TOP 100 HENRY MANCINI FILMS: The Complete List

 

*

Here it is: the complete list of Top 100 Henry Mancini Films in both text and video!

Beginning in early February, we shared the list incrementally in weekly posts featuring 10 films per post. We started at Film #100 and worked to the top #1 Mancini film in "David Letterman" style. We did this over ten weeks and leading up to this post that's just in time for April 16, 2024 - in honor of what would have been the 100th birthday of Henry Mancini.

This is the first time we're posting the complete list from #1 to #100. Links to the original "10x10" posts are included below. We encourage you to use the links to see trailers and fun facts about the films. Enjoy!

1. Victor/Victoria (1982)

2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

3. The Pink Panther (1963)

4. Charade (1963)

5. Touch of Evil (1958)

6. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

7. The Party (1968)

8. That’s Entertainment! (1974)

9. Wait Until Dark (1967)

10. Imitation of Life (1959)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #1-10 films

11. A Shot in the Dark (1964)

12. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

13. Two for the Road (1967)

14. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

15. Experiment in Terror (1962)

16. To Hell and Back (1955)

17. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)

18. The Far Country (1954)

19. The Great Race (1965)

20. All I Desire (1953)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #11-20 films

21. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

22. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

23. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

24. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

25. Silver Streak (1976)

26. Hatari! (1962)

27. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

28. The Molly Maguires (1970)

29. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

30. The Glass Menagerie (1987)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #21-30 films

31. The Killers (1964)

32. Arabesque (1966)

33. Tarantula (1955)

34. "10" (1979)

35. S.O.B. (1981)

36. It Came from Outer Space (1953)

37. Without a Clue (1988)

38. Man’s Favorite Sport? (1964)

39. Mommie Dearest (1981)

40. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #31-40 films

41. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

42. Dear Heart (1964)

43. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

44. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)

45. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

46. Darling Lili (1970)

47. Visions of Eight (1973)

48. That’s Life! (1986)

49. Lifeforce (1985)

50. Sunflower (1970)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #41-50 films

51. Skin Deep (1989)

52. The White Dawn (1974)

53. Condorman (1981)

54. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

55. Me, Natalie (1969)

56. House Calls (1978)

57. Soldier in the Rain (1963)

58. Switch (1991)

59. Saskatchewan (1954)

60. That’s Dancing! (1985)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #51-60 films

61. Blind Date (1987)

62. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

63. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)

64. The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

65. Married to It (1991)

66. Back Roads (1981)

67. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

68. A Change of Seasons (1980)

69. The Man Who Loved Women (1983)

70. Harry and Son (1984)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #61-70 films

71. A Fine Mess (1986)

72. The Night Visitor (1971)

73. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)

74. Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

75. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

76. Welcome Home (1989)

77. Nightwing (1979)

78. Peter Gunn (1989)

79. The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

80. Sunset (1988)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #71-80 films

81. The Hawaiians (1970)

82. Meet Danny Wilson (1952)

83. Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

84. Fear (1990)

85. Little Miss Marker (1980)

86. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

87. Gaily, Gaily (1969)

88. Destry (1954)

89. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

90. The Great Impostor (1960)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #81-90 films

91. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)

92. Oklahoma Crude (1973)

93. The Monolith Monsters (1957)

94. Surround Fantastique (1990)

95. The Private War of Major Benson (1955)

96. Revenge of the Creature (1955)

97. Lost in Alaska (1952)

98. Seminole (1953)

99. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

100. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)

Digging Star Wars blog entry on #91-100 films

* Thanks to David P. Ramos for that impressive sketch of Hank hard at work, Scott Derby for the iconic Digging Star Wars logo, and Josh Taback for the much-needed art direction of the overall Top 100 “square art” layout.