160 Movie Stars and the TV Shows They've Appeared In

This is a list of appearances in TV programs and mini-series by people known

primarily as movie stars. I’ve excluded the likes of Ted Danson, Robert
Vaughn, Ian McShane and Lorraine Bracco because their TV work is
more substantial than their movie work. I have also excluded talk shows
and variety shows, TV movies, one-off TV plays, and voice-only
appearances (for example in a cartoon series).

Most of the roles listed are substantial ones lasting at least three or four

episodes, but there are a few odd cameos, guest appearances and early-in-

their-career bit roles thrown in for fun. It’s presented simply as a quick

reference guide for some of the most famous examples of this phenomenon.

It’s not of course a complete list of movie stars’ TV credits, even for the

movie stars listed here. More information about each role can easily be

found elsewhere on the internet.

See also 60 Film Stars Who Appeared in 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'

1. Al Pacino - Angels In America
2. Alan Alda - MASH
3. Alan Bates- The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hard Times
4. Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
5. Alec Guinness - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,  Smiley’s People
6. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
7. Anna Paquin - True Blood
8. Anne Bancroft  -  Jesus of Nazareth
9. Barbara Stanwyck - The Thorn Birds, Dynasty, The Colbys
10. Ben Stiller - The Ben Stiller Show, Friends
11. Bill Paxton - Big Love
12. Billy Crystal - Soap
13. Bob Hoskins - Pennies From Heaven
14. Brad Pitt – Dallas, Glory Days, Friends
15. Brendan Fraser - Scrubs
16. Bruce Willis - Moonlighting
17. Burt Reynolds - The X Files, Ed. My Name is Earl
18. Carey Mulligan - Doctor Who, Bleak House
19. Catherine Zeta-Jones - The Darling Buds Of May
20. Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men
21. Chloe Sevigny - Big Love
22. Christian Slater - My Own Worst Enemy
23. Christina Ricci - Grey's Anatomy, Ally Macbeal, Pan Am
24. Christopher Plummer - Jesus of Nazareth, Counterstrike, The Thorn Birds
25. Claire Danes - My So Called Life
26. Clint Eastwood - Rawhide
27. Colin Farrell - Ballykissangel
28. Colin Firth - Pride And Prejudice
29. Cybil Shepherd - Moonlighting, Cybil, The L Word, Psych
30. Daniel Craig - Our Friends In The North
31. Danny Devito - Taxi, Friends
32. David Carradine - Kung Fu
33. David Warner - The Wars of the Roses, Holocaust, Twin Peaks, Wallander
34. Denis Leary - Rescue Me
35. Denise Richards - Melrose Place, Spin City, Two and a Half Men
36. Dennis Hopper - Entourage, Crash
37. Don Johnson - Miami Vice
38. Donald Sutherland - Dirty Sexy Money, Commander In Chief
39. Dustin Hoffman - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Luck
40. Elizabeth Taylor - General Hospital, North and South
41. Emma Thompson - Angels In America
42. Ernest Borgnine - McHale’s Navy, Jesus of Nazareth, Airwolf, The Single Guy
43. Faye Dunaway - It Had To Be You, Alias, Grey’s Anatomy
44. Forest Whitaker - North and South, Cagney and Lacey
45. Fred MacMurray - My Three Sons
46. Gary Sinise - CSI: New York
47. Geena Davis - Commander In Chief
48. George Clooney - E.R.
49. George Peppard - The A Team
50. Glenn Close - The Shield, Damages
51. Goldie Hawn - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
52. Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee
53. Harvey Keitel - Life On Mars (US)
54. Heather Graham - Twin Peaks, Scrubs, Emily's Reasons Why Not
55. Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect
56. Ian Holm  - The Wars of the Roses, Napoleon and Love, Holocaust, Performance
57. Ian McKellan - Coronation St, The Prisoner (2009)
58. Jake Gyllenhaal - Homicide: Life On The Street
59. James Coburn - Klondike, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Bonanza
60. James Earl Jones - Roots
61. James Franco - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks, The X Files, General Hospital
62. James Garner - Maverick, The Rockford Files
63. James McEvoy - State Of Play, Shameless (UK)
64. Jamie Foxx - In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show
65. Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
66. Jason Schwartzmann - Bored to Death
67. Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love
68. Jeff Bridges - The Lloyd Bridges Show, Sea Hunt
