Ebert and Roeper Top Ten List (2000-2005) Ebert and Maslin Top Ten List (1999) Siskel and Ebert Top Ten Lists (1969-1998) Ebert Top Ten Lists (1967-1968) These ten best lists for movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert have been collected from various postings in the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.movies. The lists through 1978 come from the Chicago Tribune for Siskel, and the Chicago Sun-Times for Ebert. After that most of the lists come from their best of the year TV show or from their Internet Website which may be found at the following locations: http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/index.html * 2005 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Crash 1. Syriana 2. Syriana 2. The New World 3. Munich 3. Crash 4. Junebug 4. Munich 5. Brokeback Mountain 5. Nine Lives 6. Me and You and Everyone We Know 6. Capote 7. Nine Lives 7. Brokeback Mountain 8. King Kong 8. A History of Violence 9. Yes 9. Walk the Line 10. Millions 10. The 40-Year-Old Virgin * 2004 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Million Dollar Baby 1. Hotel Rwanda 2. Kill Bill Vol. 2 2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 3. Vera Drake 3. The Aviator 4. Spider-Man 2 4. Sideways 5. Moolaade 5. House Of Flying Daggers 6. The Aviator 6. Million Dollar Baby 7. Baadasssss 7. The Terminal 8. Sideways 8. Kill Bill Vol. 2 9. Hotel Rwanda 9. Spanglish 10. Undertow 10. Collateral * 2003 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Monster 1. In America 2. Lost in Translation 2. Mystic River 3. American Splendor 3. Lost in Translation 4. Finding Nemo 4. 21 Grams 5. Master and Commander 5. Elephant 6. Mystic River 6. The Barbarian Invasions 7. Owning Mahowny 7. The Station Agent 8. The Son (Le Fils) 8. Whale Rider 9. Whale Rider 9. Monster 10. In America 10. Seabiscuit * 2002 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Minority Report 1. Gangs of New York 2. City of God 2. 25th Hour 3. Adaptation 3. Minority Report 4. Far From Heaven 4. Y Tu Mama Tambien 5. 13 Conversations About One Thing 5. Adaptation 6. Y Tu Mama Tambien 6. Signs 7. Invincible 7. Rabbit-Proof Fence 8. Spirited Away 8. About Schmidt 9. All or Nothing 9. One Hour Photo 10. The Quiet American 10. About a Boy * 2001 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Monster's Ball 1. Memento 2. Black Hawk Down 2. Vanilla Sky 3. In the Bedroom 3. Mulholland Drive 4. Ghost World 4. A Beautiful Mind 5. Mulholland Drive 5. In the Bedroom 6. Waking Life 6. Amores Perros 7. Innocence 7. Dinner Rush 8. Wit 8. Happy Accidents 9. Beautiful Mind 9. The Deep End 10. Gosford Park 10. Shallow Hal * 2000 * Roger Ebert Richard Roeper 1. Almost Famous 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Wonder Boys 2. Traffic 3. You Can Count on Me 3. The Claim 4. Traffic 4. The Contender 5. George Washington 5. Wonder Boys 6. The Cell 6. Finding Forrester 7. High Fidelity 7. You Can Count on Me 8. Pollock 8. Sunshine 9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 9. Cast Away 10. Requiem for a Dream 10. Almost Famous * 1999 * Janet Maslin Roger Ebert 1. Topsy-Turvy 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Boys Don't Cry 2. Magnolia 3. All About My Mother 3. Three Kings 4. The Straight Story 4. Boys Don't Cry 5. The Talented Mr. Ripley 5. Bringing Out the Dead 6. Being John Malkovich 6. Princess Mononoke 7. The Insider 7. The War Zone 8. American Movie 8. American Beauty 9. Eyes Wide Shut 9. Topsy-Turvy 10. The Dreamlife of Angels 10. The Insider * 1998 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Babe: Pig in the City 1. Dark City 2. The Thin Red Line 2. Pleasantville 3. Pleasantville 3. Saving Private Ryan 4. Saving Private Ryan 4. A Simple Plan 5. Shakespeare in Love 5. Happiness 6. The Truman Show 6. Elizabeth 7. Antz 7. Babe: Pig in the City 8. Simon Birch 8. Shakespeare in Love 9. There's Something About Mary 9. Life is Beautiful 10. Waking Ned Devine 10. Primary Colors * 1997 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Ice Storm 1. Eve's Bayou 2. L.A. Confidential 2. The Sweet Hereafter 3. Wag the Dog 3. Boogie Nights 4. In the Company of Men 4. Maborosi 5. The End of Violence 5. Jackie Brown 6. The Full Monty 6. