GIVEN THAT WE HAVE ONLY A HANDFUL OF DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE MILLENIUM WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ARE THE BEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL  FILMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE, HERE ARE A LIST OF MOVIES WE THINK ARE CONTENDERS FOR THE PRIZE. BEING THE GENEROUS LOT WE ARE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO VOTE FOR THE  FILM THAT RECIEVES THE MOST    NOMINATIONS WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES PUT INTO A DRAW AND WE WILL CHOOSE ONE LUCKY WINNER WHO WILL RECIEVE ONE COPY OF THAT FILM. (TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION   SIMPLY SEND YOUR CHOICE OF BEST FILM TO THE MOVIE MADNESS E-MAIL ADDRESS WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. THE DRAW WILL BE MADE AT 3 PM (UK TIME) ON 31ST DECEMBER 1999 AND OUR DECISION WILL BE FINAL. THE ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL BE NOTFIED BY E-MAIL.)

HERE ARE OUR 25 NOMINATIONS, IN NO ORDER OF PREFERNCE, FOR THE BEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL FILMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

1.   2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (Stanley Kubrick 1968)

2.   GODFATHER 2 (Francis Ford Coppola 1974)

3.   NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Alfred Hitchcock 1959)

4.   ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE (Frank Capra 1946)

5.   THE GRADUATE (Mike Nichols 1967)

6.   BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei Eisenstein 1925)

7.   STAGECOACH (John Ford 1939)

8.   BLADERUNNER (Ridley Scott 1982)

9.   THE BIRTH OF A NATION (D.W. Griffith 1915)

10. CITIZEN KANE (Orson Wells 1941)

11. STAR WARS (George Lucas 1977)

12. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO`S NEST (Milos Forman 1975)

13. APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola 1979)

14. TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorcese 1976)

15. ANNIE HALL (Woodie Allen 1977)

16. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Johnathon Demme 1990)

17. ON THE WATERFRONT (Elia Kazan 1954)

18. MODERN TIMES (Charlie Chaplin 1936)

19. BADLANDS (Terrence Malik 1973)

20. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (David Lean 1962)

21. TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet 1957)

22. FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale 1931)

23. CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz 1942)

24. GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming 1939)

25. CHINATOWN (Roman Polanski 1974)