Miscellaneous Lists

For those who cannot get enough lists

ANIMATED FILMS--A list of the top animated films.

CULT FILMS--A list of the top cult films.

CULT TELEVISION ACTORS AND WRITERS--A list of the top films with actors and writers from shows such as 24, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, Lost, The Simpsons, Stargate: SG1 and Atlantis, Twin Peaks, and The X-Files.

STAR TREK ACTORS AND WRITERS--A list of the top films with actors and writers from the various live-action Star Treks.

INDEPENDENT FILMS--A list of the top films produced outside the studio system.

POLITICAL FILMS--A list of the top political films.

REMAKES--A list of the top remakes.

SATIRICAL FILMS--A list of the top satirical films.

SEQUELS/PREQUELS--A list of the top sequels and prequels, including some better than the original films.

SHAKESPEARE FILMS--A list of the top films from William Shakespeare.

FILMS BY OTHER WRITERS--A list of the top films from novelists and other playwrights.

SHORT FILMS--A list of the top films that are less than 60 minutes long.

LONG FILMS--A list of the top films that are at least three hours long.

SILENT FILMS--A list of the top silent films.

Top Films by Studio

• 20^TH CENTURY FOX FILMS--The best films from 20^th Century Fox.
• COLUMBIA FILMS--The best films from Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures.
• DISNEY FILMS--The best films from Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures.
• MGM FILMS--The best films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• PARAMOUNT FILMS--The best films from Paramount Pictures.
• UNIVERSAL FILMS--The best films from Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
• WARNER BROS. FILMS--The best films from Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment.

• BRITISH STUDIOS--The best films from the BBC, Channel Four Films, and Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
• FRENCH STUDIOS--The best films from Argos Films, Canal+, Les Films du Carrosse, Gaumont, and Pathé.
• MID-SIZED NORTH AMERICAN STUDIOS--The best films from DreamWorks, Miramax Films, New Line Cinema, Orion Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company, and United Artists.
• OTHER STUDIOS--The best films from Svensk Filmindustri, Toho Company, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Top Films by Prominent Crew Members

These lists exclude directors who perform other tasks in their films. This restriction eliminates nearly all of the most prominent screenwriters. The Webmaster is aware that, in many instances, the listed person was a deparment head who took credit for all work done by the studio regardless of whether that person did any work on the film.

• ART DIRECTORS--Top films from Richard Day, Hans Dreier, Cedric Gibbons, Hal Pereira, and Lyle R. Wheeler
• CINEMATOGRAPHERS--Top films from Néstor Almendros, Raoul Coutard, James Wong Howe, Charles Lang, Sven Nykvist, Robert Richardson, and Gregg Toland
• COMPOSERS--Top films with music from John Barry, Georges Delerue, Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Alfred Newman, Miklós Rózsa, Howard Shore, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, and John Williams
• COSTUME DESIGNERS--Top films with costumes from Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Orry-Kelly, Jean Louis, and Walter Plunkett
• EDITORS--Top films from Michael Kahn, Daniel Mandell, Marguerite Renoir, Thelma Schoonmaker, George Tomasini, and Ralph E. Winters
• PRODUCERS--Top films produced by Pandro S. Berman, Anatole Dauman, Dino De Laurentiis, Walt Disney, Carlo Ponti, David O. Selznick, Irving Thalberg, Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and Darryl F. Zanuck
• SCREENWRITERS--Top films written by Tonino Guerra and Ben Hecht
• SET DECORATORS--Top films from Edward G. Boyle, Sam Comer, George James Hopkins, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott, Darrell Silvera, and Edwin B. Willis

This page was last modified on April 10, 2008