All time Top Hollywood Movies
Here i listed Top Hollywood movies Based on Story,Action,Direction.
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1.  STAR WARS (1977), STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)Unable to procure the rights to Flash Gordon, George Lucas serves up his own homage to the Saturday-morning adventure serials he loved as a kid; somehow managing to create possibly the most revered and successful film series ever in the process. |
| 2. THE GODFATHER (1972), THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) Coppola's epic, operatic, bullet-ridden saga of a Mafia family at war with itself and its rivals. Murder, betrayal, ambition: it's all here, and utterly compelling, with Brando at his scene-stealing best. |
| 3. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) Mugged at the Oscars by Forrest Gump, this irresistible prison drama promotes the unquenchable human spirit with an intelligence that the gooey Gump readily sacrificed. |
| 4. PULP FICTION (1994) Tarantino, the boy wonder pushed his storytelling powers to their limits to make this film every bit as BIG as the widescreen 70s hits that inspired him. An instant classic. |
| 5. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Wilder and Diamond's script crackles with ideas and gags, and the performances are uniformly assured, with Curtis's triple characterization in particular a revelation. Monroe was reputedly at her worst on set, fluffing take after take, but whatever was necessary to achieve this brilliantly sustained gem was worth it. |
| 6. GLADIATOR (2000) Ridley Scott revives the Roman epic with computer generated imagery and a mighty performance from Russell Crowe. Not to mention the last stand of the late Oliver Reed. |
| 7. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) Capra's Christmas perennial is a lot darker than its status as prime festive schedule-filler would suggest. That's not to say it will have you hiding behind the sofa but, for a film that deals with missed opportunities and one man's dark night of the soul, it is all the more impressive it has garnered a feel-good reputation. |
| 8. BLADE RUNNER (1982) Dystopian thriller Blade Runner remains the most influential sci-fi masterpiece of modern cinema, notably for its immaculate visualisations of retro-futuristic urban decay. |
| 9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) A heart-rending and redemptive Holocaust story, this Oscar-grabbing epic added to Spielberg's directorial credibility, showing he could handle controversial, sophisticated stories with real sensitivity. |
| 10. GOODFELLAS (1990) "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster," Henry Hill opens his true story of 30 years in the mob in Scorsese's epic. |
| 11. PSYCHO (1960) The music, the setting, the shower scene, the mother in the cellar... everything about this iconic film has passed into cinema history. A genuine virtuoso classic and the grandaddy of all slashers. |
| 12. JAWS (1975) It left a generation of schoolkids afraid to go into a swimming pool, let alone back into the water. Wunderkind Spielberg's story is all the scarier for hardly ever showing the Great White that is most of the characters' nemesis. |
| 13. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979) Martin Sheen journeys through Vietnam and Cambodia to terminate flipped-out renegade US colonel Marlon Brando. But his mission becomes a screaming trip into madness, stunningly realised by Coppola's hallucinogenic direction and a cast dragged from Hollywood's Narcotics Anonymous. |
| 14. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975) Jack Nicholson excels in this multi-Oscar winning, anti-authoritarian tale, the last of the great counter-culture Hollywood movies. |
| 15. THE MATRIX (1999) The Wachowski brothers' ground breaking, morphing and shattering sci-fi spectacular. Featuring Keanu Reeves and kung fu like you've never seen it before. |
| 16. CASABLANCA (1942) With nearly every line of its script engraved on the collective subconscious, and its central performances of Bogart and Bergman defining iconic cool, Casablancais an exultant classic. "Here's looking at you, kid". |
| 17. THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995) One of the outstanding thrillers of the 90s boasts a screenplay that is both bewildering and utterly, brilliantly logical. A film that immediately makes you question what you have just seen and whether it can really have been as good as you think. |
| 18. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) A highpoint of martial arts cinema from Ang Lee no less, which blends the latest fight effects into a 19th century China epic of love and valour. Swashbuckling on the grandest of scales, with Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. |
| 19. CITIZEN KANE (1941) The world's most acclaimed film, too often on the top ten lists with critics flexing their reflexes rather than their minds. Even so, it is mesmerising and the young Welles threw down a challenge to Hollywood from which neither fully recovered. A masterpiece. |
| 20. RAGING BULL (1980) A genuine moment of cinematic genius. The physical and emotional punches come so thick and fast, you have to check yourself for bruises. |
| 21. ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) Before the likes of Independence Day and Evolution, there was a time when movie aliens were cute and nice and only wanted to be our friends. Essential Spielberg. |
| 22. TAXI DRIVER (1976) Stone-cold classic. Robert De Niro is electrifying as the Vietnam-scarred taxi driver with a frightening take on the justice system. |
| 23. LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) History is rewritten and sacred cows are merrily sacrificed as the Python team unleash their alternative take on certain well-known events from 2,000 years ago. |
