chicago outdoor film festival 2000-2005
Ebert picks the highest rated season since the inaugural, and the youngest season ever. Also the first season without a musical.
| Movie | Year | IMDB Rating | IMDB Rank | AFI Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |||||
| Citizen Kane (b/w) | 1941 | 8.7 | 10 | 1 | |
| Annie Hall | 1977 | 8.3 | 89 | 31 | |
| My Darling Clementine (b/w) | 1946 | 8 | |||
| E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 7.7 | 25 | ||
| The Night of the Hunter (b/w) | 1955 | 8.2 | 119 | ||
| The Hustler (b/w) | 1961 | 8 | 190 | ||
| Star Wars | 1977 | 8.7 | 12 | 15 | |
| Mean | 1963 | 8.2 | |||
| 2004 | |||||
| His Girl Friday (b/w) | 1940 | 8.2 | 141 | ||
| The Birds | 1963 | 7.8 | |||
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (b/w) | 1939 | 8.4 | 64 | 29 | |
| Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner | 1967 | 7.5 | 99 | ||
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers (b/w) | 1956 | 7.8 | |||
| Roman Holiday | 1953 | 8 | 225 | ||
| Guys & Dolls (musical) | 1955 | 7.2 | |||
| Mean | 1953 | 7.8 | |||
| 2003 | |||||
| It Happened One Night (b/w) | 1934 | 8.3 | 100 | 35 | |
| A Night at the Opera (b/w, musical) | 1935 | 8.1 | 166 | ||
| On the Town (musical) | 1949 | 7.7 | |||
| In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | 8 | 231 | ||
| Only Angels Have Wings (b/w) | 1939 | 7.6 | |||
| Pillow Talk | 1959 | 7.3 | |||
| Rear Window | 1954 | 8.7 | 17 | 42 | |
| Mean | 1948 | 8.0 | |||
| 2002 | |||||
| Some Like It Hot (musical) | 1959 | 8.3 | 63 | 14 | |
| Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (b/w) | 1964 | 8.7 | 18 | 26 | |
| A Hard Day’s Night (b/w, musical) | 1964 | 7.5 | |||
| Carmen Jones (musical) | 1954 | 7 | |||
| Horse Feathers (b/w) | 1932 | 7.7 | |||
| Vertigo | 1958 | 8.4 | 41 | ||
| West Side Story (musical) | 1961 | 7.8 | 61 | ||
| Mean | 1956 | 7.9 | |||
| 2001 | |||||
| An American in Paris (musical) | 1951 | 7.4 | 68 | ||
| A Streetcar Named Desire (b/w) | 1951 | 7.9 | 222 | 45 | |
| Top Hat (b/w, musical) | 1935 | 7.8 | |||
| Auntie Mame | 1958 | 7.5 | |||
| The Maltese Falcon (b/w) | 1941 | 8.4 | 51 | 23 | |
| A Patch of Blue (b/w) | 1965 | 7.7 | |||
| Meet Me in St. Louis (musical) | 1944 | 7.7 | |||
| Mean | 1949 | 7.8 | |||
| 2000 | |||||
| The Wizard of Oz (musical) | 1939 | 8.3 | 67 | 6 | |
| Casablanca (b/w) | 1942 | 8.8 | 6 | 2 | |
| The Philadelphia Story (b/w) | 1940 | 8.2 | 109 | 51 | |
| Singin’ in the Rain (musical) | 1952 | 8.5 | 40 | 10 | |
| North by Northwest | 1959 | 8.6 | 30 | 40 | |
| Mean | 1946 | 8.5 | |||