List-O-Mania: The 400 Greatest American Films
Vol1
To celebrate the 4th of July aka Don’t Pay Your Taxes day I have complied a list of what I believe are the best of the best when it comes to American film. I have created this because I once again found myself reading the horrible AFI Top 100 films list and decided to go ahead and try to make something a little better. Also maybe a bit controversial, but I decided to not include documentaries on this list because I find the documentary to be a different art form. Also to qualify the film must be an American production and not just take place in America.
I even included a little checklist for you folks who want to play at home.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
2001: A Space Odyssey
Citizen Kane
Eraserhead
Greed
A Woman Under the Influence
The General
Do the Right Thing
Signin in the Rain
Casablanca
Wanda (1970)
Modern Times
Touch of Evil
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Monsieur Verdoux
Gun Crazy
The Ladies Man (1961)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
A Day at the Races
Sunrise
Stagecoach
Psycho
Barry Lyndon
Johnny Guitar
Goodfellas
The Man from Laramie
Forbidden Planet
Rio Bravo
Avanti
Vertigo
Nashville
The Tree of Life
Night of the Living Dead
Once Upon a Time in the West
King Kong
The Palm Beach Story
Being There
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Duck Soup
Double Indemnity
Mulholland Drive
The Searchers
The Naked Kiss
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Lady Eve
Detour
Wavelength
Carnival of Souls
Meshes of the Afternoon
Anatomy of a Murder
The Godfather Saga
Eyes Wide Shut
North By Northwest
City Lights
My Darling Clementine
The Wizard of Oz
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Gilda
Shadows
Ninotchka
In a Lonely Place
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
All That Heaven Allows
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
The Barefoot Contessa
The Gunfighter
Bad Lieutenant
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Blue Velvet
Intolerance
Dog Day Afternoon
Morocco
Mikey and Nicky
The Big Red One
Bamboozled
Blue Collar (1976)
Mildred Pierce
All of the wonderful works of Tex Avery and also Chuck Jones two geniuses who deserve their due.
Meet Me in St Louis
Another Leaf
The Lusty Men
The Naked Spur
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Passenger
It Should Happen To You
To Sleep with Anger
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
The King of Marvin Gardens
The Philadelphia Story
Blazing Saddles
The Night of the Hunter
Days of Heaven
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Sergeant Rutledge
The Films of Marlon Riggs
Top Hat
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
A Face in the Crowd
Dead Man
Sherlock Jr
The Apartment
Stranger Than Paradise
His Girl Friday
Two Lane Blacktop
The Asphalt Jungle
The Devils
Badlands
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
The Kid
Enter the Dragon
Cat People
Hypocrites (1915)
nostalgia (1971)
Ministry of Fear
Dr Strangelove
Bringing Out the Dead
The Connection
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Last Detail
The Thin Red Line
Artists and Models
Faces
Female Trouble
Harold and Maude
Written on the Wind
The Bigamist
Kansas City Confidential
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Casino
Out of the Past
On Dangerous Ground
Unforgiven
The Bride of Frankenstein
Shaft
It Happened One Night
The Harder They Fall (1956)
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
All the Veemers in New York
The Night of the Demon
On the Waterfront
Love Streams
Shock Corridor
99 River Street
Married to the Mob
The Invisible Man
Miracle on Morgan Creek
Mean Streets
The Wrestler
The Raven (1963)
Blonde Venus
The Nutty Professor (1967)
Mad Love (1935)
Rear Window
Flaming Creatures
Pink Flamingos
A Place in the Sun
Island of Lost Souls
Fort Apache
Taxi Driver
Happiness
Videodrome
The Exorcist
Bonnie and Clyde
The Gold Rush
Boogie Nights
Thief
Some Like It Hot
Husbands and Wives
The Birds
Speedy
The Big Sleep
The Killers
God Told Me To
Barton Fink
Cool Hand Luke
Key Largo
Crash (1994)
Steamboat Bill Jr
The Public Enemy
Fireworks (1947)
The Great Dictator
Sabrina
Wendy and Lucy
My Man Godfrey
Five Easy Pieces
Nanook of the North
Bull Durham
Sweet Sleekback’s Badass Song
Short Cuts
Scorpio Rising
Syndoche, New York
Husbands
The Big Sky
The Steel Helmet
Christmas in July
Freaks
Bombshell (1933)
High Noon
An Affair to Remember
Rosemary’s Baby
Nightmare on Elm Street
Clueless
Strangers on a Train
The Living End
Repo Man
Something Wild (1961)
The Big Lebowski
This is Spinal Tap
The Misfits
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Hardcore (1979)
Gummo
Splendor in the Grass
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Man with the Gun
Bullitt
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pulp Fiction
Brokeback Mountain
Real Life (1979)
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shooting
Heaven Can Wait
Mystery Train
The Sons of Katie Elder
Brute Force
Mondo Trasho
The Track of the Cat
The House of Usher (1960)
The Seventh Victim
Dawn of the Dead
Them!
