I'm only listing and ranking movies that I've seen since starting this blog. It's as arbitrary a rule as anything else. There are many worthy movies that I've seen many years ago that certainly belong here. They'll make it here eventually once I've re-watched them and written at least a sentence about them.
Besides that, this is still a work in progress. Updated infrequently.
Enjoy.
Goldens - Master List
1929
1) Blackmail (Alfred Hitchcock)
2) Hallelujah! (King Vidor)
3) The Iron Mask (Allan Dwan)
4) Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang)
5) The Cocoanuts (Robert Florey, Joseph Santley)
6) Spite Marriage (Edward Sedgwick)
7) They Had to See Paris (Frank Borzage)
8) The Broadway Melody (Harry Beaumont)
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1930
1. The Blue Angel (Josef Von Sternberg)
2. L'Age d'Or (Luis Bunuel)
3. Laughter (Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
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1931
1. Frankenstein (James Whale)
2. City Lights (Charles Chaplin)
3. Bad Company (Tay Garnett)
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1932
1. A Farewell to Arms (Frank Borzage)
2. Scarface (Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson)
3. One Hour With You (Ernst Lubitsch)
4. Boudu Saved From Drowning (Jean Renoir)
5. Freaks (Tod Browning)
6. The Most Dangerous Game (Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack)
7. I Was Born, But... (Yasujiro Ozu)
8. Once in a Lifetime (Russell Mack)
9. No Blood Relation (Mikio Naruse)
10. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy)
Honorable Mentions: The Blood of a Poet (Jean Cocteau), Horse Feathers (Norman Z. McLeod), Vampyr (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Mentions: The Mummy (Karl Freund), Red Dust (Victor Fleming), Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch),
1933
1. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack)
2. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey)
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9. Apart from You (Mikio Naruse)
10. Doctor Bull (John Ford)
1934
1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra)
2. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke)
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7. Judge Priest (John Ford)
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9. Dangerous Corner (Phil Rosen)
10. The Little Minister (Richard Wallace)
1935
1. Steamboat 'Round the Bend (John Ford)
2. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Red Salute (Sidney Lanfield)
4. The Good Fairy (William Wyler)
5. China Seas (Tay Garnett)
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10.Werewolf of London (Stuart Walker)
1936
1. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin)
2. The Texas Rangers (King Vidor)
3. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava)
4. Fury (Fritz Lang)
5. Rhythm on the Range (Norman Taurog)
6. The Lower Depths (Jean Renoir)
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1937
1. Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir)
2. Way Out West (James W. Horne)
3. Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey)
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1938
1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz)
2. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Trade Winds (Tay Garnett)
4. Port of Shadows (Marcel Carne)
5. The Human Beast (Jean Renoir)
6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Allan Dwan)
7. Boy Meets Girl (Lloyd Bacon)
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1939
1. Destry Rides Again (George Marshall)
2. Frontier Marshall (Allan Dwan)
3. Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks)
4. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch)
5. The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh)
6. Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford)
7. Jesse James (Henry King)
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10. Q Planes (Tim Whelan)
1940
1. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch)
2. Christmas in July (Preston Sturges)
3. I Love You Again (W. S. Van Dyke)
4. Foreign Correspondent (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. City for Conquest (Anatole Litvak)
6. The Man From Tumbleweeds (Joseph H. Lewis)
7. The Westerner (William Wyler)
8. The Ghost Breakers (George Marshall)
9. The Great McGinty (Preston Sturges)
10. The Bank Dick (Edward F. Cline)
Honorable Mentions: A Chump at Oxford (Alfred J. Goulding), His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks), Laddie (Jack Hively), One Night in the Tropics (A. Edward Sutherland), Rhythm on the River (Victor Schertzinger), The Saint Takes Over (Jack Hively)
Mentions: 21 Days (Basil Dean), The Mark of Zorro (Rouben Mamoulian), The Sea Hawk (Michael Curtiz), The Thief of Baghdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan), The Torrid Zone (William Keighley)
1941
1. High Sierra (Raoul Walsh)
2. Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges)
3. The Wolf Man (George Waggner)
4. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. Suspicion (Alfred Hitchcock)
6. The Sea Wolf (Michael Curtiz)
7. Manpower (Raoul Walsh)
8. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges)
9. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen)
10. Road to Zanzibar (Victor Schertzinger)
1942
1. You Were Never Lovelier (William A. Seiter)
2. To Be or Not To Be (Ernst Lubitsch)
3. Rio Rita (S. Sylvan Simon)
4. Road to Morocco (David Butler)
5. The Man Who Came to Dinner (William Keighley)
6. Billy the Kid Trapped (Sam Newfield)
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1943
1. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (Roy William Neill)
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8. I Walked With a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur)
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1944
1. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
2. Tall in the Saddle (Edwin L. Marin)
3. The Princess and the Pirate (David Butler)
4. Buffalo Bill (William Wellman)
5. One Mysterious Night (Boetticher)
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1945
1. Two O'Clock Courage (Anthony Mann)
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3. Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson)
4. The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise)
5. Escape in the Fog (Budd Boetticher)
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1946
1. The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)
2. My Darling Clementine (John Ford)
3. Dressed to Kill (Roy William Neill)
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7. Bedlam (Mark Robson)
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10. She-Wolf of London (Jean Yarbrough)
1947
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8. Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur)
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1948
1. Four Faces West (Alfred E. Green)
2. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton)
3. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
3. The Paleface (Norman Z. McLeod)
4. Station West (Sidney Lanfield)
5. Fallen Idol (Carol Reed)
6. Mexican Hayride (Charles T. Barton)
7. Blonde Ice (Jack Bernhard)
8. Alberquerque (Ray Enright)
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10. Whispering Smith (Leslie Fenton)
1949
1. Colorado Territory (Raoul Walsh)
2. Passport to Pimlico (Henry Cornelius)
3. The Set-Up (Robert Wise)
4. The Inspector General (Henry Koster)
5. Hellfire (R.G. Springsteen)
6. I Shot Jesse James (Samuel Fuller)
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9. Border Incident (Anthony Mann)
10. Reign of Terror (Anthony Mann)
Mentions: A Run for Your Money (Charles Frend)
1950
1. In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray)
2. When Willie Comes Marching Home (John Ford)
3. The Gunfighter (Henry King)
4. The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston)
5. Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann)
6. Broken Arrow (Delmer Daves)
7. The Baron of Arizona (Samuel Fuller)
8. Born Yesterday (George Cukor)
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1951
1. Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson)
2. Rawhide (Henry Hathaway)
3. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin)
4. The Thing From Another World (Christian Nyby)
5. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder)
6. Cause for Alarm! (Tay Garnett)
7. Cattle Drive (Kurt Neumann)
8. The River (Jean Renoir)
9. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (Charles Lamont)
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1952
1. The Narrow Margin (Richard Fleischer)
2. Bend of the River (Anthony Mann)
3. The Machine That Kills Bad People (Roberto Rossellini)
4. Umberto D. (Vittorio De Sica
5. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa)
6. What Price Glory (John Ford)
7. Son of Paleface (Frank Tashlin)
8. The Duel at Silver Creek (Don Siegel)
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Mentions: Androcles and the Lion (Chester Erskine)
1953
1. Roman Holiday (William Wyler)
2. The Big Heat (Fritz Lang)
3. Stalag 17 (Billy Wilder)
4. I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. The Wild One (Laslo Benedek)
6. Four Sided Triangle (Terence Fisher)
7. The Earrings of Madame de... (Max Ophuls)
8. The Long, Long Trailer (Vincente Minnelli)
9. War Arrow (George Sherman)
10. Shane (George Stevens)
1954
1. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa)
2. Touchez pas au Grisbi (Jaques Becker)
3. The River of No Return (Otto Preminger)
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9. Magnificent Obsession (Douglas Sirk)
10. Garden of Evil (Henry Hathaway)
1955
1. Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges)
2. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray)
3. House of Bamboo (Samuel Fuller)
4. Wichita (Jacques Tourneur)
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10. Davey Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
1956
1. The Searchers (John Ford)
2. Tribute to a Bad Man (Robert Wise)
3. The Court Jester (Melvin Frank; Norman Panama)
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1957
1. 3:10 to Yuma (Delmer Daves)
2. The Seventh Seal (Igmar Bergman)
2. Decision at Sundown (Budd Boetticher)
3. The Tall T (Budd Boetticher)
4. Night Passage (James Neilson)
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9. She Played with Fire (Sidney Gilliat)
10. The Incredible Petrified World (Jerry Warren)
Mentions: The Pride and the Passion (Stanley Kramer)
1958
1. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles)
2. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa)
3. Buchanan Rides Alone (Budd Boetticher)
4. Elevator to the Gallows (Louis Malle)
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9. Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario Monicelli)
10. Thunder Road (Arthur Ripley)
1959
1. Ride Lonesome (Budd Boetticher)
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3. The Gunfight at Dodge City (Joseph M. Newman)
4. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger)
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1960
1. Comanche Station (Budd Boetticher)
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1961
1. Blast of Silence (Allen Baron)
2. Through a Glass Darkly (Ingmar Bergman)
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1962
1. The Trial of Joan of Arc (Robert Bresson)
2. Lonely Are the Brave (David Miller)
3. Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah)
4. Tears on the Lion's Mane (Masahiro Shinoda)
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10. Sergeants 3 (John Sturges)
1963
1. Winter Light (Ingmar Bergman)
2. The Silence (Ingmar Bergman)
3. Suzanne's Career (Eric Rohmer)
4. The Haunting (Robert Wise)
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1964
1. The Killers (Don Siegel)
1967
1. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Jean-Luc Godard)
2. La Collectioneuse (Eric Rohmer)
3. A Colt is My Passport (Takashi Nomura)
1969
1. My Night at Maud's (Eric Rohmer)
1970
1. Claire's Knee (Eric Rohmer)
6. Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (Mario Bava)
1972
1. Love in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer)
1975
10. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)