69. Jeff Goldblum - Will & Grace, Raines, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
70. Jennifer Garner - Alias
71. Jennifer Lopez - In Living Color, Hotel Malibu, How I Met Your Mother
72. Jill Clayburgh - Dirty Sexy Money
73. Jim Caviezel - The Prisoner
74. Joaquin Phoenix - Morningstar/Eveningstar 
75. Jodie Foster - Gunsmoke, Paper Moon, Frasier, X Files
76. John Gielgud - Brideshead Revisited
77. John Goodman - Roseanne, Treme
78. John Leguizamo - ER, The Kill Point, Miami Vice 
79. John Lithgow - Third Rock From the Sun, Dexter
80. John Travolta - Welcome Back, Kotter 
81. Johnny Depp - 21 Jump Street, The Fast Show
82. Jon Favreau - Friends
83. Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
84. Kathleen Turner - Californication 
85. Keith Carradine - Dexter
86. Kenneth Branagh - Wallander
87. Kenneth More - The Forsyte Saga (1967)
88. Kevin Bacon - Guiding Light 
89. Kiefer Sutherland - 24
90. Kim Basinger - Charlie's Angels, The Six Million Dollar Man
91. Kristin Scott Thomas - Body & Soul, Absolutely Fabulous
92. Laura Dern - Enlightened 
93. Laura Linney - More Tales of the City, Frasier, The Big C
94. Laurence Fishburne - Pee-wee's Playhouse, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 
95. Laurence Olivier - Brideshead Revisited
96. Liam Neeson - A Woman of Substance 
97. Lily Tomlin - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
98. Lucy Liu - Ally Macbeal
99. Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
100. Malcolm McDowell - Our Friends in the North, Heroes, Entourage
101. Mark Strong - Our Friends In The North
102. Mark Wahlberg -  Entourage
103. Martin Lawrence - Martin 
104. Martin Sheen - The West Wing, Kennedy
105. Meryl Streep - Holocaust, Angels In America, Web Therapy 
106. Michael Cera - Arrested Development
107. Michael Douglas - The Streets Of San Francisco
108. Michael Gambon - The Singing Detetctive
109. Michael J Fox - Rescue Me, Boston Legal, Spin City, Family Ties, Scrubs 
110. Michael Keaton - Report to Murphy, Working Stiffs, The Company
111. Michael Moore - Michael Moore’s TV Nation
112. Michelle Pfeiffer – CHIPS, Delta House, B.A.D. Cats
113. Michelle Williams - Dawson's Creek
114. Nick Nolte - Rich Man, Poor Man
115. Orlando Bloom - Casualty, Midsomer Murders
116. Orson Welles - Around the World with Orson Welles, The Orson Welles Show
117. Patrick Stewart - Star Trek
118. Paul Giametti - John Adams
119. Paul Newman - You Are There, The United States Steel Hour
120. Pierce Brosnan - Remington Steele, Noble House
121. Ralph Richardson  - Jesus of Nazareth
122. Ray Milland - Rich Man, Poor Man, Columbo, Hart to Hart
123. Ray Winstone - Fox, Robin Hood, Minder, Vincent, Great Expectations 
124. Reese Witherspoon - Return to Lonesome Dove
125. Richard Gere - Kojak 
126. Ricky Gervais - The Office (UK), Extras
127. Rob Lowe - The West Wing
128. Robert Carlyle - Hamish Macbeth
129. Robert Downey Jr. - Ally Macbeal
130. Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove
131. Robert Mitchum - The Winds Of War
132. Robin Williams - Happy Days, Mork & Mindy 
133. Roger Moore - The Saint, The Persuaders
134. Russell Crowe - The Young Doctors, Neighbors, Police Rescue
135. Rutger Hauer - Floris, The 10^th Kingdom, Smallville
136. Ryan O’Neal - Peyton Place
137. Salma Hayek - Ugly Betty, 30 Rock
138. Sandra Bullock - Working Girl, George Lopez 
139. Scarlett Johansson - Entourage
140. Sean Connery - Dixon Of Dock Green
141. Seth Rogen - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks
142. Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
143. Simon Pegg - Spaced, Big Train 
144. Sissy Spacek - The Waltons, Big Love 
145. Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
146. Steve Carrell - The Dana Carvey Show, The Office (US)
147. Steve McQueen - Wanted: Dead Or Alive
148. Susan Sarandon - A.D., Rescue Me, 30 Rock
149. Tim Robbins - St. Elsewhere 
150. Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove,The Executioner’s Song
151. Topher Grace - That '70s Show
152. Toshiro Mifune - Shogun
153. Van Johnson - Rich Man, Poor Man, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote
154. Vanessa Redgrave - Nip/Tuck
155. Will Ferrell - The Office, 30 Rock, The Oblongs 
156. Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
157. William H. Macy - Shameless (US)
158. William Hurt - Kojak, Damages
159. Winona Ryder - Friends
160. Woody Harrelson - Cheers, Will & Grace

