| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| All About Eve | 1950 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - If you have not seen it, you need to make time to learn all about Eve. |
| Annie Hall | 1977 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - A classic |
| Casablanca | 1942 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - It's as good as you've been told. |
| Godfather, The | 1972 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - One of the best movies of all time. |
| No Country for Old Men | 2007 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - This is the Coen Brothers at their best. Javier Bardem won the Oscar but the film's best performance came from Kelly McDonald as Josh Brolin's poor girlfriend. |
| Godfather: Part II, The | 1974 | 95 | 6 | (full review) - One of the greatest gangster films ever. |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | 1946 | 95 | 6 | (full review) - One of the best of all the films to win best picture. |
| Artist, The | 2011 | 90 | 8 | (full review) |
| Birdman | 2014 | 90 | 8 | - The film is occasionally pretentious but, in the end, it's still a triumph of pure cinema. |
| Million Dollar Baby | 2004 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - Great film but so very depressing. |
| Moonlight | 2016 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - One of the best of 2016 |
| Argo | 2012 | 86 | 12 | (full review) |
| All The King's Men | 1949 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - It remains just as relevant today as when it was first released. |
| Chicago | 2002 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - The show that predicted the Kardashians. |
| Departed, The | 2006 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - Like all worthwhile films, The Departed is one that grows better with subsequent viewings |
| French Connection, The | 1971 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - The film's power has been diluted by imitation but it's still an exciting film and Gene Hackman's performance continues to impress. |
| On The Waterfront | 1954 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - The performances are still amazing. |
| Slumdog Millionaire | 2008 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - An excellent and exuberant film from Danny Boyle. |
| The Apartment | 1960 | 85 | 13 | (full review) - The film's satire still feels relevant. |
| Rebecca | 1940 | 80 | 20 | (full review) - Good, gothic fun |
| Chariots of Fire | 1981 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - The film may not be great but it's still effective. |
| Mrs. Miniver | 1942 | 75 | 21 | (full review) - Effective World War II melodrama |
| Spotlight | 2015 | 70 | 23 | (full review) - Well-made but a bit too conventional. |
| Crash | 2004 | 25 | 24 | (full review) |
| American Beauty | 1999 | 15 | 25 | (full review) - Overrated and misogynistic |