| 24. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952) Gloriously exuberant and abidingly popular musical from the 1950s heyday. Stanley Donen's film sets the Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds romance against the fascinating backdrop of the coming of sound in movies. |
| 25. LA CONFIDENTIAL (1997) Brilliant adaptation of James Ellroy's detective novel about three cops facing corrupt businessmen, sleazy journalists and assorted trash in 50s LA. |
| 26. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore". Exuberant landmark of both children's entertainment and 1930s Technicolor filmmaking. Inventive, fantastical, colourful - and a surprisingly dark and complex tale about economics and the miseries of childhood. |
| 27. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) We know what the year 2001 looks like now, and it doesn't look much like Kubrick's vision. But 2001: A Space Odyssey itself still looks immaculate. Spectacular, trailblazing and philosophical, it's an undisputed masterpiece. |
| 28. KES (1969) Ken Loach's raw, truthful re-telling of Barry Hines's gritty story of a boy's alienation and brutal school life in 60s Yorkshire. |
| 29. VERTIGO (1958) The large man from Leytonstone delivers a literally dizzying thriller which achieves classic status courtesy of an ace, atypical performance from the legendary James Stewart. |
| 30. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Superlative multi-Oscar winning biography of T. E. Lawrence (played by Peter O'Toole), the Oxford-educated lieutenant, who united Arab tribes against the Ottoman Turks in WWI. |
| 31. FARGO (1996) Smart, stylish, frozen Midwestern noir from the Coen brothers that is assured, blacky funny and thoroughly thoughtful. Features a superb turn from Frances McDormand and top-quality support from Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy. |
| 32. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) The definitive Technicolor romantic epic. Rhett, Scarlett, burning sets and a whole slew of nostalgic and/or reactionary values, this is creator-producer David O. Selznick's finest hour and a cornerstone of the Hollywood monolith. |
| 33. TRAINSPOTTING (1996) Anti-hero Mark Renton's philosophy drifts between choosing life and choosing drugs as he floats in and out of Edinburgh's junkie culture in this modern classic. |
| 34. THE FULL MONTY (1997) Gaz and his mates turn the bum steer of redundancy and recession into sure-fire crowd-pleasing entertainment in this classic Yorkshire comedy with a social conscience. |
| 35. THE GRADUATE (1967) Boy loves girl but has a fling with her mum in this classic comedy drama that turned Dustin Hoffman into a sex symbol. |
| 36. ALIEN (1979) The film that gave us the action heroine, in the shape of Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley, and presented space travel as just another job. It's a tour-de-force of suspense, slasher antics and good old-fashioned sci-fi. |
| 37. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1990) The film that brought new meaning to having a friend round for dinner, raised Anthony Hopkins to iconic status and terrified a generation. |
| 38. WITHNAIL & I (1987) The foremost British cult comedy. Two aspiring actors go on holiday by mistake. |
| 39. THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) Steve McQueen is brilliantly opaque in this ace war film, about a mass breakout from Stalag Luft - with a classic motorcycle chase sequence featuring the great man himself. The all-star ensemble includes James Coburn, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and James Garner. |
| 40. TOY STORY (1995) Toy Story remains one of the funniest and best children's films in a long, long time. The first animation to render its images wholly by computer. |
| 41. THE THIRD MAN (1949) Orson Welles' Harry Lime steals the show (and anything else he can get his hands on) in this stunning noir set amid the ruins of post-War Vienna, and featuring perhaps the most memorable chase sequence in cinema. |
| 42. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994) Hugh Grant is at his bumbling best in this feel-good farce about whether or not to tie the knot. British filmmakers showed Hollywood how to do romantic comedy and Oscar nominations followed. |
| 43. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) However much it may be ridiculed - its status as a Christmas TV film is legendary - there's no denying that the Andrews classic is one of the best screen musicals ever made. |
| 44. FITZCARRALDO (1982) An obsessive adventurer decides to build an opera house in the middle of the Amazonian jungle. Easier said than done? Yes. A potent team-up from enigmatic talents Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. |
| 45. DELIVERANCE (1972) A bunch of city slickers venture to an Appalachian river to shoot the rapids there - and find themselves farther from civilisation than they could possibly have imagined. |
| 46. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966) Morricone's cheekily melodramatic score, and the physical interplay between the leading men all contribute to the film's (and Eastwood's) iconic status. |
| 47. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949) Alec Guinness has a field day in this ultra-black Ealing classic, playing all the members of an effete, aristocratic family as they get bumped off, one by one. |
| 48. CHINATOWN (1974) Polanski's masterly film noir takes us back to the days when Los Angeles was a (relatively) small town - and Jack Nicholson was a proper actor. |
| 49. THE EXORCIST (1973) The most successful adult horror film of all time: still sicker than a post-curry vomit festival. |
| 50. ANNIE HALL (1977) Woody Allen's best work, this early romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton remains his only movie to win a Best Picture Academy Award - beating Star Wars, no less. |