These Are The Top-Rated Movies In The History of Film

Duck Soup

1933's Duck Soup is another that didn't do well in the box office, but somehow won over critics. The Marx Brothers' comedy is a tale of spies who stage a revolution in the nation of Freedonia. It has a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 4/4 on Roger Ebert.

Boyhood

This film was released in 2014 but actually started filming in 2001 in order to organically capture the aging process of a young boy. The script was conceptualized throughout the decade of filming, working off of just basic plot points. It premiered at Sundance and won several awards.

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  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
  • The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
  • The cat in "The Godfather" was a stray.
  • It took only 8 days to film "The Blair Witch Project".
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.