All Years, All Genres
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Establishment of America

[1492] Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus. "Discovery" of America.
[1608] The New World: Founding of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas

Colonial America

[1692] The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials
[1757] The Last of the Mohicans: French-Indian War

Revolutionary War

[1776] 1776: Debate over declaring independence (Musical)
[1776] The Patriot: Fictionalized characters and battles representing the revolutionary war

Early Independence

[1812] The Buccaneer: War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans. Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte
[1836] The Alamo: The battle of the Alamo, the most accurate of a group of very inaccurate movies depicting this event

Slavery

[1839] Amistad: Pre-Civil War Slave Trade
[1841] 12 Years a Slave: Slavery in mid-1800's
[1840-1860s] Harriet: Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman

Civil War

[1861] Ride With the Devil: Early Civil War, Confederate perspective
[1861-1863] Glory: Civil War, 54th regiment the first all-black regiment int he Civil War
[1863] Gettysburg: Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg
[1863] Gangs of New York: Bloody Draft Riots. Slice of Life around Civil War (not about the war)
[1861-1869] Gone with the Wind: Southern life during the Civil War
[1865] Lincoln: Final months of the Civil War, 13th Amendment

Gilded Age

[1870] The Age of Innocence: Gilded Age

American West - Late 1800s

[1881-1882] The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: American West in the late 19th century
[1899] Newsies: The newsboy strike

Turn of the Century

[1898-1910s] There Will Be Blood: Turn of the century American oil boom
[1900s] Yankee Doodle Dandy: Turn of the Century East Coast, during oil boom in California. The start of American theater and entertainment

World War I

[1909-1920s] Wilson: President Woodrow Wilson and World War I
[1914-1918] All Quiet on the Western Front: World War I, Trench warfare
[1914-1918] Wings: World War I, Aerial combat
[1921] The Immigrant: After World War I, immigration from war torn Europe to America

The Great Depression

[1909-1940s] The Color Purple: Great Depression, through the lens of southern a African Americans
[1930s] Grapes of Wrath: Great Depression

World War II

[1943-1945] Patton: World War II
[1945] Flags of Our Fathers: Battle of Iwo Jima
[1945-1946] The Best Years of Our Lives: End of World War II, the fallout of war for normal everyday Americans

Civil Rights - Part 1

[1947-1960s] Cadillac Records: Rise of minority cultural contributions in music
[1937-1970s] The Butler: Civil Rights over several decades and presidencies
[1944-1982] Forrest Gump: Civil Rights, Entirely fictional character, passing through many real and important events

Space Race

[1957] October Sky: Space Race, just after Sputnik
[1947-1963] The Right Stuff: Space Race
[1961] Hidden Figures: Inner workings of NASA, and racial tension
[1961-1967] First Man: The moon landing

Cuban Missile Crisis

[1961] Thirteen Days: Cuban Missile Crisis

Civil Rights - Part 2

[1960s] The Help: Slice of life for southern African Americans
[1943-1965] Malcolm X: Civil Rights, Malcolm X
[1964] Selma: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassination of JFK

[1961-1969] JFK: Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Cold War

[1964] Dr. Strangelove: Cold War, satirical

Vietnam War

[1965] Good Morning Vietnam: Slice of life for soldiers during the Vietnam War
[1967-1976] Born on the 4th of July: Vietnam War

Space Exploration

[1969-1970] Apollo 13: The aborted Apollo 13 mission

Richard Nixon

[1969-1974] Nixon: The Nixon presidency
[1972-1973] All the President's Men: Watergate

1970s

[1970-1978] Milk: First openly Gay elected to public office
[1976] Dazed and Confused: American bicentennial slice of life, 1970s

Iranian Hostage Crisis

[1979] Argo: Iranian hostage crisis

1980s

[1989] Do the Right Thing: 1980s slice of life, racial tensions

1990s

[1996] Richard Jewell: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
[1999] I'm Not Ashamed: Columbine High School shooting

War on Terror

[2001] United 93: September 11th 2001 "9/11"
[2001-2011] Zero Dark Thirty: War on Terror

Internet Age

[2003-2010] The Social Network: The Internet Age

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_actual_events

This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

From a critic poll published in November 2019.
Olympia is one entry.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll

The Arts & Faith's Top 100 Films (previously known as the 100 most spiritually significant films) list has been selected by the Arts & Faith members, which is dedicated to the combination of art and faith.

2020 update added a new restriction of one film per director, but other films that would have made the list without that restriction can be seen in the subtitle for each main entry in the source.

Source: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?/films/year/8-2020-top-100/

/u/StopReadinMyUsername on reddit created a list called "1001 'GREATEST' MOVIES OF ALL TIME" in 2015.

Since this list is still very popular, he posted an updated list on reddit in April 2020.

For this list he combined the average scores from IMDb, Letterboxd, Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic, and tweaked the results with data from Letterboxd, iCheckMovies, TSPDT?, TMDb and IMDb.

