1.
The Godfather
(1972)
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. (175 mins.)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
2.
Airplane!
(1980)
An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the
only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly.
But don't call him Shirley. (88 mins.)
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
3.
Seven Samurai
(1954)
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. (207 mins.)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
4.
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. (104 mins.)
Director: Carol Reed
5.
Rashomon
(1950)
A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. (88 mins.)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
6.
Spring in a Small Town
(1948)
Following WWII and with China brought to it's knees by the actions of the Japanese, prior to the rise of the Communists... (98 mins.)
Director: Mu Fei
7.
Citizen Kane
(1941)
Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. (119 mins.)
Director: Orson Welles
8.
Casablanca
(1942)
Set in unoccupied Africa during the early
days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with
unforeseen complications. (102 mins.)
Director: Michael Curtiz
9.
The Rules of the Game
(1939)
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau. (110 mins.)
Director: Jean Renoir
10.
Pather Panchali
(1955)
The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor - his father Harihar... (119 mins.)
Director: Satyajit Ray
11.
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
A flamboyant and controversial British
military figure and his conflicted loyalties during his World War I
service in the Middle East. (216 mins.)
Director: David Lean
12.
Singin' in the Rain
(1952)
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. (103 mins.)
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
13.
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical
land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help
her return home. (102 mins.)
Director: Victor Fleming
14.
Bicycle Thieves
(1948)
A man and his son search for a stolen bicycle vital for his job. (93 mins.)
Director: Vittorio De Sica
15.
Battleship Potemkin
(1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. (75 mins.)
Director: S.M. Eisenstein
16.
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. (126 mins.)
Director: Gus Van Sant
17.
The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. (142 mins.)
Director: Frank Darabont
18.
Rocky
(1976)
Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer gets a
supremely rare chance to fight the heavy-weight champion, Apollo Creed,
in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. (119 mins.)
Director: John G. Avildsen
19.
Oldboy
(2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days. (120 mins.)
Director: Chan-wook Park
20.
M
(1931)
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. (117 mins.)
Director: Fritz Lang
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