Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 100 to 91 slots
Movies you must add to the cinema bucket list.
As from this week, and for the next 10 weeks, we will be publishing the list of the Top 100 greatest movies of all times.
This week we look at the movies in positions 100 to 91.
Be sure to “tune” in each week to see which movies you have to see before you die.
The list has been drawn up by IMDb and is not based on the personal preferences of the Addie’s staff.
Check out the list and let us know if you agree or disagree and what other movies your would add to the list.
Remember that your favourite may be higher, or lower, on the list so make sure to read through all the lists (the top 100 hundred has been broken into sets of 10 movies for ease of reading) and let us know where these movies rank, if at all, in your list of favoured movies.
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 100: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Running time: 126 minutes.
Oscars: 3, Nominations: 8
There were no BAFTA or Golden Glode nominations or awards for this film.
Number 99: North by Northwest (1959)
A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Running time: 136 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 3
There were no BAFTA or Golden Glode nominations or awards for this film.
Number 98: The Third Man (1949)
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed
Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Running time: 104 minutes
Oscars: 1, Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 1, Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 0
Number 97: Rear Window (1954)
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Running time: 112 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 0
Number 96: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Director: Nicholas Ray
Stars: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus
Running time: 111 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 3
BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 0
Number 95: Double Indemnity (1944)
An insurance representative lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator’s suspicions.
Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Running time: 107 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 7
There were no BAFTA or Golden Glode nominations or awards for this film.
Number 94: Wuthering Heights (1939)
7.7/10
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. (104 mins.)
Director: William Wyler
Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
Running time: 104 minutes
Oscars: 1, Nominations: 8
There were no BAFTA or Golden Glode nominations or awards for this film.
Number 93: Taxi Driver (1976)
A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Running time: 113 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 2, Nominations: 6
Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 2
Number 92: A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society’s crime problem – but not all goes according to plan.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Running time: 136 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0, Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 0, Nominations: 3
Number 91: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Director: John Huston
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Running time: 100 minutes
Oscars: 0, Nominations: 3
There were no BAFTA or Golden Glode nominations or awards for this film.
