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1. Serenity — Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 9.4

2. Dead Ringers — Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg, actor Jeremy Irons, editor Ronald Sanders, production designer Carol Spier, and director of photography Peter Suschitzky. Rating: 9.4

3. Brazil — Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam (on disc 1, the director’s cut of the film). Rating: 9.3

4. Catch-22 — Commentary track: Director Mike Nichols and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Rating: 9.3

5. Videodrome — Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin. Rating: 9.3

6. Throne of Blood — Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 9.3

7. 12 Monkeys — Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 9.1

8. Videodrome — Commentary track: Actors James Woods and Deborah Harry. Rating: 9.0

9. Dazed and Confused — Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Richard Linklater. Rating: 9.0

10. Seven Samurai — Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 9.0

11. Citizen Kane — Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.9

12. Short 2: Dreams — Commentary track: "La Jetée" — Terry Gilliam, director of "12 Monkeys". Rating: 8.9

13. The Fisher King (Laserdisc) — Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.9

14. THX 1138 — Commentary track: Co-writer/director/editor George Lucas and co-writer Walter Murch. Rating: 8.9

15. Raging Bull — Commentary track: Director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Rating: 8.8

16. Hard Eight — Commentary track: Director Paul Thomas Anderson and actor Phillip Baker Hall. Rating: 8.8

17. The Godfather — Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.8

18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Commentary track: Director/screenwriter Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.8

19. Batman: The Animated Series: Volume 1 — Commentary track: "On Leather Wings" — producers Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski . Rating: 8.8

20. Silence of the Lambs — Commentary track: Director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent John Douglas. Rating: 8.8

21. The Exorcist — Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.8

22. Aliens — Commentary track: Director James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd, creature wizard Stan Winston, visual effects supervisors Robert and Dennis Skotak, miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung, and actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, and Christopher Henn. Rating: 8.8

23. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson, and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Rating: 8.8

24. Boogie Nights — Commentary track: Director Paul Thomas Anderson. Rating: 8.8

25. El Mariachi — Commentary track: Director Robert Rodriguez. Rating: 8.8

26. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Extreme Edition) — Commentary track: Director James Cameron and co-writer William Wisher. Rating: 8.8

27. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir — Commentary track: Film historian Gregg Kimble and Christopher Husted (manager of the Bernard Herrmann estate). Rating: 8.8

28. Notorious — Commentary track: Film historian/David O. Selznick biographer Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.8

29. This Is Spinal Tap (MGM) — Commentary track: Spinal Tap: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Rating: 8.7

30. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Commentary track: Walt Disney and Disney historian John Canemaker. Rating: 8.7

31. Monty Python and the Holy Grail — Commentary track: Writers/directors/actors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Rating: 8.7

32. The Godfather: Part II — Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.7

33. Time Bandits — Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam, co-writer and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner and Craig Warnock. Rating: 8.7

34. UHF — Commentary track: Director Jay Levy, actor/co-writer "Weird Al" Yankovic, and actors Michael Richards, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. Rating: 8.7

35. Jabberwocky — Commentary track: Director/writer/actor Terry Gilliam and actor Michael Palin. Rating: 8.7

36. Repo Man — Commentary track: Writer/director Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss and Del Zamora. Rating: 8.7

37. Alien (Collector’s Edition) — Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott, screenwriter Dan O’Bannon, executive producer Ronald Shusett, editor Terry Rawlings, and actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Hurt. Rating: 8.6

38. Robocop (Criterion) — Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Edward Neumeier, executive producer Jon Davison, and RoboCop expert Paul M. Sammon. Rating: 8.6

39. The Adventures of Robin Hood — Commentary track: Film historian Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.6

40. The Limey — Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs. Rating: 8.6

41. Good Night, and Good Luck. — Commentary track: Director/screenwriter George Clooney and producer/screenwriter Grant Heslov. Rating: 8.6

42. Alien — Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.6

43. Monty Python’s Life of Brian — Commentary track: Director Terry Jones, and actors Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle. Rating: 8.5

44. Evil Dead — Commentary track: Actor Bruce Campbell. Rating: 8.5

45. JFK — Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.5

46. Se7en — Commentary track: Director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Rating: 8.5

47. Platoon — Commentary track: Military supervisor Capt. Dale Dye. Rating: 8.5

48. Basic Instinct — Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan de Bont. Rating: 8.5

49. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith — Commentary track: Screenwriter/director George Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, animator director Rob Coleman, visual effects supervisor John Knoll, and other crew members. Rating: 8.5

50. Evil Dead II — Commentary track: Director/co-writer Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell, co-writer Scott Spiegel, and special effects make-up artist Greg Nicotero. Rating: 8.5

51. Taxi Driver (Laserdisc) — Commentary track: Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader. Rating: 8.5

52. A History of Violence — Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg. Rating: 8.5

53. From Dusk Till Dawn — Commentary track: Director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino. Rating: 8.4

54. The Last Temptation of Christ — Commentary track: Director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, screenwriter Paul Schrader, and film critic Jay Cocks. Rating: 8.4

55. Cop Land — Commentary track: Writer/director James Mangold, producer Cathy Konrad, and actors Sylvester Stallone and Robert Patrick. Rating: 8.4

56. Casablanca — Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.4

57. Blade II — Commentary track: Director Guillermo del Toro and producer Peter Frankfurt. Rating: 8.4

58. Panic Room — Commentary track: Screenwriter David Koepp and special guest William Goldman. Rating: 8.4

59. Clerks — Commentary track: Writer/director/actor/producer Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Brian O’Halloran, Jason Mewes, and Walter Flanagan, View Askew historian Vincent Pereira, and Malcom Ingram. Rating: 8.4

