100 Classics for New Cinephiles
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So you want to be considered a cinephile, huh? These films are the absolute essentials that you must have seen before you can start acting like a film snob.
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
40 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
58 new
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
88 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
68 new
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
25 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
37 new
Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
51 new
King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
62 new
A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
59 new
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
85 new
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
4 new
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
43 new
Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
100 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
70 new
The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
71 new
Pinocchio
1940, in 15 top lists Check -
24 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
54 new
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
21 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
32 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
57 new
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944, in 16 top lists Check -
18 new
Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
13 new
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
49 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
52 new
Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
77 new
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
95 new
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
92 new
The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
89 new
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
29 new
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
47 new
High Noon
1952, in 18 top lists Check -
84 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
66 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
76 new
Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
83 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
63 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
80 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
2 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
17 new
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
30 new
Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
97 new
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
12 new
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
65 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
8 new
The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
72 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
53 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
93 new
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
1 new
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
33 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
60 new
My Fair Lady
1964, in 18 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 5, 2014;