The Evolution of the Top 10

The Seventh Seal (1957)

I love lists. I love making lists, and I love discovering new films that force me to update those lists. It's interesting how one's favorites change over time, and I recently came across some of my old top 10 films of all time lists. Spanning over 3 years, here are five slowly evolving versions of my top 10.

November 2009

1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. The Third Man (1949)
5. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
6. West Side Story (1961)
7. The Seventh Seal (1957)
8. Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (1993-94)
9. American Graffiti (1973)
10. Apocalypse Now (1979)

September 2010

1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (1993-94)
5. West Side Story (1961)
6. Psycho (1960)
7. All the President's Men (1976)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
9. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
10. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

August 2011

1. 8 1/2 (1963)
2. Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (1993-94)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. Metropolis (1927)
5. City Lights (1931)
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
7. The Apartment (1960)
8. Vertigo (1958)
9. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
10. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

March 2012

1. The Seventh Seal (1957)
2. Three Colors: Blue, White, Red (1993-94)
3. Seven Samurai (1954)
4. The Apartment (1960)
5. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
6. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
8. Before Sunset (2004)
9. The Virgin Spring (1960)
10. The Maltese Falcon (1941)

February 2013

1. The Apartment (1960)
2. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
3. The French Connection (1971)
4. The Seventh Seal (1957)
5. Casablanca (1943)
6. Three Colors: Red (1994)
7. Persona (1966)
8. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
9. Rear Window (1954)
10. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)