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control 7. The Sweet Hereafter 7. L.A. Confidential 8. Good Will Hunting 8. In the Company of Men 9. Mrs. Brown 9. Titanic 10. As Good As It Gets 10. Wag the Dog * 1996 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Fargo 1. Fargo 2. Secrets and Lies 2. Breaking the Waves 3. Breaking the Waves 3. Secrets and Lies 4. The English Patient 4. Lone Star 5. Lone Star 5. Welcome to the Dollhouse 6. Looking for Richard 6. Bound 7. Paradise Lost 7. Hamlet 8. Welcome to the Dollhouse 8. Everyone Says I Love You 9. Kingpin 9. Heidi Fleiss 10. Bound 10. Big Night * 1995 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Crumb 1. Leaving Las Vegas 2. Toy Story 2. Crumb 3. Nixon 3. Dead Man Walking 4. Babe 4. Nixon 5. Dead Man Walking 5. Casino 6. Leaving Las Vegas 6. Apollo 13 7. The American President 7. Exotica 8. Exotica 8. My Family 9. Apollo 13 9. Carrington 10. Les Miserables 10. A Walk in the Clouds * 1994 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Hoop Dreams 1. Hoop Dreams 2. Pulp Fiction 2. Blue/White/Red 3. Ed Wood 3. Pulp Fiction 4. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould 4. Forrest Gump 5. Quiz Show 5. The Last Seduction 6. Forrest Gump 6. Fresh 7. Vanya On 42nd Street 7. The Blue Kite 8. The Shawshank Redemption 8. Natural Born Killers 9. Red Rock West 9. The New Age 10. Little Women 10. Quiz Show * 1993 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Schindler's List 1. Schindler's List 2. Short Cuts 2. The Age of Innocence 3. The Piano 3. The Piano 4. Farewell My Concubine 4. The Fugitive 5. Menace II Society 5. The Joy Luck Club 6. The Fugitive 6. Kalifornia 7. The Age of Innocence 7. Like Water For Chocolate 8. The Joy Luck Club 8. Menace II Society 9. King of the Hill 9. What's Love Got to Do With It 10. Map of the Human Heart 10. Ruby in Paradise * 1992 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. One False Move 1. Malcolm X 2. The Player 2. One False Move 3. Howards End 3. Howards End 4. The Crying Game 4. Flirting 5. Malcolm X 5. The Crying Game 6. The Hairdresser's Husband 6. Damage 7. Damage 7. The Hairdresser's Husband 8. Wayne's World 8. The Player 9. Mississippi Masala 9. Unforgiven 10. Under Siege 10. Bad Lieutenant * 1991 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Hearts of Darkness 1. JFK 2. An Angel at My Table 2. Boyz N the Hood 3. Boyz N the Hood 3. Beauty and the Beast 4. La Belle Noiseuse 4. Grand Canyon 5. Beauty and the Beast 5. My Father's Glory/ My Mother's Castle 6. Grand Canyon 6. A Woman's Tale 7. JFK 7. Life is Sweet 8. Ju Dou 8. The Man in the Moon 9. Daddy Nostalgi 9. Thelma & Louise 10. Once Around 10. The Rapture * 1990 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Goodfellas 1. Goodfellas 2. After Dark, My Sweet 2. Monsieur Hire 3. Avalon 3. Dances With Wolves 4. The Plot Against Harry 4. The Grifters 5. Too Beautiful For You 5. Reversal Of Fortune 6. Die Hard II: Die Harder 6. Santa Sangre 7. Dances With Wolves 7. Last Exit to Brooklyn 8. Reversal Of Fortune 8. Awakenings 9. The Freshman 9. