The Film-Lover's Check List: Esquire Magazine's "The 100 Best Movies of All Time" (2021)

Esquire Magazine's "The 100 Best Movies of All Time" (2021)

1.	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2.	The Godfather (1972)
3.	Moonlight (2016)
4.	8 1/2 (1963)
5.	Brokeback Mountain (2005)
6.	Jaws (1975)
7.	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
8.	Iron Man (2008)
9.	Mean Girls (2004)
10.	Parasite (2019)
11.	Save the Tiger (1973)
12.	12 Angry Men (1957)
13.	Roma (2018)
14.	Fitzcarraldo (1982)
15.	Selma (2014)
16.	Ghostbusters (2016)
17.	Days of Heaven (1978)
18.	Get Out (2017)
19.	Glory (1989)
20.	North By Northwest (1959)
21.	The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
22.	The Exorcist (1973)
23.	Miller's Crossing (1990)
24.	The Great Escape (1963)
25.	---> see "Three Colors Trilogy"
26.	Dawn of the Dead (1978)
27.	First Blood (1982)
28.	Bottle Rocket (1996)
29.	Broadcast News (1987)
30.	The Terminator (1984)
31.	Raging Bull (1980)
32.	Citizen Kane (1941)
33.	The Shining (1980)
34.	Blade Runner (1982)

35.	The Searchers (1956)
36.	Do the Right Thing (1989)
37.	MAS*H (1970)
38.	The Warriors (1979)
39.	Alien (1979)
40.	The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
41.	---> see "Lord of the Rings Trilogy"
42.	Black Panther (2018)
43.	Reservoir Dogs (1992)
44.	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
45.	Interstellar (2014)
46.	Dr. No (1962)
47.	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
48.	True Romance (1993)
49.	All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)
50.	Caddyshack (1980)
51.	On the Waterfront (1954)
52.	Paddington 2 (2017)
53.	The Favourite (2018)
54.	Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
55.	Call Me By Your Name (2017)
56.	Spirited Away (2001)
57.	Singin' In the Rain (1952)
58.	Carol (2015)
59.	City Lights (1931)
60.	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
61.	Cabaret (1972)
62.	Some Like It Hot (1959)
63.	All About Eve (1950)
64.	Dr. Strangelove (1964)
65.	There Will Be Blood (2007)
66.	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
67.	Coco (2017)

68.	Mean Streets (1973)
69.	Portrait of a Lady On Fire (2019)
70.	Creed (2015)
71.	Love and Basketball (2000)
72.	American Psycho (2000)
73.	Memento (2000)
74.	Detroit (2017)
75.	Gomorrah (2008)
76.	The Rules of the Game (1939)
77.	The Seven Samurai (1954)
78.	The Bicycle Thief (1948)
79.	Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
80.	The 400 Blows (1959)
81.	M (1931)
82.	Pickpocket (1959)
83.	The Great Dictator (1940)
84.	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
85.	Pulp Fiction (1994)
86.	It Happened One Night (1934)
87.	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
88.	---> see "Star Wars Triple Trilogy"
89.	If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
90.	Titanic (1997)
91.	Blue Velvet (1986)
92.	White Men Can't Jump (1992)
93.	The Hurt Locker (2009)
94.	12 Years a Slave (2013)
95.	The Matrix (1999)
96.	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
97.	Back To the Future (1985)
98.	Boyz N the Hood (1991)
99.	Lady Bird (2017)
100.	The Social Network (2010)

Three Colors Trilogy (1993-94)


25-1.	Blue (1993)
25-2.	White (1994)
25-3.	Red (1994)

Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-03)


41-1.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
41-2.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
41-3.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Star Wars Triple Trilogy (1977-2019)


88-1.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
88-2.	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
88-3.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
88-4.	Star Wars (1977)
88-5.	The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
88-6.	Return of the Jedi (1983)
88-7.	Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
88-8.	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
88-9.	Star Wars: Episode IX (2019)

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Link to Original Esquire Article

Introduction From Article

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The 100 Best Movies of All Time

An entirely subjective list of the greatest films in history that matter right now.

By The Esquire Editors

March 2, 2021

To completely take the wind out of all of our sails, coming up with a perfect list of the 100 greatest movies of all time is... well, it's impossible isn't it? To get cerebral about it, when lists like this come together, half the fun is going through and seeing where (or even if) your favorite made the list. Taking in how your tastes and experiences line up with whomever wrote this monstrosity. With film being such an expansive and subjective form of art, there is hardly a wrong answer to what is and isn't deserving of making a list like this.

But what's special about this, our list of 100 great films, is that it speaks to this moment--this group of Esquire editors. We went through the lists made in the past and we collectively agreed... it didn't represent who we are right now, in 2021, looking out our pandemic windows with our political anxiety and our TikTok pastas. So instead we changed it. Made it something reflective of us. When you peruse the pieces we write, the opinions we have, and the approaches we take, you can see the influence of the films on this list. Not to get too earnest, but pop culture has this way of permeating our senses and informing who we are as people. It's the beauty of good writing and acting and direction. It's easy to think, "A movie is just a movie!" but it isn't, is it? We wouldn't care what films are on this list if it were.

So bookmark this page and take the journey with us. Get spicy in the comments and tell us what we left off, but be careful! That might reveal as much about you as it does about us. In all seriousness, this list is meant to be a conversation: a celebration of the 100 films that we decided help define who we are as a publication and a staff and consumers of them talkie pictures that fill our nights. And hey, your opinion might just be a wake up call to us. Between 12 Angry Men and Parasite, we are willing to bet there's a good movie we missed in the in between.

Oh, and for you documentary heads? Chill out. We see you and your penchant for real stories, so we put the best of those documentary films in a separate list. So come. Let's go through the best 100 movies of all time.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g3342/best-documentaries-of-all-time/