Current top 100 commentary tracks

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1. Ran -- Commentary track: Film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 9.2

2. First Blood -- Commentary track: Screenwriter David Morrell. Rating: 9.0

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

4. Godzilla -- Commentary track: Steve Ryfle, author of "Japan's Favorite Mon-star" and Ed Godziszewski, editor and publisher of "Japanese Giants" magazine. Rating: 8.9

5. This Is Spinal Tap (Criterion) -- Commentary track: Writers/actors Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer. Rating: 8.8

6. Dog Day Afternoon -- Commentary track: Director Sidney Lumet. Rating: 8.8

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

8. Blade Runner -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.7

9. Hot Fuzz -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Edgar Wright and screenwriter/actor Simon Pegg. Rating: 8.7

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

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

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

14. 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

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

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

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

18. 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: 8.6

19. All the President's Men -- Commentary track: Actor Robert Redford. Rating: 8.6

20. 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: 8.6

21. Ikiru -- Commentary track: Akira Kurosawa film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.5

22. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Director David Fincher. Rating: 8.5

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

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

25. 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: 8.5

26. Halloween -- Commentary track: Writer/Director John Carpenter, actor Jamie Lee Curtis and writer/producer Debra Hill. Rating: 8.5

27. 12 Monkeys -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 8.5

28. Evil Dead -- Commentary track: Actor Bruce Campbell. Rating: 8.5

29. The Thing -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.5

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

31. 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

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

33. 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

34. His Girl Friday -- Commentary track: Film critic and author Todd McCarthy. Rating: 8.5

35. I Walked with a Zombie -- Commentary track: Film critics Kim Newman and Steven Jones. Rating: 8.5

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

37. The Mist -- Commentary track: Director Frank Darabont and production assitant Debbie. Rating: 8.5

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

39. Shaun of the Dead -- Commentary track: Co-screenwriter/actor Simon Pegg and co-screenwriter/director Edgar Wright. Rating: 8.5

40. Mallrats -- Commentary track: Director Kevin Smith, actors Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, and Jason Mewes, and producers Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira. Rating: 8.5

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

42. 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: 8.4

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

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

45. This Is Spinal Tap (MGM) -- Commentary track: Spinal Tap: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Rating: 8.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

52. Boogie Nights -- Commentary track: Director Paul Thomas Anderson. Rating: 8.4

53. JFK -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.4

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

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

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

57. Deliverance -- Commentary track: Director John Boorman. Rating: 8.4

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

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

60. 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

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

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

63. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Actors Jake Gyllenhall and Robert Downey Jr, producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and writer James Ellroy. Rating: 8.4

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

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

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

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

68. 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

69. The Limey -- Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs. Rating: 8.3

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

71. The Haunting -- Commentary track: Director Robert Wise, screenwriter Nelson Gidding, and actors Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn. Rating: 8.3

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

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

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

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

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

77. 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: 8.3

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

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

80. 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: 8.3

81. 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

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

83. American Splendor -- Commentary track: Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, actor Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Toby Radloff. Rating: 8.2

84. Legend -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.2

85. Angel: Season Four -- Commentary track: "Spin the Bottle" -- Executive producer/writer/director Joss Whedon and actor Alexis Denisof. Rating: 8.2

86. Frankenstein -- Commentary track: Film historian Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.2

87. Full Metal Jacket -- Commentary track: Actors Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks. Rating: 8.2

88. Juno -- Commentary track: Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. Rating: 8.2

89. Fight Club -- Commentary track: Director David Fincher and actors Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham-Carter . Rating: 8.2

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

91. Road House -- Commentary track: Filmmakers and "Road House" aficionados Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. Rating: 8.2

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

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

94. Boyz N the Hood -- Commentary track: Director John Singleton. Rating: 8.2

95. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Commentary track: Director Milos Forman, and producers Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz. Rating: 8.2

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

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

98. The Perfect Storm -- Commentary track: Sebastian Junger, writer of source novel "The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea". Rating: 8.2

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

100. First Blood -- Commentary track: Actor Sylvester Stallone. Rating: 8.2