Current top 100 commentary tracks

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1. Born on the Fourth of July -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 9.2

2. A Clockwork Orange -- Commentary track: Actor Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman. Rating: 8.9

3. Sanjuro -- Commentary track: Film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.8

4. The Third Man -- Commentary track: Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy. Rating: 8.8

5. Full Metal Jacket -- Commentary track: Actors Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks. Rating: 8.8

6. The Graduate (Laserdisc) -- Commentary track: Film historian Howard Suber. Rating: 8.7

7. The Perfect Storm -- Commentary track: Sebastian Junger, writer of source novel "The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea". Rating: 8.7

8. The Red Shoes -- Commentary track: Film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Martin Scorsese. Rating: 8.7

9. Escape From New York -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.7

10. The Thing -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.7

11. Ikiru -- Commentary track: Akira Kurosawa film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.7

12. Nixon -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.7

13. Used Cars -- Commentary track: Director/writer Robert Zemeckis, producer/writer Bob Gale, and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.7

14. Brazil -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam (on disc 1, the director's cut of the film). Rating: 8.6

15. Yojimbo -- Commentary track: Film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince . Rating: 8.6

16. 12 Monkeys -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 8.6

17. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson, and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Rating: 8.6

18. Starship Troopers -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven, and actors Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and Neil Patrick Harris. Rating: 8.6

19. Deliverance -- Commentary track: Director John Boorman. Rating: 8.6

20. Superbad -- Commentary track: Director Greg Mottola, screenwriter Evan Goldberg, actors Seth Rogen, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, producer Judd Apatow, and Apatow's nine-year-old daughter Maude. Rating: 8.6

21. This Is Spinal Tap (MGM) -- Commentary track: Spinal Tap: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Rating: 8.6

22. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans -- Commentary track: Cinematography expert John Bailey. Rating: 8.6

23. Black Narcissus -- Commentary track: Director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Rating: 8.6

24. Sense and Sensibilty -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/actor Emma Thompson and producer Lindsay Doran. Rating: 8.6

25. The Exorcist -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.6

26. The Godfather -- Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.6

27. Brother Bear -- Commentary track: Actors Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis (in character as Rutt and Tuke, respectively). Rating: 8.6

28. A History of Violence -- Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg. Rating: 8.6

29. Blade Runner -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.6

30. Halloween -- Commentary track: Writer/Director John Carpenter, actor Jamie Lee Curtis and writer/producer Debra Hill. Rating: 8.6

31. The Fisher King (Laserdisc) -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.6

32. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Director David Fincher. Rating: 8.6

33. Road to Perdition -- Commentary track: Director Sam Mendes. Rating: 8.6

34. Boyz N the Hood -- Commentary track: Director John Singleton. Rating: 8.6

35. The Mission -- Commentary track: Director Roland Joffe. Rating: 8.6

36. Citizen Kane -- Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.5

37. Alien -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.5

38. Aliens -- Commentary track: Director James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd, creature wizard Stan Winston, visual effects supervisors Robert and Dennis Skotak, miniature effects supervisor Pat McClung, and actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn, and Christopher Henn. Rating: 8.5

39. JFK -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.5

40. Clerks (10th Anniversary Edition) -- Commentary track: Writer/director/actor/producer/editor Kevin Smith, actor/producer/editor/sound editor Scott Mosier and actors Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes. Rating: 8.5

41. American Splendor -- Commentary track: Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, actor Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Toby Radloff. Rating: 8.5

42. Monty Python's Life of Brian -- Commentary track: Director Terry Jones, and actors Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle. Rating: 8.5

43. The French Connection -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.5

44. Thief -- Commentary track: Director Michael Mann and actor James Caan. Rating: 8.5

45. The In-Laws -- Commentary track: Director Arthur Hiller, screenwriter Andrew Bergman, and actors Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. Rating: 8.5

46. Postcards From the Edge -- Commentary track: Screenwriter Carrie Fisher. Rating: 8.5

47. Anger Management -- Commentary track: Director Peter Segal and actor Adam Sandler. Rating: 8.5

48. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane -- Commentary track: Director Renny Harlin. Rating: 8.5

49. The Iron Giant -- Commentary track: Director/writer Brad Bird, animation department head Tony Fucile, story department head Jeffrey Lynch and storyboard artist/lead character animator Steve Markowski. Rating: 8.5

50. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage -- Commentary track: Film critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman. Rating: 8.5

