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John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies (1988 Book)

For this once well-known book, Kobal polled 81 well-known filmmakers and critics from across the globe. He asked them to submit a list of the top 10 films of all time. He used the typical point system where a first place vote was worth ten points, a second place vote was worth nine points, etc. Films on unranked lists were given 5.5 points each. The 81 individual lists are in the back of the book. Several people have tallied the lists themselves and discovered that Kobal made some math mistakes that would particularly affect the last 10 or so choices on the list. Still, this is not a horrible place to start if you want to explore the inner ring of the basic canon of world film. I was a fairly new film fan in 1988 and I found this book very helpful at the time. The Ivan the Terrible films were listed as one film by the book. So was the Apu trilogy. That is why this list actually has 103 films.
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
8
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
10
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
12
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
16
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
17
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
18
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
19
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
20
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Jules and Jim (1962)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
25
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
27
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Viridiana (1961)
Viridiana (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
31
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
33
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
35
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
Aparajito (1956)
Aparajito (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
38
The World of Apu (1959)
The World of Apu (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
39
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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