About Allan Fish's 2016 Master Compendium
Allan Fish (1973–2016) was an eminent British cinema critic and historian. In 2016, he completed his legendary compendium of the 5000 Greatest Cinematic Works spanning silent classics, European art cinema, Japanese golden age, film noir, Hollywood classics, documentaries, and avant-garde shorts.
The archive contains 5,000 cataloged titles (in the original list, parts of a title were listed separately or grouped as a single film).
Core Features
- Instant search across 5,000 works by English title, original foreign title, or director.
- IMDb rating scores, runtimes, release years, and genre filters.
- Three viewing layouts: Criterion-style Posters Grid, Detailed Synopsis Cards, and Data Spreadsheet.
- Local-First privacy with zero tracking or server-side telemetry.
- UTF-8 CSV export with Excel-compatible BOM formatting.