50 Famous Novelists Who Have Appeared In Fiction Films

Top: Kosinski, Rushdie

Bottom: Capote, Auster

I’ve only included people who are famous mainly for their literary work, not film people who have tried their hand at novel writing.

1. Alain Robbe Grillet  Appears in Time Regained (1999)
2. Arthur C. Clarke Plays 'Man on Park Bench' in 2010 (1984), based on his novel
3. Arundhati Roy Has appeared in three Indian films, including Massey Sahib (1985)
4. Chaim Potok Plays a 'Talmud Teacher' in The Chosen (1981), based on his novel
5. Charles Bukowski Had small roles in Barfly (1987) and 2 other films
6. Colette The French author of Gigi was in a film called Hombre acosado (1952)
7. Erica Jong Bit part in Celebrity (1998)
8. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Appears in There Are No Thieves In This Village (Mexico, 1965), which was based on his story
9. Gore Vidal Has acted in many films, including Igby Goes Down (2002), Gattaca (1997), Bob Roberts (1992) and The Best Man (1964)
10. Graham Greene Bit part in Truffaut’s Day For Night (1973)
11. Harlan Coben Has a small role in the French film version of his novel, Tell No One (2006)
12. Harlan Ellison Appears in The Godson (1971)
13. Henry Miller Bit part in Tropic Of Cancer (1970), based on his novel
14. Irvine Welsh Has small parts in Trainspotting (1996) and The Acid House (1998) based on his novels
15. Jacqueline Susann Had small cameos in the movies of her novels Valley of the Dolls (1967) and The Love Machine (1971)
16. James Dickey Plays a sheriff in the movie version of his novel, Deliverance (1972)
17. James Ellroy Plays a party guest in Wonder Boys (2000)
18. James Jones Had bit parts in From Here to Eternity (1953) and Some Came Running (1958), based on his novels
19. Jeffrey Archer Played himself in a bit part in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
20. Jerzy Kosinski Appears in Reds (The film also features Henry Miller and Rebecca West but as themselves, in the documetary-section interviews)
21. JG Ballard Has a bit part as a party guest in Empire of the Sun (1987), based on his novel
22. Jim Thompson Author of The Getaway, The Grifters. The Killer Inside Me and others, he played a judge in Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
23. John Cheever Plays ‘Man at Pool Party’ in The Swimmer (1968), based on his story
24. John Grisham Has a bit part in Mickey (2004), for which he wrote the screenplay
25. John Irving Bit parts in The World According To Garp (1982) and The Cider House Rules (1999), both based on his novels
26. John Le Carre Bit parts in The Little Drummer Girl (1984) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011), both based on his novels
27. Julian Barnes Played himself in a bit part in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
28. Ken Kesey Had a bit part In Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993), based on Tom Robbins’ novel
29. Kingsley Amis Had a bit part (alongside the likes of Glenda Jackson and Paul Scofield) in Tell Me Lies (1968)
30. Kurt Vonnegut Bit parts in Breakfast of Champions (1999) and Mother Night (1996), both based on his novels, plus Never Down (2007)
31. Martin Amis Appears as a child actor (aged 15) in A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
32. Michael Crichton Has a tiny role in The Andromeda Strain (1971)
33. Mickey Spillane Has roles in The Girl Hunters (1963) and Mommy (1995)
34. Norman Mailer Has small parts in Godard’s King Lear (1987) and Ragtime (1981) as well as appearing as himself in many films, including When We Were Kings (1996)
35. Paul Auster Has a part in The Music Of Chance (1993)
36. Paul Bowles He narrates The Sheltering Sky.(1990), which is based on his novel
37. Peter Benchley Appeared in Jaws (1975) and The Deep (1977), based on his novels, and also in Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
38. Ray Bradbury Has a bit part as ‘Literary Party Guest’ in Rich And Famous (1981)
39. Raymond Chandler Has a bit part as ‘Man Reading Book’ in Double Indemnity (1944), for which he co-wrote the screenplay
40. Richard Wright Played the main role of Bigger Thomas in Native Son (1951), based on his novel
41. Salman Rusdie Acted in Then She Found Me (2007) opposite Helen Hunt and played himself in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
42. Saul Bellow Has a bit part in Seize The Day (1986) and appears as himself in Zelig (1983)
43. SE Hinton Acted in The Outsiders (1983) and Rumble Fish (1983), both based on her novels
44. Stephen King Had small roles in some of the films based on his novels and stories, including Creepshow  (1982), Maximum Overdrive (1986) and Pet Sematary (1989)
45. Tama Janowitz Had a cameo in Slaves of New York (1989), based on her stories
46. Thomas Keneally Plays the cook in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), based on his novel
47. Tom Robbins Narrates Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993), based on his novel, and has bit parts in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and Breakfast of Champions (1999)
48. Truman Capote  His acting credits include Annie Hall (1977) playing a ‘Truman Capote Lookalike’ and Murder By Death (1976)
49. William Burroughs Acted in Drugstore Cowboy (1989) as ‘Tom The Priest’
50. Yukio Mishima Had roles in several Japanese movies of the 1960’s, including Human Statue (1969)

