BEA's 250 Greatest Films of All-Time [List]

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Well, well, well... look what we have here.

Firstly, I have to thanks everyone who participated. There was a stellar turn-out. A total of 1,329 individual films were submitted, and our list consists of the 250 with the most points. Nearly half of the films on the list got at least 2 votes, which made for some pretty sharp competition. I genuinely believe we've come up with an extremely worth top 250, and I hope everyone else thinks that too

Now, this is our longest list at 250 entries, and my original idea would be to post 50 slots a day, but I've decided to break it down as:

Day 1: 250-151
Day 2: 150-51
Day 3: 50-11
Day 4: 10-1

This is mainly because posting 250 entries in one day would be an inane amount of work, and would most likely bore people. This way (I think) people might be able to survey the list with a bit more detail.

Due to request, for the first time, I will also be posting how many points each film got. To give a scope, #250 received 157 points, and our #1 received 1519 points. Bit of a spread. Due to the high number of films, there are a considerable amount of ties. However, in order to break ties in the past, I've chosen whichever film appeared on more lists as the victor. If a film's points have an asterisks beside them, it means that film appeared on more lists, breaking the tie. Hope that makes sense.

After the list is posted, I'll be uploading a Letterboxd for easy viewing, along with tidbits and facts (there's a lot).

If anyone has an issue with any of the stills/gifs/pictures (spoilers, inappropriate, or I accidentally used the wrong photo), just PM me and I'll change them without hesitation.

PLEASE do not comment in this thread until the top 250 has been posted. Any discussions are super welcome in the poll thread though.

Letterboxd:

So let's begin

Runner-ups in alphabetical order: (Die Hard, The Gold Rush, High Noon, Predator, Unforgiven).

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250)

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All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (1999) Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Points: 156

249)

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The Killing (1956) Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Points: 157

248)

Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Points: 157*

247)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Points: 158

246)

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Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Points: 158*

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244) (tie)

The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Dir. Atom Egoyan
Points: 159

244) (tie)

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When Harry Met Sally (1989) Dir. Rob Reiner
Points: 159

#1's: 1

243)

The Aviator (2004) Dir. Martin Scorsese
Points: 160

242)

Spider-Man 2 (2004) Dir. Sam Raimi
Points: 160*

241)

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Children of Men (2006) Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Points: 160**

#1's: 1

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240)

Andrei Rublev (Андрей Рублёв) (1966) Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Points: 161

238) (tie)

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Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961) Dir. Blake Edwards
Points: 162

238) (tie)

L'Atalante (1934) Dir. Jean Vigo
Points: 162

237)

La Dolce Vita (1960) Dir. Federico Fellini
Points: 162*

236)

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Raising Arizona (1987) Dir. The Coen Brothers
Points: 163

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235)

Withnail & I (1987) Dir. Bruce Robinson
Points: 163*

#2's: 1

234)

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Boogie Nights (1997) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Points: 165

233)

Beauty & The Beast (1991) Dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Points: 165*

231) (tie)

The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Points: 166

231) (tie)

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True Romance (1993) Dir. Tony Scott
Points: 166

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230)

Lost Horizon (1937) Dir. Frank Capra
Points: 167

229)

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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) Dir. David Yates
Points: 167*

228)

12 Years A Slave (2013) Dir. Steve McQueen
Points: 167**

227)

Walkabout (1971) Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Points: 168

225) (tie)

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) Dir. Jacques Demy
Points: 169

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225) (tie)

Contempt (1963) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Points: 169*

224)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) Dir. Terry Jones
Points: 169*

223)

Fanny & Alexander (1982) Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Points: 171

220) (tie)

Wild Strawberries (1957) Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Points: 171*

220) (tie)

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Watchmen (2009) Dir. Zack Snyder
Points: 171*

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220) (tie)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Dir. Wes Anderson
Points: 171*

#1's: 1

219)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Dir. David Lean
Points: 171**

218)

Grave of The Fireflies (1988) Dir. Isao Takahata
Points: 171***

217)

Tremors (1990) Dir. Ron Underwood
Points: 172

#2's : 1

216)

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Playtime (1967) Dir. Jacques Tati
Points: 172*

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215)

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Points: 173

214)

L'Eclisse (1962) Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Points: 174

#1's: 1

212) (tie)

Manhattan (1979) Dir. Woody Allen
Points: 174*

212) (tie)

Oldboy (2003) Dir. Park Chan-wook
Points: 174*

211)

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The Sacrifice (1986) Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Points: 175

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210)

It Happened One Night (1934) Dir. Frank Capra
Points: 175*

208) (tie)

Raise The Red Lantern (1991) Dir. Zhang Yimou
Points: 176

208) (tie)

Nightcrawler (2014) Dir. Dan Gilroy
Points: 176*

207)

The Lobster (2015) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Points: 177

206)

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Moon (2009) Dir. Duncan Jones
Points: 177