60. Escape From New York — Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.4

61. The Conversation — Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.4

62. From Hell — Commentary track: Directors Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes, screenwriter Rafael Yglesias, director of photography Peter Deming, and actor Robbie Coltrane. Rating: 8.4

63. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson, and screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Rating: 8.4

64. Mallrats — Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, actors Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Jason Mewes, and producers Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira. Rating: 8.4

65. Rocky — Commentary track: Director John G. Avildsen, producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, actors Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Carl Weathers, and Stedicam inventor Garrett Brown. Rating: 8.4

66. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Season — Commentary track: "Once More, With Feeling" — Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.4

67. Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life — Commentary track: Writers/directors/actors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. Rating: 8.4

68. Dawn of the Dead — Commentary track: Screenwriter/director George A. Romero, make-up effects creator Tom Savini, assistant director Chris Romero, and moderater Perry Martin (on theatrical version). Rating: 8.4

69. Halloween — Commentary track: Writer/Director John Carpenter, actor Jamie Lee Curtis and writer/producer Debra Hill. Rating: 8.4

70. The Thing — Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.3

71. Sleeping Beauty — Commentary track: Disney historian Jeff Kurtti, art director Eyvind Earle, voice talent Mary Costa, supervising animators Ollie Johnston and Marc Davis, background painter Frank Armitage, and artists Mike Gabriel and Michael Giaimo. Rating: 8.3

72. Vertigo — Commentary track: Associate producer Herbert Coleman, restoration team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz, commentary producer Laurent Bouzereau, co-screenwriter Samuel Taylor, Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven Smith, actor Kim Novak, art director Henry Bumstead, Paramount publicity director Herbert Steinberg, director’s daughter Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, and script supervisor Peggy Robertson. Rating: 8.3

73. Bull Durham — Commentary track: Actors Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. Rating: 8.3

74. The Devil’s Backbone — Commentary track: Writer/Director Guillermo Del Toro and director of photography Guillermo Navarro. Rating: 8.3

75. Back to the Future — Commentary track: Q&A with director/writer Robert Zemeckis, producer/writer Bob Gale and USC film students (not screen specific). Rating: 8.3

76. Shaun of the Dead — Commentary track: Co-screenwriter/actor Simon Pegg and co-screenwriter/director Edgar Wright. Rating: 8.3

77. The Brothers Grimm — Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.3

78. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson and screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Rating: 8.3

79. Vanilla Sky — Commentary track: Director/producer/screenwriter Cameron Crowe and composer Nancy Wilson and a short conversation with actor Tom Cruise. Rating: 8.3

80. Fight Club — Commentary track: Director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham-Carter . Rating: 8.3

81. The Fly — Commentary track: Co-screenwriter/director David Cronenberg. Rating: 8.3

82. Monty Python’s Life of Brian — Commentary track: Actors John Cleese and Michael Palin. Rating: 8.3

83. Chasing Amy — Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Ben Affleck and Jason Mewes, associate producer Robert Hawk, Miramax executive Jon Gordon, and View Askew historian Vincent Pereira. Rating: 8.3

84. Cannibal! The Musical — Commentary track: Writer/director/actor Trey Parker, and actors Matt Stone, Jason McHugh, Dian Bachar, and Andrew Kemler. Rating: 8.3

85. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — Commentary track: Director Nicholas Meyer. Rating: 8.3

86. The Sum of All Fears — Commentary track: Director Phil Alden Robinson, and Tom Clancy (writer of source novel "The Sum of All Fears"). Rating: 8.3

87. sex, lies, and videotape — Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh. Rating: 8.3

88. The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season — Commentary track: "Homer Goes to College" — Matt Groening, David Mirkin, James L. Brookes, Conan O’Brien, Jim Reardon, and David Silverman. Rating: 8.3

89. Angel: Season Three — Commentary track: "Waiting In The Wings" — Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.2

90. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back — Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, and actor Jason Mewes. Rating: 8.2

91. Rushmore — Commentary track: Co-writer/director Wes Anderson, co-writer Owen Wilson, and actor Jason Schwartzman. Rating: 8.2

92. The Haunting — Commentary track: Director Robert Wise, screenwriter Nelson Gidding, and actors Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. Rating: 8.2

93. Solaris — Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and producer James Cameron. Rating: 8.2

94. Batman: The Animated Series: Volume 1 — Commentary track: "Heart of Ice" — director/producer Bruce Timm, writer/producer Paul Dini and producer Eric Radomski. Rating: 8.2

95. Se7en — Commentary track: Sound designer Ren Klyce, composer Howard Shore, professor of film studies Richard Dyer, and director David Fincher. Rating: 8.2

96. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Second Season — Commentary track: "Innocence" — Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.2

97. Dogma — Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, actors Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Jason Mewes, and View Askew historian Vincent Pereira. Rating: 8.2

98. Firefly: The Complete Series — Commentary track: "Serenity" — Director/writer/executive producer Joss Whedon and actor Nathan Fillion. Rating: 8.2

99. The Princess Bride — Commentary track: William Goldman, writer of source novel "The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure". Rating: 8.2

100. Short 2: Dreams — Commentary track: "La Jetée" — David Peoples and Janet Peoples, screenwriters of "12 Monkeys". Rating: 8.2