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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
6              1990       Goodfellas
7              1974       Godfather Part II, The
10           2001       Donnie Darko
13           1999       Matrix, The
14           1981       Raiders of the Lost Ark
16           1972       Godfather, The
17           2000       Gladiator
18           2004       Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
19           1986       Aliens
20           2005       Sin City
23           1976       Taxi Driver
26           1985       Back to the Future
27           1993       Schindler's List
31           1992       Reservoir Dogs
32           1982       Blade Runner
39           1979       Apocalypse Now
42           1946       It's a Wonderful Life
44           1975       Monty Python and the Holy Grail
45           1949       Third Man, The
48           1971       A Clockwork Orange
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
58           1983       Scarface
59           1980       Airplane!
61           1986       Blue Velvet
62           1954       Seven Samurai, The
64           1968       2001: A Space Odyssey
67           1977       Close Encounters of the Third Kind
68           1962       Lawrence of Arabia
69           1978       Halloween
70           1956       Searchers, The
72           1968       Once Upon a Time in the West
74           2003       Kill Bill Vol. 1
75           1999       Magnolia
76           1978       Deer Hunter, The
78           1999       American Beauty
80           1974       Chinatown
84           1964       Goldfinger
85           1939       Wizard of Oz, The
86           1978       Dawn of the Dead
91           1964       Dr. Strangelove
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
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