Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 80 to 71 slots
Movies 80 to 71 in the Top 100 Greatest movies ever.
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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