TOP TEN THUMBS UP
Gene Siskel's Top Ten Films as Published in Chicago Tribune
(1970-1997)
Once a year Gene Siskel provided Chicago Tribune readers with his Top Ten Films of the year. In chronological order, view 27 years of Siskel's Top Ten films.
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1970 |
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01. My Night at Maud's |
06. Adalen 31 |
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02. M*A*S*H |
07. Salesman |
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03. Women in Love |
08. Woodstock |
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04. Five Easy Pieces |
09. Trilogy |
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05.The Passion of Anna |
10. The Wild Child |
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1971 |
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01. Claire's Knee |
06. Sunday, Bloody Sunday |
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02. A New Leaf |
07. Bed and Board |
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03. McCabe and Mrs. Miller |
08. Dirty Harry |
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04. Little Big Man |
09. Husbands |
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05. The Last Picture Show |
10. Taking Off |
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1972 |
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01. The Godfather |
06. A Clockwork Orange |
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02. The Sorrow and the Pity |
07. Chloe in the Afternoon |
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03. Le Boucher |
08. Frenzy |
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04. Cabaret |
09. Sounder |
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05. Two English Girls |
10. Ulzana's Raid |
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1973 |
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01. The Emigrants and The New Land |
06. The Last of Sheila |
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02. Last Tango in Paris |
07. The Day of the Dolphin |
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03. The Exorcist |
08. American Graffiti |
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04. Cries and Whispers |
09. Sisters |
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05. The Day of the Jackal |
10. The Long Goodbye |
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1974 |
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01. Day for Night |
06. Scenes from a Marriage |
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02. The Last Detail |
07. Lacombe, Lucien |
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03. Amarcord |
08. Harry and Tonto |
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04.The Conversation |
09. The Mother and the Whore |
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05. Mean Streets |
10. Wedding in Blood |
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1975 |
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01. Nashville |
06. And Now My Love |
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02. The Passenger |
07. Dodes'ka-den |
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03. Love and Death |
08. The Homecoming |
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04. Dog Day Afternoon |
09. Antonia: Portrait of a Women |
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05. Barry Lyndon |
10. Hustle |
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1976 |
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01. All the President's Men |
06. Cousin, Cousine |
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02. Network |
07. Taxi Driver |
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03. Brothel No. 8 |
08. Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson |
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04. Small Change |
09. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution |
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05. Stay Hungry |
10. The Man Who Would Be King |
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1977 |
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01. Annie Hall |
06. Harlan County, U.S.A. |
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02. The Late Show |
07. Star Wars |
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03. In the Realm of the Senses |
08. Oh, God! |
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04. Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
09. Pumping Iron |
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05. Saturday Night Fever |
10. Rolling Thunder |
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1978 |
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01. Straight Time |
06. The Buddy Holly Story |
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02. Pretty Baby |
07. Coming Home |
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03. Days of Heaven |
08. Halloween |
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04. Blue Collar |
09. Magic |
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05. Autumn Sonata |
10. Stoszek |
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1979 |
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01. Hair |
06. The Marriage of Maria Braun |
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02. Kramer vs. Kramer |
07. Nosferatu, the Vampyre |
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03. The Deer Hunter |
08. The Onion Field |
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04. Breaking Away |
09. Time After Time |
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05. Manhattan |
10. The China Syndrome |
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1980 |
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01. Raging Bull |
06. Being There |
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02. Ordinary People |
07. The Black Stallion |
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03. Coal Miner's Daughter |
08. The Blues Brothers |
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04. The Tree of Wooden Clogs |
09. The Great Santini |
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05. Kagemusha |
10. The Stunt Man |
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1981 |
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01. Ragtime |
06. Bye Bye Brazil |
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02. My Dinner With Andre |
07. Prince of the City |
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03. Raiders of the Lost Ark |
08. Melvin and Howard |
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04. Mon Oncle d'Amerique |
09. Body Heat |
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05. Gates of Heaven |
10. The French Lieutenant's Woman |
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1982 |
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01. Moonlighting |
06. Lola |
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02. Tootsie |
07. Personal Best |
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03. E.T. |
08. Das Boot |
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04. Diva |
09. Three Brothers |
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05. Mephisto |
10. An Officer and a Gentleman |
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1983 |
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01. The Right Stuff |
06. The Year of Living Dangerously |
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02. Terms of Endearment |
07. Silkwood |
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03. Betrayal |
08. Pauline at the Beach |
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04. Fanny and Alexander |
09. Risky Business |
