Reflection: The Top 25 Films Of The Last Century

Recently the Hollywood Reporter posted it 100 Favorite Films. While the selection of these 100 films and their rating is the opinion of the Hollywood Reporter(s) involved from that group of films this reviewer has selected 24 films and added one not mention to this list for the top 25 films made in the last century.

Rating	Widescreen Online Review Top 25 films	Hollywood Reporter
1	Die Hard, yes it is a Christmas film.	83
2	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Where’s the sequel!??	8
3	The Usual Suspects (1995) Most famous quote of all time,  “After that, I guess that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone.” — Verbal (So true.)	48
4	Citizen Kane (1941), in some cases the measure of love is not in riches and power freely given, but in a little red wagon -- Rosebud.	3
5	Beauty and the Beast, Feel the love.	86
6	Braveheart (1995), It took the greatest sacrifice to change a nation.	89
7	Alien (1979) First strong female in a Sci-fi film	42
8	Rear Window (1954) Should we really be spying on our neighbors???	49
9	WarGames (1983) a personal choice of mine because it parallels Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. The incompetent of General Buck Turgidson in the film made him more worry about the Russian ambassador entering the war room to help avoid war; while in War Game, the greatest fear was the artificial intelligence of a supercomputer threat to start World War III.	Not selected
10	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Idiots in charge. Hmm.	37
11	Psycho (1960), I don’t want to take a shower.	41
12	Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Love that hurts all.	99
13	The Shining, What can I say, I love Jack in thus.	39
14	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), the cost of a story can be personal.	30
15	Blade Runner (1982) What is life? And are we ready for our self-made superiors? No. Watch I Robot.	29
16	Singin' in the Rain, A sucker for the old crooners.	26
17	Jaws, the greatest shark film ever, and I am not saying because I live in Florida. Well, maybe I am.	24
18	Lawrence of Arabia, an incredible film, an incredible life.	23
19	The Silence of the Lambs a film that is paralleled by Fox's  series, Prodigal Son, in that really bad relationships can be deathly intoxicating. While too in the Prodigal Son the question of “Is hereditary insanity real? Is also asked.	22
20	Raiders of the Lost Ark, great adventure film. Where the new Indie?	13
21	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a great allegory war story	82
22	Star Wars (1977), Like some thoughts on Hitler and the the Boys From Brazil, could Darth Vidar have been cloned?	11
23	Jurassic Park (1993) special effects	50
24	The Wizard of Oz, glad that Dorothy made it home; however,  there is always two sides of a story. Just ask Elphaba. Was she born? Or, was she made?	2
25	The Godfather, Marked the ending of the old-time mod boss and the beginning of the corporate crime inc,	1

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A Widescreen Online Review

Rating

Widescreen Online Review

Top 25 films

Hollywood

Reporter

1

Die Hard, yes it is a Christmas film.

83

2

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Where’s the sequel!??

8

3

The Usual Suspects (1995) Most famous quote of all time,  “After that, I guess that you will never hear from him again. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone.” — Verbal (So true.)

48

4

Citizen Kane (1941), in some cases the measure of love is not in riches and power freely given, but in a little red wagon -- Rosebud.

3

5

Beauty and the Beast, Feel the love.

86

6

Braveheart (1995), It took the greatest sacrifice to change a nation.

89

7

Alien (1979) First strong female in a Sci-fi film

42

8

Rear Window (1954) Should we really be spying on our neighbors???

49

9

WarGames (1983) a personal choice of mine because it parallels Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. The incompetent of General Buck Turgidson in the film made him more worry about the Russian ambassador entering the war room to help avoid war; while in War Game, the greatest fear was the artificial intelligence of a supercomputer threat to start World War III.

Not selected

10

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Idiots in charge. Hmm.

37

11

Psycho (1960), I don’t want to take a shower.

41

12

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Love that hurts all.

99

13

The Shining, What can I say, I love Jack in thus.

39

14

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), the cost of a story can be personal.

30

15

Blade Runner (1982) What is life? And are we ready for our self-made superiors? No. Watch I Robot.

29

16

Singin' in the Rain, A sucker for the old crooners.

26

17

Jaws, the greatest shark film ever, and I am not saying because I live in Florida. Well, maybe I am.

24

18

Lawrence of Arabia, an incredible film, an incredible life.

23

19

The Silence of the Lambs a film that is paralleled by Fox's  series, Prodigal Son, in that really bad relationships can be deathly intoxicating. While too in the Prodigal Son the question of “Is hereditary insanity real? Is also asked.

22

20

Raiders of the Lost Ark, great adventure film. Where the new Indie?

13

21

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a great allegory war story

82

22

Star Wars (1977), Like some thoughts on Hitler and the the Boys From Brazil, could Darth Vidar have been cloned?

11

23

Jurassic Park (1993) special effects

50

24

The Wizard of Oz, glad that Dorothy made it home; however,  there is always two sides of a story. Just ask Elphaba. Was she born? Or, was she made?

2

25

The Godfather, Marked the ending of the old-time mod boss and the beginning of the corporate crime inc,

1