4-star films

(Top ten in bold)

AIRPLANE! (1980)

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

AMERICAN HISTORY X (1998)

AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)

ANNIE HALL (1977)

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 2 (1989)

BAMBI (1940)

BARRY LYNDON (1975)

THE BIRDS (1963)

THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN (2006)

BOYHOOD (2014)

BREAKING THE WAVES (1996)

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

BRIGHTON ROCK (1947)

BRINGING UP BABY (1938)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)

CASABLANCA (1943)

CINEMA PARADISO (1989)

CITIZEN KANE (1941)

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989)

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973)

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

DIRTY HARRY (1971)

DIRTY WORK (1933)

DR STRANGELOVE; OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1963)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1945)

DRIVE (2011)

THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)

THE FATHER (2020)

FESTEN (1995)

FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

FRENZY (1972)

THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)

GENEVIEVE (1953)

GET CARTER (1971)

GIMME SHELTER (1970)

THE GODFATHER (1972)

THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974)

THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY (1957)

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)

GOODBYE MR CHIPS (1939)

GOODFELLAS (1990)

GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)

HAPPINESS (1998)

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964)

HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY (1962)

HELPMATES (1931)

THE HUNT (2012)

I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932)

THE IDIOTS (1998)

I’M ALL RIGHT JACK (1959)

INHERIT THE WIND (1960)

INSIDE OUT (2015)

THE INVENTION OF LYING (2009)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973)

A KIND OF LOVING (1962)

KING KONG (1933)

THE KING OF COMEDY (1982)

THE LADY VANISHES (1938)

THE LADYKILLERS (1955)

LAUGHING GRAVY (1931)

THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951)

THE LETTER (1940)

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006)

LOLITA (1962)

THE LONGEST DAY (1962)

THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)

MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1983)

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1943)

MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN (1979)

THE MUSIC BOX (1932)

NIGHT AND FOG (1956)

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

NOTORIOUS (1946)

OLIVER! (1968)

OLIVER TWIST (1948)

ONCE UPON A TIME ... IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

PARASITE (2019)

PASSPORT TO PIMLICO (1949)

PATHS OF GLORY (1957)

PHANTOM THREAD (2017)

PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (1972)

POOR THINGS (2023)

PSYCHO (1960)

PULP FICTION (1994)

RAGING BULL (1980)

REAR WINDOW (1954)

REBECCA (1940)

THE RED SHOES (1948)

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993)

REPULSION (1965)

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000)

RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)

ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)

SAFETY LAST (1923)

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (1960)

SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

SEXY BEAST (2000)

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)

THE SHINING (1980)

THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

SONS OF THE DESERT (1933)

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

STAR WARS (1977)

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

STRAW DOGS (1971)

SUNTAN (2016)

TAXI DRIVER (1976)

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY (1991)

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)

THE THIRD MAN (1949)

THE 39 STEPS (1935)

THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1983)

THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (1952)

TOP HAT (1935)

TRAINSPOTTING (1996)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (2022)

THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)

12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

UNCUT GEMS (2019)

UNDER THE SKIN (2013)

UNFORGIVEN (1992)

THE VANISHING (1988)

VERTIGO (1958)

WAY OUT WEST (1937)

WHAT'S UP, DOC? (1972)

WHIPLASH (2014)

THE WICKER MAN (1973)

WITHNAIL AND I (1987)

YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)