Top 50 Movies

2002

Red Dragon

2001

Moulin Rouge

Swordfish

2000

O’ Brother Where Art Thou

1999

American Beauty

The Sixth Sense

Eyes Wide Shut

1997

The Game

1996

Fargo

Primal Fear

1994

True Lies

The Hudsucker Proxy

1992

Patriot Games

1991

Point Break

1989

Henry V

1988

A Fish Called Wanda

1987

No Way Out

1986

The Name of the Rose

1985

Long Hot Summer

Witness

1983

The Right Stuff

Rumble Fish

Trading Places

1982

An Officer and A Gentleman

1981

Indiana Jones: Raider of the Lost Ark

1979

Apocalypse Now

North Dallas Forty

1978

The Deer Hunter

1976

All the President’s Men

Network

Marathon Man

1975

A Boy and His Dog

Dog Day Afternoon

Three Days of the Condor

Rollerball

1972

Slaughterhouse 5

1971

A Clockwork Orange

1969

Fellini: Satyricon

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Lion In Winter

1964

Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1963

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1962

Manchurian Candidate

1961

Hustler

1960

The Little Shop Of Horrors

1959

North by Northwest

1951

The African Queen

Streetcar Named Desire

1948

Key Largo

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

Here is the list of the 50 movies that I recommend seeing and studying.

Movie information and reviews can be found at: Moviefone and Allmovie.com or imdb.com. If you want to see all the film trade top 100 lists, you can find them at the American Film Institute website.