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Top 10 Films of All Time

Number 1 is a tie between 8 1/2 and Dekalog.
by Dylan-Potter • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
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  • 8½ (1963)

    1. 8½

    19632h 18mNot Rated93Metascore
    8.0 (131K)
    A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia Cardinale
  • Dekalog (1989)

    2. Dekalog

    1989–199010 epsTV-MATV Mini Series100Metascore
    8.9 (34K)
    Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
    StarsArtur BarcisOlgierd LukaszewiczOlaf Lubaszenko
  • Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in Persona (1966)

    3. Persona

    19661h 23mNot Rated86Metascore
    8.0 (139K)
    A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha Krook
  • Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Spyros Fokas, Annie Girardot, and Renato Salvatori in Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

    4. Rocco and His Brothers

    19602h 59mNot Rated84Metascore
    8.2 (25K)
    Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
    DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsAlain DelonRenato SalvatoriAnnie Girardot
  • The Third Man (1949)

    5. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (193K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Robert De Niro, James Woods, William Forsythe, Brian Bloom, Adrian Curran, James Hayden, Rusty Jacobs, and Scott Tiler in Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

    6. Once Upon a Time in America

    19843h 49mR75Metascore
    8.3 (403K)
    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
    DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRobert De NiroJames WoodsElizabeth McGovern
  • François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Léaud in The 400 Blows (1959)

    7. The 400 Blows

    19591h 39mNot Rated
    8.0 (133K)
    A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJean-Pierre LéaudAlbert RémyClaire Maurier
  • Nilbio Torres in Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

    8. Embrace of the Serpent

    20152h 5mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.8 (26K)
    The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
    DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio Bolívar
  • Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

    9. Aguirre, the Wrath of God

    19721h 35mNot Rated
    7.8 (67K)
    In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiRuy GuerraHelena Rojo
  • Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980)

    10. Raging Bull

    19802h 9mR90Metascore
    8.1 (404K)
    The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroCathy MoriartyJoe Pesci
  • Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, and Monica Vitti in La Notte (1961)

    11. La Notte

    19612h 2mNot Rated
    7.9 (26K)
    A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.
    DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsJeanne MoreauMarcello MastroianniMonica Vitti

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