High Hopes
By telling stories of empathy, focusing on familial relationships and interactions, High Hopes endears itself to the audience with resonant and meaningful messaging that make it one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Waste Land
By providing personal connections and anecdotes and faces to put with its grand ideas, Waste Land manages to endear its audience to its characters and elicit buy-in in a way that few other documentaries on the issues of poverty have been able to do.
To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief rides on the backs of its memorable characters who help tell an entertaining romantic mystery story to the film’s audience in a way that ensures that it remains one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell serves its dual purpose of allowing the filmmaker to process revelations about her own life and inviting the audience to process and examine their own pasts and stories as well.
Jerry Maguire
A film that is incredibly big on heart, full of iconic movie quotes, and bursting with standout performances, headlined by Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire stands the test of time and remains one of the best romances, best sports movies, best feel-good movies, and all-around best films of all time.
Princess Mononoke
Miyazaki’s beautifully animated film Princess Mononoke engages audiences with discussions on progress and tradition and the dangers of adhering to closely to one while ignoring the other against the backdrop of a compelling narrative about war and curses and princes.
Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is not just a pioneering film for its awards recognition, it also contains universal truths for any audience member and is full of authenticity to keep you engaged and focused on the issues at hand even after the film ends.
Ghost World
Strong performances from Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch, and Steve Buscemi carry Ghost World’s relatable story of teenage self-discovery through to its uncertain conclusion in brilliant fashion.
The Jungle Book (2016)
Well-informed deviations from the original animated film’s plot and characters combined with excellent visual effects have earned The Jungle Book (2016) a place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley’s themes of progress and nostalgia are brought home by quality leading performances that help modern audiences understand why this film won the awards that it did and why it remains worthy of recognition.
Downfall
Bruno Ganz’s portrayal of Hitler is the rotting heart at the center of the titular downfall that engrosses audiences as they witness the collapse of Nazi Germany with all of the chaos and death that goes along with it in Downfall, solidifying its place as an undeniably great film.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Carried by its strong performers and an engrossing plot, The Talented Mr. Ripley has become a classic crime thriller that keeps you on edge until the very end of what is undoubtedly one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Excellent visuals that continue to hold up and themes that remain increasingly relevant for modern audiences have helped to make Dawn of the Planet of the Apes into one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella might be the best of the original three Disney princess films thanks to a winning combination of entertaining and engaging characters and iconic songs from top to bottom that have cemented its place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Days of Future Past is an at-times overlooked great in the world of superhero films, getting so much right in its execution of its ambitious premise and providing a satisfactory conclusion (that was immediately undone by Apocalypse, Logan, and Dark Phoenix) to the story of the X-Men.
Mafioso
Mafioso’s humor works in three ways, first as inspiration for future mafia films, second as a mood lightener for what could otherwise be a wildly dark film, and third as a means to make its message of social criticism more palatable for its original audience, allowing the film to accomplish so much and remain one of the greatest of all time.
Taxi
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi works its way into the list of Greatest Films of All Time by presenting an honest and engaging look at the state of society and filmmaking in Iran through a series of deeply engaging conversations between the filmmaker and his performers all in a taxi on the streets of Teheran.
20 Feet from Stardom
20 Feet from Stardom has reached its place of greatness because it provides a plethora of familiar connections for audiences while introducing them to something new that they may never have thought to ask about in a beautiful blend of storytelling and interviews that touches on industry and societal issues.