Films

  1. Lawrence of Arabia – 1962- David Lean
  2. Godfather 1 and 2 – 1972 / 74 – Francis Ford Coppola
  3. Lord of the Rings Trilogy – 2001 / 03 – Peter Jackson
  4. Apocalypse Now – 1979 – Francis Ford Coppola
  5. Casablanca – 1942 – Michael Curtiz.
  6. Star Wars – 4 -5 -6 – 1977 / 80 / 83 – George Lucas
  7. Pulp Fiction – 1994 – Quentin Tarantino
  8. Zulu – 1964 – Cy Endfield
  9. Funeral in Berlin – 1966 – Guy Hamilton.
  10. Kelly’s Heroes – 1970 – Brian G. Hutton.
  11. Duellists – 1977 -Ridley Scott.
  12. The Bourne Trilogy – 2002 / 07 – Doug Liman 1/Paul Greengrass 2 and 3
  13. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid – 1969 – George Roy Hill
  14. Manhattan – 1979 – Woody Allen
  15. Man Who Would Be King – 1975 – John Huston
  16. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – 1998 Guy Ritchie
  17. Taxi Driver – 1976 – Martin Scorsese. –
  18. Graduate – 1967 – Mike Nichols.
  19. MASH – 1970 – Robert Altman.
  20. Big Sleep – 1946 – Howard Hawks.
  21. La Battaglia di Algeri – 1966 – Gillo Pontecorvo.
  22. Maltese Falcon – 1941 – John Huston
  23. All The Presidents Men -1976 -Alan J. Pakula.
  24. Annie Hall – 1977 – Woody Allen
  25. North By Northwest – 1959 – Alfred Hitchcock
  26. Italian Job – 1969- Peter Collinson.
  27. Silence of the Lambs – 1991 – Jonathan Demme
  28. Knights Tale – 2001 -Brian Helgeland.
  29. Fifth Element – 1997 – Luc Besson,
  30. Saving Private Ryan – 1998 – Steven Spielberg
  31. Odd Couple – 1968 – Gene Saks
  32. Great Escape – 1963 – John Sturges.
  33. Blow Up – 1966 – Michelangelo Antonioni
  34. All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930 – Lewis Milestone
  35. Easy Rider – 1969 – Dennis Hopper
  36. Ipcress File – 1966 – Sidney J. Furie,
  37. Five Easy Pieces – 1970 – Bob Rafelson
  38. Full Monty – 1997 – Peter Cattaneo.
  39. Shawshank Redemption – 1994 – Frank Darabont
  40. Chinatown – 1974 – Roman Polanski
  41. Cool Hand Luke – 1967 – Stuart Rosenberg
  42. Getaway – 1972 – Sam Peckinpah
  43. The Sting – 1973 – George Roy Hill
  44. Clerks – 1994 – Kevin Smith,
  45. Untouchables – 1987 – Brian De Palma a
  46. Midnight Express – 1978 – Alan Parker.
  47. In the Heat of the Night – 1967 – Norman Jewison.
  48. Dr Zhivago – 1965 – David Lean
  49. African Queen – 1951 – John Huston
  50. Guns of Navarone – 1961 – J. Lee Thompson
  51. Once Upon a Time in America – 1984 – Sergio Leone
  52. Unforgiven – 1992 – Clint Eastwood
  53. Jaws – 1975 – Steven Spielberg
  54. Assault on Precinct 13 – 1976 – John Carpenter
  55. Sling Blade – 1996 – Billy Bob Thornton,
  56. Magnificent Seven – 1960 – John Sturges
  57. Seven Samurai. – 1954 – Akira Kurosawa’s
  58. Dirty Harry – 1971 – Don Siegel,
  59. Gladiator – 2000 – Ridley Scott
  60. Midnight Run – 1988 – Martin Brest
  61. Barefoot in the Park – 1967 – Gene Saks
  62. Wild Bunch – 1969 – Sam Peckinpah
  63. Mississippi Burning – 1988 – Alan Parker
  64. Jeremiah Johnson – 1972 – Sydney Pollack
  65. Good Will Hunting – 1997 – Gus Van Sant
  66. How the West Was Won – 1962 – John Ford Henry Hathaway George Marshall
  67. Deer Hunter – 1978 – Michael Cimino
  68. Inside Man – 2006 – Spike Lee
