The Top Movies
| 1) |  | Citizen Kane 1941 Loosely based on the life of the newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, Citizen Kane is the saga of the rise to power of a "poor little rich boy" starved for affection. It is also a meditation on emotional greed, the ease of amassing wealth, and the difficulty of sustaining love. A much respected masterpiece. |
| 2) |  | Casablanca 1942 Itis impossible to overstate the importance of Casablanca in the history of film-making.It is a technically superior movie that tells a great story. |
| 3) |  | Singin' in the Rain 1952 It has everything - great cast, a wonderful story and great songs and dance routines, two of which have passed into folklore for their inventive brilliance. |
| 4) |  | Gone With the Wind 1939 Gone With the Wind, even after 60 years, remains an unquestionable masterpiece. It is without doubt one of cinema's crowning achievements. |
| 5) |  | Vertigo 1958 Although it received mixed reviews on its first release, it has since gained in esteem and is frequently listed among the greatest films ever made. |
| 6) |  | Wizard of Oz 1939 The film has rightly proved to be one of the classics of Hollywood musicals with comedy and fairy tale besides. It is still the movie for which Judy Garland is best remembered. |
| 7) |  | City Lights 1932 Charmingly simple story of The Little Tramp who meets a lovely blind girl who mistakes him for a wealthy duke. When he learns that an operation may restore her sight, he sets off to earn the money she needs to have the surgery. Charles Chaplin's first film made during the sound era. |
| 8) |  | The Searchers 1956 |
| 9) |  | Psycho 1960 |
| 10) |  | Sunset Boulevard 1889 - 1977 |
