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John Kobal Presents the Top 100 Movies (1988 Book) - Page 3

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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81
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
82
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
83
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
84
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
85
If.... (1968)
If.... (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
86
La Strada (1954)
La Strada (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
87
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
88
The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
89
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
90
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984)
91
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
92
Signs of Life (1968)
Signs of Life (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
93
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
94
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
95
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
96
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
97
The Far Country (1954)
The Far Country (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
98
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
99
Moonfleet (1955)
Moonfleet (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
100
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
101
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
102
Rebecca (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
103
Journey to Italy (1954)
Journey to Italy (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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