1. 8 1/2 
(1963, 138 Minutes, Black & White)
Federico Fellini's indisputable masterpiece certainly belongs on the Top Ten Best Films of All Time list. It is a magnificently textured work, a triumph of art and imagi...
2. Alexander Nevsky
(1938, 97 Minutes, Black & White)
An essential film of the Russian Cinema, this Eisenstein classic features some of the most beautiful imagery ever put on celluloid, with the grandest music score to match...
3. Anna Karenina - Bolshoi Ballet
(1974, 81 Minutes, Color)
Based on Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel and choreographed by Maya Plisetskaya to the music of Rodion Shchedrin, this film not only stars Mme. Plisetskaya, but features the sp...
4. As You Like It
(1936, 96 Minutes, Black & White)
There are a number of pluses to this film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play. The early appearance of the young and brilliant Laurence Olivier in the role ...
5. Bartleby
(1970, 78 Minutes, Color)
This faithful-in-spirit adaptation of Melville’s Thoreauesque drama is about a man who has reached the end of his tether and just can’t go on with the rigors of life. Whe...
6. Battle of San Pietro, The
(1945, 38 Minutes, Black & White)
This extraordinary War Department documentary should be required viewing for every
American citizen, for it shows, with extreme realism, the sacrifices a previous
gener...
7. Battleship Potemkin
(1924, 74 Minutes, Black & White)
If one were to assemble a collection of the greatest films of all time, with the stipulation that the collection be limited to only ten films, POTEMKIN would most certa...
8. Becky Sharp
(1935, 84 Minutes, Color)
Noteworthy for being the first Technicolor three-strip process feature film, this is also a wonderful adaptation of Langdon Mitchell's play based on William Makepeace
Th...
9. Bicycle Thief, The
(1948, 90 Minutes, Black & White)
Another must-have film to head anyone's list of the Top Ten Best Films of All Time. The Bicycle Thief ranks as one of the most important films to come out of post World ...
10. Carmen - Bolshoi Ballet
(1973, 73 Minutes, Color)
The Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya, is the star of this lyrical film of excerpts from several of her most famous roles. The centerpiece of the film i...
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