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Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 80 to 71 slots

Movies 80 to 71 in the Top 100 Greatest movies ever.

A list of the top 100 greatest movies of all times has been drawn up by IMDb and is not based on the personal preferences of the Addie’s staff.

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According to IMDb, the movies on this list are ranked according to their success (awards and nominations), their popularity, and their true greatness from a directing/writing standpoint.

Number 80: The Green Mile (1999)

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

Director: Frank Darabont

Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Running time: 189 minutes

Oscars: 0, Nominations: 4

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 0

Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 1

Number 79: Shane (1953)

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.

Director: George Stevens

Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde

Running time: 118 minutes

Oscars: 1, Nominations: 6

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 2

Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 0

Number 78: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Director: John Ford

Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin

Running time: 129 minutes

Oscars: 2, Nominations: 7

There were no BAFTA or Golden Globe nominations for this movie.

Number 77: Giant (1956)

Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

Director: George Stevens

Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker

Running time: 201 minutes

Oscars: 1, Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 0

Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 1

Number 76: Fargo (1996)

Jerry Lundegaard’s inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen’s bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Director: Joel Coen

Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Running time: 98 minutes

Oscars: 2, Nominations: 7

BAFTA Awards: 1, Nominations: 6

Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 4

Number 75: Tootsie (1982)

An unemployed actor with a reputation for being difficult disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a soap opera.

Director: Sydney Pollack

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman

Running time: 116 minutes

Oscars: 1, Nominations: 10

BAFTA Awards: 2, Nominations: 9

Golden Globes: 3, Nominations: 5

Number 74: Terms of Endearment (1983)

Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter’s family problems.

Director: James L. Brooks

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito

Running time 132 minutes.

Oscars: 5, Nominations: 11

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 1

Golden Globes: 4, Nominations: 6

Number 73: Good Will Hunting (1997)

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Director: Gus Van Sant

Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård

Running time: 126 minutes

Oscars: 2, Nominations: 9

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 0

Golden Globes: 1, Nominations: 4

Number 72: Annie Hall (1977)

Neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Director: Woody Allen

Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane

Running time: 93 minutes

Oscars: 4, Nominations: 5

BAFTA Awards: 5, Nominations: 6

Golden Globes: 1, Nominations: 5

Number 71: Rain Man (1988)

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. (133 mins.)

Director: Barry Levinson

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen

Running time: 133 minutes

Oscars: 4, Nominations: 8

BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 3

Golden Globes: 2, Nominations: 4

 

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