80 British and American Actors Who Have Played Nazis, or Nazi-Era Germans

                                                                   Top: Cruise, Chaplin, Duvall
                                                              Bottom: Gibson, Brando, Guinness

Note: Most of these characters are Nazis but there are also German Jews and German anti-Nazis included here.

I say 'British and American Actors' though in fact there are one or two Canadians and Irish as well.

1.         Alec Guinness - Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) (as Hitler)

2.         Anthony Hopkins - The Bunker (1981) (as Hitler)

3.         Anthony Quayle - Ice Cold in Alex (1958) Operation Crossbow (1965) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

4.         Bill Nighy - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) Valkyrie (2008)

5.         Burt Lancaster - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

6.         Charles Durning - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

7.         Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator (1940)

8.         Charlotte Rampling - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

9.         Christopher Lee - Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)

10.       Christopher Lloyd - To Be or Not to Be (1983)

11.       Christopher Plummer - The Night of the Generals (1967) (as Rommel)

12.       Clive Brook - Freedom Radio (1941)

13.       Clive Owen - Bent (1997)

14.       Colin Firth - Conspiracy (2001)

15.       David Morrissey - Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

16.       David Thewlis - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

17.       David Warner - Cross of Iron (1977) Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Heydrich)

18.       Dirk Bogarde - The Damned (1969) The Night Porter (1974)

19.       Donald Pleasance - The Night of the Generals (1967) The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

20.       Donald Sutherland - Eye of the Needle (1981)

21.       Ed Harris - Enemy at the Gates (2001)

22.       Eddie Izzard - Valkyrie (2008)

23.       Eric Portman - 49th Parallel (1941)

24.       Faye Dunaway - Voyage of the Damned (1976)

25.       Gabriel Byrne - The Keep (1983)

26.       Gregory Peck - The Boys from Brazil (1978) (as Mengele)

27.       Harvey Keitel - The Grey Zone (2001)

28.       Henry Gibson - The Blues Brothers (1980) (as an American Nazi)

29.       Hugo Weaving - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

30.       Ian McKellen - Bent (1997) Apt Pupil (1998)

31.       James Coburn - Cross of Iron (1977)

32.       James Donald - Went the Day Well? (1942)

33.       James Mason - The Desert Fox (1951) The Desert Rats (1953) (as Rommel in both films) Cross of Iron (1977) The Boys from Brazil (1978)

34.       Jason Isaacs  - Good (2008)

35.       Jessica Tandy - The Desert Fox (1951)

36.       John Carradine - Hitler’s Madmen (1943) (as Heydrich)

37.       John Cusack - Max (2002)

38.       Judy Garland - Judgment at Nuremburg (1961)

39.       Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)

