The Top-Rated Films in Cinema History

Playtime

This film has been described many a time as "one of a kind." Playtime is the most expensive film ever made in French history. Although it wasn't necessarily loved by audiences, Playtime did win a number of art awards, as well as inclusion in the British Film Institute's "50 Greatest Films of All Time" list.

Touch of Evil

This film noir was written and directed by Orson Welles, who also plays a lead role as police captain Hank Quinlan. Touch of Evil tells the story of corrupt law enforcement officers in Mexico. After a car bomb explodes on the American side of the border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) investigates alongside Quinlan. However, it soon becomes clear that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies (Joseph Calleia), are planting evidence to frame an innocent man.

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