Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Viewing (and Reading) Notes -- Navigating the Text -- 1. Some of the Best 'best Pictures' -- Wings -- All Quiet on the Western Front -- It Happened One Night -- Mutiny on the Bounty -- Going My Way -- The Best Years of Our Lives -- Around the World in 80 Days -- The Bridge on the River Kwai -- Ben-Hur -- Tom Jones -- The French Connection -- Annie Hall -- Gandhi -- Amadeus -- Out of Africa -- Dances with Wolves -- Schindler's List -- Braveheart -- The English Patient -- Shakespeare in Love -- A Beautiful Mind -- The King's Speech -- 2. They Should Have Been Best Pictures -- Foreign Correspondent -- Citizen Kane -- The Third Man -- Bad Day at Black Rock -- The Spirit of St. Louis -- On the Beach -- Spartacus -- Fail-Safe -- Funny Girl -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Fiddler on the Roof -- Chinatown -- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution -- My Brilliant Career -- The Big Red One -- Prince of the City -- Reds (new) -- The Right Stuff -- The Year of Living Dangerousl y -- A Passage to India -- The Color Purple -- Witness -- Hannah and Her Sisters -- Empire of the Sun -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being -- Glory -- Henry V -- Goodfellas -- Howards End -- The Firm -- The Joy Luck Club -- Little Women -- Apollo 13 -- Sense and Sensibility -- Saving Private Ryan -- Three Kings -- Cast Away -- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- The Bourne Identity -- Possession -- Whale Rider -- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World -- The Passion of the Christ -- Cinderella Man -- Munich -- United 93 -- The Namesake -- The Kite Runner -- Defiance -- Gran Torino -- The Last Station -- Hugo -- Lincoln (new) -- Zero Dark Thirty (new) -- 3. Award or No Award -- The Americanization of Emily -- Rosemary's Baby -- Little Big Man -- The Turning Point -- Heaven Can Wait.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Dracula -- Victor/Victoria -- Mrs. Soffel -- Places in the Heart -- Starman -- A Room with a View -- Broadcast News -- The Accidental Tourist -- Imagine: John Lennon -- Enemies: A Love Story -- Bugsy -- Impromptu -- Gettysburg -- Much Ado About Nothing -- Topsy-Turvy -- Gosford Park -- Crash -- Get Low -- Flight -- 4. Flawe but Not Fattally -- Hell's Angels -- The Big Trail -- The Greatest Show on Earth -- Apache (new) -- The Unforgiven (new) -- How the West was Won -- Cleopatra -- The Unsinkable Molly Brown -- The Graduate -- The Thomas Crown Affair -- Airport -- MASH -- Ryan's Daughter -- Nashville -- 1900 -- All that Jazz -- Apocalypse Now -- Altered States -- The World According to Garp -- Brainstorm -- Twilight Zone: The Movie -- The Cotton Club -- The Natural -- Cocoon -- Little Shop of Horrors -- The Mosquito Coast -- The Witches of Eastwick -- Field of Dreams -- Grand Canyon -- Regarding Henry -- Last of the Mohicans (new) -- Sneakers -- Quiz Show -- Wolf -- Contact -- Bulworth -- For Love of the Game (new) -- The Patriot -- Brokeback Mountain -- Away from Her -- The Hurt Locker -- 5. Deliciously Bad -- Duel in the Sun -- Untamed -- The Ten Commandments -- The Pride and the Passion -- Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb -- In Harm's Way -- The Chase -- The Professionals -- Ice Station Zebra -- Where Eagles Dare -- The Poseidon Adventure -- Airport 1975 -- Earthquake! (and) the Towering Inferno -- King Kong (1976) -- The Missouri Breaks -- 1941 -- Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- The Final Countdown -- True Lies -- Independence Day -- Twister -- 6. Breaking in or Breaking Through -- American Graffiti -- Breaking Away -- Diner -- The Big Chill -- 7. This Is Why They Call Them 'Stars' -- Birdman of Alcatraz -- Captain Newman, M.D. -- Arabesque -- Three Days of the Condor.

All The President's Men -- Trading Places -- Beverly Hills Cop -- A Few Good Men -- 8. Big Stars but Have You Seen them in…? -- The Mortal Storm -- Miracle of the Bells -- The Men -- Jim Thorpe, All American -- The President's Lady -- Trapeze -- The Devil's Disciple -- The Wreck of the Mary Deare -- The Pumpkin Eater -- The Candidate -- Serpico -- Whose Life is it Anyway? -- Yentl -- Nothing in Common -- Peggy Sue Got Married -- Roxanne -- A Cry in the Dark -- Fat Man & Little Boy -- The Insider -- 9. The Face that Launched a Thousand Sighs -- Roman Holiday -- Sabrina -- Two for the Road -- Wait Until Dark -- 10. The Man from Dream City -- The Awful Truth -- Bringing Up Baby -- Only Angels Have Wings -- His Girl Friday -- The Philadelphia Story -- Arsenic And Old Lace -- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House -- I Was A Male War Bride -- People Will Talk -- Monkey Business -- Room For One More -- Operation Petticoat -- Charade -- Walk Don't Run -- 11. Connery, Sean Connery -- Dr. No -- From Russia with Love -- Goldfinger -- Thunderball -- You Only Live Twice -- The Anderson Tapes -- The Man Who Would Be King -- Never Say Never Again -- The Untouchables -- Finding Forrester -- 12. Gary and Walter -- The Westerner -- Sergeant York -- The Pride of the Yankees -- Task Force -- 13. His 'Wicked, Wicked Ways' -- Captain Blood -- The Charge of the Light Brigade -- The Sea Hawk -- Gentleman Jim -- 14. Gable and Tracy -- San Francisco -- Test Pilot -- Boom Town -- 15. Unforgettable -- City Lights -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Captains Courageous -- Ball Of Fire (and) The Lady Eve -- Born Yesterday -- Harvey -- The African Queen -- The Seven Year Itch -- The King and I -- The Searchers -- Cool Hand Luke -- In The Heat of the Night -- The Odd Couple -- Patton -- Dirty Harry -- Dog Day Afternoon -- The Goodbye Girl -- Body Heat -- Tootsie -- A Soldier's Story.