51. The Island -- Commentary track: Director Michael Bay. Rating: 8.5

52. Supernatural: The Complete First Season -- Commentary track: "Phantom Traveler" -- Actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. Rating: 8.5

53. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Actors Jake Gyllenhall and Robert Downey Jr, producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and writer James Ellroy. Rating: 8.5

54. The Shining -- Commentary track: Authors Garrett Brown and John Baxter. Rating: 8.5

55. Silence of the Lambs -- Commentary track: Director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent John Douglas. Rating: 8.5

56. Tideland -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.5

57. UHF -- Commentary track: Director Jay Levy, actor/co-writer "Weird Al" Yankovic, and actors Michael Richards, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. Rating: 8.5

58. The Godfather: Part II -- Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.5

59. Frankenstein -- Commentary track: Film historian Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.4

60. Without a Paddle -- Commentary track: Director Steven Brill and actors Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Ethan Suplee, and Abraham Benrubi. Rating: 8.4

61. Cabin Fever -- Commentary track: Writer/director Eli Roth. Rating: 8.4

62. Monsters, Inc. -- Commentary track: Director Pete Doctor, co-director Lee Unkrich, and executive producers John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Rating: 8.4

63. Moonstruck -- Commentary track: Actor Cher, director Norman Jewison, and writer John Patrick Shanley. Rating: 8.4

64. Army of Darkness -- Commentary track: Director Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell, and co-writer Ivan Raimi. Rating: 8.4

65. Casablanca -- Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.4

66. The Frighteners -- Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson. Rating: 8.4

67. Titanic -- Commentary track: Director James Cameron. Rating: 8.4

68. Seven Samurai -- Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 8.4

69. To Live and Die in L.A. -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.4

70. Legend -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.4

71. Thelma & Louise -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.4

72. The Haunting -- Commentary track: Director Robert Wise, screenwriter Nelson Gidding, and actors Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. Rating: 8.4

73. His Girl Friday -- Commentary track: Film critic and author Todd McCarthy. Rating: 8.4

74. Rebel Without A Cause -- Commentary track: Douglas L. Rathgeb, author of "The Making of Rebel Without A Cause". Rating: 8.4

75. All the President's Men -- Commentary track: Actor Robert Redford. Rating: 8.4

76. Little Miss Sunshine -- Commentary track: Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and screenwriter Michael Arndt. Rating: 8.4

77. Panic Room -- Commentary track: Screenwriter David Koepp and special guest William Goldman. Rating: 8.4

78. Dead Ringers -- Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg, actor Jeremy Irons, editor Ronald Sanders, production designer Carol Spier, and director of photography Peter Suschitzky. Rating: 8.4

79. The Limey -- Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs. Rating: 8.4

80. Out of Sight -- Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank. Rating: 8.4

81. Slacker -- Commentary track: Director Richard Linklater, and cast and crew members. Rating: 8.4

82. Platoon -- Commentary track: Military supervisor Capt. Dale Dye. Rating: 8.4

83. Evil Dead II -- Commentary track: Director/co-writer Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell, co-writer Scott Spiegel, and special effects make-up artist Greg Nicotero. Rating: 8.4

84. Throne of Blood -- Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 8.3

85. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- Commentary track: Director/screenwriter Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.3

86. Serial Mom -- Commentary track: Writer/director John Waters. Rating: 8.3

87. Pink Flamingos -- Commentary track: Writer/director John Waters. Rating: 8.3

88. Manhunter -- Commentary track: Director Michael Mann. Rating: 8.3

89. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- Commentary track: The Wonka Kids: Actors Peter Ostrum, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson, Paris Themmen, and Michael Bollner. Rating: 8.3

90. Road House -- Commentary track: Filmmakers and "Road House" aficionados Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. Rating: 8.3

91. The Wolf Man -- Commentary track: Film historian Tom Weaver. Rating: 8.3

92. Ran -- Commentary track: Film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.3

93. Serenity -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.3

94. Boogie Nights -- Commentary track: Director Paul Thomas Anderson. Rating: 8.3

95. Basic Instinct -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven and director of photography Jan de Bont. Rating: 8.3

96. Saw -- Commentary track: Director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell. Rating: 8.3

97. Juno -- Commentary track: Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. Rating: 8.3

98. Finding Nemo -- Commentary track: Co-directors Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton, and co-writer Bob Petersen. Rating: 8.3

99. Apocalypse Now -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.3

100. Alien (Collector's Edition) -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, executive producer Ronald Shusett, editor Terry Rawlings, and actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Hurt. Rating: 8.3