Time magazine chooses 100 greatest films

Two movie critics for Time magazine have come up with their version of the 100 greatest films of all-time.

Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss have compiled the list to show there is no definitive ranking system that can cater for everybody's individual tastes.

The exclusion of traditionally admired films such as North by Northwest and Apocalypse Now go some way to indicating this.

Schickel said: "100 lists are fun to discuss, fun to argue over. I don't think anybody should say, 'That's it, that's the final 100! No disputing this for the rest of eternity!' You know, stuff changes. Life changes. You change."

Films that did feature in their top 100 included Lawrence Of Arabia and Casablanca, as well as more recent offerings such as Finding Nemo, Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars and The Brazilian film City of God.

The two critics also revealed which films they regarded as the best of each decade, since Time magazine began.

These included Citizen Kane (1941), Chinatown (1974), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Talk To Her (2002).

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