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover 10. The Godfather Part III 10. Mountains of the Moon * 1989 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Do the Right Thing 1. Do the Right Thing 2. Roger & Me 2. Drugstore Cowboy 3. Drugstore Cowboy 3. My Left Foot 4. Enemies, A Love Story 4. Born on the Fourth of July 5. Born on the Fourth of July 5. Roger & Me 6. The Little Mermaid 6. The Mighty Quinn 7. Crimes and Misdemeanors 7. Field of Dreams 8. The Fabulous Baker Boys 8. Crimes and Misdemeanors 9. Say Anything 9. Driving Miss Daisy 10. The War of the Roses 10. Say Anything * 1988 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Last Temptation Of Christ 1. Mississippi Burning 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2. The Accidental Tourist 3. Bull Durham 3. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being 4. Little Dorrit 4. Shy People 5. The Accidental Tourist 5. Salaam Bombay 6. Midnight Run 6. A Fish Called Wanda 7. The Thin Blue Line 7. Wings Of Desire 8. Hotel Terminus: The Life And 8. Who Framed Roger Rabbit Times of Klaus Barbie 9. The Unbearable Lightness Of 9. Dear America: Letters Home From Being Vietnam 10. Working Girl 10. Running On Empty * 1987 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Last Emperor 1. House of Games 2. Full Metal Jacket 2. The Big Easy 3. House of Games 3. Barfly 4. Jean de Florette/ 4. The Last Emperor Manon of the Spring 5. Broadcast News 5. Moonstruck 6. Moonstruck 6. Prick Up Your Ears 7. Radio Days 7. Radio Days 8. River's Edge 8. Broadcast News 9. Prick Up Your Ears 9. Lethal Weapon 10. Roxanne 10. Housekeeping * 1986 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Hannah and Her Sisters 1. Platoon 2. Vagabond 2. Round Midnight 3. A Room with a View 3. Hannah and Her Sisters 4. Mona Lisa 4. Sid and Nancy 5. Peggy Sue Got Married 5. Lucas 6. Blue Velvet 6. Vagabond 7. Platoon 7. Trouble in Mind 8. Children of a Lesser God 8. Down and out in Beverly Hills 9. Round Midnight 9. Peggy Sue Got Married 10. The Fly 10. Hard Choices * 1985 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Shoah 1. The Color Purple 2. Ran 2. After Hours 3. The Color Purple 3. The Falcon and the Snowman 4. Streetwise 4. Prizzi's Honor 5. Prizzi's Honor 5. Ran 6. The Official Story 6. Witness 7. Mishima 7. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 8. The Facon and the Snowman 8. Lost in America 9. Back to the Future 9. Street Wise 10. The Purple Rose of Cairo 10. Blood Simple [Ebert excluded Shoah from his list, not because he thought the other ten films were better, but because he felt it was in a class by itself and it wouldn't be appropriate to rank ordinary movies against it.] * 1984 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Once Upon a Time in America 1. Amadeus 2. Amadeus 2. Paris, Texas 3. The Cotton Club 3. Love Streams 4. Entre Nous 4. This is Spinal Tap 5. Purple Rain 5. The Cotton Club 6. The Killing Fields 6. Secret Honor 7. Secret Honor 7. The Killing Fields 8. A Passage to India 8. Stranger than Paradise 9. Micki and Maude 9. Choose Me 10. The Natural 10. Purple Rain * 1983 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Right Stuff 1. The Right Stuff 2. Terms of Endearment 2. Terms of Endearment 3. Betrayl 3. The Year of Living Dangerously 4. Fanny and Alexander 4. Fanny and Alexander 5. Star 80 5. El Norte 6. The Year of Living Dangerously 6. Testament 7. Silkwood 7. Silkwood 8. Pauline at the Beach 8. Say Amen, Somebody 9. Risky Business 9. Risky Business 10. The Big Chill 10. The Return of Martin Guerre * 1982 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Moonlighting 1. Sophie's Choice 2. Tootsie 2. Diva 3. E.T. 3. E.T. 4. Diva 4. Fitzcarraldo/ Burden of Dreams 5. Mephisto 5. Personal Best 6. Lola 6. Das Boot 7. Personal Best 7. Mephisto 8. Three Brothers 8. Moonlighting 9. Das Boot 9. The Verdict 10. An Officer and a Gentleman 10. