The Top 100 Films Of All Time 2012 Edition

Newer Post Older PostTUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 The IRA Top 100 Films Of All Time The IRA film group I've been a member of for 20 years gathers annually to name their top movies of the year.</p><p> You can see our top picks for 2011 here.</p><p> This year -- in conjunction with the every-decade Sight & Sound poll (due out in August) -- we made our picks for the top films of all time.</p><p> The final vote over the March 23-25 weekend was the culmination of months of debate, argument and balloting.</p><p> First we each watched a bunch of movies we hadn't seen in years or classics which slipped through the cracks.</p><p> Then we made our own personal lists of the Top 100 films of all time.</p><p> We took all those lists, combined them and came up with a master list of the 100+ films that got the most votes.</p><p> Then we broke ties and narrowed it down to exactly 100 films.</p><p> I for one had never seen 20 of them so that meant more movie watching.</p><p> Finally, on the big night we took those 100 films ten by ten and re-ranked them after discussion and debate.</p><p> So the Top 10 vote getters (movies like The Magnificent Ambersons, The Searchers and Vertigo ) were all treated as a group and ranked from #1 to #10.</p><p> Then we did the same with the next batch of ten and so on.</p><p> The result? A list none of us are truly happy with, naturally.</p><p> I bemoan the lack of animated films and just one documentary that made the cut.</p><p> Others are embarrassed by the omission of Bollywood.</p><p> And so on.</p><p> But it's a good list: watch all 100 films and you will have a good grounding in some classic cinema.</p><p> It happened for me.</p><p> I somehow had never caught director Max Ophuls.</p><p> Now The Earrings Of Madame De... is high on my personal list of the best movies of all time.</p><p> Same with the ground-breaking, revelatory Jeanne Dielman.</p><p> So debate and mock the list, but do watch the movies you've never seen before.</p><p> Enjoy! THE IRA TOP 100 MOVIES OF ALL TIME 1.</p><p> The Rules Of The Game 2.</p><p> The Magnificent Ambersons 3.</p><p> Citizen Kane 4.</p><p> Vertigo 5.</p><p> The Searchers 6.</p><p> Letter From An Unknown Woman 7.</p><p> The Big Sleep 8.</p><p> Psycho 9.</p><p> The Man Who Shot LIberty Valance 10.</p><p> The Apartment 11.</p><p> Shoah 12.</p><p> The Earrings Of Madame de... 13.</p><p> The Shop Around The Corner 14.</p><p> Tokyo Story 15.</p><p> Rear Window 16.</p><p> Notorious 17.</p><p> Touch Of Evil 18.</p><p> North By Northwest 19.</p><p> The Palm Beach Story 20.</p><p> The General (1926) 21.</p><p> Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 22.</p><p> The Big Heat 23.</p><p> Sunset Blvd. 24.</p><p> Red River 25.</p><p> Chinatown 26.</p><p> Sunrise 27.</p><p> Double Indemnity 28.</p><p> Laura 29.</p><p> His Girl Friday 30.</p><p> Ugetsu 31.</p><p> Rio Bravo 32.</p><p> Anatomy Of A Murder 33.</p><p> The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek 34.</p><p> Chimes At Midnight 35.</p><p> All About Eve 36.</p><p> The Decalogue 37.</p><p> The Awful Truth 38.</p><p> Some Like It Hot 39.</p><p> Danton 40.</p><p> Imitation Of Life 41.</p><p> McCabe & Mrs.</p><p> Miller 42.</p><p> Sherlock Jr . 43.</p><p> Once Upon A Time In The West 44. 2001: A Space Odyssey 45.</p><p> Ordet 46.</p><p> A Man Escaped 47.</p><p> Man With A Movie Camera 48.</p><p> Written On The Wind 49.</p><p> The Philadelphia Story 50.</p><p> Kiss Me Deadly 51.</p><p> Out Of The Past 52.</p><p> Force Of Evil 53.</p><p> Advise & Consent 54.</p><p> Home From The Hill 55.</p><p> Sweet Smell Of Success 56.</p><p> The Lady Eve 57.</p><p> Make Way For Tomorrow 58.</p><p> Breathless 59.</p><p> The Third Man 60.</p><p> Cluny Brown 61.</p><p> Pickup On South Street 62.</p><p> Shanghai Express 63.</p><p> The Passion Of Joan Of Arc 64.</p><p> The Naked Spur 65.</p><p> White Heat 66.</p><p> The Crowd 67.</p><p> The Crime Of Monsieur Lange 68.</p><p> Night Of The Hunter 69.</p><p> The Band Wagon 70.</p><p> The Scarlet Empress 71.</p><p> Red (1994) 72.</p><p> All That Heaven Allows 73.</p><p> Victor/Victoria 74.</p><p> Band Of Outsiders 75.</p><p> Day Of Wrath 76.</p><p> Rebel Without A Cause 77.</p><p> In A Lonely Place 78.</p><p> The Marriage Of Maria Braun 79.</p><p> It's A Wonderful Life 80.</p><p> The 400 Blows 81.</p><p> Metropolis 82.</p><p> Diary Of A Country Priest 83.</p><p> Casablanca 84.</p><p> Lola Montes 85.</p><p> Raging Bull 86.</p><p> The Last Picture Show 87.</p><p> Shock Corridor 88.</p><p> Meet Me In St.</p><p> Louis 89.</p><p> Fanny & Alexander 90.</p><p> A Star Is Born (1954) 91.</p><p> Ali: Fear Eats The Soul 92.</p><p> The Leopard 93.</p><p> Play Time 94.</p><p> A Matter Of Life And Death 95.</p><p> How Green Was My Valley 96.</p><p> Mildred Pierce 97.</p><p> What Ever Happened To Baby Jane 98.</p><p> Travels With My Aunt 99.</p><p> Days Of Heaven 100.</p><p> In The Mood For Love POSTED BY MICHAEL GILTZ AT 1:34 AM 3 COMMENTS: Anonymous said...</p><p> Thank you for the List..</p><p> I would appreciate it if you could put the year after the name of each movie, since many remakes are possible.</p><p> What does IRA stand for?..</p><p> Thanks again 1:10 PM Michael Giltz said...</p><p> Thanks for commenting.</p><p> The IRAs are just named after Ira, one of the founding members.</p><p> The letters don't stand for anything.</p><p> I suppose Psycho has been remade but you can rest assured these are all the original films.</p><p> I put a year next to the 1954 A Star Is Born.</p><p> The only other confusion might be over Red.</p><p> That's the 1994 film by the Polish director. 2:40 AM Anonymous said...</p><p> How many Ira members are there? 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