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05. Star 80 |
10. The Big Chill |
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1984 |
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01. Once Upon a Time in America |
06. The Killing Fields |
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02. Amadeus |
07. Secret Honor |
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03. The Cotton Club |
08. A Passge to India |
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04. Entre Nous |
09. Micki & Maude |
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05. Purple Rain |
10. The Natural |
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1985 |
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01. Ran |
06. Mishima |
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02. The Color Purple |
07. The Falcon and the Snowman |
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03. Streetwise |
08. Back to the Future |
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04. Prizzi's Honor |
09. The Purple Rose of Cairo |
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05. The Official Story |
10. Wetherby |
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1986 |
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01. Shoah |
06. Peggy Sue Got Married |
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02. Hannah and Her Sisters |
07. Blue Velvet |
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03. Vagabond |
08. Children of a Lesser God |
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04. A Room With a View |
09. Round Midnight |
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05. Mona Lisa |
10. The Fly |
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1987 |
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01. The Last Emperor |
06. Radio Days |
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02. Full Metal Jacket |
07. River's Edge |
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03. House of Games |
08. Prick Up Your Ears |
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04. Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring |
09. Roxanne |
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05. Broadcast News |
10. The Big Easy |
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1988 |
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01. The Last Temptation of Christ |
06. The Thin Blue Line |
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02. Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
07. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie |
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03. Bull Durham |
08. The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
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04. Little Dorritt |
09. Working Girl |
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05. Midnight Run |
10. Funny Farm |
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1989 |
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01. Do the Right Thing |
06. The Little Mermaid |
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02. Roger & Me |
07. Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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03. Drugstore Cowboy |
08. The Fabulous Baker Boys |
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04. Enemies: A Love Story |
09. Say Anything |
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05. Born on the Fourth of July |
10. The War of the Roses |
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1990 |
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01. Goodfellas |
06. Die Hard 2 |
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02. After Dark, My Sweet |
07. Dances With Wolves |
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03. Avalon |
08. Reversal of Fortune |
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04. The Plot Against Harry |
09. The Freshman |
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05. Too Beautiful for You |
10. The Godfather Part III |
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1991 |
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01. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse |
06. Grand Canyon |
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02. An Angel at My Table |
07. JFK |
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03. Boyz N the Hood |
08. Ju Dou |
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04. La Belle Noiseuse |
09. Daddy Nostalgia |
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05. Beauty and the Beast |
10. Once Around |
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1992 |
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01. One False Move |
06. The Hairdresser's Husband |
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02. The Player |
07. Damage |
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03. Howards End |
08. Wayne's World |
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04. The Crying Game |
09. Mississippi Masala |
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05. Malcolm X |
10. Under Seige |
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1993 |
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01. Schindler's List |
06. The Fugitive |
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02. Short Cuts |
07. The Age of Innocence |
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03. The Piano |
08. The Joy Luck Club |
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04. Farewell My Concubine |
09. King of the Hill |
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05. Menace II Society |
10. Map of the Human Heart |
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1994 |
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01. Hoop Dreams |
06. Forrest Gump |
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02. Pulp Fiction |
07. Vanya on 42nd Street |
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03. Ed Wood |
08. The Shawshank Redemption |
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04. 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould |
09. Red Rock West |
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05. Quiz Show |
10. Little Women |
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1995 |
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01. Crumb |
06. Leaving Las Vegas |
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02. Toy Story |
07. The American President |
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03. Nixon |
08. Exotica |
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04. Babe |
09. Apollo 13 |
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05. Dead Man Walking |
10. Les Miserables |
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1996 |
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01. Fargo |
06. Looking for Richard |
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02. Secrets & Lies |
07. Paradise Lost |
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03. Breaking the Waves |
08. Welcome to the Dollhouse |
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04. The English Patient |
09. Kingpin |
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05. Lone Star |
10. Bound |
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1997 |
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01. The Ice Storm |
06. The Full Monty |
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02. L.A. Confidential |
07. The Sweet Hereafter |
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03. Wag the Dog |
08. Good Will Hunting |
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04. In the Company of Men |
09. Mrs Brown |
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05. The End of Violence |
10. As Good As It Gets |