Roger Ebert's Great Movies List

I’ve mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert’s Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb’s Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q.

Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three “Great Movies” books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I’ve added that list below.

I’m not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 363 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies, the Up docs and Decalogue) and of those 363, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I’ve seen.

Clearly I have some work to do, but what about you? Check the list below, check out the Letterbxd list, start adding some greats to your Netflix queues and even Hulu has gotten in on the action with a page dedicated to the movies he declared among the “greats”.

12 Angry Men (1957) *
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *
25th Hour (2002) *
3 Women (1977)
The 400 Blows (1959) *
8½ (1963) *
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) *
Ace in the Hole (1951) *
Adaptation. (2002) *
The Adventure (1960)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) *
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
After Hours (1985)
The Age of Innocence (1993) *
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) *
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Alien (1979) *
All About Eve (1950) *
Amadeus (1984) *
Amarcord (1974) *
An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Annie Hall (1977) *
The Apartment (1960) *
Apocalypse Now (1979) *
The Apu Trilogy
Army of Shadows (1969) *
Atlantic City (1980)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987) *
Babel (2006) *
Badlands (1973) *
Ballad of Narayama (1958)
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Baraka (1992) *
Barry Lyndon (1975) *
The Battle of Algiers (1967) *
Battleship Potemkin (1925) *
Beat the Devil (1953)
Beauty and the Beast (1947) *
Being There (1979) *
Belle de Jour (1967) *
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) *
Bicycle Thieves (1949) *
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Lebowski (1998) *
The Big Red One (1980) *
The Big Sleep (1946) *
The Birth of a Nation (1915) *
Blade Runner (1982) *
Blow-Up (1966) *
The Blue Kite (1994)
Bob The Gambler (1956)
Body Heat (1981)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) *
Breathless (1960) *
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) *
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) *
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
The Butcher (1970)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921) *
Cabiria (1914)
Casablanca (1942) *
Cat People (1942)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Chinatown (1974) *
Chop Shop (2007)
A Christmas Story (1983) *
The Circus (1928)
Citizen Kane (1941) *
City Lights (1931) *
The Color Purple (1985) *
Come and See (1985)
Contact (1997) *
The Conversation (1974) *
Cool Hand Luke (1967) *
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) *
Crumb (1995) *
Dark City (1998) *
Day for Night (1973)
Days of Heaven (1978) *
The Dead (1987)
The Decalogue (1989)
Departures (2008)
Detour (1945)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) *
Diva (1982)
Do the Right Thing (1989) *
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) *
Don’t Look Now (1973) *
Double Indemnity (1944) *
The Double Life of Veronique (1991) *
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) *
Dracula (1931) *
Duck Soup (1933) *
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) *
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953) *
Easy Rider (1969) *
El Norte (1983) *
El Topo (1970)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) *
Exotica (1994)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Fanny and Alexander (1983) *
Fargo (1996) *
Faust (1926)
The Firemen’s Ball (1968)
Fitzcarraldo (1982) *
Five Easy Pieces (1970) *
Floating Weeds (1959) *
Forbidden Games (1952) *
French Cancan (1956)
Gates of Heaven (1978)
The General (1926) *
The Godfather (1972) *
The Godfather: Part II (1974) *
Goldfinger (1964) *
Gone with the Wind (1939) *
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) *
Goodfellas (1990) *
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
Grand Illusion (1937) *
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) *
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) *
The Great Dictator (1940) *
Great Expectations (1946) *
Greed (1924)
The Grey Zone (2001)
Groundhog Day (1993) *
The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990)
Harakiri (1962) *
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Heart of Glass (1977)
Honour Among Thieves (1959)
Hoop Dreams (1994) *
House of Games (1987)
Howards End (1992) *
The Hustler (1961) *
Ikiru (1952) *
In Cold Blood (1967) *
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) *
Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944)
Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958) *
Jaws (1975) *
JFK (1991) *
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Jules and Jim (1962) *
Juliet of the Spirits (1965) *
Killer of Sheep (1979)
The Killing (1956) *
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) *
King Kong (1933) *
L.A. Confidential (1997) *
L’Atalante (1934)
The Lady Eve (1941) *
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Last Picture Show (1971) *
Last Tango in Paris (1972) *
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) *
Last Year at Marienbad (1961) *
Late Spring (1949) *
Laura (1944) *