  69. Get Carter – 1971 – Mike Hodges
  70. Groundhog Day – 1993 – Harold Ramis,
  71. Goodfellas – 1990 – Martin Scorsese.
  72. Terminator 2 – 1991 – James Cameron
  73. Four Weddings and a Funeral – 1994 – Mike Newell.
  74. Where Eagles Dare – 1968 – Brian G. Hutton
  75. Blazing Saddles – 1974 – Mel Brooks
  76. Steelyard Blues – 1973 – Alan Myerson
  77. Night in Casablanca – Archie Mayo.
  78. Eraserhead – 1976 – David Lynch
  79. Dogma – 1999 – Kevin Smith.
  80. Downfall – 2004 – Oliver Hirschbiegel
  81. Master and Commander – 2003 – Peter Weir.
  82. Animal House – 1978 -John Landis.
  83. Start the Revolution without Me – 1970 – Bud Yorkin.
  84. Warriors – 1979 – Walter Hill
  85. Trainspotting – 1996 – Danny Boyle.
  86. Madness of King George – 1994 – Nicholas Hytner.
  87. On the Waterfront – 1954 – Elia Kazan.
  88. Spartacus – 1960- Stanley Kubrick
  89. Hunt for Red October – 1990 – John McTiernan.
  90. School for Scoundrels -1960 – Robert Hamer,
  91. Blue in the Face – 1995 – Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
  92. Room at the Top – 1959 – Jack Clayton.
  93. Leon – 1994 – Luc Besson
  94. Longest Day – 1962 – Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton.
  95. Kind Hearts and Coronets – 1949 – Robert Hamer.
  96. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – 1960 – Karel Reisz.
  97. Philadelphia – 1993 – Jonathan Demme
  98. My Cousin Vinny – 1992 – Jonathan Lynn
  99. To Catch a Thief – 1955 – Alfred Hitchcock
  100. Woodstock – 1970 – Michael Wadleigh
  101. Dirty Dozen
  102. Thomas Crown Affair
  103. Bonnie and Clyde
  104. Heavens Gate
  105. Braveheart
  106. Blue in the Face
  107. Legends of the Fall
  108. Snatch
  109. Philadelphia Story
  110. Up in Smoke
  111. Ghandi
  112. Nikita
  113. Silverado
  114. Scarface
  115. Life at the Top
  116. Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  117. Grapes of Wrath
  118. Die Hard
  119. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  120. 12 Angry Men
  121. Dog Day Afternoon
  122. Schindler’s List
  123. Birds
  124. Psycho
  125. Toy Story 3
  126. Dr Strangelove
  127. Alien
  128. Clockwork Orange
  129. Reservoir Dogs
  130. Raging Bull
  131. Bridge Over The River Kwai
  132. Gold Rush
  133. Fargo
  134. Heat
  135. Hustler
  136. True Grit
  137. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  138. Usual Suspects
  139. In the Name of the Father
  140. Das Boot
  141. Back to the Future
  142. Gran Torino
  143. Slumdog Millionaire
  144. High Noon
  145. Searchers
  146. Duck Soup
  147. How Green was my Valley
  148. From Here to Eternity
  149. Ben Hur
  150. Oliver
  151. French Connection
  152. Rocky
  153. Amadeus
  154. Rain Man
  155. Driving Miss daisy
  156. Shakespeare in Love
  157. Dances with Wolves
  158. Terms of Endearment
  159. Marathon Man
  160. Good Morning Vietnam
  161. Cotton Club
  162. Tootsie
  163. And Justice for All
  164. Being There
  165. On Golden Pond
  166. French Lieutenant’s Woman
  167. ET
  168. Apollo 13
  169. As Good as It Gets

The Best of...

curated by David Bates

From Aladdin Sane to Zulu - the best that popular culture has given us over the last half century.