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Added by Mr. Saturn on 7 Feb 2012 08:14
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Film Canon

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Sight & Sound Hall of Fame ('52-'12) (82 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years ago
29 votes
They Shoot Pictures Don't They? (2013) (1000 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Published 11 years, 9 months ago 3 comments
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Roger Ebert's Sight & Sound Picks (20 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 5 months ago 3 comments
26 votes
Roger Ebert's Great Movies (408 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Published 12 years, 6 months ago 3 comments
13 votes
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary) (100 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar
Published 15 years, 6 months ago 1 comment
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Last updated Unknown time ago
134 votes
The Top 100 Silent Era Films (100 items)
Movie list by Mickey Mickenson
Published 15 years, 9 months ago 10 comments
7 votes
Andrew Sarris' Favorite Films (26 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 10 months ago 1 comment
8 votes
Pauline Kael's Favorite Films (19 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 5 months ago 4 comments
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Last updated Unknown time ago
67 votes
The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (1003 items)
Movie list by jaytoast
Published 14 years, 1 month ago 28 comments
76 votes
Cahiers du cinรฉmaโ€™s 100 Greatest Films (100 items)
Movie list by Tapio
Published 14 years, 4 months ago 12 comments
18 votes
Positif: Greatest Films (73 items)
Movie list by Kankku
Published 14 years, 9 months ago 1 comment
5 votes
Positif greatest films poll 2002 (78 items)
Movie list by nicopo
Published 12 years, 2 months ago 1 comment
508 votes
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
Movie list by upidipi
Published 15 years, 6 months ago 874 comments
52 votes
TIME's 100 Greatest Movies (100 items)
Movie list by JxSxPx
Published 16 years ago 5 comments
36 votes
Movie awards masterlist (13 lists)
list by johanlefourbe
Published 12 years, 9 months ago 5 comments
5 votes
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Videos (79 items)
Movie list by Rafa
Published 13 years ago 1 comment
165 votes
The 67 Most Influential Films Ever Made (67 items)
Movie list by Kristian
Published 13 years, 11 months ago 18 comments
89 votes
Total Film's 50 Movies That Shook The World (50 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar
Published 12 years, 10 months ago
98 votes
The Best Movies Ever, chosen by 94 actors (110 items)
Movie list by johanlefourbe
Published 12 years, 5 months ago 14 comments
226 votes
Actors/Actresses: Their Top 5 Favorite Films (104 items)
Person list by Coby
Published 12 years, 6 months ago 28 comments
60 votes
Directors' Favorite Films (327 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 7 months ago 4 comments
16 votes
Films That Have Been On IMDB's Top 250 (895 items)
Movie list by garfield2710
Published 11 years, 8 months ago 1 comment

Directors

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Andrei Tarkovsky's Favorite Directors (12 items)
Person list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 5 months ago 2 comments
17 votes
David Lynch's Favorite Directors (11 items)
Person list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 5 months ago 1 comment
6 votes
Sidney Lumet's Favorite Directors (35 items)
Person list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 9 months ago

Critics Lists

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A.O. Scott's Favorite Films (12 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 10 months ago 1 comment
3 votes
Peter Cowie's Favorite Films (24 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 6 months ago 1 comment
6 votes
Donald Richie's Favorite Films (10 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 5 months ago 1 comment
6 votes
Mark Cousins' Favorite Films (20 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 5 months ago 1 comment
25 votes
Susan Sontag's Favorite Films (10 items)
Movie list by Nusch
Published 11 years, 10 months ago 4 comments
6 votes
Filmspotting (63 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 11 years, 5 months ago 1 comment
8 votes
Taschen 100 All-Time Favorite Movies (100 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 1 comment

Listal's Favorite Movies of Each Decade

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Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 1910's (20 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 12 years, 12 months ago 5 comments
20 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 20's (55 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 22 comments
25 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 30's (90 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 29 comments
33 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 40's (91 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 28 comments
37 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 50's (106 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 37 comments
31 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 60's (129 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 38 comments
40 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 70's (135 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 51 comments
57 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 80's (161 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 50 comments
55 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 90's (186 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 65 comments
62 votes
Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 00's (220 items)
Movie list by Michael M
Published 13 years, 2 months ago 72 comments

Lists made by regular movie goers

These lists weren't made by critics or directors.
18 votes
Rate Your Music's Top 100 Films (100 items)
Movie list by Winters
Published 13 years, 4 months ago 1 comment
6 votes
Rate Your Music's Top 1000 Films (1000 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn
Last updated 12 years, 7 months ago 1 comment
87 votes
Listal Top 250 (250 items)
Movie list by propelas
Published 10 years, 8 months ago 16 comments
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The essential film lists.
Recommendations are appreciated. I'm focusing on lists by critics and directors, and polls of film types and regular movie goers. I might add the Time Out list if I read it.

The most important canon film lists are from the British Film Institute's poll of directors and critics that goes on every 10 years; it's called the Sight & Sound list and it's the most highly weighted poll in the TSPDT list.

The World Cinema lists of lists is the best collection of original film lists made by Listal users. I made a lists of film genre lists made by Listal users, but it's not nearly as good as the world cinema list.

Roger Ebert's essay on great movies is worth reading.

I recommend this essay (PDF) about film canon by Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.

I plan on reading critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's book Essential cinema: on the Necessity of Film Canons (a preview is on Google); his articles are on his website.

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Favorite Lists (58 lists)
list by SpG
Published 12 years, 4 months ago 2 comments
7 votes
Favorite Movie Lists* (20 lists)
list by Rath
Published 12 years, 6 months ago 1 comment
6 votes
Canon (6 lists)
list by Mr. Saturn
Published 12 years, 8 months ago 1 comment