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The World's Greatest Films
All Four-Star Reviews
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
The following is a list of every four-star review I've written in the history of this site.
Some of them were awarded in haste or in premature enthusiasm. And of course, there are other
movies for which I hedged my bets and have come to love more and more. Some of the
reviews are for DVD box sets, and I never got around to reviewing the individual titles,
although the four-star rating certainly reflects the overall quality of the films included
in these boxes. Nevertheless, for better
or worse, this is how I went on record, and I'll stand by it.
[Note: This is still a work in progress; I have to comb through all my nearly 4000 reviews
for the final list. Thanks for your patience!]
****
- Daisies (1966)
- Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
- Danger: Diabolik (1968)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Day in the Country, A (1936)
- Day of the Dead (1983)
- Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
- Days of Being Wild (1991)
- Days of Heaven (1978)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Dead Man (1996)
- Dead of Night (1945)
- Dead or Alive (1999)
- Dead Zone, The (1983)
- Death Race 2000 (1975)
- Decalogue, The (1988)
- Deep Red (19750
- Departed, The (2006)
- Destry Rides Again (1939)
- Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)
- Devil, Probably, The (1977)
- Detour (1945)
- Dial M for Murder (1954)
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
- Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
- Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
- Die Hard Trilogy (1988-95)
- Dillinger (1945)
- Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The (1972)
- Django (1966)
- La Dolce Vita (1960)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Down by Law (1986)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Dracula (1931)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Drive, He Said (1971)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Duck You Sucker (1971)
- Duel (1971)
- Duel at Silver Creek, The (1952)
- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- Duellists, The (1977)
- Face/Off (1997)
- Falbalas (1945)
- Fallen Idol, The
- Fall of the House of Usher, The (1960)
- Falls, The (1980)
- Fando & Lis (1967)
- Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
- Fanny and Alexander (1983)
- Far from Heaven (2002)
- Fargo (1996)
- Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
- Fast Company (1978)
- Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
- Fat City (1972)
- Faust (1926)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)
- Fellini Satyricon (1969)
- Female Convict, Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
- Female Trouble (1975)
- F for Fake (1973)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Fiend Without a Face (1958)
- Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)
- Films of Kenneth Anger Volume One, The (1947-1954)
- Fingers (1978)
- Fireworks (1998)
- Fists in the Pocket (1965)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
- Floating Weeds (1959)
- Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
- Fly, The (1986)
- The Fog (1980)
- Foolish Wives (1922)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Forbidden Zone (1980)
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, The (2005)
- Forty Guns (1957)
- 42 Up (1999)
- 400 Blows, The (1959)
- Fox and His Friends (1975)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Freaks (1932)
- French Cancan (1955)
- French Connection, The (1971)
- Fritz Lang Epic Collection (2004)
- Fritz Lang's Indian Epic (1959)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Garden of Eden, The (1928)
- General, The (1927)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- German Horror Classics (2002)
- Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
- Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- Ghost World (2001)
- Giant (1956)
- Gilda (1946)
- Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Ginger & Fred (1986)
- Girl Shy (1924)
- Gleaners & I, The (2000)
- Goddess, The (1934)
- Godfather Trilogy, The (1972-90)
- Godzilla (1954)
- Gohatto (a.k.a. Taboo) (2000)
- Golden Coach, The (1952)
- Gold Rush, The (1925)
- Gone With the Wind (1939)
- Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1966)
- Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003)
- Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
- GoodFellas (1990)
- Good Morning (1959)
- Grand Illusion (1937)
- Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
- Great Dictator, The (1940)
- Great Escape, The (1963)
- Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952)
- Great Silence, The (1968)
- Great Train Robbery, The (1903)
- The Green Pastures (1936)
- Grey Gardens (1975)
- Griffith Masterworks (2002)
- Grissom Gang, The (1971)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- Gun Crazy (1949)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- L'Argent (1983)
- Ladies Man, The (1961)
- Lady Eve, The (1941)
- Lady from Shanghai, The (1948)
- Lancelot du Lac (1974)
- Lassie Come Home (1943)
- Last Emperor, The (1987)
- Last Laugh, The (1924)
- Last Metro, The (1980)
- Last Orders (2001)
- Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
- Last Waltz, The (1978)
- Last Year at Marienbad ****
- L'Atalante (1934)
- Late Spring (1949)
- Laura (1944)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
- Leopard, The (1963)
- Lessons of Darkness (1992)
- Lifeboat (1944)
- Liliom (1934)
- Limelight (1952)
- Little Fugitive (1953)
- Little Mermaid, The (1989)
- Lola (1961)
- Lola Montes (1955)
- Lolita (1962)
- Long Goodbye, The (1973)
- The Long Good Friday (1979)
- Long, Long Trailer, The (1954)
- Longest Yard, The (1974)
- Looney Tunes: The Golden Collection (2003-04)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Louisiana Story (1948)
- Love in the Afternoon (1957)
- Love Streams (1984)
- M (1931)
- Macbeth (1948)
- Macbeth (1971)
- Madadayo (1993)
- Madame Dubarry (1919)
- Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
- Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer (1913-1917)
- Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
- Magnolia (1999)
- Major Dundee (1965)
- Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
- Manchurian Candidate, The (1962)
- Man Escaped, A (1956)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Manhunter (1986)
- Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962)