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time * 1981 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Ragtime 1. My Dinner with Andre 2. My Dinner with Andre 2. Chariots of Fire 3. Raiders of the Lost Ark 3. Gates of Heaven 4. Mon Oncle D'Amerique 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark 5. Gates of Heaven 5. Heartland 6. Bye Bye Brazil 6. Atlantic City 7. Prince of the City 7. Thief 8. Melvin and Howard 8. Body Heat 9. Body Heat 9. Tess 10. The French Lieutenent's Woman 10. REDS * 1980 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Raging Bull 1. The Black Stallion 2. Ordinary People 2. Raging Bull 3. Coal Miner's Daughter 3. Kagemusha 4. The Tree of Wooden Clogs 4. Being There 5. Kagemusha 5. Ordinary People 6. Being There 6. The Great Santini 7. The Black Stallion 7. The Empire Strikes Back 8. The Blues Brothers 8. Coal Miner's Daughter 9. The Great Santini 9. American Gigolo 10. The Stunt Man 10. Best Boy * 1979 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Hair 1. Apocalypse Now 2. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. Breaking Away 3. The Deer Hunter 3. The Deer Hunter 4. Breaking Away 4. The Marriage of Maria Braun 5. Manhattan 5. Hair 6. The Marriage of Maria Braun 6. Saint Jack 7. Nosferatu 7. Kramer vs. Kramer 8. The Onion Field 8. The China Syndrome 9. Time After Time 9. Nosferatu 10. The China Syndrome 10. 10 * 1978 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Straight Time 1. An Unmarried Woman 2. Pretty Baby 2. Days of Heaven 3. Days of Heaven 3. Heart of Glass 4. Blue Collar 4. Stroszek 5. Autumn Sonata 5. Autumn Sonata 6. The Buddy Holly Story 6. Interiors 7. Coming Home 7. Halloween 8. Halloween 8. National Lampoon's Animal House 9. Magic 9. Kings of the Road 10. Stoszek 10. Superman * 1977 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Annie Hall 1. 3 Women 2. The Late Show 2. Providence 3. In the Realm of the Senses 3. The Late Show 4. Close Encounters of the Third 4. A Woman's Decision Kind 5. Saturday Night Fever 5. Jail Bait 6. Harlan County, U.S.A. 6. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7. Star Wars 7. Aguirre: Wrath of God 8. Oh, God! 8. Annie Hall 9. Pumping Iron 9. Sorcerer 10. Rolling Thunder 10. Star Wars * 1976 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. All the President's Men 1. Small Change 2. Network 2. Taxi Driver 3. Brothel No. 8 3. The Magic Flute 4. Small Change 4. The Clockmaker 5. Stay Hungry 5. Network 6. Cousin, Cousine 6. Swept Away...by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August 7. Taxi Driver 7. Rocky 8. Buffalo Bill and the Indians,or 8. All the President's Men Sitting Bull's History Lesson 9. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 9. Silent Movie 10. The Man Who Would Be King 10. The Shootist * 1975 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Nashville 1. Nashville 2. The Passenger 2. Night Moves 3. Love and Death 3. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 4. Dog Day Afternoon 4. Farewell, My Lovely 5. Barry Lyndon 5. The Phantom of Liberty 6. And Now My Love 6. A Brief Vacation 7. Dodes'ka-den 7. And Now My Love 8. The Homecoming 8. A Woman Under the Influence 9. Antonia: Portrait of a Women 9. In Celebration 10. Hustle 10. Dog Day Afternoon * 1974 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Day for Night 1. Scenes from a Marriage 2. The Last Detail 2. Chinatown 3. Amarcord 3. The Mother and the Whore 4. The Conversation 4. Amarcord 5. Mean Streets 5. The Last Detail 6. Scenes from a Marriage 6. The Mirages 7. Lacombe, Lucien 7. Day for Night 8. Harry and Tonto 8. Mean Streets 9. The Mother and the Whore 9. My Uncle Antoine 10. Wedding in Blood 10. The Conversation * 1973 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Emigrants/The New Land 1. Cries and Whispers 2. Last Tango in Paris 2. Last Tango in Paris 3. The Exorcist 3. The Emigrants/The New Land 4. Cries and Whispers 4. Blume in Love 5. The Day of the Jackal 5. The Iceman Cometh 6. The Last of Sheila 6. The Exorcist 7. The Day of the Dolphin 7. The Day of the Jackal 8. American Graffiti 8. American Graffiti 9. Sisters 9. Fellini's Roma 10. The Long Goodbye 10. The Friends of Eddie Coyle * 1972 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. The Godfather 1. The Godfather 2. The Sorrow and the Pity 2. Chole in the Afternoon 3. Le Boucher 3. Le Boucher 4. Cabaret 4. Murmur of the Heart 5. Two English Girls 5. The Green Wall 6. A Clockwork Orange 6. The Sorrow and the Pity 7. Chloe in the Afternoon 7. The Garden of Finzi-Continis 8. Frenzy 8. Minnie and Moskowitz 9. Sounder 9. Sounder 10. Ulzana's Raid 10. The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid * 1971 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Claire's Knee 1. The Last Picture Show 2. A New Leaf 2. McCabe and Mrs. Miller 3. McCabe and Mrs. Miller 3. Claire's Knee 4. Little Big Man 4. The French Connection 5. The Last Picture Show 5. Sunday, Bloody Sunday 6. Sunday, Bloody Sunday 6. Taking Off 7. Bed and Board 7. Carnal Knowledge 8. Dirty Harry 8. Tristana 9. Husbands 9. Goin' Down the Road 10. Taking Off 10. Bed and Board * 1970 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. My Night at Maud's 1. Five Easy Pieces 2. M*A*S*H 2. M*A*S*H 3. Women in Love 3. The Revolutionary 4. Five Easy Pieces 4. Patton 5. The Passion of Anna 5. Woodstock 6. Adalen 31 6. My Night and Maud's 7. Salesman 7. Adalen 31 8. Woodstock 8. The Passion of Anna 9. Triolgy 9. The Wild Child 10. The Wild Child 10. Fellini Satyricon * 1969 * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Z 1. Z 2. Midnight Cowboy 2. Medium Cool 3. Alice's Restaurant 3. Weekend 4. Simon of the Desert 4. if.... 5. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 5. Last Summer 6. Oh! What a Lovely War 6. The Wild Bunch 7. The Wild Bunch 7. Easy Rider 8. if.... 8. True Grit 9. Pretty Poison 9. Downhill Racer 10. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 10. War and Peace * 1968 * Roger Ebert 1. The Battle of Algiers 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Falstaff 4. Faces 5. The Two of Us 6. The Producers 7. Oliver! 8. The Fifth Horseman Is Fear 9. Rachel, Rachel 10. Romeo and Juliet * 1967 * Roger Ebert 1. Bonnie and Clyde 2. Ulysses 3. Blowup 4. The Graduate 5. A Man for All Seasons 6. The War Game 7. Reflections in a Golden Eye 8. Cool Hand Luke 9. Elvira Madigan 10. In the Heat of the Night * The Decade (90s) * Roger Ebert Martin Scorsese 1. Hoop Dreams 1. Horse Thief 2. Pulp Fiction 2. The Thin Red Line 3. Goodfellas 3. A Borrowed Life 4. Fargo 4. Eyes Wide Shut 5. the trilogy: Red, White, and 5. Bad Lieutenant Blue 6. Schindler's List 6. Breaking the Waves 7. Breaking the Waves 7. Bottle Rocket 8. Leaving Las Vegas 8. Crash 9. Malcolm X 9. Fargo 10. JFK 10. Malcolm X and Heat * The Decade (80s) * Gene Siskel Roger Ebert 1. Raging Bull 1. Raging Bull 2. Shoah 2. The Right Stuff 3. The Right Stuff 3. E.T. 4. My Dinner with Andre 4. Do The Right Thing 5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 5. My Dinner with Andre 6. Do The Right Thing 6. Raiders of the Lost Ark 7. Once Upon A Time In America 7. Ran (long version) 8. Moonlighting 8. Mississippi Burning 9. Sid and Nancy 9. Platoon 10. Kagemusha 10. House of Games ----> Original List by: Loren Heisey (lorenh@cv.hp.com) 1969 Info from: Glenn Worthman (Njtoca3@aol.com) Updates by: Rob Anderson (robertpanderson dot com) -- last updated 08/26/2006 --