BBC Culture, dünya genelinde en popüler sanat olan sinemada ABD’nin nüfuzunu göz önüne alarak 62 uluslararası film eleştirmenine “tüm zamanların en iyi 100 Amerikan filmini” belirlemek için anket yaptı.
Listede birinci sırada Orson Welles’in 1941 yapımı “Citizen Kane” filmi yer alıyor. Onu takip eden ilk 10’da ise “The Godfather,” “Vertigo,” “Casablanca” gibi filmler var.
Yönetmenler Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick ve Steven Spielberg’in her birinin listede 5 filmi yer alıyor.
Liste ise şu şekilde hazırlandı. Her bir eleştirmenden en iyi 10 filmi seçmeleri istenirken, bu filmlere bir puan verildi. Daha sonra puanlar toplandı. Eleştirmenlerden en önemli filmi değil, kendilerinin duygusal olarak ABD sinemasının en iyi filmi hissettikleri yapımları seçmeleri istendi. İşte yapılan anketin sonucuna göre BBC Culture’ın tüm zamanların en iyi 100 ABD filmi listesi:
100- Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
99- 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
98- Heaven’s Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980)
97- Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
96- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
95- Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
94- 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
93- Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
92- The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
91- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
90- Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
89- In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
88- West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)
87- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
86- The Lion King (Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994)
85- Night of the Living Dead (George A Romero, 1968)
84- Deliverance (John Boorman, 1972)
83- Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
82- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
81- Thelma & Louise (Ridley Scott, 1991)
80- Meet Me in St Louis (Vincente Minnelli, 1944)
79- The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
78- Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
77- Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)
76- The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
75- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
74- Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
73- Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
72- The Shanghai Gesture (Josef von Sternberg, 1941)
71- Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
70- The Band Wagon (Vincente Minnelli, 1953)
69- Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982)
68- Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
67- Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)
66- Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948)
65- The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983)
64- Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
63- Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
62- The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
61- Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
60- Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
59- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Miloš Forman, 1975)
58- The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
57- Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
56- Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
55- The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
54- Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
53- Grey Gardens (Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, 1975)
52- The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
51- Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
50- His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
49- Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
48- A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
47- Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964)
46- It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
45- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962)
44- Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton, 1924)
43- Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
42- Dr Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
41- Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
40- Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid, 1943)
39- The Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith, 1915)
38- Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
37- Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
36- Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
35- Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
34- The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
33- The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
32- The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
31- A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
30- Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
29- Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
28- Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
27- Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
26- Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1978)
25- Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
24- The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
23- Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
22- Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
21- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
20- Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
19- Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
18- City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, 1931)
17- The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
16- McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
15- The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
14- Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
13- North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
12- Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
11- The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
10- The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
9- Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
8- Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
7- Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
6- Sunrise (FW Murnau, 1927)
5- The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
4- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
3- Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
2- The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
1- Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
