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10 Best Movie Posters of 2009

10 Best Movie Posters of 2009

Moviefone.com compiled a list of the ten best movie posters of 2009. View the full article... 1. 'An Education'  2. 'The Girlfriend Experience' 3. 'Jennifer's Body' 4. 'Up' 5. 'Broken Embraces' 6. 'Inglourious Basterds' 7. 'Up in the Air' 8. 'Food Inc.' 9. 'Precious: Based on a Novel by Sapphire' 10. 'Julie & Julia'

Best Movie Picks From New York Times Film Critics

Best Movie Picks From New York Times Film Critics

Each week, the movie critics of The New York Times recommend a selection of films for the Movies section of NYTimes.com. The recommendations are based solely on that critic's personal opinion of the film. Find out the best movies currently playing at your local theater, or out on DVD...

The 25 Most Stylish Films of All Time

The 25 Most Stylish Films of All Time

When it comes down to it, it's the big screen where fashions are immortalized. Not the runway, not the street. From Shaft to North by Northwest, here are the movies that will never go out of fashion. View the slideshow on Men.Style.com... Three Days of the Condor - 1975 A Clockwork Orange - 1971 Purple Noon - 1960 North by Northwest - [...]

The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All-Time

The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All-Time

The 50 Greatest Cartoons was a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck that compiled a list of the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all-time as voted upon by 1,000 animation industry professionals. Details can be found on Wikipedia... CityRag found links to online videos for many of the cartoons. The top ten are listed below. See all 50 [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio’s 10 Favorite Movies

Leonardo DiCaprio’s 10 Favorite Movies

From a special RED edition of London's newspaper, The Independent. Read the full article... 1.) Bicycle Thieves - 1948 2.) Taxi Driver - 1976 3.) Lawrence of Arabia - 1962 4.) 8 1/2 - 1963 5.) The Third Man - 1949 6.) Yojimbo - 1961 7.) Manhattan - 1979 8.) Sunset Boulevard - 1950 9.) The Shining - 1980 10.) East of Eden - 1955

The Top 40 Music Moments in Film History

The Top 40 Music Moments in Film History

Bullz-Eye.com recently polled all of their movie and music writers to get their favorite uses of pop songs in movies. Criteria: The song couldn’t have been written specifically for the film or have made its debut on the film’s soundtrack. Countdown the top 40 pop songs used in movies, and view the video clips... 1. "Bohemian Rhapsody," [...]

Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Best High School Movies

Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Best High School Movies

Entertainment Weekly magazine recently assembled their picks for the 50 best high school movies. The top 10 films are listed below. Check out EW.com for details about all 50... 1. The Breakfast Club (1985) 2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 3. Dazed and Confused (1993) 4. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) 5. Heathers (1989) 6. American [...]

The Ultimate NYC Celebrity Homes Map

The Ultimate NYC Celebrity Homes Map

NewYorkMag.com recently researched and compiled their first-ever Star Map. The addresses were culled from publicly available real-estate records, selected published reports, and widely used Internet directories as well as the occasional in-the-know friend or well-placed source. NY mag opted not to print specific addresses. But you can still see, [...]

The 50 Greatest Movie Stars All Time

The 50 Greatest Movie Stars All Time

In Premiere magazine's list, you'll see 50 embodiments of that most indefinable term, star quality. You'll see male sex symbols who are undeniably Adonis-like, and others who are not nearly as refined in the physical-feature department but could still make their targets melt. You'll see a squeaky-clean singer with a sultry side and a toddler with [...]

The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time

The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time

FilmCritic.com has posted a roundup of the top 50 movie endings of all time. Check out the full list... 1. Dr. Strangelove (1964) 2. Fight Club (1999) 3. Chinatown (1974) 4. Casablanca (1942) 5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 6. Boogie Nights (1997) 7. Night of the Living Dead (1968) 8. Big Night (1996) 9. Don't Look Now (1973) 10. Some Like [...]

The Top 30 Game Show Hosts of All Time

The Top 30 Game Show Hosts of All Time

Bert Convy is #30 (Tattletales, Super Password, Win Lose or Draw) according to RetroCrush.com. View the entire list, plus a video clip from each host in action...

Top 25 Rejected Movie Roles

Top 25 Rejected Movie Roles

Charlton Heston in Jaws? Sylvester Stallone in Star Wars? NotStarring.com keeps track of roles actors turned down, auditioned for, got fired from, or simply didn't get. These are the top 25 most popular entries according NotStarring.com visitors...

All Time Movie Box Office Records

All Time Movie Box Office Records

BoxOfficeMojo.com maintains comprehensive lists of all time box office records of movie grosses for weekends, days, holidays, openings, as well as other financial benchmarks.

Wikipedia’s List of the Greatest Movies Ever

Wikipedia’s List of the Greatest Movies Ever

The important criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film is the "greatest" by some specific criterion or indicator — be it a critics' poll, popular poll, box office receipts or awards.

Memorable Movie Quotes

Memorable Movie Quotes

The Internet Movie Database offers their top 10 movie quote pages. You can also browse the IMDb's large database of movie quotes, from recent films to the classics. Pedro: Do you think people will vote for me? Napoleon Dynamite: Heck yes! I'd vote for you. Pedro: Like what are my skills? Napoleon Dynamite: Well, you have a sweet bike. And [...]

Writers Guild List of 101 Best Screenplays

Writers Guild List of 101 Best Screenplays

The members of the Writers Guild of America have voted 'Casablanca' top of a list of the best screenplays ever produced. 101 Greatest Screenplays compiles the finest achievements in film writing, as voted upon by professional film and television writers. Finalists were compiled from over 1,400 screenplays selected by WGA members.

The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

The film critics of The New York Times have gathered the original reviews of their list of the greatest movies ever made. This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004.

David Letterman’s Top 10 Lists

David Letterman’s Top 10 Lists

Top Ten lists are a regular segment of The Late Show with David Letterman. Today's Top Ten list from David Letterman and the Late Show Writers can be found here... Plus, check out Dave's Top Ten archive...

List of All Nominees in Oscar History

List of All Nominees in Oscar History

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) lists, by year, not only the winner of every award since the first Academy ceremony in 1929, but also the entire field of contenders for each year. To see the list for a given year, scroll down the page and click on it.

The British Film Institute’s Top 100 British Films

The British Film Institute’s Top 100 British Films

A selection of the favorite British films of the 20th century. The list spans seven decades, from 1935 to 1998, accommodating the work of 70 film directors and much international talent. Topping the list is Carol Reed's classic The Third Man.

The IMDb Top 250 movies

The IMDb Top 250 movies

The top 250 movies of all time, as determined by Internet Movie Database (IMDb) user votes.

NPPA 2005 Best of Television Photojournalism

NPPA 2005 Best of Television Photojournalism

Each year, the National Press Photographers Association sponsors a TV news photography and editing competition. The contest is open to both members and nonmembers of NPPA, including full-time, part-time and freelance photographers and editors working for local, network or public TV stations. Poynter.org published the results for 2005...

TIME’s Top 100 Movies

TIME’s Top 100 Movies

TIME Movie Critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss picked the top 100 films of all time. Criteria: The list was compiled from movies created since March, 1923, when TIME Magazine began publishing.

100 Greatest Movies of all Time

100 Greatest Movies of all Time

The American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest American movies of all time was selected by a blue-ribbon panel of leaders from across the film community. Voted the number one movie was Citizen Kane, Orson Welles' 1941 classic, which he directed, produced, wrote and starred in at the age of 25. The rest of the top ten, in order, are: Casablanca [...]