The ranking of the greatest films in cinema history is an
indisputable process, because of the different tastes and constant
developments in the film industry.
However, the American “Points Prizes” has drawn up a list of the best
films in history, taking into account the different bases of evaluation
between critics and the public. To include as many films as possible
that are beyond dispute.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
A short novel by Frank Darabont, directed and written by him about a
successful banker sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife
and lover, but still hopeful of his innocence, the film that received 7
Oscar nominations, including Morgan Freeman’s best film and best actor
The best quote scenario, one of Nelson Mandela’s favorite films, is also
Stephen King’s most nominated movie to win Oscar.
2. Schindler’s List
Taken from a real story, he speaks of a member of the Nazi Party
trying to use his powers within the Party to save the lives of more than
1,000 Jews, won 7 Oscar awards, including the Best Film and Best
original Music Text Award, and Liam Nisson was nominated for the Best
actor Award.
3. 12 angry men
A
1950 film about a jury must decide the fate of a young man accused of
killing his father, and although the film’s events are in a closed room,
it remains full of drama and excitement.
Featured in the film directed by Sydney Lomé and Boris Kaufman, it
looks modern and smooth. It is also an example of how to make a great
movie with a low budget – $35,000, and it has nominated for three
academic awards (best film, best director and best quote scenario), but
none of them has won.
4. Whiplash
“whiplash” left a strong impression that is difficult to ignore,
issued in 2014 and succeeded in winning 3 Oscar prizes out of 5
nominations, telling the story of a young man who tries to join the
music team in his school, so he has to exert a great effort to improve
and develop. It also collides with a tough coach, which will force him
to choose between surpassing himself in order to realize his dream or
leave the team.
5. Citizen Kane
In 1941, Orson Wells performed a historical work when he went out,
produced, wrote, and played the role of the championship in the film
“Citizen Kane”, which tells the story of the life of businessman and
publisher Charles foster Ken. The journalist, who is hiding after his
death, to discover the meaning of his last statements.
The film used new techniques described by Ancient American film
critic Andrew Sarris as “the work that affected cinema more than any
American film since “born of Nation”.
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
It
is no longer strange to see tunes, huge battles, and 9-meter-long
giants, thanks to the Lord of the Rings trio, which was founded to use
CGI-computer-created images, and has since become widely used.
The
Lord of the Rings won: Return of the King with 11 academic awards,
including Best Film Award, Best Director, Best writing, Best Film, and
Best Visual effects.
The final part of the film is a mark of 21st century cinema, where the battle of “Gunder” was an unprecedented epic.
7. Amour
Amour
is a heart-breaking drama with its great simplicity, at 70 years of
age, director Michael Haniki, the Palme d’or award winner, wrote at a
Cannes end-of-life festival, where a couple in the 1980s had a daughter
living far away in Britain with her own family. The wife suffers from a
stroke, and the love relationship between the couple is tested.
The Austrian film won the Oscar for the best film in foreign
language, and received 4 nominations, including the Best Music Film
Award.
8. Casablanca
He went out to light in December 1941, and the film’s events are
taking place in Morocco, where he meets a former American grandeur, and a
series of unexpected events, ending with one of the most famous love
stories in the 20th century, where the hero’s phrase of his beloved “We
will always stay in Paris?” Romantic movie lovers will stay in their
love.
9. Eyes Wide Shut
The film is directed by Stanley Kubrick, one of the best directors in
cinema history, Tom Cruise’s and Nicole Kidman’s heroism, telling the
story of a New York City doctor who is throwing himself into strange and
dangerous worlds after he met an old friend who works as a pianist at
suspicious parties, and the film is considered one of the best works of
Cobrick.