40.       Kenneth Branagh - Conspiracy (2001) Valkyrie (2008)

41.       Kenneth Mars - The Producers (1968)

42.       Kevin Bacon - X Men: First Class (2011)

43.       Laurence Olivier - Marathon Man (1976)

44.       Liam Neeson - Shining Through (1992)

45.       Liev Schreiber - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

46.       Linda Hamilton - Silent Night (2002)

47.       Malcolm McDowell - The Passage (1979)

48.       Mark Strong  - Good (2008)

49.       Marlon Brando - The Young Lions (1958)

50.       Matthew Modine - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

51.       Michael Caine - The Eagle Has Landed (1977)

52.       Michael Elphick - Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) (as Ernst Rohm)

53.       Mick Jagger - Bent (1997)

54.       Nick Nolte - Mother Night (1996) (as an American Nazi)

55.       Noah Taylor - Max (2002) (as Hitler)

56.       Orson Welles - The Stranger (1946)

57.       Paul Scofield - The Train (1964)

58.       Peter Cushing - Shock Waves (1977)

59.       Peter Finch - The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

60.       Peter O’Toole - The Night of the Generals (1967)

61.       Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove (1964) Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

62.       Ralph Fiennes - Schindler’s List (1993)

63.       Richard Basehart - Hitler (1962) (as Hitler)

64.       Richard Jordan - The Bunker (1981) (as Albert Speer)

65.       Robert Carlyle - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (as Hitler)

66.       Robert Duvall - The Eagle Has Landed (1977) The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (as Eichmann)

67.       Robert Shaw - Battle of the Bulge (1965)

68.       Robert Vaughn - The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

69.       Roger Moore - Escape to Athena (1979)

70.       Sig Ruman - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

71.       Stanley Tucci - Conspiracy (2001)

72.       Stockard Channing - Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

73.       Terence Stamp - Valkyrie (2008)

74.       Tom Courtenay - The Night of the Generals (1967)

75.       Tom Cruise - Valkyrie (2008)

76.       Tom Wilkinson - Valkyrie (2008)

77.       Vera Farmiga - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

78.       Viggo Mortensen  - Good (2008)

79.       Will Ferrell - The Producers (2005)

80.       Willem Dafoe - Adam Resurrected (2008)

Honorable Mention  Those who have worn World War Two German uniforms as a disguise include :

Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Jack Benny - To Be or Not To Be (1942)

Michael Fassbender(speaking excellent German) - Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood - Where Eagles Dare (1967)

Note The one example I could find of the opposite situation - a German actor played an Allied officer - was Curt Jurgens in Bitter Victory (1957) (he plays a South African)

