In chronological order:
KING KONG (1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack)
IT’S A GIFT (1934, Norman Z. McLeod)
THE BLACK CAT (1934, Edgar G. Ulmer)
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935, James Whale)
MY MAN GODFREY (1936, Gregory La Cava)
DODSWORTH (1936, William Wyler)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938, Michael Curtiz)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939, Frank Capra)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939, Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939, William Wyler)
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939, Victor Fleming, King Vidor, Norman Taurog, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy)
THE SEA HAWK (1940, Michael Curtiz)
REBECCA (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941, William Wyler)
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941, John Huston)
CITIZEN KANE (1941, Orson Welles)
CASABLANCA (1942, Michael Curtiz)
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944, Billy Wilder)
LAURA (1944, Otto Preminger)
HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (1944, Preston Sturges)
SCARLET STREET (1945, Fritz Lang)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946, William Wyler)
NOTORIOUS (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, Frank Capra)
BLACK NARCISSUS (1947, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
RED RIVER (1948, Howard Hawks)
THE BICYCLE THIEVES (1948, Vittorio De Sica)
THE RED SHOES (1948, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
THE HEIRESS (1949, William Wyler)
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950, Billy Wilder)
RASHOMON (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
NIGHT AND CITY (1950, Jules Dassin)
MISS JULIE (1951, Alf Sjöberg)
THE QUIET MAN (1952, John Ford)
REAR WINDOW (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954, Elia Kazan)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955, Chales Laughton)
THE SEARCHERS (1956, John Ford)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957, Sidney Lumet)
PATHS OF GLORY (1957, Stanley Kubrick)
VERTIGO (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
THE BIG COUNTRY (1958, William Wyler)
BEN-HUR (1959, William Wyler)
SOME LIKE HOT (1959, Billy Wilder)
RIO BRAVO (1959, Howard Hawks)
ODD OBSESSION (1959, Kon Ichikawa)
PSYCHO (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
WEST SIDE STORY (1961, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962, David Lean)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962, Robert Mulligan)
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962, Robert Aldrich)
HARAKIRI (1962, Masaki Kobayashi)
THE BIRDS (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)
HIGH AND LOW (1963, Akira Kurosawa)
THE LEOPARD (1963, Luchino Visconti)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964, Hiroshi Teshigahara)
MANJI (1964, Yasuzo Masumura)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965, Robert Wise)
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo)
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, Sergio Leone)
THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966, Hiroshi Teshigahara)
PERSONA (1966, Ingmar Bergman)
THE GRADUATE (1967, Mike Nichols)
SAMURAI REBELLION (1967, Masaki Kobayashi)
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (1967, John Huston)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
OLIVER! (1968, Carol Reed)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968, Sergio Leone)
ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968, Roman Polanski)
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (1969, François Truffaut)
STRAW DOGS (1971, Sam Peckinpah)
THE GODFATHER (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
CABARET (1972, Bob Fosse)
SISTERS (1973, Brian De Palma)
THE EXORCIST (1971, William Friedkin)
O LUCKY MAN! (1973, Lindsay Anderson)
THE LONG GOODBYE (1973, Robert Altman)
THE GODFATHER PART II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974, Tobe Hooper)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975, Milos Forman)
JAWS (1975, Steven Spielberg)
BARRY LYNDON (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
1900 (1976, Bernardo Bertolucci)
BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, OR SITTING BULL’S HISTORY LESSON (1976, Robert Altman)
OBSESSION (1976, Brian De Palma)
THREE WOMEN (1977, Robert Altman)
STAR WARS (1977, George Lucas)
SUSPIRIA (1977, DARIO ARGENTO)
SUPERMAN (1978, Richard Donner)
HALLOWEEN (1978, John Carpenter)
ALL THAT JAZZ (1979, Bob Fosse)
ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980, Robert Redford)
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980, Irvin Kershner)
THE SHINING (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980, David Lynch)
DRESSED TO KILL (1980, Brian De Palma)
THE STUNTMAN (1980, Richard Rush)
THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981, George Miller)
BLOW OUT (1981, Brian De Palma)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Steven Spielberg)
TOOTSIE (1982, Sidney Pollack)
E. T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982, Steven Spielberg)
THE FOURTH MAN (1983, Paul Verhoeven)
THE RIGHT STUFF (1983, Philip Kaufman)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983, James L. Brooks)
THE TERMINATOR (1984, James Cameron)
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985, Paul Schrader)
BLUE VELVET (1986, David Lynch)
CINEMA PARADISO (1989, Giuseppe Tornatore)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991, Jonathan Demme)
STRICTLY BALLROOM (1992, Baz Luhrmann)
ED WOOD (1994, Tim Burton)
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000, Ang Lee)
DONNIE DARKO (2001, Richard Kelly)
CACHE (2005, Michael Haneke)
THE TREE OF LIFE (2011, Terrence Malick)
Diary of A Movie Maniac 
I like the idea of arranging the films chronologically. It saves the mess of having to figure out an exact order, which is where I always fail. Is “M”, “Ben-Hur”, or “Ran” my favorite movie ever? I don’t know, I just love all three of them.
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That’s precisely why I opted for a chronologically ordered list — it saved me from a lot of headache!
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Hi Eric,
my compliments on your great film site. It looks like we share quite a few favorites – I appreciate that there are still people out there that enjoy W.C. Fields!
I’ve just started a film blog at
https://goldenageofcinemasite.wordpress.com/
that I noticed you’ve followed – thanks very much for that. I’ve been writing about cult and offbeat films at
http://www.girlsgunsandghouls.com/ for about 15 years now but I feel it;s time to start on the classics. II hope you enjoy it as it unfolds.
Please keep up the good work – I hope mine can approach yours in terms of quality!
take care out there,
Tony Parsons
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m a huge fan of cult films — Corman, AIP, Hammer, Amicus, etc. — so I’m going to check out your site. I hope to hear from you again!
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You’re welcome, I hope you enjoy. But I must admit, those studios are respectable compared to some of the stuff I’ve covered. Take care out there!
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Cool list there, Eric…I’d say I own about 75% of your favorites, and thank heavens you have ‘Jaws’ on there!
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Thanks! Jaws IS one of the greatest movies ever made! 🙂
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We share a lot of favourites, I like your choice of images too.
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Do you have a top ten list tucked away somewhere? I’m curious…
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I might come up with one this week!
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So many I agree with. Love ‘Once upon a time in the West’ is there. I’d have most of Peckinpah in mine.
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Peckinpah is one of my favorite filmmakers! I do need to add a few Peckinpah movies to the list. I’m a huge fan of Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch, and, of course, Straw Dogs. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and The Gateway are pretty great as well. I’m even willing to defend Convoy and The Osterman Weekend.
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