Top 10 List

Top 10 Films

1. Sound of Music – Nazis and children, directed by Robert Wise.

2. Casablanca – Humphrey Bogart at his best, with Ingrid Bergman, directed by Michael Curtiz.

3. Vertigo – Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece with James Stewart and Kim Novak.

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (the franchise) – Spielberg’s winner with Harrison Ford.

5. The Man Who Knew Too Much – Another terrific Hitchcock with James Stewart and Doris Day.

6. Shindler’s List – Another Spielberg, with Liam Neeson.

7. The Bourne Identity (the franchise) – Matt Damon and director Doug Liman nailed the Ludlum novels.

8. Rear Window – Hitchcock delivers again with James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

9. Dr. Zhivago – A look at the Russian Revolution through the eyes of director David Lean.

10. Giant – West Texas with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean.

Bonus Film: The Quiet Man – John Wayne in a different role, “There’ll be no patty fingers.”

Top 5 Directors

1. Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo, North by Northwest, Dial “M” for Murder, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much
2. Steven Spielberg – The “Indiana Jones” films, Shindler’s List, Jaws, Close Encounters, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Amistad, The Color Purple
3. David Lean – Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Passage to India, Ryan’s Daughter, Hobson’s Choice
4. Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York, The Departed, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Good Fellas, Casino, The Color of Money, Mean Streets
5. John Ford – The Quiet Man, The Searchers, Red River, The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Mr. Roberts, How Green Was My Valley, The Informer

Top Ten Actors

1. Humphrey Bogart – He is everyman. Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The African Queen, The Desperate Hours, Sabrina, The Caine Mutiny, In A Lonely Place, Key Largo, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Passage to Marseilles, Dark Passage, Sahara

2. Robert De Niro – Good Fellas, Casino, The Irishman, Heat, Ronin, Analyze This, Cop Land, This Boy’s Life, A Bronx Tale, Cape Fear, The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America, The Deer Hunter

3. Charles Laughton – Hobson’s Choice, The Paradine Case, Witness for the Prosecution, The Big Clock, Advise & Consent, O. Henry’s Full House

4. Robert Ryan – A champion boxer, 6 ft. 4 in. U.S. Marine drill instructor, and Dartmouth graduate. The Setup, Bad Day at Black Rock, Battle of the Bulge, Act of Violence, Born to be Bad, The Racket, Clash by Night, The Dirty Dozen, Beware My Lovely, The Tall Men, King of Kings, The Professionals, The Wild Bunch

5. Tommy Lee Jones – Coal Miner’s Daughter, The Fugitive, Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, The Amazing Howard Hughes, The Executioner’s Song, Blown Away, Cobb, Men in Black

6. James Stewart – The “Hitchcock” Films, It’s a Wonderful Life, Call Northside 777, Anatomy of a Murder, The FBI Story, The Philadelphia Story, Winchester ’73, The Glenn Miller Story, The Man Who shot Liberty Valance, Cheyenne Autumn, The Man from Laramie, Broken Arrow, The Naked Spur

7. Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather, Serpico, Phil Spector, Donnie Brasco, Carlito’s Way, Dick Tracy, Scarface, … and justice for all.

8. Steve McQueen – The Getaway, Bullitt, Papillon, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, The Blob, The Thomas Crown Affair, Junior Bonner

9. Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Charlie Wilson’s War, Scent of a Woman

10. John Wayne – The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Red River, The Cowboys, The Green Berets, The Sons of Katie Elder, Sands of Iwo Jima, True Grit, Operation Pacific, Flying Leathernecks, Hondo, Rio Brava, El Dorado, The Longest Day