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After polling 62 international film critics from the United Kingdom, continental Europe, South America, Australia, India, the Middle East and the United States, BBC Culture recently published their list of the 100 greatest American films. Included were such classics as Citizen Kane (1941, #1), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, #4) and Psycho (1960, #8) along with the masterworks of seven UCLA TFT alumni and Board Member Martin Scorsese, totaling 11 of the 100 films.

They include:

Francis Ford Coppola (M.F.A. ’67), writer, director, producer
#2: The Godfather (1972)
#10: The Godfather Part II (1974)
#33: The Conversation (1974)
#90: Apocalypse Now (1979)

Martin Scorsese, writer, director
#19: Taxi Driver (1976)
#20: Goodfellas (1990)
#29: Raging Bull (1980)
#93: Mean Streets (1973)

Paul Schrader, writer
#19: Taxi Driver (1976)
#29: Raging Bull (1980)

Charles Burnett (B.A. ’69), writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
#26: Killer of Sheep (1978)

Eric Roth, screenwriter
Doug Chiang, visual effects
#74: Forrest Gump (1994)

Dean Cundey (B.A. ’68), cinematographer
Mike Fenton (B.A. ’56), casting director
#56: Back to the Future (1985)

Posted: July 28, 2015