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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 11 years, 1 month ago

29 votes

They Shoot Pictures Don't They? (2013) (1000 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Published 10 years, 9 months ago

3 comments

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20 votes

Roger Ebert's Sight & Sound Picks (20 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 6 months ago

3 comments

26 votes

Roger Ebert's Great Movies (408 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Published 11 years, 7 months ago

3 comments

13 votes

AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary) (100 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar

Published 14 years, 7 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 14 years, 10 months ago

10 comments

7 votes

Andrew Sarris' Favorite Films (26 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 10 years, 11 months ago

1 comment

8 votes

Pauline Kael's Favorite Films (19 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 6 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 13 years, 2 months ago

28 comments

76 votes

Cahiers du cinéma’s 100 Greatest Films (100 items)
Movie list by Tapio

Published 13 years, 5 months ago

12 comments

18 votes

Positif: Greatest Films (73 items)
Movie list by Kankku

Published 13 years, 10 months ago

1 comment

5 votes

Positif greatest films poll 2002 (78 items)
Movie list by nicopo

Published 11 years, 2 months ago

1 comment

504 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
Movie list by upidipi

Published 14 years, 7 months ago

874 comments

52 votes

TIME's 100 Greatest Movies (100 items)
Movie list by JxSxPx

Published 15 years ago

5 comments

36 votes

Movie awards masterlist (13 lists)
list by johanlefourbe

Published 11 years, 9 months ago

5 comments

5 votes

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Videos (79 items)
Movie list by Rafa

Published 12 years, 1 month ago

1 comment

165 votes

The 67 Most Influential Films Ever Made (67 items)
Movie list by Kristian

Published 12 years, 11 months ago

18 comments

88 votes

Total Film's 50 Movies That Shook The World (50 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar

Published 11 years, 10 months ago

98 votes

The Best Movies Ever, chosen by 94 actors (110 items)
Movie list by johanlefourbe

Published 11 years, 6 months ago

14 comments

225 votes

Actors/Actresses: Their Top 5 Favorite Films (104 items)
Person list by Coby

Published 11 years, 7 months ago

28 comments

60 votes

Directors' Favorite Films (327 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 10 years, 8 months ago

4 comments

16 votes

Films That Have Been On IMDB's Top 250 (895 items)
Movie list by garfield2710

Published 10 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 11 years, 6 months ago

2 comments

17 votes

David Lynch's Favorite Directors (11 items)
Person list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 10 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

6 votes

Sidney Lumet's Favorite Directors (35 items)
Person list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 10 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 10 years, 10 months ago

1 comment

3 votes

Peter Cowie's Favorite Films (24 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

6 votes

Donald Richie's Favorite Films (10 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

6 votes

Mark Cousins' Favorite Films (20 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 6 months ago

1 comment

25 votes

Susan Sontag's Favorite Films (10 items)
Movie list by Nusch

Published 10 years, 10 months ago

4 comments

6 votes

Filmspotting (63 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 10 years, 5 months ago

1 comment

8 votes

Taschen 100 All-Time Favorite Movies (100 items)
Movie list by AFIoscar

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

1 comment

Listal's Favorite Movies of Each Decade

Decade lists by Listal users

8 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 1910's (20 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years ago

5 comments

20 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 20's (55 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

22 comments

25 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 30's (90 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

29 comments

33 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 40's (91 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

28 comments

37 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 50's (106 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

37 comments

31 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 60's (129 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

38 comments

40 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 70's (135 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

51 comments

57 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 80's (161 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

50 comments

55 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 90's (186 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

65 comments

62 votes

Listal's 100 Greatest Movies Of The 00's (220 items)
Movie list by Michael M

Published 12 years, 3 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 12 years, 4 months ago

1 comment

6 votes

Rate Your Music's Top 1000 Films (1000 items)
Movie list by Mr. Saturn

Last updated 11 years, 8 months ago

1 comment

86 votes

Listal Top 250 (250 items)
Movie list by propelas

Published 9 years, 9 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.