Current top 100 commentary tracks

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1. Ran -- Commentary track: Film historian Stephen Prince. Rating: 9.0

2. Dog Day Afternoon -- Commentary track: Director Sidney Lumet. Rating: 9.0

3. A Clockwork Orange -- Commentary track: Actor Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman. Rating: 9.0

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

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

8. First Blood -- Commentary track: Screenwriter David Morrell. Rating: 8.7

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

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

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

12. 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

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

14. 12 Monkeys -- Commentary track: Director Terry Gilliam and producer Chuck Roven. Rating: 8.6

15. 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: 8.6

16. Sanjuro -- Commentary track: Film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince. Rating: 8.6

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

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

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

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

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

22. 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

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

24. The Thing -- Commentary track: Director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell. Rating: 8.6

25. 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

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

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

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

29. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- Commentary track: Director/screenwriter Terry Gilliam. Rating: 8.5

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

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

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

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

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

35. The Perfect Storm -- Commentary track: Sebastian Junger, writer of source novel "The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea". Rating: 8.5

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

37. A History of Violence -- Commentary track: Director David Cronenberg. Rating: 8.5

38. Full Metal Jacket -- Commentary track: Actors Adam Baldwin, Vincent D’Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey and Jay Cocks. Rating: 8.5

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

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

41. This Is Spinal Tap (MGM) -- Commentary track: Spinal Tap: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest). Rating: 8.5

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

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

44. 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

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

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

47. 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

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

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

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

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

52. Silence of the Lambs -- Commentary track: Director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent John Douglas. Rating: 8.4

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

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

55. 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: 8.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

62. 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

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

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

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

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

67. UHF -- Commentary track: Director Jay Levy, actor/co-writer "Weird Al" Yankovic, and actors Michael Richards, Emo Phillips, and Victoria Jackson. Rating: 8.4

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

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

70. Casablanca -- Commentary track: Film critic Roger Ebert. Rating: 8.3

71. 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

72. The Mission -- Commentary track: Director Roland Joffe. Rating: 8.3

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

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

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

76. Titanic -- Commentary track: Director James Cameron. Rating: 8.3

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

78. King Kong -- Commentary track: Director Peter Jackson and producer Philippa Boyens . Rating: 8.3

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

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

81. Knocked Up -- Commentary track: Director Judd Apatow, actors Seth Rogen and Bill Hader.. Rating: 8.3

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

83. Out of Sight -- Commentary track: Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Frank. Rating: 8.3

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

85. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- Commentary track: Director Nicholas Meyer. Rating: 8.2

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

87. 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: 8.2

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

89. 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

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

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

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

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

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

95. The Island -- Commentary track: Director Michael Bay. Rating: 8.2

96. 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: 8.2

97. Pan's Labyrinth -- Commentary track: Director Guillermo del Toro. Rating: 8.2

98. Finding Nemo -- Commentary track: Co-directors Lee Unkrich and Andrew Stanton, and co-writer Bob Petersen. Rating: 8.2

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

100. Monsters, Inc. -- Commentary track: Director Pete Doctor, co-director Lee Unkrich, and executive producers John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Rating: 8.2