This list was once known as “Spielberg’s Curriculum,” but Edgar Wright
(co-writer of Spielberg’s upcoming film The Adventures of Tintin, as well
as modern classics Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead) debunked it on Twitter.
If this list was a fake, so…what:
The list was found with that title in place, and described as coming from the Man himself.
So it’s a fake.., what this list is a guide book to some of the greatest works of cinema of 20th Century film. A compendium that nobody should hesitate to use, but we welcome Spielberg or anyone on his/her behalf setting this curriculum for aspiring filmmakers to rights.
This is about watching great movies.
The List
1.12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda
2.2001 Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
3.400 Blows Francios Truffaut Jean-Pierre Leaud
4.8 1/2 Federico Fellini Marcello Mastroianni
5.Adam’s Rib George Cukor Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
6.Alfie Lewis Gilbert Michael Caine, Shelley Winters
7.Al Capone Richard Wilson Rod Steiger
8.All About Eve Joseph Mankiewicz Anne Baxter, Bette Davis
9.All That Jazz Bob Fosse Jessica Lange, Roy Scheider
10.American In Paris Vincent Minnelli Gene Kelly
11.And Justice For All Norman Jewison Al Pacino, Lee Strasberg
12.Annie Hall Woody Allen Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
13.Apartment, The Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon, Shirley McLaine
14.Apocalypse Now Francis Coppola Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen
15.All/Presidents Men Alan Pakula Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
16.Baby Doll Elia Kazan Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
17.Bang/Drum Slowly John Hancock Robert DeNiro, Michael Moriarty
18.Barefoot In/Park Gene Saks Jane Fonda, Robert Redford
19.Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein Vladimir Barsky
20.Belle De Jour Luis Bunuel Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel
21.Best Years/Lives William Wyler Fredric March, Harold Russell
22.Big Sleep, The Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
23.Bicycle Thief Vittorio de Sica Lamberto Maggiorani
24.Big Chill, The Lawrence Kasdan Goldblum, Hurt, Kline, Close
25.Birds, The Alfred Hitchcock Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
26.Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan William Hurt, Kathleen Turner
27.Bonnie & Clyde Arthur Penn Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
28.Breakfast/Tiffany’s Blake Edwards Audrey Hepburn, Mickey Rooney
29.Breathless Jean Luc Goddard Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Segal
30.Bridge/River Kwai David Lean Alec Guiness, William Holden
31.Brief Encounter David Lean Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
32.Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
33.Bullitt Peter Yates Steve McQueen
34.Butch/Sundance George Roy Hill Paul Newman, Robert Redford
35.Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
36.Casablanca Michael Curtiz Bergman, Bogart
37.Celebration, TheThomas Vinterberg
38.Champ, The Franco Zeffirelli Jon Voight
39.Charade Stanley Donen Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn
40.Chase, The Arthur Penn Brando, Duvall, Redford
41.Children/Paradise Marcel Came Etienne Decroux, Arletty
42.Chinatown Roman Polanski Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson
43.Citizen Kane Orson Welles Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
44.Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick Malcolm McDowell
45.Close Encounters Steven Spielberg Richard Dreyfuss, Ted Garr
46.Come Back/Sheba Daniel Mann Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster
47.Cool Hand Luke Stuart Rosenberg Paul Newman
48.Conversation, The Francis Coppola Gene Hackman
49.Day/Earth/Still Robert Wise Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe
50.Days/Wine & Roses Blake Edwards Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick
51.Deer Hunter, The Michael Cimino DeNiro, Walken, Streep
52.Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet John Cazale, Al Pacino
53.Double Indemnity Billy Wilder Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
54.Doctor Zhivago David Lean Julie Christie, Omar Sharif
55.East of Eden Elia Kazan James Dean, Jo Harris
56.Exorcist,The William Friedkin Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller
57.Face In The Crowd Elia Kazan Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau
58.Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson Karen Black, Jack Nicholson
59.Fly, The David Cronenberg Jeff Goldblum
60.French Connection William Friedkin Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