Children of a Lesser God -- Dave -- The Fugitive -- Geronimo: An American Legend -- The Shawshank Redemption -- The Bridges of Madison County -- Devil in a Blue Dress -- Get Shorty -- Amistad -- L.A. Confidential -- The Green Mile -- To Walk with Lions -- Downfall -- The Pursuit of Happyness [sic] (and) Seven Pounds -- The Blind Side -- Winter's Bone -- 16. Incomparable Cagney -- The Roaring Twenties -- Yankee Doodle Dandy -- White Heat -- Mister Roberts -- The Gallant Hours -- 17. Big-Name Directors But Did You Know they Also Did…? -- Breaking the Sound Barrier -- The Wrong Man -- The Sugarland Express -- The Dead -- High Tide (new) -- Tucker: The Man and His Dream -- Crimes and Misdemeanors -- Eat Drink Man Woman -- Heavenly Creatures -- 18. Fine Westerns, Straight and Offbeat -- Red River -- The Naked Spur -- The Far Country -- Jeremiah Johnson -- Junior Bonner -- The Shootist -- Silverado -- 19. 'John Ford, John Ford and John Ford' -- Stagecoach -- The Grapes of Wrath -- The Long Voyage Home -- How Green was My Valley -- They Were Expendable -- My Darling Clementine -- Fort Apache -- The Quiet Man -- The Wings of Eagles -- The Horse Soldiers -- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- 20. Three Classics by Hitchcock… -- Rear Window -- Vertigo -- North By Northwest -- 21. Six by Wilder… -- The Major And The Minor -- Stalag 17 -- Witness For The Prosecution -- The Apartment -- One, Two, Three -- Avanti! -- 22. And Four from the Best Director You Never Heard of -- High Noon -- From Here to Eternity -- The Nun's Story -- A Man for All Seasons -- 23. Air Power -- Dive Bomber -- Flying Tigers -- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo -- God Is My Co-Pilot -- Command Decision -- Twelve O'clock High -- The Big Lift -- The Bridges At Toko-Ri -- The Dam Busters -- Strategic Air Command -- The Hunters -- 24. Men at War -- 49th Parallel -- Guadalcanal Diary.

The Fighting Seabees (new) -- Battleground -- One Minute to Zero -- The Longest Day -- Tora! Tora! Tora! -- The Great Raid -- Taking Chance -- 25. Men at Sea -- Action in the North Atlantic -- Wing and a Prayer -- Sailor of the King -- Pursuit of the Graf Spee (new) -- The Enemy Below -- Sink the Bismarck! -- PT-109 -- The Bedford Incident -- 26. The 'Silent Service' -- Destination Tokyo -- Operation Pacific -- Run Silent, Run Deep -- Das Boot -- The Hunt for Red October -- 27. Men at Play -- Bull Durham -- Hoosiers -- Eight Men Out -- Major League -- 61* -- 28. Workin' on the Railroad -- Union Pacific -- The Train -- Runaway Train -- 29. 'To Boldly Go' … But Only So Far -- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home -- Galaxy Quest -- Star Trek -- 30. International Classics -- Potemkin -- L'Atalante -- Grand Illusion -- The Children of Paradise -- Bicycle Thieves -- The Earrings of Madame De… -- Seven Samurai -- The 400 Blows -- Jules and Jim -- The Road Home -- 31. International Favorites -- Yojimbo -- A Man and a Woman -- Z -- The Emigrants (and) the New Landv -- Day for Night -- Scenes from a Marriage -- Going Places -- Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands -- Small Change -- That Obscure Object of Desire -- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs -- Diva -- Night of the Shooting Stars -- Fanny and Alexander -- My Life as a Dog -- Tampopo -- The Decline of the American Empire -- Jean De Florette (and) Manon of the Spring -- Thérèse -- Babette's Feast -- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown -- Cinema Paradiso -- The Scent of Green Papaya (new) -- Bread and Tulips (new) -- Monsoon Wedding -- Mostly Martha -- Nowhere in Africa -- The Barbarian Invasions -- Electric Shadows (new) -- After the Wedding -- The Lives of Others -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly -- Mongol -- Departures -- A Beautiful Life -- Mao's Last Dancer.

The Secret in their Eyes.