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The Top 100 Films of All Time





1. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

2. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)

3. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

4. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

7. Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)

8. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)

9. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

10. The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956)

11. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)

12. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)

13. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)

14. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)

15. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

16. Doctor Zhivago (David Lean, 1965)

17. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)

18. Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)

19. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)

20. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)

21. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)

22. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)

23. Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)

24. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)

25. West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961)



26. Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994)

27. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

28. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)

29. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)

30. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)

31. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)

32. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)

33. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)

34. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)

35. Tess (Roman Polanski, 1979)

36. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1969)

37. A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)

38. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)

39. Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau, 1922)

40. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)

41. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)

42. Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)

43. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)

44. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

45. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)

46. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

47. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)

48. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)

49. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)

50. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)



51. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)

52. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)

53. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)

54. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)

55. Day for Night (François Truffaut, 1973)

56. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)

57. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)

58. Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970)

59. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

60. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)

61. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)

62. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931)

63. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)

64. Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, 1990)

65. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)

66. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)

67. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)

68. Lost Horizon (Frank Capra, 1937)

69. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)

70. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)

71. One-Eyed Jacks (Marlon Brando, 1961)

72. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)

73. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)

74. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)

75. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)



76. Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)

77. The African Queen (John Huston, 1951)

78. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

79. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)

80. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940)

81. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)

82. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)

83. The Stunt Man (Richard Rush, 1980)

84. Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939)

85. The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann, 1973)

86. These Are the Damned (Joseph Losey, 1963)

87. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)

88. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952)

89. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)

90. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

91. Last Tango in Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1973)

92. Superman (Richard Donner, 1978)

93. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1976)

94. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)

95. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

96. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)

97. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)

98. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)

99. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)

100. The Adventures of Robin Hood

(Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, 1938)






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2026 FILM RECOMMENDATIONS



Thumbs Up (20)


**** A+ to A (Great - Highly Recommended - See Immediately)

Project Hail Mary


***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good - Recommended - See at a First Run Theater)

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, The Rip, Dead Man's Wire, Solo Mio, Crime 101,

The Drama, Paul McCartney: Man on the Run


*** B to B- (Good - Recommended with Minor Reservations - See at a Matinee or a Second Run Dollar Theater)

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, Exit 8 (8-ban deguchi), Primate, Send Help, Cold Storage,

Pillion, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Scream 7, They Will Kill You, You, Me & Tuscany,

Wuthering Heights, Iron Lung

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Thumbs Down (17)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair - Very Cautiously Recommended with Major Reservations - Wait for Blu-ray)

Dracula, Mercy, The Wrecking Crew, Undertone, Hamlet, How to Make a Killing,

Midwinter Break

** C to D+ (Disappointing - Not Recommended - Wait for Streaming/Cable TV)

Dolly, Shelter, Whistler, Protector, The Bride!


*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing - Strongly Not Recommended - Wait for Free TV if Nothing Else is On)

Greenland 2: Migration, The Strangers: Chapter 3, Psycho Killer

* F (Awful - Very Strongly Not Recommended - Avoid at All Costs)
Dungeons of Ecstasy, Return to Silent Hill

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PLANO/DALLAS AREA THEATERS





1. Angelika - Dallas

Mockingbird Station, 5321 E Mockingbird Lane

Dallas, TX 75206

214-841-4700


2. Cinemark Legacy

7201 N. Central Expressway

Plano, TX 75025

972-665-2222


3. Cinemark West Plano

3800 Dallas Parkway

Plano, TX 75093

972-665-2222


4. Cinemark Central Plano

1818 Coit Road

Plano, TX 75075

1-800-FANDANGO Exp. Code 1161


5. Cinépolis Moviehouse & Eatery

8450 TX-121

McKinney, TX 75070

469-854-6754





6. Alamo Drafthouse - Richardson

100 S Central Expy #14

Richardson, TX 75080

(469) 331-8703


7. Studio Movie Grill - Plano

4721 W. Park Blvd.

Plano, TX 75093



8. Studio Movie Grill - The Colony

4800 State Hwy. 121

The Colony, TX 75056



9. iPic - Fairview

321 Town Place

Fairview, TX 75069

972-549-4200


10. Flix Brewhouse - Frisco/Little Elm

1660 FM423

Frisco, TX, 75033

469-850-1300






11. Landmark Inwood

5458 West Lovers Lane (Lovers at Inwood)

Dallas, TX 75209

214-352-6040


12. AMC Northpark

8687 North Central Expressway

Dallas, TX 75225

1-888-AMC 4FUN


13. AMC Stonebriar

2601 Preston Road

Frisco, TX 75034

1-888-AMC 4FUN ​


14. Violet Crown Cinema

3699 McKinney Ave (West Village)

Dallas, TX 75204

469-943-0006


15. Galaxy Grandscape

5740 Grandscape Blvd. Ste. 100

The Colony, TX 75056

888-407-9874










Top 50 Most Wanted Unreleased Films
on Region A Blu-Ray (Updated 7/1/2025)



