Top movies of all time: Greatest movies in the 20 to 11 slots
As we move towards revealing the top movies of all time, this week we look at those in the 20 to 11 spots. Watch for the big reveal next week when the Top 10 are uncovered.
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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.
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.
Here are the movies ranked 20 to 11 on the list.
Number 20: Star Wars (1977)
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire’s world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Running time: 121 minutes
Oscars: 6, Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 1, BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1, Golden Globe Nominations: 4
Number 19: West Side Story (1961)
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn
Running time: 152 minutes
Oscars: 10, Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 3, Golden Globe Nominations: 5 ” – ChrisWalczyk55
Number 18: The Sound of Music (1965)
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.
Director: Robert Wise
Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
Running time: 174 minutes.
Oscars: 5, Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 2, Golden Globe Nominations: 4
Number 17: Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny Curran, eludes him.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Running time: 142 minutes
Oscars: 6, Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: 1, BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 3, Golden Globe Nominations: 7 ” – ChrisWalczyk55
Number 16: On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Director: Elia Kazan
Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Running time: 108 minutes
Oscars: 8, Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 1, BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 4, Golden Globe Nominations: 4
Number 15: Vertigo (1958)
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Running time: 128 minutes.
Oscars: 0, Oscar Nominations: 2
There were no BAFA or Golden Globe nominations for this film.
Number 14: Sunset Blvd. (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Director: Billy Wilder
Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Running time: 110 minutes
Oscars: 3, Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 4, Golden Globe Nominations: 7
Number 13: Psycho (1960)
A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Running time: 109 minutes
Oscars: 0, Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 0, BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1, Golden Globe Nominations: 1
Number 12: The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe, Nevada to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Running time: 200 minutes
Oscars: 6, Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 1, BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 0, Golden Globe Nominations: 6
Number 11: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Follows a brilliant, flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.
Director: David Lean
Stars: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Running time: 216 minutes
Oscars: 7, Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 4, BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 4, Golden Globe Nominations: 7