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'Goodfellas' named all-time #1 by British magazine

Posted Monday, October 24, 2005 at 1:25 PM Central

by Tim Briscoe

Martin Scorsese's modern classic Goodfellas has been named the number one film of all-time by British movie magazine Total Film. Of the film, the publication said, "It is slick, arguably the slickest film ever made. But it is also considered, layered and freighted with meaning."

Total Film's list wasn't an easy task as the editors mentioned on their web site, "It is, frankly, a fool's errant: compiling a list of the 100 greatest films of all time. Blood was (almost literally) shed over what should make the list."

Here is the top ten:

  1. Goodfellas
  2. Vertigo
  3. Jaws
  4. Fight Club
  5. The Godfather Part II
  6. Citizen Kane
  7. Tokyo Story
  8. The Empire Strikes Back
  9. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
  10. His Girl Friday
The movie the American Film Institute named the all-time number two a few years back -- Casablanca -- only made it to 98 on this Brit list. (Citizen Kane was #1 on the AFI's list while Goodfellas appeared at 94.)