1. The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)

2. O Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson, 1973)

3. Song of the South (Wilfred Jackson/Harve Foster, 1946)

4. Porgy and Bess (Otto Preminger, 1959)

5. The Victors (Carl Foreman, 1963)

6. Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991)

7. Closet Land (Radha Bharadwaj, 1991)

8. An Officer and a Spy (Roman Polanski, 2019)

9. RRR (SS. Rajamouli, 2022)

10. The Fixer (John Frankenheimer, 1968)

11. Who's Minding the Mint? (Howard Morris, 1967)

12. Sons and Lovers (Jack Cardiff, 1960)

13. The Go-Between (Joseph Losey, 1970)

14. 55 Days at Peking (Nicholas Ray, 1963)

15. The Music Lovers (Ken Russell, 1970)

16. The Intruder (Roger Corman, 1962)

17. Play It As It Lays (Frank Perry, 1972)

18. Power Play (Martyn Burke, 1978)

19. Foxtrot (Aturo Ripstein, 1976)

20. The Entertainer (Tony Richardson, 1960)

21. Pirates (Roman Polanski, 1986)

22. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Karel Reisz, 1960)

23. This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson, 1963)

24. The Sundowners (Fred Zinnemann, 1960)

25. Look Back in Anger (Tony Richardson, 1959)

26. The High and the Mighty (William A. Wellman, 1954)

27. Poor Cow (Ken Loach, 1967)

28. Fathom (Leslie H. Martinson, 1967)

29. Victim (Basil Dearden, 1961)

30. El Cid (Anthony Mann, 1961)

31. The Hill (Sidney Lumet, 1965)

32. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (Hy Averback, 1968)

33. Matango (Ishirô Honda, 1963)

34. The Fall of the Roman Empire (Anthony Mann, 1964)

35. The Alamo (John Wayne, 1960)

36. Circus World (Henry Hathaway, 1964)

37. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Philip Kaufman, 1988)

38. The Cat's Meow (Peter Bogdanovich, 2001)

39. Shamus (Buzz Kulik, 1973)

40. The Next Man (Richard C. Sarafian, 1976)

41. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese, 1974)

42. The Shoes of the Fisherman (Michael Anderson, 1968)

43. Tom Horn (William Wiard, 1980)

44. White Hunter, Black Heart (Clint Eastwood, 1990)

45. You Can't Win 'Em All (Peter Collinson, 1970)

46. Hell Drivers (Cy Endfield, 1957)

47. The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir, 1986)

48. Start the Revolution Without Me (Bud Yorkin, 1970)

49. The Palace (Roman Polanski, 2023)

50. Hey Good Lookin' (Ralph Bakshi, 1982)

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Top 10 Movies of the Last 10 Years Needing a U.S. Region-A Blu-Ray


1. Barbarian (Zach Cregger, 2022)

2. Fair Play (Chloe Domont, 2023)

3. Greyhound (Aaron Schneider, 2020)

4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, 2020)

5. Malcolm & Marie (Sam Levinson, 2021)

6. Mank (David Fincher, 2020)

7. Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, 2020)

8. tick, tick...BOOM! (Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2021)

9. The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo, 2019)

10. Sanctuary (Zachary Wigon, 2022)

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Upcoming Blu-Ray Releases



(Dates Subject to Change) (* = Purchased)



2017-2024:

Absolution

The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen (4K)

Afraid

All That Breathes: Criterion Collection

Almost Famous

Andor: Season One (TV)

The Apu Trilogy: (4K) Criterion Collection

Arise, My Love

Ashoka: The Complete First Season (TV)

Babes in Toyland

Back Street

Back to Black

The Beatles: Get Back (TV)

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Belle

Bergman Island: Criterion Collection

Big George Foreman

Bloodrayne

Blue Velvet: (4K) Criterion Collection

Border River

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Bound: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Boys in the Boat

Brainscan

Brooklyn 45

The Burglars (Le casse)

