That's probably the best list about movies ever assembled.

That is a pretty damn good list I have seen 7 of the 15

i guess they are going for older movies i would like to see a list of the most influential movies in the last 30 years

@brain: I don't think you can make a list of the most influential modern movies because we don't know which ones they are. It's a much better idea to look at older movies because we can see their effect on film today.

A great list of which i have seen 10. I think it's pretty complete as far as benchmarks for movements and further explorations in cinema go. I would hesitate to add 'Jaws' which essentially gave birth to the summer 'event' movie and the modern era of Hollywood Blockbusters. One could argue though that the above are more artistically orientated rather than a business model.

Also no horror films which i find interesting (Psycho is a thriller in my eyes). Maybe Nosferatu or Halloween?

I've seen 5 of the movies and have 5 of the others on my Must See list. I never add movies to my list based solely on Top 10/15/100/etc. lists. There's too many movies I want to see anyway, and a list like this only piques my interest. If I'm already interested in a movie, or if it's the tenth list to name a certain movie, then it might do something for me.

But all in all, not a bad list.

As with all lists, this is a little artificial. For instance, the earliest movies were ALL influenctial in creating a new art form but not just in the USA. Read the description of the first film mentioned on this list, "During a time when Europe seemed to have a monopoly on feature films…" Yet none of them make the list. So typical.

In my opinion, lists are an interesting expression, but not to be taken too seriously.

Any list that excludes Coppola´s The Godfather (1972) is not complete.

i have only seen 2 of tem,,,,i am ashamed,,,,bty snow white and star wars

Oooo, I've seen all fifteen. Do I win a prize?

I doubt even the great John Ford merits two entries when Howard Hawks can't even get one. The almost routine inclusion in these lists of the vastly over-rated "Star Wars" always mystifies me. Praise for omitting the equally over-rated "Godfather" series too.
My nominations would have included "Bringing Up Baby", "Vertigo", "My Darling Clementine", "Fury", "Singing inThe Rain" and "A Matter of Life and Death".

What no King Kong or Wizard of Oz?

Maybe someone should give a shout out to John Cassavetes if you're talking about influential films. Maybe 'Shadows' or 'Faces' aren't pretty enough for Ted Turner's list but they sure as hell influenced a lot of great directors including Martin Scorsese.

How do you measure the influence of a film? What about 'The Day After' (1983)? It may have saved the world from a nuclear war. In any case it contributed to the end of the cold war, according to the testimony of Ronald Reagan.

Absolutely agree with Helgi…no Godafther…no list. There are couple of "relative craps" which could easily have been excluded. many of the influential movies are dropped out but it all depends on the mind set and outlook of who are making the list and based on what parameters. If you ask ten people, they will all come up with ten different kinds of list, where only one or two extraordinary films might find a common ground.

Unfortunately people are overlooking this is a list compiled of the most 'influential films in cinema' not in politics or a list of the best films ever made. It would be difficult to watch any film that doesn't draw influences from one of the films on this list, I would also suggest the inclusion of 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

I'm going to admit I'm not a film guru. I don't study film like some of the posters in here and I may seem a bit limited on my knowledge. However, here is my opinion:

For a film to be influential, I believe the criteria should be inventing or creating a new unknown photography format (Citizen Kane) that takes film to a new level, or influential within it's own genre.

It seems some on the list are influential within similar genres, such as drama or romance.

For me, I'd be adding Nosferatu, King Kong, Wizard of Oz, and Angels with Dirty Faces or The Godfather.

Nosferatu created it's own sub-genre…dracula / vampire movies, which are popular enough today to almost be a genre in itself. Nosferatu still stands as the standard for these dracula films.

King Kong obviously took monster films to a new level, and Wizard of Oz was incredibly ahead of its time as a 'fantasy film', even though it wasn't really viewed that way at the time of it's release.

I would have said The Godfather should be on this list, but I just recently saw 'Angels with Dirty Faces', and while I don't claim to know it's true influence, I would have to believe it was very influential to Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorcese as one of the original 'gangster films'. So, I would actually say both belong together as one entry on this list, as, like Dracula films, Ganster films are popular enough to be considered a genre all themselves.

when i think of influential moviez, i think of moviez that not only ignite imaginationz, but have an impact on the social consciounezz of society. when "do the right thing" came out it waz socially relevant 4 it's time (not that thingz r 2 much diff 2day, but the 80'z had alot of conflict & racial injustice) and influenced many black directorz ( john singleton,antoine fuqua,the hughez brotherz etc.).
other notable mentionz: "apocalypse now","the GODfather"(many mob flickz use thiz az a prototype),"2001"(visually),"deliverance"(changed my opinion of burt renoldz & ned beatty az actorz),"king kong"(technically w/ the effectz).
pluz, 2 moviez w/ john wayne & no humphrey bogart mention iz a total not!!!