Filmsite.org

Filmsite.org is a film-review website established in 1996 by film critic Tim Dirks,[1] and owned since 2008 by AMC Networks.[2]

Filmsite.org
Type of site
Film criticism
Available inEnglish
OwnerAMC Networks
Created byTim Dirks
URLwww.filmsite.org
Launched1996 (1996)

The site contains over 300 reviews of English language films for which Dirks argues "there is reasonable consensus by most film historians, critics and reviewers" regarding their status as revered movies. Criteria for Dirks' selections include a film's technical innovations, recognition from award shows, accessibility to audiences, and influence on its genre. Although the "Greatest Films" lists do not include foreign language films and therefore exclude various widely acclaimed movies, Dirks makes clear that they are intended to be geared toward classical Hollywood cinema, and briefly discusses foreign films in many other areas of the site.

In many cases, a review goes through a film scene-by-scene. The site also contains many other lists, and pages offering an introduction to cinema literacy. Filmsite.org is free with limited advertising and no "premium" (fee-based) service. Other features include a section for "Greatest Films of the Year" and summaries of the Academy Awards.

Longtime proponent for the site, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert, described it as "an invaluable repository of movie descriptions and dialogue" and an "awesome website [that] contains detailed descriptions of 300 great American films, along with many other riches."[3]

Filmsite.org considered the Top 100 resulting from the Top 250 Films survey of the Internet Movie Database, "tabulated in mid-2010s decade", and marked the common items with its "100 Greatest Films" as a comparative measure.[4]

References
  1. "Tim Dirks". Rotten Tomatoes.
  2. Dirks, Tim. "The Greatest 100 Movies of All Time". AMC.
  3. Ebert, Roger. "References to Filmsite". Filmsite.org. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  4. "Top 100 Films by the Internet Movie DataBase (IMDb)". filmsite.org. Archived from the original on Oct 4, 1999. Retrieved Oct 20, 2018. The films are provided as a comparative measure with the Greatest Films Lists on this site.


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