Current top 100 commentary tracks

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1. Paper Moon -- Commentary track: Director/producer Peter Bogdanovich. Rating: 9.6

2. Starman -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Jeff Bridges. Rating: 9.6

3. Hoop Dreams -- Commentary track: Arthur Agee and William Gates. Rating: 9.5

4. Stir of Echoes -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director David Koepp. Rating: 9.3

5. They Live -- Commentary track: Roddy Piper and John Carpenter. Rating: 9.3

6. The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult -- Commentary track: director Peter Segal, producers David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss, and assistant director Michael Ewing. Rating: 9.2

7. Drugstore Cowboy -- Commentary track: Director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Dillon. Rating: 9.2

8. The Killer (Hong Kong Legends) -- Commentary track: Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan.. Rating: 9.2

9. Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series -- Commentary track: "The Little Things" - Judd Apatow, Jon Kasdan, Seth Rogen, Mike White. Rating: 9.2

10. Alone in the Dark -- Commentary track: Director Uwe Boll. Rating: 9.2

11. The Double Life of Veronique -- Commentary track: Film scholar Annette Insdorf. Rating: 9.2

12. Caligula -- Commentary track: Actor Malcolm McDowell. Rating: 9.2

13. Network -- Commentary track: Director Sidney Lumet. Rating: 9.2

14. Born on the Fourth of July -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 9.0

15. Soldier of Orange -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven. Rating: 9.0

16. Bride Of Chucky -- Commentary track: Writer Don Mancini and actors Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly. Rating: 9.0

17. The Incredible Hulk: How the Legend Began -- Commentary track: "The Incredible Hulk" -- Writer/director/executive producer Kenneth Johnson. Rating: 9.0

18. Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except -- Commentary track: Screenwriter Bruce Campbell and writer/director Josh Becker. Rating: 9.0

19. California Split -- Commentary track: Director Robert Altman, screenwriter Joseph Walsh, and actors Elliott Gould and George Segal . Rating: 9.0

20. Idle Hands -- Commentary track: Director Rodman Flender and actors Seth Green and Elden Henson. Rating: 9.0

21. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia -- Commentary track: Sam Peckinpah scholars Paul Seydor Garner Simmons and David Weddle, with moderator Nick Redman. Rating: 9.0

22. A Fistful of Dollars -- Commentary track: Sergio Leone expert Sir Christopher Frayling. Rating: 9.0

23. Michael Clayton -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Tony Gilroy and editor John Gilroy. Rating: 9.0

24. Full Metal Jacket -- Commentary track: Actors Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks. Rating: 8.9

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

26. 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: 8.9

27. Sense and Sensibilty -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/actor Emma Thompson and producer Lindsay Doran. Rating: 8.9

28. Nixon -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.9

29. Little Miss Sunshine -- Commentary track: Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and screenwriter Michael Arndt. Rating: 8.9

30. Black Narcissus -- Commentary track: Director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Rating: 8.8

31. Year of the Dragon -- Commentary track: Co-screenwriter/director Michael Cimino. Rating: 8.8

32. Escape From New York -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.8

33. The Invisible Man -- Commentary track: Film historian Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.8

34. The Shining -- Commentary track: Authors Garrett Brown and John Baxter. Rating: 8.8

35. House of Games -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay. Rating: 8.8

36. The Hours -- Commentary track: Director Stephen Daldry, and Michael Cunningham (writer of source novel, "The Hours"). Rating: 8.8

37. Road to Perdition -- Commentary track: Director Sam Mendes. Rating: 8.8

38. Knightriders -- Commentary track: Director George Romero, and actors Tom Savini, John Amplas, Christine Romero, and others. Rating: 8.8

39. Insomnia -- Commentary track: Director Christopher Nolan (in order of shooting sequence). Rating: 8.8

40. The Tales of Hoffmann -- Commentary track: Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and film historian Bruce Eder. Rating: 8.8

41. The Old Dark House -- Commentary track: James Whale biographer James Curtis. Rating: 8.8

42. Angels with Dirty Faces -- Commentary track: Film historian Dana Polan. Rating: 8.8

43. Cat People -- Commentary track: Film historian Greg Mank and actor Simone Simon. Rating: 8.8

44. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room -- Commentary track: Director Alex Gibney. Rating: 8.8

45. Crumb -- Commentary track: Director Terry Zwigoff and film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.8

46. Hard Candy -- Commentary track: Actors Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page.. Rating: 8.8

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

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

49. Yojimbo -- Commentary track: Film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince . Rating: 8.7

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

51. American Splendor -- Commentary track: Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, actor Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and Toby Radloff. Rating: 8.7

52. Thief -- Commentary track: Director Michael Mann and actor James Caan. Rating: 8.7

53. 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

54. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Director David Fincher. Rating: 8.7

55. Slacker -- Commentary track: Director Richard Linklater, and cast and crew members. Rating: 8.7

56. Brazil -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam (on disc 1, the director's cut of the film). Rating: 8.7

57. Monsters, Inc. -- Commentary track: Director Pete Doctor, co-director Lee Unkrich, and executive producers John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Rating: 8.7

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

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

60. It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Richard Linklater. Rating: 8.7

61. Rebel Without A Cause -- Commentary track: Douglas L. Rathgeb, author of "The Making of Rebel Without A Cause". Rating: 8.7

62. 12 Monkeys -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 8.7

63. Alien -- Commentary track: Director Ridley Scott. Rating: 8.7

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

65. Frankenstein -- Commentary track: Film historian Rudy Behlmer. Rating: 8.6

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

67. Zodiac -- Commentary track: Actors Jake Gyllenhall and Robert Downey Jr, producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and writer James Ellroy. Rating: 8.6

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

69. 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

70. 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

71. Citizen Kane -- Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.6

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

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

74. King of New York -- Commentary track: Director Abel Ferrara. Rating: 8.6

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

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

77. Hoop Dreams -- Commentary track: Director Steve James and filmmakers Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx. Rating: 8.6

78. The Man Who Fell to Earth -- Commentary track: Director Nicolas Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry.. Rating: 8.6

79. Cabin Fever -- Commentary track: Writer/director Eli Roth. Rating: 8.6

80. Mommie Dearest -- Commentary track: Filmmaker (and fan) John Waters. Rating: 8.6

81. Half Nelson -- Commentary track: Director/co-screenwriter Ryan Fleck and co-screenwriter/producer Anna Boden. Rating: 8.6

82. The Graduate -- Commentary track: Director Mike Nichols and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Rating: 8.6

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

84. Titanic -- Commentary track: Director James Cameron. Rating: 8.6

85. UHF -- Commentary track: Director Jay Levy, actor/co-writer "Weird Al" Yankovic, and actors Michael Richards, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. Rating: 8.6

86. JFK -- Commentary track: Director Oliver Stone. Rating: 8.6

87. Tideland -- Commentary track: Screenwriter/director Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.6

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

89. 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

90. The Godfather -- Commentary track: Director Francis Ford Coppola. Rating: 8.5

91. 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

92. 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

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

94. The Limey -- Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs. Rating: 8.5

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

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

97. The Mission -- Commentary track: Director Roland Joffe. Rating: 8.5

98. Election -- Commentary track: Director Alexander Payne. Rating: 8.5

99. Pink Flamingos -- Commentary track: Writer/director John Waters. Rating: 8.5

100. Starship Troopers -- Commentary track: Director Paul Verhoeven, and actors Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and Neil Patrick Harris. Rating: 8.5