A lot of hard thinking went into this compilation of what I consider to be the 100 greatest films ever made.
I’ve deliberately left out some of the mighty early silents, and there aren’t too many foreign-language films, because this has to be an accessible collection.
Nevertheless, if I were asked by a visiting English-speaking alien to recommend 100 superb films made in the past 100 years which reflect all the different aspects of the human condition, this would be