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Top 10 Movies of All Time


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welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of all time tasty burger this
final video culminates our best movies
of all time series by drawing from the
number one or number two ranked movies
in each decade these movies are selected
based on their iconic status critical
acclaim box office success and watch
ability and not what your film studies
professor or most artsy movie critics
would pick you voted in droves we
research till the cows came home it’s
now time for the mother of all lists
grab your popcorn dim the lights and
action number 10 Apocalypse Now every
minute I stay in this room I get weaker
and every minute Charlie squats in the
bush he gets stronger with cinema
legends like Martin Sheen Robert Duvall
and Marlon Brando in the lead roles
Apocalypse Now crackles with scene after
scene of horrific Lee and masterfully
executed death and destruction
mirroring joseph conrad’s novel heart of
darkness Francis Ford Coppola is gritty
oscar-nominated Vietnam war epic follows
a group of soldiers tasked with
assassinating a rogue Colonel they told
me that you had gone totally insane but
the result is less a journey about the
horse faced in the trenches and more
about the shadows of the soul repeating
we’re not in Kansas anymore
number nine The Wizard of Oz with al
frank baum’s universally appealing
stories its backbone this Technicolor
masterpiece transcends age and race to
tell the coming-of-age story of a young
Kansas girl who dreams of a land
somewhere over the rainbow
though it’s now considered one of the
most iconic films in Hollywood history
wizard was not commercially successful
upon its release however it’s mix of
timeless music comedy and a relatable
moral has made this a film all parents
recommend to their children and enjoy
watching with them
I dared entrepot watch Rhett Butler he’s
from Charleston he has a most terrible
reputation number eight
Gone with the Wind he looks is it as if
he knows what I look like that might see
me painting a romanticized picture of
the war-torn South before during and
following the Civil War David O
Selznick’s Gone with the Wind presents
viewers with a strong female heroine in
search of control going to lick me I’m
going to live through this and when it’s
all over I’ll never be hungry again
winning a record number of Oscars
including an historic one for African
American actress Hattie McDaniel the
film is beautifully shot technically
brilliant and ambitious in scope
ultimately with all its romance and
heartbreak Gone with the Wind is a
cinematic landmark that won’t soon be
forgotten frankly my dear I don’t give a
damn I’m gonna pinch a loaf I come back
this is all gone
right number seven the Shawshank
Redemption send you here for life that’s
exactly what they take based on Stephen
King’s novella The Shawshank Redemption
follows a man as he’s carted off to jail
for his wife’s murder
wife killing banker but rather than
being a tale of despair and hopelessness
it’s a story of fortitude friendship
fidelity and of course Redemption it was
like some beautiful bird flapped into
our traveler of paint and made those
laws diss all the way and for the
briefest of moments every last man at
Shawshank felt free with Tim Robbins and
Morgan Freeman working together to bring
this story to life this Frank Darabont
film was not a runaway box-office hit
but its positive reviews eventual
popularity and seven Academy Award
nominations ensured its spot in cinema
history
we go number six the dark night high
dark twisted and with a depth not
present in most comic book movies this
second film and Christopher Nolan’s
Batman franchise redefined the genre and
appealed to both comic book fans and the
general public never start with the head
see tracking the Caped Crusader as he
battles the infamous Joker The Dark
Knight blurs the lines between superhero
and supervillain painting each as a
complex and embattled character
I believe stranger with a standout Heath
Ledger performance that one the actor a
posthumous Oscar Batman story was given
a decisively gritty sequel and one that
surpassed the original why so serious
fuzzball number five Star Wars Episode
five the Empire Strikes Back
while the first film in George Lucas’s
Star Wars saga was a fun space adventure
the second is much darker and more
emotional considered by many as the
strongest of the three original films
Empire is not only a feast for the eyes
with its expensive and extravagant
visuals it’s also a timeless story to
which we can all relate aside from the
distant planets lightsabers and alien
creatures that is innovative and
creative this chapter in the life of
Luke Skywalker and Friends is epic
filmmaking at its finest that boy is our
last hope
there is a gardener we all go a little
mad sometimes
number four psycho oh we have 12
vacancies 12 cabins 12 vacancy there are
a few scenes as memorable and
influential as Alfred Hitchcock’s shower
incident with its many cuts many angles
and subtle hints of violence and nudity
but to downplay the rest of psycho would
be fatal
this thriller is Hitchcock’s masterwork
well a boy’s best friend is his mother
critics were initially divided in their
opinions on the film but psycho
eventually earned four Oscar nominations
shifting the norms of acceptable
on-screen violence and sexuality this
movie surprised everyone who saw it but
even if you know the secrets of psycho
it’s as terrifying as ever
let’s see they’ll see and they’ll know
and they’ll say why she wouldn’t even
harm a fly oh I’m sorry did I break your
concentration number three Pulp Fiction
we gotta have an opinion I mean do you
think that God came down from heaven and
stopped is this film driven by its
standout performances yes so he hid it
in one place he knew he could hide
something his ass is it driven by its
extreme violence of course
but more than that Quentin Tarantino’s
Oscar winning Pulp Fiction is driven by
subtle articulate and pop-culture heavy
dialogue what did it go they call the
big men the nonlinear plot follows an
interwoven group of colorful characters
in intricate detail with such dark humor
you’ll laugh in spite of yourself all
right say something something with a
soundtrack that punctuates the mood and
sound bites you’ll be quoting for years
Pulp Fiction has everything necessary to
make you watch it over and over to
Citizen Kane I sympathize with you
Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel his
paper should be run out of town a
committee should be formed to boycott
him it’s a wonder that a first-time
director was able to cobble together
what is now considered one of the
greatest films ever made
but with Citizen Kane Orson Welles did
exactly that what were Kane’s last words
do you remember boys Welles co-wrote
directed produced and starred in this
film which tells the life story of a
wealthy media mogul mostly through
flashbacks I expect to lose a million
dollars next year you know mr. Thatcher
at the rate of a million dollars a year
I have to close this place in 60 years
to create his oscar-winning masterpiece
Welles employed innovative and
groundbreaking cinematic and
storytelling techniques creating a
layered film that appeals to both
cinephiles and the general public alike
before we unveil our pick for the best
movie of all time here are a few
honorable mentions my calculations are
correct when this baby hits 88 miles per
hour you’re gonna see some serious shit
of all the gin joints in all the towns
in all the world
she walks into mine you don’t understand
I could have had class
I could have been a contender I could
have been somebody instead of a bum I
can’t carry it for you but I can’t carry
you
come on
Michael Francis Rizzi
do you renounce Satan number one The
Godfather
Luca Brasi held a gun to his head and my
father was shoot him that either his
brains or a signature would be on the
contract shedding light on the Mafia
world like few films before or since the
Best Picture winning Godfather follows
the Corleone family as the reigns of the
business are passed from Don Vito to a
son Michael you’ll set up a meeting with
someone that you absolutely trust
guaranteeing your safety not that
meeting in this film and it’s 1974
sequel Francis Ford Coppola crafts a
world that allows us to care for and
even identify with men who are
fundamentally bad guys I want to make
him an offer again with you and virtuoso
performances by greats like Brando
Pacino and Duvall elevate the subtle
writing and graphic violence to make the
Godfather a truly great film leave the
gun
take the cannoli do you agree with our
list what’s your favorite movie of all
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