Certainly, the former is more easily rewatchable, owing to its breakneck pacing – its two and a half hours (and three decades) just whiz by.

Based on the true life of mobster Henry Hill, Goodfellas was born in the shadow of The Godfather, but as the years go on, the question of which is more influential becomes mostly a matter of generation. ‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.’ Ray Liotta’s opening line is the crime movie equivalent of ‘Once upon a time…’, and what follows is Martin Scorsese’s version of a fairy tale – the story of a starry-eyed Brooklyn kid who realises his boyhood dream and still comes out a schnook in the end. 🏆 The most deserving Oscar winners of all-time Written by Abbey Bender, Dave Calhoun, Phil de Semlyen, Bilge Ebiri, Ian Freer, Stephen Garrett, Tomris Laffly, Joshua Rothkopf, Anna Smith and Matthew Singer Just be careful not to throw your laptop through a window. And that’s okay – because when it comes to movies, raging is caring. Even while trying to cover all our bases, there’s surely something that’ll set you off for one reason or another. But when it comes to genres, eras, countries and content, you’ll find a little bit of everything, from blockbusters to art films, cult classics to slapstick comedies, bloody actioners to even bloodier horror flicks.

(Although if you must yell at us, please remain civil.) We cannot guarantee this list lines up perfectly with your own personal canon. We welcome it, though, because as you’ll read, we’re passionate, too. Watch a favourite movie enough, and gradually it doesn’t just become a creature comfort or a nostalgic trigger – it almost becomes a lived-in experience.Īnd so, yes, if you read a list of the greatest movies ever made, and your fave isn’t on there, well, people can get a bit annoyed. They shape who we are and how we see the world.

Movies live with us in a way great songs and books don’t. Sure, music, literature and television can get folks riled up, too. Few artistic mediums generate the same kind of passion among its most strident fans as cinema. Any discussion about movies inevitably gets heated, and that’s a good thing. Warning: the list you’re about to read is guaranteed to raise your blood pressure, make your veins bulge and possibly rupture your larynx screaming, ‘What the hell are these idiots thinking?!’ That’s the nature of publishing an article about the greatest movies of all-time.

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