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
- Manxman, The (1929)
- Marius/Fanny/Cesar (1931-36)
- Mark of Zorro, The (1940)
- Marriage of Maria Braun, The (1979)
- Martha (1973)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Masculin-Feminin (1966)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
- Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
- Matter of Life and Death, A (1946)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Medea (1988)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Michael (1924)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
- Mikey & Nicky (1977)
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944)
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter Jr. (1999)
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Moment of Innocence, A (1996)
- Monkey Business (1952)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- More Treasures from American Film Archives (2004)
- Mouchette (1967)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
- Ms. 45 (1981)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Murder! (1930)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Mummy, The (1932)
- Murder My Sweet (1945)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
- Mystery of Oberwald, The (1980)
- Mystery of Picasso, The (1956)
- My Favorite Year (1982)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
- My Voyage to Italy (1999)
- Palm Beach Story, The (1942)
- Pandora's Box (1928)
- Panic (2000)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Passenger, The (1975)
- Passion of Joan of Arc, The (1928)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Patsy, The (1928)
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Performance (1970)
- Persona (1966)
- Perfect World, A (1993)
- Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, A (1995)
- Petulia (1968)
- Phantasm (1979)
- Phantom (1922)
- Phantom of Liberty, The (1974)
- Phantom of the Opera, The (1925)
- Pianist, The (2002)
- Piano, The (1993)
- Piccadilly (1929)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Pickup on South Street (1953)
- Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
- Plaisir, Le (1952)
- Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- Platform (2000)
- Playtime (1967)
- Point Blank (1967)
- Popeye The Sailor Man: 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition (2004)
- Porco Rosso (1992)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- Pretty Baby (1978)
- Producers, The (1968)
- Psycho (1960)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Pygmalion (1938)
- Sahara (1943)
- Same Old Song (1997)
- Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection (2006)
- Le Samourai (1967)
- Saraband (2005)
- Scandal (1989)
- Scanners (1981)
- Scarface (1932)
- Scarlet Empress, The (1934)
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Scream (1996)
- Sea Hawk, The (1941)
- Searchers, The (1956)
- Secret Honor (1984)
- Set-Up, The (1949)
- Seven Men from Now (1956)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Seventh Heaven (1927)
- Seventh Seal, The (1956)
- Shampoo (1975)
- Shanghai Express (1932)
- Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
- Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
- She (1935)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- Shining, The (1980)
- Shoah (1985)
- Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
- Shooting, The (1967)
- Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Short Film About Killing, A (1988)
- Short Film About Love, A (1988)
- Signs of Life (1968)
- Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
- Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989-04)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965)
- Sisters (1973)
- Solaris (1972)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
- Sólo con tu pareja (1991)
- Sound of Music, The (1965)
- Southerner, The (1945)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Spider (2002)
- Spider Baby (1964)
- Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Stage Fright (1950)
- Stalker (1979)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Stanley Kubrick Collection, The (2001)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- Steamroller and the Violin, The (1960)
- Stepfather, The (1987)
- Stop Making Sense (1984)
- Story of Floating Weeds, A (1934)
- La Strada (1954)
- Straight Story, The (1999)
- Strange Behavior (1981)
- Stranger, The (1946)
- Stranger Wore a Gun, The (1953)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- Straw Dogs (1971)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Street Fighter, The (1974)
- Street of No Return (1989)
- Swindle, The (1955)
- Suds (1920)
- Sugarland Express, The (1974)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Sunrise (1927)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Suspicion (1941)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Sweetie (1989)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- Taboo (2000)
- Tabu (1931)
- Targets (1968)
- Tartuffe (1925)
- Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
- Taste of Cherry (1997)
- Tenant, The (1976)
- Ten Commandments, The (1956)
- Tennessee's Partner (1955)
- Terra Trema, La (1948)
- Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The (1933)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- That's Entertainment! Trilogy (1974-94)
- They Caught the Ferry (1948)
- Thieves' Highway (1949)
- Thin Man, The (1934)
- Thin Red Line, The (1998)
- Thing from Another World, The (1951)
- Third Man, The (1949)
- This is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Three Colors Trilogy (1994)
- Three Times (2005)
- 3 Women (1977)
- THX 1138 (1970)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984)
- Tin Star, The (1957)
- To Be and To Have (2003)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- El Topo (1970)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Tree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978)
- Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)
- Trial, The (1962)
- Trial of Joan of Arc, The (1962)
- Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)
- Le Trou (1960)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- True Romance (1993)
- Truman Show, The (1998)
- Twin Peaks [TV series] (1990-92)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Twentieth Century (1934)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Two for the Road (1967)
- Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
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