Total Film Top 100

In 2006 the readers of Total Film magazine voted for their top 100 movies of all time, as compiled in this book. The difference between the readers of Total Film and Empire is never more clear than when comparing their top choices. For Empire it is the stone cold classic The Godfather, yet for Total Film it is The Empire Strikes Back, a much flawed film that, though good, few can claim to be perfect. There's few surprises on this list, and in fact every film on here appears on at least one of the other lists, but had I stretched it to include the 20 that just missed out, I'd have found myself having to watch Life Is Beautiful, a film that no-one deemed worthy enough to appear anywhere else. For the record, I've seen it, and once was enough.

Films on the list: 120
Films watched:48
Progress: 40.0%

1              1980       Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire StrikesBack

2              1999       Fight Club

3              1994       Pulp Fiction

4              2003       Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King

5              1994       Shawshank Redemption, The

6              1990       Goodfellas

7              1974       Godfather Part II, The

8              2001       Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of theRing

9              1975       Jaws

10           2001       Donnie Darko

11           1977       Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

12           1995       Usual Suspects, The

13           1999       Matrix, The

14           1981       Raiders of the Lost Ark

15           1995       Seven

16           1972       Godfather, The

17           2000       Gladiator

18           2004       Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

19           1986       Aliens

20           2005       Sin City

21           2002       Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers

22           1997       L.A. Confidential

23           1976       Taxi Driver

24           1988       Die Hard

25           2005       Batman Begins

26           1985       Back to the Future

27           1993       Schindler's List

28           2004       Spider Man 2

29           1998       Big Lebowski, The

30           1995       Heat

31           1992       Reservoir Dogs

32           1982       Blade Runner

33           1991       Terminator 2: Judgement Day

34           1979       Alien

35           2003       X-Men 2

36           1977       Annie Hall

37           1994       Leon

38           1942       Casablanca

39           1979       Apocalypse Now

40           2000       Memento

41           1993       Jurassic Park

42           1946       It's a Wonderful Life

43           1975       One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

44           1975       Monty Python and the Holy Grail

45           1949       Third Man, The

46           1966       Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The

47           1999       Toy Story 2

48           1971       A Clockwork Orange

49           2001       Moulin Rouge!

50           1960       Apartment, The

51           1969       Wild Bunch, The

52           1982       E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

53           1996       Trainspotting

54           1980       Raging Bull

55           2002       City of God

56           1986       Stand By Me

57           1982       Thing, The

58           1983       Scarface

59           1980       Airplane!

60           1991       Silence of the Lambs, The

61           1986       Blue Velvet

62           1954       Seven Samurai, The

63           1941       Citizen Kane

64           1968       2001: A Space Odyssey

65           2004       Shaun of the Dead

66           2003       Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

67           1977       Close Encounters of the Third Kind

68           1962       Lawrence of Arabia

69           1978       Halloween

70           1956       Searchers, The

71           1976       Rocky

72           1968       Once Upon a Time in the West

73           1986       Platoon

74           2003       Kill Bill Vol. 1

75           1999       Magnolia

76           1978       Deer Hunter, The

77           1980       Shining, The

78           1999       American Beauty

79           1996       Fargo

80           1974       Chinatown

81           1998       Saving Private Ryan

82           1958       Vertigo

83           2005       King Kong

84           1964       Goldfinger

85           1939       Wizard of Oz, The

86           1978       Dawn of the Dead

87           2000       Requiem for a Dream

88           1984       Terminator, The

89           1960       Psycho

90           2005       Brokeback Mountain

91           1964       Dr. Strangelove

92           2004       Bourne Supremacy, The

93           2004       Incredibles, The

94           1959       Some Like It Hot

95           2001       Spirited Away

96           1954       Rear Window

97           1974       Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The

98           1984       This is Spinal Tap

99           1994       Forrest Gump

100         1973       Exorcist, The
101         1979       Monty Python's Life Of Brian
102         1990       Edward Scissorhands
103         1994       Clerks
104         1959       North By Northwest
105         1957       12 Angry Men
106         1986       Ferris Bueller's Day Off
107         2003       Lost In Translation
108         1990       Miller's Crossing
109         1998       Life Is Beautiful
110         1987       Full Metal Jacket
111          1963      The Great Escape
112          1983      Once Upon A Time In America
113          1991      JFK
114          1939      Gone With The Wind
115          1996      Romeo + Juliet
116          1998      American History X
117          1988      Rain Man
118          1985      Brazil
119          1993      Duck Soup
120          1962      To Kill A Mockingbird