THE 50 BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME

As selected by Bosley Crowther, the well known film critic of the New York Times. We're pleased to present, for the first time anywhere, the best films ever made as selected by "the dean of American film critics." His reviews in the N.Y. Times for 30 years, won him the first "Critic's Award" from the Screen Directors Guild. No matter how distinguished the critic, as soon as you say "these are the best, " you're asking for an argument ... especially since this list was published in 1967. There have been 1 or 2 good movies made since then which therefore could not be on Mr. Crowther's list.

The Birth of A Nation (1915-USA). Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh.

Intolerance (1916-USA). Directed by D. W. Griffith.With Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919-Germany). With Werner Kraus, Conrad Veldt.

Nanook Of The North (1922-USA). Directed by Robert Flaherty.

The Covered Wagon (1923-USA). Directed by James Cruze.

Gosta Berling's Saga (1924-Sweden). With Greta Garbo.

The Thief Of Bagdad (1924-USA). With Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong.

Greed (1925-USA). Directed by Erich von Stroheim.

The Feshman (1925-USA). With Harold Lloyd.

The Gold Rush (1925-USA). Directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin.

Potemkin (1925-USSR). Directed by Sergei Eisentein.

The General (1926-USA). Directed by and starring Buster Keaton.

The Crowd (1928-USA). Directed by King Vidor.

The Blue Angel (1930-Germany). With Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930-USA). Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Lew Ayres.

The Public Enemy (1931-USA). With James Cagney, Jean Harlow.

A Nous La Liberte (1931-France). Directed by Rene Clair.

King Kong (1933-USA). With Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong.

It Happened One Night (1934-USA). Directed by Frank Capra. With Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert.

The Informer (1935-USA). Directed by John Ford. With Victor McLaglen.

A Night At The Opera (1935-USA). With The Marx Brothers.

Camille (1936-USA). With Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore.

Grand Illusion (1937-France). Directed by Jean Renoir. With Jean Gabin, Erich von Stroheim.

Ninotchka (1939-USA). Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Greta Garbo, Bela Lugosi.

Gone With The Wind (1939-USA). With Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940-USA). Directed by John Ford. With Henry Fonda.

Fantasia (1940-USA). Produced by Walt Disney.

Citizen Kane (1941-USA). Directed by and starring Orson Welles.

The Maltese Falcon (1941-USA). With Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre.

In Which We Serve (1941-England). Written, co-directed and starring Noel Coward.

Ivan The Terrible, Part 1 (1944-USSR). Directed by Sergei Eisenstein.

Henry V (1945-England). Directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

Children of Paradise (1945-France). Directed by Marcel Carne.

Ivan The Terrible, Part 2 (1946-USSR). Directed by Sergei Eisenstein.

The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946-USA) . With Dana Andress, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy.

Paisan (1946-Italy). Directed by Roberto Rossellini.

Monsieur Verdoux (1947-USA). Written, directed, produced by and starring Charlie Chaplin.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948-USA). Directed by John Huston. With Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston.

The Bicycle Thief (1948-Italy). Directed by Bittorio de Sica.

Sunset Boulevard (1950-USA). With William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim.

Rasho-Mon (1950-Japan) Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshiro Mifune.

Forbidden Games (1951-France). Directed and co-written by Rene Clement.

Shane (1953-USA). With Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Jack Palance.

On The Waterfront (1954-USA). With Marlon Brando, Karl malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger.

LaStrada (1954-Italy). Directed by Federico Fellini. With Anthony Quinn, Giuletta Masina.

The Apu Trilogy (1956-1959-India). Directed by Satyajtt Ray.
    Panther Panchali, Aparij
    Aparajtto
    The World Of Apu

The Seventh Seal (1957-Sweden). Directed by Ingmar Bergman. With Max von Sydow, Bibi Anderson.

La Dolce Vita (1960-Italy). Written and directed by Federico Fellini.

Tom Jones (1963-England). With Albert Finney.

Blow-Up (1966-England). Written and directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. With David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave.