Current top 100 commentary tracks

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1. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Actors Jake Gyllenhall and Robert Downey Jr, producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and writer James Ellroy. Rating: 9.0

2. Blade Runner -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.9

3. Night of the Living Dead (Elite) -- Commentary track: Writer/director/editor/actor George A. Romero, writer/actor John Russo, actor/producer/sound effects man/makeup artist Karl Hardman and actor/properties master/makeup artist Marilyn Eastman. Rating: 8.8

4. Blade Runner -- Commentary track: "Visual futurist" Syd Mead, production designer Lawrence G. Paull, art director David L. Snyder, and special photographic effects supervisors Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, and David Dryer. Rating: 8.8

5. Godzilla -- Commentary track: Steve Ryfle, author of "Japan's Favorite Mon-star" and Ed Godziszewski, editor and publisher of "Japanese Giants" magazine. Rating: 8.8

6. Prison Break: Season 1 -- Commentary track: “Riots, Drills and The Devil (Part II)” -- Scheuring and cast members Dominic Purcell, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams and Peter Stormare . Rating: 8.8

7. Rashomon -- Commentary track: Japanese film historian Donald Richie. Rating: 8.7

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

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

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

11. 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: 8.6

12. Yojimbo -- Commentary track: Film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince . Rating: 8.5

13. Escape From New York -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.5

14. The Exorcist -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.5

15. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson, and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Rating: 8.5

16. Brazil -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam (on disc 1, the director's cut of the film). Rating: 8.5

17. 12 Monkeys -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 8.5

18. Serenity -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.5

19. Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- Commentary track: Director Robert Wise, special photographic effects director Douglas Trumbull, special photographic effects supervisor John Dykstra, music composer Jerry Goldsmith, and actor Stephen Collins. Rating: 8.5

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

21. 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

22. All the President's Men -- Commentary track: Actor Robert Redford. Rating: 8.5

23. The Fisher King (Laserdisc) -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.5

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

25. The Graduate (Laserdisc) -- Commentary track: Film historian Howard Suber. Rating: 8.4

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

27. The Thing -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.4

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

29. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- Commentary track: Director Shane Black, and actors Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr.. Rating: 8.4

30. Mallrats -- Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, actors Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Jason Mewes, and producers Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira. Rating: 8.4

31. The Wolf Man -- Commentary track: Film historian Tom Weaver. Rating: 8.4

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

33. Alien -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.4

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

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

36. Ikiru -- Commentary track: Akira Kurosawa film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.4

37. The French Connection -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.4

38. Nixon -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.4

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

40. 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

41. The Godfather: Part II -- Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.4

42. El Mariachi -- Commentary track: Director Robert Rodriguez. Rating: 8.4

43. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- Commentary track: Director/screenwriter Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.4

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

45. Used Cars -- Commentary track: Director/writer Robert Zemeckis, producer/writer Bob Gale, and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.4

46. Evil Dead -- Commentary track: Actor Bruce Campbell. Rating: 8.4

47. A History of Violence -- Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg. Rating: 8.4

48. 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: 8.4

49. Firefly: The Complete Series -- Commentary track: "Objects in Space" -- Director/writer/executive producer Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.4

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

51. JFK -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.3

52. Monty Python's Life of Brian -- Commentary track: Director Terry Jones, and actors Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle. Rating: 8.3

53. UHF -- Commentary track: Director Jay Levy, actor/co-writer "Weird Al" Yankovic, and actors Michael Richards, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. Rating: 8.3

54. Tideland -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.3

55. 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: 8.3

56. 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

57. Sideways -- Commentary track: Actors Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. Rating: 8.3

58. Army of Darkness -- Commentary track: Director Sam Raimi, actor Bruce Campbell, and co-writer Ivan Raimi. Rating: 8.3

59. This Is Spinal Tap (MGM) -- Commentary track: Spinal Tap: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Rating: 8.3

60. Brother Bear -- Commentary track: Actors Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis (in character as Rutt and Tuke, respectively). Rating: 8.3

61. Robocop (Criterion) -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven, co-writer Edward Neumeier, executive producer Jon Davison, and RoboCop expert Paul M. Sammon. Rating: 8.3

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

63. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (Extreme Edition) -- Commentary track: Director James Cameron and co-writer William Wisher. Rating: 8.3

64. Silence of the Lambs -- Commentary track: Director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent John Douglas. Rating: 8.3

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

66. Seven Samurai -- Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 8.3

67. Raging Bull -- Commentary track: Director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Rating: 8.3

68. American Splendor -- Commentary track: Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, actor Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Toby Radloff. Rating: 8.3

69. To Live and Die in L.A. -- Commentary track: Director William Friedkin. Rating: 8.3

70. Legend -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.3

71. The Great Escape -- Commentary track: Director John Sturges, cast, and crew. Rating: 8.3

72. Angel: Season Four -- Commentary track: "Spin the Bottle" -- Executive producer/writer/director Joss Whedon and actor Alexis Denisof. Rating: 8.3

73. Planet Terror -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Robert Rodriguez. Rating: 8.3

74. Throne of Blood -- Commentary track: Japanese film expert Michael Jeck. Rating: 8.2

75. Vanishing Point -- Commentary track: Director Richard Sarafian. Rating: 8.2

76. Dawn of the Dead -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director George A. Romero, make-up effects creator Tom Savini, assistant director Chris Romero, and moderater Perry Martin (on theatrical version). Rating: 8.2

77. The 40-Year-Old Virgin -- Commentary track: Writer/director Judd Apatow and actors Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, Gerry Bednob, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch, Romany Malco, and Shelley Malil.. Rating: 8.2

78. From Dusk Till Dawn -- Commentary track: Director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino. Rating: 8.2

79. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete First Season -- Commentary track: "Welcome to the Hellmouth" -- Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.2

80. Moonstruck -- Commentary track: Actor Cher, director Norman Jewison, and writer John Patrick Shanley. Rating: 8.2

81. Thief -- Commentary track: Director Michael Mann and actor James Caan. Rating: 8.2

82. The Frighteners -- Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson. Rating: 8.2

83. Day of the Dead -- Commentary track: Filmmaker Roger Avary. Rating: 8.2

84. Alexander (Theatrical Cut) -- Commentary track: Director/co-screenwriter Oliver Stone and historian Robin Lane Fox. Rating: 8.2

85. Big Trouble in Little China -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.2

86. 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: 8.2

87. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season -- Commentary track: "Restless" -- Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.2

88. Vanilla Sky -- Commentary track: Director/producer/screenwriter Cameron Crowe and composer Nancy Wilson and a short conversation with actor Tom Cruise. Rating: 8.2

89. Starship Troopers -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven, and actors Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and Neil Patrick Harris. Rating: 8.2

90. Final Destination 2 -- Commentary track: Director David Ellis, producer Craig Perry, and screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. Rating: 8.2

91. Ed Wood -- Commentary track: Director Tim Burton, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, actor Martin Landau, director of photography Stefan Czapsky, and costumer designer Colleen Atwood. Rating: 8.2

92. Walking Tall -- Commentary track: Actor The Rock. Rating: 8.2

93. Blade: Trinity -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director David Goyer, and actors Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel. Rating: 8.2

94. Zardoz -- Commentary track: Director John Boorman. Rating: 8.1

95. Star Trek: Generations -- Commentary track: Writers Brannon Braga and Ronald B. Moore. Rating: 8.1

96. Point Blank -- Commentary track: Director John Boorman and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Rating: 8.1

97. Cabin Fever -- Commentary track: Writer/director Eli Roth. Rating: 8.1

98. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete First Season -- Commentary track: "The Harvest" -- Writer/director Joss Whedon. Rating: 8.1

99. Taxi Driver (Laserdisc) -- Commentary track: Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader. Rating: 8.1

100. The Rules of the Game -- Commentary track: Commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. Rating: 8.1