Just for good measure, here are my twelve (not ten) favourite films according to the criteria of this article (again, emphasis on the favourite, not "greatest" necessarily, although I'd also argue these are all great films too, by any sensible definition):

12. Black Narcissus (1946).

11. High Noon (1952).

10. Vertigo (1958).

9. Double Indemnity (1944).

8. Cinema Paradiso (1988).

7. It's a Wonderful Life (1947)

6. The Lives of Others (2006).

5. The Remains of the Day (1993).

4. Schindler's List (1993).

3. Witness (1985).

2. Great Expectations (1946).

1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982).