Internet Archive Top 100 List

The Internet Archive is an amazing resource with thousands of freely available videos. I wanted to help moderate some of these treasures, so I compiled the Top 100 IA Feature Films list. Every third day, I embedded a title that isn’t just pretty good for a free movie, it’s just plain good.

For this list, I confined myself to items in the IA Feature Films collection that were scripted, full-length, spoken English-language films. I’m already compiling lists of great silent films and documentaries, and I’ll run those after the Top 100 is complete.

The rankings are strongly informed by IMDB user ratings but also include consideration from Leonard Maltin’s ratings and a few nudges from me. When you disagree, please leave a comment with some reasons why.

This list, this site and I have no official connection to the Internet Archive. Except perhaps that I also donate money to it regularly. I support the Archive and you should too.

#100: Gulliver’s Travels (1939)
#99: The Street Fighter (1974)
#98: Dressed to Kill (1946)
#97: The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
#96: St. Martin’s Lane (1938)
#95: Winning the West (1930)
#94: I Love Trouble (1948)
#93: Sabotage (1936)
#92: Clancy Street Boys (1943)
#91: Good Morning, Boys (1937)

#90: The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
#89: Young and Innocent (1937)
#88: The Black Book (1949)
#87: Topper Returns (1941)
#86: Molly and Me (1945)
#85: The Rage of Paris (1938)
#84: One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
#83: The Perils of Pauline (1947)
#82: The Blue Angel (1930)
#81: World In My Corner (1956)

#80: Algiers (1938)
#79: Death Rides a Horse (1967)
#78: Carnival of Souls (1962)
#77: Broken Arrow (1950)
#76: A Farewell to Arms (1932)
#75: A Stranger in Town (1943)
#74: Holiday (1930)
#73: Deep Red (1975)
#72: The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
#71: Too Late for Tears (1949)

#70: The Little Princess (1939)
#69: He Walked by Night (1948)
#68: The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
#67: Night Train to Munich (1940)
#66: Of Human Bondage (1934)
#65: Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955)
#64: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
#63: Indiscreet (1931)
#62: Shame (1962)
#61: Another Part of the Forest (1948)

#60: ‘Pimpernel’ Smith (1941)
#59: Kansas City Confidential (1952)
#58: Where’s That Fire? (1940)
#57: Young and Beautiful (1934)
#56: McLintock! (1963)
#55: The Big Combo (1955)
#54: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
#53: The Stranger (1946)
#52: Woman on the Run (1950)
#51: Royal Wedding (1951)

#50: Detour (1945)
#49: The Iron Mask (1929)
#48: The Way to the Stars (1945)
#47: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
#46: Salt of the Earth (1954)
#45: The Dance of Life (1929)
#44: Escape from Sobibor (1987)
#43: Angel and the Badman (1947)
#42: The People v. Leo Frank (2009)
#41: The Song of Bernadette (1943)

#40: Road to Bali (1952)
#39: Lion of the Desert (1980)
#38: Street Scene (1931)
#37: Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
#36: Scarlet Street (1945)
#35: Jungle Book (1942)
#34: Rembrandt (1936)
#33: Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937)
#32: The Flying Deuces (1939)
#31: Love Affair (1939)

#30: My Favorite Brunette (1947)
#29: Meet John Doe (1941)
#28: The Inspector General (1949)
#27: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
#26: A Star Is Born (1937)
#25: The Way Ahead (1944)
#24: Three Came Home (1950)
#23: Penny Serenade (1941)
#22: In Which We Serve (1942)
#21: Suddenly (1954)

#20: D.O.A. (1950)
#19: The Stars Look Down (1940)
#18: The 39 Steps (1935)
#17: Our Town (1940)
#16: The Dawn Patrol (1938)
#15: Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
#14: The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
#13: The Southerner (1945)
#12: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
#11: (No Longer Available)

#10: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
#9: Pygmalion (1938)
#8: Nothing Sacred (1937)
#7: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
#6: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
#5: Life with Father (1947)
#4: Great Expectations (1946)
#3: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
#2: His Girl Friday (1940)
#1: My Man Godfrey (1936)