here are the top 25 movies of all time along with their director and lead actor:
- The Godfather (1972) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Marlon Brando
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins
- Schindler’s List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Liam Neeson
- Raging Bull (1980) directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro
- Casablanca (1942) directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Citizen Kane (1941) directed by Orson Welles, starring Orson Welles
- Gone with the Wind (1939) directed by Victor Fleming, starring Vivien Leigh
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming, starring Judy Garland
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean, starring Peter O’Toole
- The Godfather: Part II (1974) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952) directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, starring Gene Kelly
- Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) directed by Milos Forman, starring Jack Nicholson
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea
- Vertigo (1958) directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart
- The Searchers (1956) directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne
- Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) directed by George Lucas, starring Mark Hamill
- The Graduate (1967) directed by Mike Nichols, starring Dustin Hoffman
- On the Waterfront (1954) directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) directed by David Lean, starring William Holden
- Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden
- Some Like It Hot (1959) directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon
- Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
Note that this is not an exhaustive list and opinions can vary.