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) *
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
La Collectionneuse (1967)
La Dolce Vita (1961) *
Le SamouraÃ¯ (1967) *
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) *
The Leopard (1963) *
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) *
The Life of Oharu (1952)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Vol. 1 (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003) *
M (1931) *
Magnolia (1999) *
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
The Maltese Falcon (1941) *
A Man Escaped (1957)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) *
The Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) *
Manhattan (1979) *
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) *
Mean Streets (1973) *
Mephisto (1981)
Metropolis (1927) *
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Mon Oncle (1958) *
Monsieur Hire (1990)
Moonstruck (1987) *
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1954) *
Mulholland Drive (2001) *
The Music Room (1958) *
My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Dinner with Andre (1981) *
My Fair Lady (1964) *
My Life to Live (1962) *
My Man Godfrey (1936) *
My Neighbor Totoro (1993) *
My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Mystery Train (1989) *
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nashville (1975)
Network (1976) *
Night Moves (1975)
The Night of the Hunter (1955) *
Nights of Cabiria (1957) *
Nosferatu (1922) *
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Notorious (1946) *
On the Waterfront (1954) *
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) *
The Only Son (1936)
Orpheus (1950) *
Out of the Past (1947)
Pale Flower (1964) *
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) *
Pandora’s Box (1929) *
Paris, Texas (1984) *
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1929) *
Paths of Glory (1957) *
Patton (1970) *
Peeping Tom (1960) *
Persona (1967) *
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) *
Pickpocket (1959)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) *
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
Pinocchio (1940) *
Pixote (1981)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) *
Playtime (1968) *
The Pledge (2001)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) *
The Producers (1968)
Psycho (1960) *
Pulp Fiction (1994) *
Raging Bull (1980) *
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) *
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Ran (1985) *
Rashomon (1950) *
Rear Window (1954) *
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) *
Red Beard (1965)
Red River (1948) *
The Red Shoes (1948) *
Richard III (1995)
Rififi (1955) *
The Right Stuff (1983) *
Rio Bravo (1959) *
Ripley’s Game (2002)
The River (1951)
Rocco and His Brothers (1961)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
The Rules of the Game (1939) *
Safety Last! (1923) *
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Sansho the Bailiff (1955)
Santa Sangre (1990)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Say Anything… (1989) *
Scarface (1983) *
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Schindler’s List (1993) *
Se7en (1995) *
The Searchers (1956) *
Secrets & Lies (1996) *
Senso (1954) *
Seven Samurai (1956) *
The Seventh Seal (1957) *
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) *
Shane (1953) *
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) *
The Shining (1980) *
Shoah (1985)
The Silence (1963) *
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) *
Singin’ in the Rain (1952) *
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) *
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) *
Solaris (1972) *
Some Like It Hot (1959) *
Souls for Sale (1923)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) *
Spirited Away (2002) *
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
Stagecoach (1939) *
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) *
Strangers on a Train (1951) *
Stroszek (1977)
A Sunday in the Country (1984)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) *
Sunset Boulevard (1950) *
Superman (1978) *
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) *
Swing Time (1936)
A Tale of Winter (1992)
Taxi Driver (1976) *
Tender Mercies (1983) *
The Terrorist (1998)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Thin Man (1934) *
The Third Man (1949) *
The Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red *
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) *
Through a Glass Darkly (1961) *
Tokyo Story (1953) *
Top Hat (1935)
Touch of Evil (1958) *
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) *
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Ugetsu (1953) *
Umberto D. (1952) *
Un Chien Andalou (1929) *
Unforgiven (1992) *
The Up Documentaries
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Veronika Voss (1982)
Vertigo (1958) *
Victim (1962)
Viridiana (1961)
W.R. – Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
Waking Life (2001)
Walkabout (1971) *
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
West Side Story (1961) *
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Wild Bunch (1969) *
Wings of Desire (1987) *
Winter Light (1963) *
Withnail & I (1987)
The Wizard of Oz (1939) *
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
A Woman’s Tale (1991)
Woodstock (1970)
The Word (1957)
Written On the Wind (1956)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Yojimbo (1961) *

How Many of the Movies from Roger Ebert’s List of Great Movies Have You Seen?