1000 Best Movies of the 20th Century

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A compilation of 19 lists of best movies from worldwide renowned movie magazines and movie critics. Methodology (french) http://bit.ly/frEXXn

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  1. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 6 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 13 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 14 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 18 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 24 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 25 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 26 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 27 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 28 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 30 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 32 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 33 -

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 35 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 36 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 37 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 38 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  30. 39 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  31. 40 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
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    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
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    Le mépris

    1963 — a.k.a. Contempt, in 17 top lists Check
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    Sanshô dayû

    1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  36. 49 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  39. 54 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 55 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
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    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
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    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 61 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 62 -

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 63 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
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