Bad Girls Go To Hell
The Covered Wagon (1923)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
The In-laws
There Will be Blood
Gremlins 2
Blade Runner
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Easy Living (1937)
My Brother’s Wedding
The Watermelon Woman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Killing
Coogan’s Bluff
The Heartbreak Kid
The Black Cat
Roman Holiday
Easy Rider
Head
Frankenstein
Cleopatra Jones
The Stuff
But I’m a Cheerleader
The Comfort of Strangers
Parting Glances
Cecil B Demented
The Circus (1928)
Terror in a Texas Town
Minnie and Moskowitz
Day of the Dead
Heat
The Assassination of Jesse James
The Master
The Fly (1986)
Mark of the Vampire
Woman of the Year
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Man of the West
The Awful Truth
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Gertie the Dinosaur
Blood on the Moon
Ace in the Hole
Foolish Wives
Waiting for Guffman
The Conversation
Night on Earth
The Landlord
The Manchurian Candidate
Deep Cover
True Stories
The Big Heat
Safety Last!
The Old Dark House
One Week (1920)
Suspense (1913)
Get Out
Scared Stiff
Magnificent Obsession
The Royal Tenembaums
On the Bowery
Collateral
The Cool World (1963)
Targets (1968)
Blood Feast
Asparagus
Holiday (1938)
A Street Car Named Desire
Walker (1987)
Glen or Glenda
Something Wild (1986)
Altered States
Faster, Pussycat Kill Kill!!!
The Toxic Avenger
Two Mules for Sister Sarah
Re-Animator
Matewan
Ishtar
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Gold Diggers of 1933
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Lost Highway
Point Blank (1967)
Only Lovers Left Alive
She’s Gotta Have It
The Girl Can’t Help It
Blow Out
Paterson
California Split
Magnolia
Cockfighter
Opening Night
Go West (1925)
Down By Law
Variety (1983)
Certain Women
Buffalo 66
Eating Raul
Knight of Cups
Richard Jewell
Terminator 2
Modern Romance
Perfect World
The Last Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful
Return of the Living Dead
Holiday Affair
The Patsy (1964)
Used Cars
Big Trouble in Little China
The Whole Shootin Match
Rock and Roll High School
Two Thousand Maniacs
Scarface (1983)
Caged Heat
Far From Heaven
Malcolm X
Batman Returns
Halloween
Slap Shot
Desperately Seeking Susan
Dazed and Confused
Hail the Conquering Hero
Intruder in the Dust
House of Wax (1953)
Under the Silver Lake
Grand Hotel
Baby Doll
First Reformed
Gloria (1980)
Light Sleeper
The Chase (1946)
The Player
The Haunted House (1921)
Heathers
Mala Noche
Where Danger Lives
The Dead Don’t Die
Riot in Cell Block 11
Smithereens
The Blob
Henry: Portrait of a Seriel Killer
The Unknown (1927)
Cover Girl
Hollywood Shuffle
The Departed
On the Town
Rock-A-By Baby
Old Joy
Lingua Franca
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Terminator
A History of Violence
Sleepwalk (1986)
Avatar
Inside Man
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Mule
The Killers (1964)
Gangs of New York
Almost Famous
Swing Time
Auto Focus
A King in New York
Valley of the Dolls
Flesh (1968)
Mysterious Skin
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