TOP 15 HOLLYWOOD FILMS OF ALL TIME

Godfather

This 1972 American crime classic directed by Francis Ford Coppola had an influence on the world film, especially in the Gangster genre of film that no other film in the world cinema ever managed to produce. It won three Oscars respectively for best actor, best picture and best adapted screenplay and is widely regarded as one of the few all time greats in the world cinema.

Citizen Kane

This 1941 American drama classic by Orson Welles is considered by the American Film Institute as the greatest American film of all time. Though initially the film was a disastrous box office failure it generated huge critical acclamation all over the world as a rare masterpiece for generations. Technically this film is still regarded as one of the landmark film for all ardent lovers of movies. No wonder that it would be an invariable choice in our list of top 50 Hollywood movies of all time.

Gone With the Wind

By any measure box office success or critical acclamation or awards or durability of the prominence over time this film would always be there among the all time greats in the world cinema. This 1939 historical epic film by Victor Fleming managed a commercial success that took 25 years to be broken. The film apart from its tremendous popularity and box office success also bagged 10 Academy awards in almost all major categories which was also a record for a long time.

The Shawshank Redemption

This 1994 drama film by the lesser known director Frank Darabont featuring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in the two lead roles was really a great surprising event in the world film. More than its huge box office success it was critically acclaimed as an all time classic all over the world.

The Great Dictator
If you want to talk about one versatile genius in film who's contribution made the modern film language possible in many respects and who with his directional skills and prodigious acting became a cultural icon he is definitely Charlie Chaplin and this 1940 political satire against the all power full fascist Hitler and Nazi aggression is his best. Chaplin in the comic role as Hitler produced one of the greatest acting scores in his life. The Great Dictator is also his most commercially successful film.

Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock is one of the few most gifted directors of psycho thriller genre of movies whose enigmatic creations in a way established the genre in the world film. Psycho is his most rich, dark and enigmatic movie which is still considered to be one of the greatest cult suspense horror films of all time and consequently our irreplaceable entry in the top 50 Hollywood movies of all time.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

If for generations western movies of Hollywood have produced so many cult followings all over the world for its typical rough, tough and bold characters, most enigmatically gypsy gang lord like lifestyle and dramatic action, then few western classics are responsible for this lineage and reputation and this Sergio Leone classic featuring Clint Eastwood in the lead role is the greatest among them.

Godfather Part II

After Godfather made its lasting impression on the world movie this sequel by Francis Ford Coppola in many ways especially in technical brilliance even surpassed its predecessor. The film won six Academy awards apart from being nominated for 5 others.

Casablanca

If you want to name one American romantic film in the history of the world movies that made most widespread recognition as an all time classic, then it is Casablanca and nothing else. This 1942 classic by Michel Curtiz remained a favorite all over the world for generations and consequently an inevitable choice in our list of top 50 Hollywood movies of all time.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

If ever a social concern is addressed through the film drama of exceptional brilliance then this 1975 Milos Forman classic has no alternative. The film is the second in winning all major 5 Oscar awards respectively for best picture, best director, best actor, best actress and best screenplay.

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood would always be remembered as a rarely gifted director and actor not only in Hollywood but in World Cinema and this 1992 modern western film encompassed all his acting and directorial genius in one filmic expression. The film apart from wining four Oscars and several nominations became an all time cult western classic in the subsequent time.

Vertigo

If suspense thriller had all its discreet and most different kinds of expression found in the hands of masterdirector Alfred Hitchcock then this movie is definitely the most beautiful and mysterious of them. As one of the defining works of both Hitchcock's career and the genre of thriller in Hollywood this film several times named as one of the best films of all time by several renowned evaluating agencies.

Apocalypse Now

If you want to experience the tragic horror of modern warfare in its most psychological and political expression then this 1979 war epic film by the celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola is the best of the lot. With enigmatic Marlon Brando in the crucial role of a war lord and most emphatic journalistic show of Vietnam War this film really deserves to be one of the top 50 Hollywood films of all time. The film won Palm d'Or in Cannes film festival and won Academy award for best picture.
The Apartment

Billy Wilder is always regarded as a great director of social drama and with this 1960 comedy drama he surpassed all his previous scores as a director. The film apart from being nominated for 10 Oscars won 5 including the best picture category.

The Apartment

Billy Wilder is always regarded as a great director of social drama and with this 1960 comedy drama he surpassed all his previous scores as a director. The film apart from being nominated for 10 Oscars won 5 including the best picture category.

The Searchers

American Film Institute named this 1956 western classic by John Ford as the greatest American western film of all time. In many ways this film shaped the genre of western classic and made it popular.