This is the most accurate best movie of "all time" list, but those movies in this list are not only from United States.
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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