Biography

Journalist, author, and critic. His Top 100 English-language films in reverse order are: 100 Unforgiven (1992) 99 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 98 Henry V (1944) 97 The Long, Hot Summer (1958) 96 The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) 95 All the President's Men (1976) 94 Hell or High Water (2016) 93 Spartacus (1960) 92 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 91 His Girl Friday (1940) 90 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 89 The Wicker Man (1973) 88 Groundhog Day (1993) 87 Spotlight (2015) 86 L.A. Confidential (1997) 85 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 84 The Great Escape (1963) 83 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 82 American Graffiti (1973) 81 The Magnificent Seven (1960) 80 Roman Holiday (1953) 79 Finding Nemo (2003) 78 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 77 Witness (1985) 76 To Sir, with Love (1967) 75 High Noon (1952) 74 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 73 Gladiator (2000) 72 Boyhood (2014) 71 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 70 The Philadelphia Story (1940) 69 Get Out (2017) 68 Mr. Turner (2014) 67 The Railway Children (1970) 66 The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) 65 Joker (2019) 64 The Truman Show (1998) 63 The Sting (1973) 62 Chariots of Fire (1981) 61 When Harry Met Sally... (1989) 60 The Innocents (1961) 59 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 58 Chinatown (1974) 57 Goldfinger (1964) 56 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 55 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 54 Kes (1969) 53 GoodFellas (1990) 52 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 51 Double Indemnity (1944) 50 Schindler's List (1993) 49 Sideways (2004) 48 Top Hat (1935) 47 The French Connection (1971) 46 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 45 The Deer Hunter (1978) 44 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 43 City Lights (1931) 42 On the Waterfront (1954) 41 The Incredibles (2004) 40 Brooklyn (2015) 39 Nashville (1975) 38 Shakespeare in Love (1998) 37 Shane (1953) 36 The General (1926) 35 The Sixth Sense (1999) 34 Duck Soup (1933) 33 Fargo (1996) 32 Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) 31 Deliverance (1972) 30 Under the Skin (2013) 29 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) 28 Notorious (1946) 27 Oliver! (1968) 26 All About Eve (1950) 25 Raging Bull (1980) 24 No Country for Old Men (2007) 23 The Searchers (1956) 22 Taxi Driver (1976) 21 Lawrence of Arabia (1962).