In 2014, the BBC invited 62 well-known film critics from around the world to select the 100 greatest films in American film history. The 100 films on the list cover the works of Chaplin, Billy Wilder, Orson wells, Hitchcock, John Ford, romantic Polanski, Kubrick, Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Spielberg and other famous artists, with themes ranging from western films, suspense films, crime films, police and bandit films, social films and so on, as well as obscure literary and art films such as the tree of life. Orson Welles's Citizen Kane did not surprisingly take the first place in the list, Francis Coppola's godfather and Hitchcock's psychedelia came second and third respectively. There are six films on the list in the 21st century, including David Lynch's muhiland Road (No. 21), Terrence Malik's tree of life (No. 79), Michelle gunnery's eternal sunshine of a beautiful mind (No. 87), Spike Lee's 25 hours (No. 94), Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight (No. 96), and Steve McQueen's twelve years of slavery (No. 99). Let's briefly introduce the content of these 100 films (multi picture warning). 1. Citizen Kane (1941) Orson wells Suspense biopic. The significance of the film has exceeded the film itself. The innovation in the technical level has epoch-making significance. It is a legendary masterpiece of the genius Orson wells. 2. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola Men's films, needless to say, have long been in the top ten of IMDB and are a masterpiece that goes down in history! 3. Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock He became famous in the UK, from "thirty nine steps" to "the missing lady", to Hollywood's "butterfly dream", "telephone murder", "rear window", "train stranger", "Psycho", "north by Northwest", and so on. But undoubtedly, this is the best work! A textbook for suspense films. 4. 2001 space odyssey (1968) 2001: a space odyssey Stanley Kubrick The timeless science fiction film provides a template for future science fiction films. 5. The searchers (1956) John Ford The greatest work in the old western, the powerful combination of John Ford and John Wayne, embarked on the road of searching for his niece for 19 years, and finally found it but faced it at gunpoint 6. Sunrise (1927): a song of two humans f · w · maunaw www.99reel.com 99reel.com 99reel It is one of the best masterpieces of silent films and won many awards such as best actress and photography at the first Oscar. 7. Song in the rain (1952) singin 'in the rain Stanley Donan / Gene Kelly It looks like a song and dance film, but everywhere it shows the historical leap of the Hollywood film industry from silence to sound.