The following is a list of films that have been selectively chosen from those deemed by both critics and the general public as being both highly entertaining, and culturally, historically or aesthetically important. Each of these films has been ranked by the American Film Institute, or the British Film Institute, in the top 100 movies made during the 20th Century, and most have been selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Film Registry so that they might be preserved. These films represent the "Best of the Best".

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(1925) – The Gold Rush, starring Charlie Chaplin (silent/comedy)
(1930) – All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Lew Ayres &
                  Luis Wolheim (war/drama)
(1931) – The Champ, starring Wallace Beery & Jackie Cooper (melodrama)
(1931) – Cimarron, starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne (western)
(1931) – City Lights, (silent film) starring Charlie Chaplin (romantic melodrama)
(1931) – Frankenstein (75th Anniversary Edition), starring Boris Karloff (horror)
(1933) – King Kong, (2–disc Special Ed.) starring Fay Wray (adventure/fantasy)
(1934) – It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert (comedy)
(1935) – Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Clark Gable & Charles Laughton (drama)
(1938) – Bringing Up Baby, starring Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn (comedy)
(1939) – Gone With the Wind, (2–disc Special Edition), starring Clark Gable (war/romance)
(1939) – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart & Jean Arthur (drama)
(1939) – Stagecoach, (2–disc Special Ed.), starring John Wayne & Claire Trevor (western)
(1939) – The Wizard of Oz (2–Disc Special Edition), starring Judy Garland (musical)
(1940) – The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell (drama)
(1940) – The Philadelphia Story, Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn (comedy)
(1941) – Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles (drama)
(1941) – The Maltese Falcon, (3–disc Special Edition) starring Humphrey Bogart & Mary
               Astor (film noir)
(1941) – Sergeant York, directed by Howard Hawks & starring Gary Cooper (biopic)
(1942) – Casablanca, (2–disc Special Edition), Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman (war/
                romance)
(1942) – Casablanca (HD DVD), (High Definition DVD)
(1942) – Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney & Joan Leslie (musical)
(1944) – Double Indemnity, (Special Edition), starring Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck
               (film noir)
(1946) – It's A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart & Donna Reed (holiday drama)
(1948) – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, starring Humphrey Bogart (drama)
(1949) – The Third Man, starring Orson Welles & Joseph Cotten (drama)
(1950) – Sunset Boulevard, starring William Holden & Gloria Swanson (drama)
(1952) – High Noon, starring Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly (western)
(1952) – Singing in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds (musical)
(1953) – Shane, starring Alan Ladd & Jean Arthur (western)
(1954) – On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando & Eva Marie Saint (drama)
(1954) – Rear Window, starring James Stewart & Grace Kelly (suspense)
(1955) – East of Eden, starring James Dean & Julie Harris
(1955) – Oklahoma!, (50th Anniversary Edition), starring Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones
               (musical)
(1955) – Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean & Natalie Wood (drama)
(1956) – Forbidden Planet, (2–disc 50th Anniversary Edition) starring Walter Pidgeon
               & Anne Francis (science fiction)
(1956) – Forbidden Planet (HD DVD), (High Definition DVD)
(1956) – Giant, starring Rock Hudson, James Dean & Elizabeth Taylor (drama)
(1956) – The King and I, (50th Anniversary Edition) starring Yul Brynner & Deborah Kerr
               (musical)
(1956) – The Searchers, (2–disc Anniversary Edition) starring John Wayne (western)
(1956) – The Searchers (Blu–ray Disc), (High Definition DVD)
(1957) – The Bridge on the River Kwai, starring Alec Guinness & William Holden
               (war/drama)
(1958) – Vertigo, James Stewart & Kim Novak, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (suspense)
(1959) – Ben–Hur, starring Charlton Heston & Jack Hawkins (historical drama)
(1959) – Some Like it Hot, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis & Marilyn Monroe (comedy)

The Complete James Dean Collection, (3 films on 3 DVDs)
Studio Classics – Best Picture Collection, (4–disc Box Set) contains: "Sunrise",
         "How Green Was My Valley", "Gentleman's Agreement", and "All About Eve".
Motion Picture Masterpieces Collection, (1934–1940) (5–disc box–set)