For sonunda:
Thank you.
You asked : “Based on what? Is this in your opinion?”
There are a lot of Film Critics and experts in the world.
Have you read some of these persons?
I have read some of them and their analysis on cinema art.
So really your opinion of these films (some or all) is based on what you have read - not on actually what you have seen? I almost always read a critic´s opinion of a film before I watch it and - like Sonunda - sometimes I agree with it, sometimes I don´t.
Do you know these movie stars?
Yes, of course I have heard of all the movie stars you list
Have you seen their films?
Yes, and many more than you have, I´m certain
They are really movie stars.
Yes - they are all movie stars but I wouldn´t say you´ve picked the best (in my opinion)
I have seen some movies from Rudolph Valentino, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Audrey Hepburn, Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica, Brigitte Bardot, Deborah Kerr, Charlie Chaplin,
Robert Taylor, Sarah Miles, Stewart Granger, Katherine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Simone signoret, Catherine Deneuve, Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Jeane Moreau, Jean Gabin, Natalie Wood, James Dean, Tippi Hedren, Laurence Harvey, Richard Burton, Grace Kelly, William Holden,Jennifer Jones, Elisabeth Taylor (liz), etc to Julianne Moore, Jane Seymour, Demi Moore, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jodie Foster, Cate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Meryl Streep…
Movie is a hard art …I think the money they earn probably softens the blow.
And yes, this is my opinion.
So call your list ´The 522 Best Movies in my opinion´ (and why ´522´?? what´s wrong with Top 500?)