WYLFWT.com has shut down its old Pop Culture section! But, never fear, as the best of those archives are making its way to the Daily Articles right here on WYLFWT.com! This was ADayintheLife1979's list of his 20 Greatest Movies of All Time.

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20

- A Clockwork Orange Kubrick's masterpiece of filmmaking; tighter and more gripping that #6 below.

19

- Some Like It Hot

The AFI got one right; easily the funniest comedy ever made.

18

- Casablanca

Wonderful classic of Hollywood's Golden Era.

17

- 2001 - A Space Odyssey

16

- Citizen Kane

Best dialogue ever written matched with technical brilliance about 30 years ahead of its time. Where film editing really began; still captivating to this day.

15

- The Godfather DVD Collection Coppola's valentine to the Golden Era of Hollywood; flaws in Part 3 don't diminish impact.

14

- Star Wars Trilogy

Every sci-fi fantasy one has as a child brought to celluloid (for those who are wondering, I like the first one best)

13

- Blade Runner Dark, bleak look at future Los Angeles; ultimate achievement in Production Design.

12

- Raiders of the Lost Ark

The best popcorn movie ever.

11

- Taxi Driver Depressing character study that gives the screen its most complex protagonist.

10

- The Gold Rush Chaplin's best; restored version recaptures Chaplin's oft-underrated technical brilliance.

9

- Magnolia Character study told marvelously through a lens of melodrama and frogs.

8

- The Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman's tome on Death produces some of the most haunting images ever on screen.

7

- The Bride of Frankenstein Simply the best horror film ever made.

6

- The Exorcist Simply the best modern horror film ever made; fails to lose impact on subsequent viewings.

5

- M Chilling first look into the mind of a serial killer; improves with each viewing.

4

- Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Outrageous black comedy makes us wish the Cold War was back to provide relevancy.

3

- Annie Hall Woody Allen's ascent from the "earlier, funnier films"; classic dialogue.

2

- A Hard Day's Night Who would have known in 1964 that the Beatles would single-handedly revolutionize film along with music?

1

- The Road Warrior

The greatest action-film ever made; director Miller depicts a post-apocalyptic nightmare