The 50 Best Movies of All Time, Ranked by MovieWeb (Oct2023 Update) - Page 2

"Any 'Best Of' list is a limiting and exclusionary enterprise by definition, fencing off an often arbitrary selection of titles at the expense of literally thousands of others. A cinematic 'Best Of' list is a collection of 'great' films that are easily enjoyable, endlessly enlightening, aesthetically exquisite, or emotionally significant, and it depends on a variety of factors: How important is the film to the culture at large? How much did it innovate and advance the medium? How influential has it been? Did it capture and reflect history in a wholly unique way? Does it express something about the human condition that practically nothing else has in the same way? Is it utterly perfect from all technical perspectives? Is it more entertaining and entrancing than any other two hours you could spend? Does it change the actual way in which you perceive the world? To allow for more variety, this list will only include one film from any director." - movieweb.com