In cadrul topului sunt prezente filmele ce trebuie vazute de oricine, fie pentru cultura generala, fie din pasiune pentru film. Topul nu tine cont de o anumita perioada, ci prezinta filmele cele mai bune din toate timpurile, de la filme ca The Wizard of Oz din 1939 pana la Love Actually din 2003.
Insa, prima pozitie nu o ocupa arhicunoscutul Citizen Kane, asa cum ne-au obisnuit multe alte topuri, ci filmul regizat de Victor Fleming din 1939, Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane pozitionandu-se in cadrul acestui top abia pe locul 38. Dar fanii lui Harry Potter au motive de bucurie. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban face parte din acest top, clasificandu-se pe locul 42.
Din aceasta lista lunga nu puteau lipsi The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars sau Psycho. Topul nu exclude niciun gen: de la musicaluri precum Moulin Rouge, comedii ca When Harry Met Sally, animatii precum WALL-E la drame ca Schindler's List sau Fight Club. Exista de toate pentru toate gusturile, in schimb nu a fost inclus nici un film cu super eroi, ca The Dark Knight spre dezamagirea fanilor si nici filme SF populare si iubite ca Memento sau Inception.
Topul celor mai bune 100 de filme din istorie alese de MSN
1. The Wizard of Oz (1939), r. Victor Fleming
2. North By Northwest (1959), r. Alfred Hitchcock
3. The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), r. Peter Jackson
4. It's a Wonderful Life(1946), r. Frank Capra
5. Annie Hall (1977), r. Woody Allen
6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994), r. Frank Darabont
7. The Graduate (1967), r. Mike Nichols
8. Nashville (1975), r. Robert Altman
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962), r. David Lean
10. The Searchers (1956), r. John Ford
11. Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), r. Stanley Kubrick
12. Star Wars — The Empire Strikes Back (1980), r. Irvin Kershner
13. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), r. Steven Spielberg
14. This Is Spinal Tap (1984), r. Rob Reiner
15. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), r. Robert Mulligan
16. Airplane! (1980), r. David Zucker
17. Jaws (1975), r. Steven Spielberg
18. Singin' in the Rain (1952), r. Gene Kelly
19. Vertigo (1958), r. Alfred Hitchcock
20. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), r. Sergio Leone
21. The Breakfast Club (1985), r. John Hughes
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), r. Stanley Kubrick
23. The Sound of Music (1965), r. Robert Wise
24. Blade Runner (1982), r. Ridley Scott
25. Brazil (1985), r. Terry Gilliam
26. A Hard Day's Night (1964), r. Richard Lester
27. Rio Bravo (1959), r. Howard Hawks
28. Love, Actually (2003), r. Richard Curtis
29. Bringing Up Baby (1938), r. Howard Hawks
30. Chinatown (1974), r. Roman Polanski
31. The Princess Bride (1987), r. Rob Reiner
32. The Incredibles (2004), r. Brad Bird
33. Aliens (1986), r. James Cameron
34. When Harry Met Sally (1989), r. Rob Reiner
35. Planet of the Apes (1968), r. Franklin J. Schaffner
36. Only Angels Have Wings (1939), r. Howard Hawks
37. Casablanca (1942), r. Michael Curtiz
38. Citizen Kane (1941), r. Orson Welles
39. Sunrise (1927), r. F. W. Murnau
40. Blazing Saddles (1974), r. Mel Brooks
41. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), r. Terry Jones
42. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban (2004), r. Alfonso Cuaron
43. Sunset Boulevard (1950), r. Billy Wilder
44. Star Wars: Ep. IV (1977), r. George Lucas
45. The Godfather (1972), r. Francis Ford Coppola
46. Trouble in Paradise (1932), r. Ernst Lubitsch
47. The Big Lebowski (1998), r. Joel Coen
48. Terms of Endearment (1983), r. James L. Brooks
49. Forest Gump (1994), r. Robert Zemeckis
50. It Happened One Night (1934), r. Frank Capra
51. The Apartment (1960), r. Billy Wilder
52. Dazed and Confused (1993), r. Richard Linklater
53. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), r. Robert Altman
54. Apocalypse Now (1979), r. Francis Ford Coppola
55. Repulsion (1965), r. Roman Polanski
56. Miller's Crossing (1990), r. Joel Coen
57. Dirty Dancing (1987), r. Emile Ardolino
58. Silence of the Lambs (1991), r. Jonathan Demme
59. Die Hard (1988), r. John McTiernan
60. Blue Velvet (1986), r. David Lynch
61. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), r. William Keighley
62. Broadcast News (1987), r. James L. Brooks
63. Touch of Evil (1958), r. Orson Welles
64. WALL-E (2008), r. Andrew Stanton
65. Grease (1978), r. Randal Kleiser
66. Pulp Fiction (1994), r. Quentin Tarantino
67. Playtime (1967), r. Jaquec Tati
68. Psycho (1960), r. Alfred Hitchcock
69. A Fish Called Wanda (1988), r. Charles Chrichton
70. Say Anything (1989), r. Cameron Crowe
71. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), r. Steven Spielberg
72. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), r. Milos Forman
73. Moulin Rouge (2001), r. Baz Luhrmann
74. Clueless (1995), r. Amy Heckerling
75. A Clockwork Orange (1971), r. Stanley Kubrick
76. Back to the Future (1985), r. Robert Zemeckis
77. Stagecoach (1939), r. John Ford
78. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), r. Woody Allen
79. Some Like it Hot (1959), r. Billy Wilder
80. Rear Window (1954), r. Alfred Hitchock
81. Schindler's List (1993), r. Steven Spielberg
82. Excalibur (1981), r. John Boorman
83. West Side Story (1961), r. Robert Wise
84. Badlands (1973), r. Terrence Malick
85. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), r. Terry Jones
86. Taxi Driver (1976), r. Martin Scorsese
87. La Dolce Vita (1960), r. Federico Fellini
88. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), r. Monte Hellman
89. Star Trek (2009), r. J.J. Abrams
90. My Neighbor Totoro (1988), r. Hayao Miyazaki
91. Goodfellas (1990), r. Martin Scorsese
92. Gladiator (2000), r. Ridley Scott
93. All About Eve (1950), r. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
94. Tootsie (1982), r. Sydney Pollack
95. Slap Shot (1977), r. George Roy Hill
96. Donnie Darko (2001), r. Richard Kelly
97. Fight Club (1999), r. David Fincher
98. The Earrings of Madame de . . . (1953), r. Max Ophuls
99. Seven Samurai (1954), r. Akira Kurosawa
100. Young Frankenstein (1974), r. Mel Brooks