100 Underrated Movies

1. Afterlife (1998) This Japanese film is brilliant and totally unique, the kind of movie that changes lives.
2. And Then There Were None (1945) Superb film. It’s acclaimed but not very well-known and it deserves an audience as big as Casablanca’s.
3. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Many critics are quite sniffy about this movie, but it’s Frank Capra’s best film after his three masterpieces It Happened One Night, Mr.Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life.
4. Bad Company (1972) A truly beautiful film and perhaps the best Western of the 1970’s (sorry Peckinpah, Eastwood et al)
5. Billion Dollar Brain (1967) One of only two really good Ken Russell films, the other being Altered States.
6. Bird (1988) A biopic of Charlie Parker, it’s one of Clint Eastwood’s best films, along with The Changeling and Gran Torino
7. Bus 174 (2002) Incredibly tense Brazilian documentary about a real-life bus hijacking.
8. Cape Fear (1962) It doesn’t usually feature on lists of the greatest movies of the 60’s. It should do. Infinitely better than the Scorsese remake mainly because Robert Mitchum’s performance as Max Cady is so much more subtle and engaging than De Niro’s.
9. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) As good as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Sicko i.e. very good indeed.
10. Carlito’s Way (1993) It got quite good reviews, but not good enough. It’s a flat-out masterpiece, with brilliant performances from Al Pacino and Sean Penn, and some of the most interesting camerawork and sound design ever put on film.
11. Catch-22 (1970) Disjointed, but has some incredible scenes.
12. Catfish (2010) Weird, original and totally engaging
13. Celebrity (1998) Unfairly dismissed Woody Allen picture. I prefer it to Midnight in Paris.
14. Chaplin (1992) David Thomson called this movie ‘dreadful’. Well, I think his review is ‘dreadful’ because the film in fact is excellent, brilliantly acted and very moving.  
15. City of Hope (1991) John Sayles’ best film.
16. Come and See (1985) Highly acclaimed by some critics, it should nevertheless be even more praised, because it’s such a shattering masterpiece. In the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan Spielberg tried to match Come and See in terms of depicting the horror of war. He came close, but didn’t quite reach the level of this film.
17. Die Hard 2 (1990) Better than the original and better than just about everything else Bruce Willis has ever done.
18. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Still Ang Lee’s best film.
19. Enemy of the State (1998) Incredibly fast-moving, hi-tech thriller that can be  watched over and over. Tony Scott can do some things right.
20. Falling Down (1993) Fascinating film with Michael Douglas’ greatest ever performance, but critics couldn’t get past the fact that it was directed by Joel Schumacher.
21. Four Lions (2010) One of the best British films of the last ten years. Chris Morris on top form.
22. Galaxy Quest (1999) This sharp sci-fi comedy/satire seemed to get lost in the shuffle. It’s well worth watching.
23. Get Smart (2008) Not a great movie, but a very good one, and a lot of fun
24. Go (1999) Doug Liman’s finest hour.
25. Grand Canyon (1999) The critics all said this film was false and contrived. They were wrong.
26. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Forget all other Japanese animation (sorry Miyazagi) and just see this.
27. Gun Crazy (1949) It’s well-regarded but not well-regarded enough, because it’s one of the top 5 films of the 1940’s.
28. Hard Eight (1997) Paul Thomas Anderson’s first film is much better than the over-rated There Will Be Blood
29. Hot Shots Part Deux (1993) Funny as hell.
30. Intermission (2003) Excellent Irish film
31. It Happened Tomorrow (1944) Trippy, head-spinning Rene Clair fantasy. 
32. JFK (1991) Some object to the thesis of the film, but to my mind that’s irrelevant because as film-making it’s Oliver Stone’s best work and reaches heights very few other films even come near.
33. Johnny English Reborn (2011) It starts out flabby and unfunny but grows on you and then builds and builds until in the end you realise you’ve been laughing non-stop for an hour.
34. Kafka (1992) Why do critics sometimes get things completely the wrong way round? This was a better film than Sex, Lies & Videotape.
35. Keane (2004) Hard to watch at times but emotionally powerful, with a brilliant performance by Damian Lewis
36. King of the Hill (1993) Still probably Steven Soderbergh’s best movie after Traffic.
37. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) My favourite Hong Kong film ever (and yes I have seen plenty of Wong Kar-Wai).
38. L’Appartement (1996) Possibly the greatest French film ever made. Certainly the greatest 'Hitchcock film' not made by Hitchcock (Sorry, Brian De Palma)
39. Last Train Home (2009) A riveting Chinese documentary.
40. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) A wonderful film noir in colour.
41. Leolo (1992) The best French-Canadian film ever made, imaginative and clever from start to finish.
42. Les Visiteurs Du Soir (1942) Little-known Marcel Carne film is much better than the tedious Les Enfants Du Paradis
43. London (1994) Why oh why aren’t Patrick Keillor’s films easier to find? This is the only one I’ve seen and it’s one of the most brilliant film-essays ever made.
44. Ma Vie Sexuelle (1996) I loved this film.
45. Man with a Movie Camera (1927) One of the few silent films that are academic classics and also a lot of fun to watch.
46. Micmacs (2009) This masterpiece from Jean-Pierre Jeunet deserves to be as well-known as Amelie
47. Midnight (1939) Screwball comedy that should be as well-known as Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday.
48. Monrak Transistor (2001) The best Thai film ever made. Also one of the best Asian films ever made.
49. Mortal Thoughts (1991) The only good think that Alan Rudolph ever did is also virtually the only good thing Demi Moore ever did, which is weird.
