Top 100 Classic Movies List

#20 Classic Movie

Taxi Driver (1976) R

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Paul Schrader

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

#19 Classic Movie

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

Nunnally Johnson, John Steinbeck

Stars:

Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine

#18 Classic Movie

Raging Bull (1980) R

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

#17 Classic Movie

Pulp Fiction (1994) R

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

Stars:

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson

#16 Classic Movie

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) R

A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.

Director:

Milos Forman

Writers:

Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman

Stars:

Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman

#15 Classic Movie

North by Northwest (1959)

A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Ernest Lehman

Stars:

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason

#14 Classic Movie

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) PG

An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like if he never existed.

Director:

Frank Capra

Writers:

Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett

Stars:

James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore

#13 Classic Movie

Rear Window (1954)

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich

Stars:

James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey

#12 Classic Movie

Schindler's List (1993) R

In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge

#11 Classic Movie

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) PG

The story of TE Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War 1 in order to fight the Turks.

Director:

David Lean

Writers:

T.E. Lawrence, Robert Bolt

Stars:

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn

#10 Classic Movie

Psycho (1960) R

A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Joseph Stefano, Robert Bloch

Stars:

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

#9 Classic Movie

Star Wars (1977) PG

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Director:

George Lucas

Writers:

George Lucas

Stars:

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

#8 Classic Movie

Vertigo (1958) PG

A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Alec Coppel, Samuel A. Taylor

Stars:

James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

#7 Classic Movie

The Godfather (1972) R

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan

#6 Classic Movie

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writers:

Harper Lee, Horton Foote

Stars:

Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton

#5 Classic Movie

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.

Director:

Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Writers:

Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson

Stars:

Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

#4 Classic Movie

Gone With the Wind (1939) G

A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War.

Director:

Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Writers:

Margaret Mitchell, Sidney Howard

Stars:

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell

#3 Classic Movie

Casablanca (1942) PG

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

Stars:

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid

#2 Classic Movie

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) R

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers:

Stephen King, Frank Darabont

Stars:

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

#1 Classic Movie

Citizen Kane (1941)

Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance.

Director:

Orson Welles

Writers:

Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles

Stars:

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore

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