Favorite Performances of All Time

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Male:
1. F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus (1984)
2. Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
3. Jack Nicholson, Chinatown (1974)
4. John Hurt, The Elephant Man (1980)
5. Peter Sellers, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Female:
1. Frances McDormand, Fargo (1996)
2. Faye Dunaway, Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
3. Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd. (1950)
4. Liza Minelli, Cabaret (1972)
5. Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

My Top 100

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100. The Sting (1973) directed by George Roy Hill
Starring- Paul Newman & Robert Redford (NEW)

099. All the President’s Men (1976) directed by Alan J. Pakula
Starring- Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, & Jason Robards (NEW)

098. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Al Pacino & John Cazale (NEW)

097. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) directed by Woody Allen
Starring- Michael Caine & Diane Weist

096. Edward Scissorhands (1990) directed by Tim Burton
Starring- Johnny Depp & Winona Ryder

095. Rocky (1976) directed by John Schlesinger
Starring- Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, & Burgess Meredith

094. Spartacus (1960) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, & Peter Ustinov

093. Babe (1995) directed by Chris Noonan
Starring- James Cromwell

092. Lost in Translation (2003) directed by Sofia Coppola
Starring- Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson

091. Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman
Starring- Lily Tomlin, Ronee Blakely, & Keith Carradine

090. Witness (1985) directed by Peter Weir
Starring- Harrison Ford & Kelly McGillis (NEW)

089. The Birds (1963) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Tippy Hedren, Rod Taylor, & Jessica Taylor

088. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Foreman
Starring- Jack Nicholson & Louise Fletcher (NEW)

087. The Verdict (1982) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Paul Newman & James Mason (NEW)

086. Ran (1985) directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring- Tatsuya Nakadai & Akira Terao

085. Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Harrison Ford & Rutger Hauer

084. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) directed by David Lean
Starring- Alec Guinness & William Holden

083. The Nun’s Story (1959) directed by Fred Zinneman
Starring- Audrey Hepburn & Peter Finch (NEW)

082. Children of Men (2006) directed by Alfonso Cauron
Starring- Clive Owen & Claire-Hope Ashitey

081. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) directed by Peter Jackson
Starring- Viggo Mortenson & Ian McKellan

080. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Harrison Ford & Karen Allen (NEW)

079. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) directed by Sergio Leone
Starring- Peter Fonda & Charles Bronson

078. Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975) directed by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
Starring- Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

077. Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1969) directed by George Roy Hill
Starring- Paul Newman & Robert Redford (NEW)

076. M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang
Starring- Peter Lorre & Otto Wernicke

075. Patton (1970) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Starring- George C. Scott & Karl Malden

074. In the Heat of the Night (1967) directed by Norman Jewison
Starring- Sidney Poitier & Rod Steiger

073. Rebecca (1940) directed Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine

072. Some Like It Hot (1959) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, & Marilyn Monroe

071. The Wild Bunch (1969) directed by Sam Peckinpah
Starring- Ernest Borgnine & William Holden

070. Victor/Victoria (1982) directed by Blake Edwards
Starring- Julie Andrews, Robert Preston, & James Garner

069. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) directed by Jim Sharman
Starring- Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

068. Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough
Starring- Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, & Martin Sheen

067. North by Northwest (1959) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Cary Grant & Eve Marie Saint (NEW)

066. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) directed by Michel Gondry
Starring- Kate Winslet & Jim Carrey

065. The Third Man (1949) directed by Carol Reed
Starring- Orson Welles & Joseph Cotton

064. An American in Paris (1951) directed Vincente Minelli
Starring- Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron (NEW)

063. The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Jack Nicholson & Shelly Duvall

062. On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan
Starring- Marlon Brando, Eve Marie Saint, & Karl Malden (NEW)

061. Barry Lyndon (1975) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Ryan O’Neal & Marisa Berenson

060. Rope (1948) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- James Stewart & John Dall

059. The Apartment (1960) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine

058. Airplane! (1980) directed by Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry Zucker
Starring- Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, & Leslie Nielsen

057. The Longest Day (1962) directed by Ken Annakin & Andrew Marton
Starring- John Wayne, Richard Burton, & Sean Connery

056. Zodiac (2007) directed by David Fincher
Starring- Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey, Jr., & Mark Ruffalo

055. Network (1976) directed by Sidney Lumet
Starring- Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, & William Holden

054. West Side Story (1961) directed by Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
Starring- Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, & George Chakiris

053. Jaws (1975) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

052. Ben-Hur (1959) directed by William Wyler
Starring- Charlton Heston & Hugh Griffiths

051. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) directed by Mike Nichols
Starring- Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton

050. Manhattan (1979) directed by Woody Allen
Starring- Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, & Mariel Hemingway

049. The Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin
Starring- Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, & Jason Miller

048. The Departed (2006) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, & Mark Wahlberg

047. The Aviator (2004) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Leonardo DiCaprio & Cate Blanchett (NEW)

046. Munich (2005) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, and Geoffrey Rush

045. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) directed by Elia Kazan
Starring- Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, and Karl Malden

044. L.A. Confidential (1997) directed by Curtis Hanson
Starring- Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger

043. Cabaret (1972) directed by Bob Fosse
Starring- Liza Minelli, Joel Grey, & Michael York

042. The Sound of Music (1965) directed by Robert Wise
Starring- Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer

041. The Godfather (1972) directed by Francis Ford Cop
Starring- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, & James Caan

040. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Richard Dreyfuss & Melinda Dillon

039. V for Vendetta (2006) directed by James McTeigue
Starring- Hugo Weaving & Natalie Portman

038. All That Jazz (1979) directed by Bob Fosse
Starring- Roy Scheider & Jessica Lange

037. Taxi Driver (1976) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, & Harvey Keitel

036. My Fair Lady (1964) directed by George Cukor
Starring- Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison

035. Moulin Rouge! (2001) directed by Baz Luhrmann
Starring- Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, & Jim Broadbent

034. Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, & Tom Skerritt

033. Sunset Boulevard (1950) directed by Billy Wilder
Starring- Gloria Swanson, William Holden, & Erich von Stroheim

032. Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, & Ben Kingsley

031. Platoon (1986) directed by Oliver Stone
Starring- Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, & Willem Dafoe

030. Kill Bill (2003-2004) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring- Uma Thurman, David Carradine, & Daryl Hannah

029. Collateral (2004) directed by Michael Mann
Starring- Jamie Foxx & Tom Cruise

028. Raging Bull (1980) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, & Cathy Moriarty

027. Heat (1995) directed by Michael Mann
Starring- Al Pacino & Robert DeNiro

026. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) directed by Jonathon Demme
Starring- Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, & Ted Levine

025. Saving Private Ryan (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Tom Hanks & Barry Pepper

024. Chicago (2002) directed by Rob Marshall
Starring- Renee Zellwegger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, & Richard Gere

023. Gladiator (2000) directed by Ridley Scott
Starring- Russell Crowe & Joaquin Phoenix

022. Dr. Strangelove (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Peter Sellers & George C. Scott

021. The French Connection (1971) directed by William Friedkin
Starring- Gene Hackman & Roy Scheider

020. Apocalypse Now (1979) directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring- Martin Sheen & Marlon Brando

019. Empire of the Sun (1998) directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring- Christian Bale & John Malkovich

018. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Keir Dullea & Hal 9000

017. Goodfellas (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring- Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, & Ray Liotta

016. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) directed by Arthur Penn
Starring- Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, & Gene Hackman

015. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) directed by Frank Darabont
Starring- Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins

014. Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- Janet Leigh & Anthony Perkins

013. Oliver! (1968) directed by Carol Reed
Starring- Ron Moody, Jack Wilde, & Shani Wallis

012. The Truman Show (1998) directed by Peter Weir

Starring- Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, & Laura Linney

011. Annie Hall (1977) directed by Woody Allen

Starring- Woody Allen & Diane Keaton

010. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean

Starring- Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness

009. The Elephant Man (1980) directed by David Lynch

Starring- John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft

008. Unforgiven (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood

Starring- Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, & Morgan Freeman

007. Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski
Starring- Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, & John Huston

006. Pulp Fiction (1994) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring- John Travolta, Uma Thurman, & Samuel L. Jackson

005. Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Starring- James Stewart, Grace Kelly, & Thelma Ritter

004. A Clockwork Orange (1971) directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring- Malcolm McDowell

003. Fargo (1996) directed by Joel Coen
Starring- Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, & Steve Buscemi

002. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone
Starring- Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, & Lee Van Cleef

001. Amadeus (1984) directed by Milos Foreman
Starring- F. Murray Abraham & Tom Hulce

Facts about My Top 100

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Films by Decade:

1930s - 1
M (1931)

1940s - 3
Rebecca (1940)
Rope (1948)
The Third Man (1949)

1950s - 10
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
An American in Paris (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rear Window (1954)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)

1960s - 19
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
The Longest Day (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Birds (1963)
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Oliver! (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)

1970s - 25
Patoon (1970)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Cabaret (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
The Sting (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Nashville (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
All the President's Men (1976)
Network (1976)
Rocky (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Alien (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Manhattan (1979)

1980s - 15
Airplane! (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
The Elephant Man
The Shining (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
Gandhi (1982)
The Verdict (1982)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Amadeus (1984)
Witness (1985)
Ran (1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Empire of the Sun (1987)

1990s - 13
Goodfellas (1990)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Unforgiven (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Babe (1995)
Heat (1995)
Fargo (1996)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)

2000s - 14
Gladiator (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Chicago (2002)
Kill Bill (2003-2004)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Collateral (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Munich (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
The Departed (2006)
V for Vendetta (2006)
Zodiac (2007)

The Following Directors Have the Most Films on My List-
1. Steven Spielberg - 7 (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Munich, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan)

2. Alfred Hitchcock - 6 (The Birds, Rebecca, North by Northwest, Rope, Psycho, Rear Window)

3. Stanley Kubrick - 6 (Spartacus, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange)

4. Martin Scorsese - 5 (The Departed, The Aviator, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas)

Best Pictures on My List-
Rebecca (1940)
An American in Paris (1951)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Sound of Music (1965)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Oliver! (1968)
Patton (1970)
The French Connection (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Sting (1973)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Rocky (1976)
Annie Hall (1977)
Gandhi (1982)
Amadeus (1984)
Platoon (1986)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Unforgiven (1992)
Schindler's List (1993)
Gladiator (2000)
Chicago (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Departed (2006)

SGPorsche48's Top 100 Favorite Films

Favorite Performances of All Time

My Top 100

Facts about My Top 100