50. My Myself Irene (2000) An incredibly imaginative, original comedy tour-de-force.
51. Nighthawks (1981) This New York-set thriller is probably Sylvester Stallone’s best film.
52. Nightmare Alley (1947) The most powerful drama of the 1940’s.
53. Nurse Betty (2000) Very intriguing, unusual film.
54. Office Space (1999) This film should have won many, many awards. Under-rated by ‘serious’ critics I guess because it came from Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-head.
55. Open Your Eyes (1997) The Spanish original of Vanilla Sky is a head-spinning extravaganza of invention and imagination.
56. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) One of the strangest and most beautiful films of the 50’s.
57. Plein Soleil (1960) The first, French version of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley is streets ahead of the English-language film of the 90’s.
58. Point Break (1991) Action movie that twists your emotions into knots. Kathryn Bigelow’s finest hour (and yes I have seen The Hurt Locker).
59. Re-animator (1985) Grisly, inventive, sharp and hilarious.
60. Rescue Dawn (2006) Great film, with Christian Bale’s best-ever performance.
61. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) Luchino Visconti’s best film by far. Ignore The Leopard, watch this instead.
62. Saint Jack (1979) Peter Bogdanovich’s most distinctive film, set in Singapore, taken from Paul Theroux’s novel. 
63. Salt (2010) Much better than the awful Wanted. Also better than Mr and Mrs Smith
64. Shoot the Moon (1982) Pauline Kael loved this film; everyone else ignored it. She was right, they were wrong.
65. Shutter Island (2010) I heard some reviewers describe this movie as a disaster. What on earth were they talking about? It's certainly a lot better than Scorsese's Hugo, which for its first two-thirds is completely inert. 
66. Singles (1992) Cameron Crowe’s only really great film.
67. Slapshot (1977) One of the best sports films ever made because it’s one of the funniest. 
68. Solaris (2002) Better than the original. This version is slow but also beautiful and hypnotic. The original was just slow and tedious.
69. Suddenly (1954) Frank Sinatra as a political assassin; weird film way ahead of its time.
70. The Cable Guy (1996) A darkly brilliant movie
71. The Crime Of Monsieur Lange (1936) Great Jean Renoir picture, much better than La Grande Illusion
72. The Descent (2005) One of the few really great horror films of the last ten years, it’s way ahead of The Exorcist in terms of delivering genuine chills.
73. The Elephant Keeper (1987) Excellent Thai film that no-one’s ever heard of.
74. The Front (1976) One of Woody Allen’s best films only stars him, and was directed by Martin Ritt
75. The Game (1997) Perhaps David Fincher’s best movie. It’s incredible that so few people appreciated it.
76. The International (2009) Like The Bourne Identity (an excellent film) but more complex.
77. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Great action film.
78. The Lovely Bones (2009) Again, weird that the critics hated this film so much. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible either.
79. The Middleman (1976) From director Satyajit Ray, this is the greatest Indian film ever made, and much better than Pather Panchali.
80. The Next Three Days (2010) A great, very intense film; incredibly all the critics hated it, just because it came from Paul Haggis I guess
81. The Other Guys (2010) Excellent film, Will Ferrell at his best.
82. The Petrified Forest (1936) Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard and a great script.
83. The Prestige (2006) Christopher Nolan’s best film, certainly better than the striking but muddled Inception
84. The Pumpkin Eater (1964) One of the best British films of the 60’s
85. The Rock (1996) The only good thing Michael Bay has ever done.
86. The Spy in Black (1939) Early Michael Powell film. Great fun. 
87. The Transporter (2002)  Excellent, well-made, action movie. Better than many 'serious' movies.
88. The Vanishing (1988) This was badly remade in the US. The Dutch original is creepily brilliant.
89. The Wedding Singer (1998) Why do critics go on about Adam Sandler being redeemed only by Punch-Drunk Love when this, and Funny People, are much better films? 
90. The Whole Town's Talking (1936) Jean Arthur in a John Ford modern city-set drama: intriguing in all kinds of ways.
91. The Yes Men Fix the World (2009) Fascinating and audacious. Deserves to be better known. I haven’t seen the first Yes Men film but would certainly like to.
92. Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974) Brilliant teaming of Jeff Bridges and Clint Eastwood, with director Michael Cimino, in a caper-action movie that's also sad and moving and real.
93. Time of the Wolf (2003) Michael Haneke’s best film (and he’s made many great ones). Just astonishing.
94. W (2008) Oliver Stone's take on Bush Jr. Very Interesting film, not at all bad.
95. Went the Day Well? (1942) The best World War Two movie made during World War Two in any country. The Eagle Has Landed stole some of its plot.
96. Wetherby (1985) Shocking drama from a David Hare play.
97. What’s Up Doc? (1972) Better than The Last Picture Show.
98. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) This film is highly acclaimed but it deserves to be known as one of the greatest films of all time. It certainly has the best script of all time. I prefer it to Citizen Kane or Rules of the Game.
99. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) Just Google pictures of this film or watch the trailer and you’ll know why I included it.
100. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) The strange thing is this film, and Cassandra’s Dream (though not Scoop), are quite good movies, and Midnight in Paris is just a little better than them, but judging from the reviews you’d think they were worlds apart in terms of quality.