List-O-Mania!

Due to some sort of gross oversight, the editors of Sight and Sound did not seek the input of This Cinematic Life and its contributors when compiling their latest list of The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time. Seeing as the US Postal Service is going through all kinds of financial woes, we'll just assume that our invitation was lost in the mail. But rather than wait around for them to correct this error in 2022...

WE CONDUCTED OUR OWN LITTLE POLL!

First up is what we're calling the Pantheon, which consists of films that turned up on multiple lists. Most mentioned film first, then working down. Films with the same number of mentions are listed in alphabetical order. After the Pantheon, feel free to check out the actual ballots that made up this list. Contributor lists first, then reader lists. They're all filled with great films that everyone should see. Thank you to everyone who participated in this little idea and happy watching!

Pantheon Films

1.  2001: A Space Odyssey

2.  Pulp Fiction

2.  The Shining

2.  Vertigo

3.  8 ½

3.  Blade Runner

3.  Citizen Kane

3.  The Day The Earth Stood Still

3.  Dumb And Dumber

3.  Goodfellas

3.  North By Northwest

3.  Psycho

3.  Some Like It Hot

3.  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

3.  There Will Be Blood

3.  The Third Man

Contributor Lists

'Becca'lise

1. Amadeus
2. The Shining
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Some Like It Hot
6. E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
7. Rosemary’s Baby
8. Psycho
9. West Side Story
10. Young Frankenstein

Colin

1. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
2. Auntie Mame
3. The Battle Of Algiers
4. It’s A Gift
5. The Host
6. North By Northwest
7. Duck Soup
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. Plan 9 From Outer Space
10. To Kill A Mockingbird

Craig

1. The Godfather Part II
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. Taxi Driver
4. 8 ½
5. Vertigo
6. Pulp Fiction
7. Annie Hall
8. Citizen Kane
9. Breathless (1960)
10. Y Tu Mamá También

John Carlos

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. 8 ½
3. Goodfellas
4. Citizen Kane
5. Blade Runner
6. Metropolis
7. Vertigo
8. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
9. Brazil
10. Back To The Future

Rachel

1. The Freshman (1925)
2. The Third Man
3. Touch of Evil
4. Some Like It Hot
5. Playtime
6. Harold And Maude
7. Wings Of Desire
8. Dick Tracy
9. Midnight In Paris
10. Moonrise Kingdom

Tracie

1. Edward Scissorhands
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. Fight Club
4. The Lord Of The Rings
5. Hook
6. Peter Pan (2003)
7. Benny & Joon
8. The Cabin In The Woods
9. Tank Girl

Reader Lists

Blake

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Apocalypse Now
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Traffic
5. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
8. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
9. The Shining
10. Goodfellas

Brittany/Taylor

1. The Thin Red Line
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
3. There Will Be Blood
4. No Country For Old Men
5. Good Will Hunting
6. Black Swan
7. Heat
8. Michael Clayton
9. Bronson
10. Pulp Fiction

Evan

1. Jaws
2. The Truman Show
3. Magnolia
4. Psycho
5. Children of Men
6. Chinatown
7. Stand By Me
8. Dumb and Dumber
9. The Wrestler
10. Lost In Translation

Freddy

1. Stalker
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. Last Year At Marienbad
4. Lola (1981)
5. The Matrix
6. The Holy Mountain
7. That Obscure Object Of Desire
8. The Devils
9. Oldboy
10. Hour Of The Wolf

Jessica

1. Casablanca
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Rocky
4. Aliens
5. Mulholland Dr.
6. Pandora’s Box
7. Dumb and Dumber
8. The Third Man
9. His Girl Friday
10. Ikiru

Victor

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Eyes Wide Shut
3. The Shining
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6. Vertigo
7. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
8. High Anxiety
9. North By Northwest
10. Dr. Strangelove

Wendy

1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Death To Smoochy
3. Gone With The Wind
4. Blade Runner
5. Dances With Wolves
6. Field Of Dreams
7. The Godfather
8. Glory
9. Contact
10. 12 Monkeys