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/fswg60/by_combining_the_average_scores_from_imdb/

Winners and nominees (Winners first)

1927/28: 1, 2, 3

1928/29: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

1929/30: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

1930/31: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

1931/32: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

1932/33: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

1934: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
1935: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60

1936: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70

1937: 71 ,72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80

1938:
 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90
1939:
 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
1940:
 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110
1941:
 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
1942:
 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130
1943:
 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
1944:
 141, 142, 143, 144, 145
1945:
 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
1946:
151, 152, 153, 154, 155
1947:
 156, 157, 158, 159, 160
1948:
 161, 162, 163, 164, 165
1949:
 166, 167, 168, 169, 170
1950:
 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
1951:
 176, 177, 178, 179, 180
1952:
 181, 182, 183, 184, 185
1953:
 186, 187, 188, 189, 190
1954:
 191, 192, 193, 194, 195
1955:
 196, 197, 198, 199, 200
1956: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205
1957:
 206, 207, 208, 209, 210
1958:
 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
1959:
 216, 217, 218, 219, 220
1960:
 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
1961:
 226, 227, 228, 229, 230
1962:
 231, 232, 233 ,234, 235
1963:
 236, 237, 238, 239, 240
1964:
 241, 242, 243, 244, 245
1965:
 246, 247, 248, 249, 250
1966:
 251, 252, 253, 254, 255
1967:
 256, 257, 258, 259, 260
1968:
 261, 262, 263, 264, 265
1969:
 266, 267, 268, 269, 270
1970:
 271, 272, 273, 274, 275
1971:
 276, 277, 278, 279, 280
1972:
 281, 282, 283, 284, 285
1973:
 286, 287, 288, 289, 290
1974:
 291, 292, 293, 294, 295
1975:
 296, 297, 298, 299, 300
1976:
 301, 302, 303, 304, 305
1977:
 306 ,307, 308, 309, 310
1978:
 311, 312, 313, 314, 315
1979:
 316, 317, 318, 319, 320
1980:
 321, 322, 323, 324, 325
1981:
 326, 327, 328, 329, 330
1982:
 331, 332, 333, 334, 335
1983:
 336, 337, 338, 339, 340
1984:
 341, 342, 343, 344, 345
1985:
 346, 347, 348, 349, 350
1986:
 351, 352, 353, 354, 355
1987:
 356, 357, 358, 359, 360
1988:
 361, 362, 363, 364, 365
1989:
 366, 367, 368, 369, 370
1990:
 371, 372, 373, 374, 375
1991:
 376, 377, 378, 379, 380
1992:
 381, 382, 383, 384, 385
1993:
 386, 387, 388, 389, 390
1994:
 391, 392, 393, 394, 395
1995:
 396, 397, 398, 399, 400
1996:
 401, 402, 403, 404, 405
1997:
 406, 407, 408, 409, 410
1998:
 411, 412, 413, 414, 415
1999:
 416, 417, 418, 419, 420
2000:
 421, 422, 423, 424, 425

2001:
 426, 427, 428, 429, 430
2002: 431, 432, 433, 434, 435
2003:
 436, 437, 438, 439, 440
2004:
 442, 442, 443, 444, 445
2005: 446, 447, 448, 449, 450
2006:
 451, 452, 453, 454, 455
2007:
 456, 457, 458, 459, 460
2008:
 461, 462, 463, 464, 465
2009:
 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475
2010:
 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485
2011:
 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494
2012:
 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503
2013:
 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512
2014:
 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520
2015: 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528
2016:
 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537
2017:
 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546
2018:
 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554
2019:
 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563
2020/21: 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571
2022: 573, 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581
2023: 586, 582, 583, 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591
2024: 598, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

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By Shawn Edwards, Co-Founder, African American Film Critics Association

Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-110IFatBE-Playlist
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-110IFatBE-Article
Date: 2020-06-05
Tags: #theme #list-order #complete

Movies released from 2010-2017 to watch

The Film Fatales, a collective of women indie directors, put together a list of must-see movies made by women.

Source: https://bitchmedia.org/post/female-film-directors-put-together-a-list-of-must-see-movies-made-by-women

Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. Eligible movies are ranked based on their Adjusted Scores.

UPDATED: 12 April 2020

List: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/

Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. Eligible movies are ranked based on their Adjusted Scores. (1950-2022)

List of Academy Award-winning since 1994 in:
- Best Picture - Best Director
- Best Actor/Actress - Best Supporting Actor/Actress
- Best Original Screenplay - Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Animated Feature Film - Best Animated Short Film
- Best Documentary Feature - Best Documentary Short Subject
- Best Live Action Short Film - Best International Feature Film
- Best Original Score - Best Original Song
- Best Sound Editing - Best Sound Mixing
- Best Production Design - Best Cinematography
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Best Costume Design
- Best Film Editing - Best Visual Effects

The list includes also nominations in the same categories.

By Slashfilm
https://www.slashfilm.com/tag/100-best-movies-of-the-decade/

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll

Films that received an A+ on CinemaScore