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Top 100 Movies All Time

By Zac Acker · · 1 min readUpdated August 29, 2026
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  1. Citizen Kane (1941) – The undisputed champ of innovation and influence.
  2. The Godfather (1972) – Mafia saga perfection.
  3. Casablanca (1942) – Old Hollywood magic that still lands every line.
  4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Kubrick rewired cinema and our brains.
  5. Schindler’s List (1993) – Spielberg at his most devastating and humane.
  6. The Godfather Part II (1974) – A sequel that somehow matches the original.
  7. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) – The blockbuster blueprint.
  8. Pulp Fiction (1994) – Tarantino’s pop-culture earthquake.
  9. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – Eternal crowd favorite, endlessly rewatchable.
  10. Gone with the Wind (1939) – Problematic, yes. But it’s a juggernaut of its era.

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