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Go home Awards Page The prestigious Banane d' Or Awards Read and learn Annual Festival Winners Say something! Contact Me Other interesting places to go: Greatest Films Imdb's Top 250 The Sight and Sound Top Ten Poll 2012 Scaruffi's 1000 Greatest Films of All Time Silent Era: The Top 100 Silent Era Films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Xiibaro's Top 10 Lists Index AFI's 100...100 Lists The Online Review - 50 Greatest Films Rosenbaum's Top 1000 The New York Times: The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made The Guardian: 1,000 Films to See Before You Die 1000 DVD's to See Judging criteria for the selection process of the list included: Feature-Length Fiction Films - narrative format typically over 60 minutes in length Critical Recognition - formal commendation in print Popularity at the Time of Release - including figures for box office adjusted for inflation, television broadcasts and syndication, DVD and video sales and rentals. Historical Significance - a film's mark on the history of the moving image through technical innovation, visionary narrative devices or other groundbreaking achievements. Cultural Impact - a film's mark on society in matters of style and substance Films From All Around the World - Although American films dominate the list, it includes movies from all around the world. Major Award Winners - recognition from competitive events including awards from organizations in the film community and major film festivals. Nothing Personal - This list has nothing to do with my personal taste. That's the whole point. Facts about Sijmen's List: The Most Celebrated Director - Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg have the most films on the list: six films each! The Most Celebrated Star - Harrison Ford appears in seven listed films, although he barely speaks in two of them. James Stewart, Robert DeNiro and Jean-Louis Trintignant each have six films on the list, but only Stewart plays the lead in all of them. The Most Celebrated Leading Lady - Surprise surprise: Diane Keaton has that title with four films, but only two leads. Film divas Elizabeth Taylor and Faye Dunaway both have three leading roles on the list New Films and Revisions: The annual revision of the list, together with the selected films for 2013, will be online April 2014. The Hitchcock films The Lodger (1927) The Lady Vanishes (1938) Notorious (1946) Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958) Psycho (1960) The Ford films The Informer (1935) Stagecoach (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Quiet Man (1952) The Searchers (1956) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (62) The Kubrick films Dr. Strangelove (1964) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Barry Lyndon (1975) The Shining (1980) Full Metal Jacket (1987) The Spielberg films Jaws (1975) Close Encounters... (1977) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Schindler's List (1993) Saving Private Ryan (1998) The Harrison Ford films The Conversation (1974) Star Wars (1977) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Blade Runner (1982) Witness (1985) The James Stewart films Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) The Philadelphia Story (1940) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (62) The Robert DeNiro films The Godfather Part II (1974) Taxi Driver (1976) The Deer Hunter (1978) Raging Bull (1980) Goodfellas (1990) Heat (1995) The Jean-Louis Trintignant films A Man and a Woman (1966) Z (1969) My Night at Maud's (1970) The Conformist (1971) Three Colors: Red (1993) Amour (2012) The Diane Keaton films The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) Annie Hall (1977) Manhattan (1979) The Elizabeth Taylor films A Place in the Sun (1951) Giant (1956) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (66) The Faye Dunaway films Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Chinatown (1974) Network (1976) The 2012 Films Amour (Michael Haneke / France) Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin) Life of Pi (Ang Lee) Skyfall (Sam Mendes / United Kingdom)