walls, searchlights in the sky), and the wittiest dialogue ever in any movie.

Annette McMullen, Vincennes, IN, USA

Atrocious, just atrocious.

This is a marvelously insightful study in the nature of the middle mind, however.

Yan, Gary, USA

I agree with Casablanca #1. I have watched it scores of times as a projectionist and it just gets better and better.
However you missed several greats; Kind Hearts & Coronets, anything by Luis Bunel (?!), Lawrence of Arabia. M. "the Leopard" too, perhaps, tis my favourite at least.

george byrne, Oxford, Oxford

Best five films-not in any order
1 On the beach
2 Casino
3Godfather ll
4 Aliens
5 Dr zhivago
also stalingrad,goodfellas,way out west,the beach and wallstreet

paula, darlington, england

How about The Americanization of Emily? One of my favorites

Carol Chappell, Buford, US

field of dreams, hands down

jb, Beaumont,

What a lot of boring films in that list. In fact, some of them have recently been featured in a MSN article on "classics" that really haven't stood the test of time.

I am proud of my top 5 favourite movies - City of God, American History X, Gladiator, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Zoolander!

Jacquie Hoskins, Cardiff,

Lists as a rule , provoke anger , debate and contentious criticism .
Surely thats the point , a bit of fun , 5 minutes out of your day to give kudos to pieces of celluloid that have etched their magic forever into our collective heads , its great we all feel obliged to stand and shout .

steve, liverpool,

Oh for what its worth my top ten in no particular order are

Se7en , Jaws, The Limey One False move , Manhunter , Millers Crossing, Rear Window, Superman , The Vanishing ( 1988) and John Carpenters Assault on precinct 13 .

steve, liverpool,

asking why titanic is not on a list of the best films ever made is like asking why macdonalds doesn't have a michelin star. Get a grip.

there will always be changes people would make to top 10/100 lists, but for the record I'd select 'up in smoke' by cheech and chong, and 'les valseuses' by Blier

Cam, dubai,

I can't be bothered going back through the list. Did I miss The Deer Hunter?

Sean, Corfu, Greece

my top3
The Godfather
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan

oa, London, uk

"Why was Titanic omitted from this list?"

Because it was horrible?

I'm probably the only person in the world who doesn't like Casablanca. Ah, Niels-Erik agrees.

M.R., Stockport,

ı think Titanic is the top one.ı can not understand why is omitted this film.

sakir , antalya, Turkey

It baffles me that a top 100 list has been compiled with the following films ommitted- Titanic, Star Wars, Shawshank, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest and Citizen Kane.

My top 5 would be-

5- Apocalypse Now
4- One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
3- Godfather 2
2- Casablanca
1- Citizen Kane

Jad Hirani, London, UK

Why was Titanic omitted from this list?

Courtnee, Kingston, Jamaica

Bit of a wimp part for Ingrid Bergman. "You will be careful Rick." "You will be careful Victor."
BTW, regarding "La Marseilles/Deutschland, Uber Alles" sing-off: In fact the Germans are singing ""Watch on the Rhine!" or "Die Wacht am Rhein!"
Not even a military song. Another myth busted.

Andrew Milner, Karuizawa, Japan

This was a pretty impressive list, but there were some omissions which is understandable.

Some of the films absent were :-

The Innocents
King Of New York
Memento
Sullivan's Travels
Hellazapoppin'
Kiss Me Deadly
Downfall
Ring
The Manchurian Candidate

Still, it was great fun.

Rob J, Herts, United Kingdom

I most strongly disagree with the choice of "Casablanca" to top the list - mainly because I think that Ingrid Bergman is a terribly overrated actress. And the script is silly beyond belief.

Niels-Erik Larsen, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark

I'd have put Finding Nemo and A Matter of Life and Death in there somewhere, otherwise a good list.

Emma, Cambridge, UK

Casablanca is a timeless film. They just don't make them like this anymore.
People say why aren't there foreign language films in the top twenty, maybe because reading subtitles takes some of the effect of the films away? English paper - we cant speak languages - QED

Steve Caskey, Belfast, UK

I agree with "No Country", how about "Private Ryan", "Citizen Kane", "Magnolia & Boogie Nights", and "Almost Famous"

Tim, Cheyenne, WY, USA

No room for Heat? The Usual Suspects or Shawshank! I'd say No Country is better than Fargo too.

Craig , birmingham,

The idea that there will be blood is better then Der Untergang is folly. No the performance wasn't better either. It seems a very very English/American list. I was very surprised to see no Aldomovar for example. The brothers Dardenne need to be mentioned. Cassablanca ... Give you that

Lau, The Hague,

Not a bad list, but I'm somewhat surprised to find the exclusion of classics such as 'The Shawshank Redemption' among others from your list

Adrian Lonergan, Newry,

A list that will no doubt provoke a few discussions. How The Usual Suspects missed out is beyond me. I do not know anyone who has watched this film and not been stunned by the twist at the end. Goodfellas in the 20's is also a shock. Shindlers list? Casino?

Tony, Sydney, Australia

its cool that some one made a list that is very different from the AFI top 100, but this list is terrible through and through.

"The Searchers" as Overrated???
"There will be Blood" at 2?
"ET" on the list at all?
"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" in the top ten?

just....wow thats just wrong

Johnny, PTZ, US

While I would not disparage the majority of the films on this list, I am disappointed at the trend of declaring movies 'instant' classics (like #2 here). Also, a lot of good movies didn't make the list - like Saving Private Ryan, Glory, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. - which I had expected given the tone.

CA Jencks, San Diego, CA, USA

Nonetheless, you can't deny the power of the "La Marseilles/Deutchland, Uber Alles sing-off. It always chokes me up, and I'm neither French nor German.

Jeri, Terre Haute, USA

A big sell on reading this article was the promise that the list wasn't "just rearranging the furniture." Then I come to find the Macguffin was Casablanca....

Jason, Matsudo, japan

Sorry, is there not a single foreign language film in the top 20? What a dismally parochial and partisan list.

Daniel, London,

Not a bad list. Thanks for rating E.T. so highly. It's the one Spielberg that always gets forgotten behind his more serious pieces. It's my favourite Spielberg and John Williams best score as far as I'm concerned. Overall the list could have done with a bit more animation. How about The Iron Giant?

David, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Peter Wasilenko is right, Victor isn't Ilsa's new husband, he has been Ilsa's husband even in Paris.
I don't think I agree with the rest of the list. I like how they put Chinatown at #4 though, such a brilliant movie.

Joey, Chicago,

Thank you, Geena.

Peter, Geneva, Switzerland

You write that Humphry Bogart while nursing a broken heart meets up again with Ingrid berman marching through his cafe door with her NEW husband Paul Henreid. He was not new. They were always married as she revealed to him during a brief tryst in his apartment explaining why she abruptly left him

Peter Wasilenko, Yonkers, New York, U.S.A

It's always baffled me how this film attracts such acclaim. It's a wooden film, with wooden actors and a wooden sets (the wooden model airplane landing alwas makes me giggle). Number one top film? Hardly. Number one awful B movie more like.

Geena Marelli, Leicester,