I have a great respect for Roger Ebert as a film critic and person, and I like his taste. When convenient I've been trying to whittle away his 4/4 list of great movies: https://www.rogerebert.com/great-movies
These are Ebert's top 10, of which I've seen none: https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journ ... f-all-timeIf I have a criterion for choosing the greatest films, it's an emotional one. These are films that moved me deeply in one way or another. The cinema is the greatest art form ever conceived for generating emotions in its audience. That's what it does best. (If you argue instead for dance or music, drama or painting, I will reply that the cinema incorporates all of these arts).
My personal favorite film ever is Synecdoche, New York.
The others that are just great that are among my favorites, but are not all of the ones I've necessarily seen on that list are as follows:
The Good The Bad The Ugly
Crumb
Leaving Las Vegas
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Talented Mr. Rippley
Taxi Driver
ESOTSM
I have pretty shit taste, and worse diversity. So please comment below some of your favorites that are not the like super obvious Star Wars, LOTR, Pulp Fiction/Tarantino's entire catalogue, Godfather, Shawshank, and stuff like that
obligatory best scene in film. also best film in scene: