Comments on: BBC’s 100 Greatest American Films List Includes ‘The Dark Knight,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate,’ ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Tree Of Life,’ And More

By: bill

bill — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

The Dark Knight deserves its place on that list. Maybe you are looking at it as a superhero film, who knows. Nolan puts more effort into his films that most directors. He MAKES movies, he doesn\’t film some shots and let CGI do the rest. Any of his films deserves to be on any list of greats.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Good list, The Dark Knight shouldn\’t be on there but hard to fault any of the others…

By: Will

Will — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Gone With the Wind is listed way too low.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Switch The Dark Knight with Inception. Or the Social Network. Why is The Lion King the only animated film? No Toy Story or Snow White? Boo. I\’m still very happy with this list. I love the picks of Do the Right Thing and The Shining.

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

I\’d remove Heaven\’s Gate, The Dark Knight, West Side Story, Meet Me in St. Louis, Koyaanisqatsi, Marnie, A Place in the Sun and Grey Gardens and replace them with The Mortal Storm, anything by the Coen Bros., anything by Paul Thomas Anderson, Zodiac and Bonnie and Clyde (seriously, how did that not make the list?). I\’d also move up Blue Velvet, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Bringing Up Baby and Apocalypse Now.

By: kbo

kbo — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Where is On the Waterfront?

By: droop

droop — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

remove koyaanisqatsi?! you must be joking. basically everything you said i agree with. forrest gump higher than apocalypse now? garbage. this list shouldn\’t be taken seriously. why doesn\’t the playlist just post the imdb top 250?

By: Dom

Dom — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

There Will Be Blood and Fargo should get a shout over a lot of those, but not many shocks

By: JAVIER SC

JAVIER SC — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Forrest Gump??? Look at all the movies that it\’s above of in the list. Meet Me in St Louis?? Some great choices, some choices that I just can\’t understand

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Look at all these snobs wanting to remove one of the greatest action films of all time…

By: Tony Zhou

Tony Zhou — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Jagernauth\’s elitist attitude is getting unbearable. Almost as unbearable as the endless Fincher-stroking comments. So glad The Social Network isn\’t on there. The Dark Knight is on there….and you people still think critics are important. What a joke.

By: David

David — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

This is just pretty much a silly list… I mean, seriously. This isn\’t a list about the "greatest" films (which I read as "best"; it\’s a list about the favourite films (which is a VERY DIFFERENT list!) of whoever made up this list. So many of the greatest left off; so many "fun" films added.

By: Glint

Glint — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Not a bad list, but Marnie! Marnie!! in the top half of the list, it doesn\’t even make the top half of my ranking of Hitchcock films

By: doris

doris — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

where\’s Con Air?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

LOL I like most of these films very much but the BBC\’s choice to privilege these mostly obvious choices in a "List of 100 Greatest American Films" just reflects their stodginess. Canon is so important to them.

By: doris

doris — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

in all seriousness, this is such an obvious list. I mean… everyone\’s supposed to like these movies, they\’re the ones everyone mentions. Where are the genuinely fun, exciting, wild choices? Speed! Jurassic Park! Anything but these tired old antiques.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

@DORIS Agreed about Con Air.

By: M. D

M. D — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

It\’s sad that in a list of 100, there is only one name that belongs to a woman (shared for Grey Gardens, 1975). Its the XXI century, seriously time to update info., society and start appreciating women\’s place in art.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

Where is Badlands?

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

@ M.D yep, and even sadder that aside from yourself no one – incl. myself even noticed. I do think though that it\’s the rampant, male privilege at the movies that\’s killing the medium, it\’s become a real bore. Television\’s far more inclusive for women and other minorities and also seems to be cashing in on that fact.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

it\’s so crazy, women aren\’t even a minority!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:50:51 +0000

@DORIS and DAVE: someone needs to start a petition to get con air on this list.