The Triplets of Belleville
Artistically, The Triplets of Belleville is certainly a triumph with plenty of unique art and pleasing audio callbacks to bygone eras to be deserving of its spot among the greats.
The Producers
Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder provide the proper leading performances to bolster the brilliant satire of Mel Brooks in The Producers, cementing the film’s place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
As Good as It Gets
An amazing trio of performances from Nicholson, Hunt, and Kinnear carry the film and its message in As Good as It Gets, selling the romance, comedy, and drama that the film needed to earn a place among the greats.
To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be is a uniquely fun screwball comedy that handles its subject matter well with plenty of irreverent laughter without ever actually stepping into the realm of making light of the struggles of others, earning a clear spot among the Greatest Films of All Time as it does so.
The Farewell
The Farewell is one of those films that requires its audience to cast aside all their preconceptions and approach a story with an open mind, resulting in one of the most rewarding cinematic experiences I’ve had in a long time, and it certainly deserves its spot among the Greatest Films of All Time.
Chimes at Midnight
Welles takes the lion’s share of the credit for the greatness of Chimes at Midnight in both his direction and acting, giving us a portrayal of the works of Shakespeare that stay true to the original content while highlighting their universal nature, earning the film a spot among the greats along the way.
Gangs of Wasseypur
Gangs of Wasseypur is an incredibly long (and resultingly difficult to follow in places) but deeply satisfying crime epic that has all the best pieces of western gangster flicks played out in the streets of an outlying Indian province with all of the additional complexities that that entails, earning it recognition as one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
My Life as a Zucchini
My Life as a Zucchini brilliantly portrays its coming-of-age story with stellar writing and strikingly unique animation, earning a spot among the greats along the way.
I Vitelloni
For me, the stories told in I Vitelloni present a universally relatable look at young adulthood and the changes that the world forces on us, offering the best and worst ways to handle those changes, which certainly earns it a spot among the all-time greats.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The strong leading performances from Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant are bolstered by a well-written script and solid direction from Marielle Heller to make Can You Ever Forgive Me? into a refreshingly unique and excellent take on the biopic, earning it a spot among the Greatest Films of All Time.
The Odd Couple
The script and actors in The Odd Couple have done a phenomenal job of playing with audience expectations about comedy and comic archetypes, giving us a refreshingly original take on the buddy comedy in the process that deserves a place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
The Descendants
Thanks to the standout cast, led by George Clooney, and a rich script full of character, theme, and story, The Descendants manages to take its premise of a film about grief in paradise and turn it into a film worthy of a place among the greats.
This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap is the perfect mockumentary – self-aware, intelligent, hilarious, and authentic in its message – and it stands the test of time in both its portrayal of the music industry and in its many bits of humor, earning it an irrefutable place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
An Education
Between its artful, innovative, and unique coming-of-age story and the wonderful performance from Carey Mulligan, An Education more than earns its place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
Swing Time
Swing Time is really a fun, if a bit simple, musical romantic comedy that hits all the right notes along with a few of the wrong ones on the path to cinematic greatness, bolstered by its two charismatic and compatible leads.
I, Tonya
Bolstered by a message that goes beyond the negative effects of sex, drugs, and rock and roll and by a leading cast that collectively give some of the best performances of their careers, I, Tonya is elevated above the typical biopic fare to be a film that fully deserves a place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
A Raisin in the Sun
With brilliant central performances that expand upon the themes of the film itself, A Raisin in the Sun elevates the content of the play upon which it’s based to earn a spot among the Greatest Films of All Time.