A Cadaver Christmas

Christmas with the Kranks

Coming Apart

Corsage

Counsellor at Law

The Curse of the Screaming Dead

Cutting Class

Damaged

Death Before Dishonor

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (TV)

Double Indemnity: (4K) Criterion Collection

Double Lover (L'amant double)

Down to Earth

Dragonfly

Dreamchild

Drylongso: Criterion Collection

Eddie Murphy: Raw

Emma

Enemies, A Love Story

Eye for an Eye

The Fabulous Four

Fallen Leaves

Farewell Amor: Criterion Collection

Faya Dayi: Criterion Collection

The Fisher King: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Flamingo Kid

The Flash: The Original Series (TV)

The Flash: Season 9 (TV)

For All Mankind: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Funeral: Criterion Colleciton

Godland: Criterion Collection

The Golden Coach

The Good Lord Bird (TV)

The Grissom Gang

Guncrazy

A Hard Day's Night: (4K) Criterion Collection

Here

The Hero

House of Cards: The Complete Sixth Season (TV)

House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season (TV)

I Love You to Death

In & Out

The Innocent: Criterion Collection

In the Mood for Love: (4K) Criterion Collection

It Ends With Us

Journey into the Beyond

Justified: City Primeval: Season 1 (TV)

King David

Killing Eve: Season 4 (TV)

Knights of the Zodiac

La haine: (4K) Criterion Collection

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Le Cercle Rouge: (4K) Criterion Collection

Le samouraï: (4K) Criterion Collection

Like Water for Chocolate

Loki: Season 1 (TV)

Loki: Season 2 (TV)

Love and Human Remains (Unrated Director's Cut)

Malcolm X: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Mandalorian: Season 1 (TV)

The Mandalorian: Season 2 (TV)

The Mandalorian: Season 3 (TV)

The Man Who Laughs

The Marsh King's Daughter

Menace II Society: (4K) Criterion Collection

Mickey & Friends: 10 Classic Shorts, Volume 2

Moll Flanders

Moving On

Mr. Robot: Season 4 (TV)

Mudbound: Criterion Collection

My Father's Glory/My Mother's Castle

Never Let Go

Never Look Away

Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

Nine Queens

Observe and Report

The Offer (TV)

One False Move: (4K) Criterion Collection

One Hundred Men and a Girl

The Outsider: The Complete First Season (TV)

Petit Maman: Criterion Collection

Picnic at Hanging Rock: (4K) Criterion Collection

Poker Face: Season 1 (TV)

Portrait of Jennie

Posse

Preacher: Season 3 (TV)

The Promise

Radio Flyer

The Ranown Westerns: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Red Shoes: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Rules of the Game: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Runner: Criterion Collection

Saint Omer: Criterion Collection

Sanditon: Season 2 (TV)

Sanditon: Season 3 (TV)

Scarface (1932): (4K) Criterion Collection

Shazam!: The Complete Live-Action Series (TV)

Slingshot

Soldier Blue

Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4 (TV)

Star Trek: Discovery: The Final Season (TV)

Star Trek: Picard: Season Two (TV)

Star Trek: Picard: The Final Season (TV)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 2 (TV)

That Guy Dick Miller

Thief of Hearts

The Three Stooges Collection

Tomahawk

Touki Bouki: Criterion Collection

Tower of Evil

Trainspotting: (4K) Criterion Collection

Trekkies

12 Monkeys: Season 3 (TV)

12 Monkeys: Season 4 (TV)

Victims of Sin: Criterion Collection

The Virgin Suicides: (4K) Criterion Collection

Visions of Eight: Criterion Collection

The Vourdelak

WALL-E: (4K) Criterion Collection

WandaVision: The Complete Series (TV)

Warriors of Virtue

The Watermelon Woman: Criterion Collection

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Wendy and Lucy

White Bird

The X Files: Season 11 (TV)

Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century

You Don't Nomi

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally








2/25/2025:

The Emperor Jones

Performance: Criterion Collection

3/18:

Bon Voyage

College Confidential

The Penguin: The Complete First Season (TV)

3/25:

Cheyenne: The Complete Series (TV)

Memoir of a Snail

4/1:

Shoplifters

4/15:

The Eel

4/29:

Last Breath

5/6:

In the Heat of the Night: (4K) Criterion

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: (4K) Criterion

5/13:

Better Man

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

5/27:

The Marquise of O

6/3:

Mishima: A Life in 4 Chapters: (4K) Criterion

6/10:

The Wiz: (4K) Criterion Collection

6/24:

Convict's Code

7/1:

The Big Heat: (4K) Criterion Collection

7/8:

Fallout: Season One (TV)

Man on Wire

Until Dawn

7/22:

The Fabulous Dorseys

7/29:

Arbor Day

Hiding Out

Limbo

8/12:

The Farmer's Daughter

8/19:

The Boys: Season 4 (TV)

The Class of '74

Tales from the Void: Season One (TV)

8/26:

Compensation: Criterion Collection

Get Carter (4K) (1971)

Saving Face: Criterion Collection

9/2:

Huckleberry Finn (1931)

9/9:

High and Low: (4K) Criterion Collection

The Strange Woman

9/16:

The Last Ronin

9/23:

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

The Last of Us: The Complete Second Season (TV)

Read My Lips: (4K) Criterion Collection

10/14:

Boomerang (1976)

Cop or Hood

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Series (TV)

Weeds

10/17:

David Gilmour - Live at the Circus Maximus

10:28:

The Day of the Jackal: Season 1 (TV)

Deep Crimson: (4K) Criterion Collection

11/25:

The Demon's Rook

Eleanor the Great

Lady Chatterly's Lover (1955)

1/13/2026:

The Godless Girl

1/20:

Roofman

1/27:

Bad Things

George A. Romero's Resident Evil

Hold That Blonde!

Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies

A Little Prayer

The Thing with Feathers

2/3:

Exorcismo: Defying a Dictator & Raising Hell

Last Foxtrot in Burbank

2/10:

American Yakuza

The Big Heat (1988)

2/17:

The Benny Goodman Story

Birth of the Blues

Cloud: Criterion Collection

Double or Nothing

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Here Come the Waves

Regretting You

Rental Family

Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

Sing, You Sinners

2/24:

The Black Six

Duel to the Death

Iphigenia

The Man Who Wasn't There: (4K) Criterion Collection

Network: (4K) Criterion Collection

Pet Shop Boys: Dreamworld

Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
















3/3/2026:

All Creatures Great & Small: Season 6 (TV)

Cobra Kai: The Complete Series (TV)

Ella McCay

Hamnet *

Lurker

Merrily We Roll Along *

The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) *

The Running Man (2025) *

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 3 (TV)

The Swordsman Trilogy *

The Young Doctors *

Zootopia 2 *

3/10:

Little Trouble Girls *
Scott Joplin *

Viridiana: (4K) Criterion Collection

3/17:

America 3000 *

Anaconda (2025) *

The Choral

Classe tous risques: (4K) Criterion Collection *

Good Boy *

The Housemaid *

Is This Thing On?

Jack Benny: Comedy Classics *

K2 *

Lone Samurai

Ray

Rebuilding

Return to Silent Hill *

The Substitute

3/24:

The Big Combo

The Blue Light

The History of Sound

The Key (La chiave) *

Killers of the Flower Moon: Criterion Collection *

Love Camp *

Out Come the Wolves

Shanghai Blues *

3/31:

Bangkok Dangerous (1999) *

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Blade: (4K) Criterion Collection

Blazing Fists

Conversation Piece

Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy

The Gay Divorcee *

Give Me a Sailor

Greenland 2: Migration *

Honky Tonk *

It All Came True

A Man and a Woman: Criterion Collection

The Man Who Came to Dinner *

Marty Supreme *

The Sexploiters / Raw Love

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Tea and Sympathy *

This Is the Night *

Variety Girl

4/7:

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! *

Mandroid *

Mercy *

My Neighbor Adolf

V/H/S/Halloween

4/14:
Midwinter Break

UFOria *

4/21:

Christy

Die My Love

Girls *

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

The Grapes of Death

Here Comes Cookie

House Calls

International House

A Kiss Before Dying

The Living Dead Girl

Mississippi

Mr. Saturday Night

Primate

The Private War of Major Benson

Resurrection

Send Help

Shelter

The Slime People/The Crawling Hand

The Strangers: Chapter 3

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

4/28:

Adventure Calls! Karl May at CCC

Arrowsmith

Captains Courageous

Cold Storage

Crack-Up

The Creep Tapes: Season 2 (TV)

Dust Bunny

'Gator Bait Collection *

George Stevens' A Filmmaker's Journey

Highest 2 Lowest *

Jess Franco: From Bangkok with Bullets

King Richard and the Crusaders

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun *

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

Monogram Matinees Volume Two

Nightlife (TV)

Private Benjamin

Something's Gotta Give

Suzzanna: Empress of Darkness

Tiger on the Beat

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included

20,000 Years in Sing Sing