61.French Conn. 2 John FrankenheimerGene Hackman, Fernando Rey
62.From Here/Eternity Fred Zinneman Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster
63.Fugitive Kind, The Sidney Lumet Marlon Brando
64.Gaslight George Cukor Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
65.General, The Buster Keaton Buster Keaton
66.Gntlmn’s Agrmnt Elia Kazan John Garfield, Gregory Peck
67.Giant George Stevens Dean, Hudson, Taylor
68.Gone With/Wind Victor Fleming Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh
69.Grand Illusion Jean Renoir Erich Von Stroheim
70.Great Escape, The John Sturges Steve McQueen
71.Godfather, The Francis Coppola Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
72.Godfatherr II, TheFrancis CoppolaAl Pacino, Robert De Niro
73.Godfather III, TheFrancis CoppolaAl Pacino, Andy Garcia
74.Graduate, The Mike Nichols Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman
75.Grapes Of Wrath John Ford Jane Darwell, Henry Fonda
76.Great Santini, The Lewis John Carlino Robert Duvall
77.Guess Who’s… Stanley Kramer Sidney Poitier
78.Guns Of Navaronne J. Lee Thompson Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn
79.Heiress, The William Wyler Montgomery Clift, Olivia/Havilland
80.High Noon Fred Zinneman Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
81.Hud Martin Ritt Patricia Neal, Paul Newman
82.Hunter, The Buzz Kulik Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
83.Hustler, The Robert Rossen Jackie Gleason, Paul Newman
84.His Girl Friday Howard Hawks Cary Grant
85.Holiday George Cukor Cary Grant Katherine Hepburn
86.I Confess Alfred Hitchcock Montgomery Clift, Karl Malden
87.Immigrant, The Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
88.In A Lonely Place Nicolas Ray Humphrey Bogart
89.In/Heat Of/Night Norman Jewison Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
90.Indiscretion/Wife Vittorio de Sica Montgomery Clift Jennifer Jones
91.It Happened/Night Frank Capra Claudette Colbert Clark Gable
92.It’s A Wonderful Life Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart
93.Jdgmnt/Nuremberg Stanley Kramer Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster
94.Julius Caesar Joseph Mankiewicz Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston
95.Kramer Vs. Kramer Robert Benton Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
96.Last Detail, The Hal Ashby Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
97.Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shephard
98.Last Tango In Paris Bernardo Bertolucci Marlon Brando
99.Lawrence Of Arabia David Lean Peter O’Toole
100.Little Foxes, The William Wyler Bette Davis, Teresa Wright
101.Lolita Stanley Kubrick James Mason, Peter Sellers
102.Lonelyhearts Vincent J. Donahue Montgomery Clift
103.Long Day’s Journey Sidney Lumet Katherine Hepburn, Jason Robards
104.Long Hot Summer Martin Ritt Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
105.Lost In America Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
106.Lost WeekendBilly Wilder Ray Milland
107.Love Story Arthur Hiller Ali McGraw, Ryan O’Neal
108.M Fritz Lang Peter Lorre
109.Magnif. Ambersons Orson Welles Tim Holt, Orson Welles
110.Magnificent Seven John Sturges Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen
111.Man/Shot Liberty… John Ford Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne
112.Manchurian Cand. John Frankenheimer Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra
113.Marathon Man John Schlesinger Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
114.Marty Delbert Mann Ernest Borgnine
115.Mean Streets Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel
116.Men, The Fred Zinneman Marlon Brando
117.Metropolis Fritz Lang Brigitte Heim, Theodore Loos
118.Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voiqht
119.Miracle/Morgan’s… Preston Sturges Bobby Watson
120.Misfits, The John Huston Clift, Gable, Monroe
121.Mississippi Burning Alan Parker Willem Defoe, Gene Hackman
122.Missouri Breaks Arthur Penn Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson
123.Modern Romance Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Bruno Kirby
124.Modern Times Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
125.Mr. Smith Goes To… Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart, Claude Rains
126.Mutiny/Bounty Frank Lloyd Marlon Brando
127.My Fair Lady George Cukor Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn
128.Nashville Robert Altman Ned Beatty, Jeff Goldblum
129.National Velvet Clarence Brown Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor
130.Network Sidney Lumet Faye Dunaway, William Holden
131.North By Northwest Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
132.Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant
133.No Way To Treat… Jack Smight Rod Steiger
134.Odd Couple, The Gene Saks Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
135.On the Waterfront Elia Kazan Brando, Malden, Steiger
136.One/Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Foreman Jack Nicholson, Danny Divito
137.One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
138.Ordinary People Robert Redford Mary Moore, Donald Sutherland
139.Panic/Needle Park Jerry Schatzberg Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino
140.Papillion Franklin Schaffner Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen
141.Party, The Blake Edwards Peter Sellers
142.Parallax View Alan Pakula Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn
143.Patton Franklin Schaffner Karl Malden, George C. Scott
144.Pawnbroker, The Sidney Lumet Rod Steiger
145.Philadelphia Story Georqe Cukor Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
146.Public Enemy, The William Wellman James Cagney
147.Psycho Alfred Hitchcock Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins
148.Quiet Man, The John Ford John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara
149.Raging Bull Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro
150.Rain People, The Francis Coppola James Caan, Robert Duvall
151.Raintree County Edward Dmytryk Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
152.Ramblin’ Rose Martha Coolidge Laura Dern, Robert Duvall
153.Real Life Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin
154.Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock Gace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart
155.Rebel W/out Cause Nicholas Ray James Dean, Natalie Wood
156.Red River Howard Hawks Montgomery Clift, John Wayne
157.Reflections in a… John Huston Marlon Brando, Julie Harris
158.Requiem for a… Ralph Nelson Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason
159.Rosemary’s Baby Roman Polanski Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon
160.Runaway Train Andrei Konchalovsky Eric Roberts, Jon Voight
161.Safety Last Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd
162.Sand PebblesRobert Wise Steve McQueen
163.Saturday Night Fever John Badham John Travolta
164.Sayonara Joshua Logan Marlon Brando
165.Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg Gene Hackman, Al Pacino
166.Scarface Brian De Palma Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
167.Scent Of A Woman Martin Brest Al Pacino
168.Searchers, The John Ford John Wayne, Natalie Wood
169.Serpico Sidney Lumet Al Pacino
170.Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
171.Seventh SealIngmar Bergman Max Von Sydow
172.Signal 7
173.Singin’ In the Rain Stanley Donen Gene Kelly, Rita Moreno
174.Smiles of a… Ingmar Bergman Jarl Kulle
175.Soldier In The Rain Ralph Nelson Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen
176.Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
177.Sound Of Music Robert Wise Julie Andrews
178.Splendor/Grass Elia Kazan Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood
179.Stagecoach John Ford James Mason, John Wayne
180.Star Is BornWilliam Wellman Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
181.Star Wars George Lucas Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
182.Streetcar/Desire Elia Kazan Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh
183.Suddenly Last… Joseph Mankiewicz Clift, Hepburn, Taylor
184.Sullivan’s Travels Preston Sturges Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea
185.Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder William Holden, Gloria Swanson
186.Sweet Bird of Youth Richard Brooks Paul Newman, Geraldine Page
187.Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel
188.Teahouse of the… Daniel Mann Marlon Brando
189.Tender Mercies Bruce Beresford Robert Duvall
190.Third Man, The Carol Reed Orson Welles
191.Three Days/Condor Sidney Pollack Faye Dunaway, Robert Redford
192.To Kill/Mockingbird Robert Mulligan Gregory Peck
193.Tootsie Sidney Pollack Dustin Hoffman
194.Tree Grows in… Elia Kazan James Dunn, Peg
195.Trip To Bountiful, A Peter Masterson Geraldine Page
196.Two Rode Together John Ford Jimmy Stewart
197.Verdict, The Sidney Lumet Paul Newman, George Mason
198.Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart
199.Viva Zapata Elia Kazan Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
200.Wait Until Dark Terence Young Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn
201.West Side Story Jerome Robbins Rita Moreno, Natalie Wood
202.White Christmas Michael Curtiz Bing Crosby
203.Who’s Afraid… Mike Nichols Richard Burton
204.Wild One, The Laszlo Benedek Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin
205.Wild River Elia Kazan Montgomery Clift
206.Young Lions, The Edward Dmytryk Brando, Clift
