Another 100 Best Films Of All Time List

Time magazine, the publication that businessmen pretend to read when really they’ve hidden a porno mag inside,  has published a list of what it suggests are the 100 best films of all time.

The unranked list was compiled by the magazine’s resident movie critics, Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, and it has already caused controversy by not including typically acclaimed films such as Apocalypse Now (DVDs), North By Northwest (DVDs) or Mac And Me (DVDs).

The critics have also listed what they think are the best movies of each decade. They picked Metropolis (DVDs) from the twenties, Dodsworth (DVDs) from the thirties, Citizen Kane (DVDs) from the forties, Ikiru
(DVDs) from the fifties, Persona (DVDs) from the sixties, Chinatown (DVDs) from the seventies, Decalogue (DVDs) from the eighties, Pulp
Fiction (DVDs) from the nineties and and Talk to Her (DVDs) from 2002.

The best thing about the list is that there are quotes from the original Time reviews, some of which reveal the benefit of hindsight. Bonnie And Clyde (DVDs) is included, even though when it first came out the reviewer called it "tasteless". Or Casablanca (DVDs), which "nothing short of an invasion could add much to". Raging Bull (DVDs) was "bloated and repetitive".

As with all lists, there will be a number of inclusions that seemed designed exclusively to get people’s backs up. For example, A Hard Day’s Night (DVDs) isn’t a movie, it’s a home video of four scousers spazzing about on a train. And ET (DVDs) has made the list, which means it’s the most critically-acclaimed movie about a talking poo ever.

What do you think? Take a look at the list and tell us why it is so bloody wrong. What films do think were worthy of inclusion, and why?