1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

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The 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list is actually a film reference book compiled by various critics worldwide and edited by Steven Jay Schneider. The list spans movies from as early as 1902 up to recent releases.

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  1. 799 -

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 872 -

    Riget

    1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 873 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 16 -

    La roue

    1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 33 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 830 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 121 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 827 -

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 598 -

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 713 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 379 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  12. 304 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 563 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 337 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 271 +1

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 439 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 583 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  18. 594 -

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 299 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 428 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 359 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 4 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 676 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 854 -1

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 915 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 580 -

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 706 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 685 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 886 -

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 176 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 829 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 682 -

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 855 -1

    Short Cuts

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 394 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  35. 635 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 587 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 638 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 433 -

    Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie

    1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 813 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 972 -

    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 357 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 882 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 550 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  44. 588 -

    Deewaar

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 349 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 403 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 316 -

    Mother India

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 510 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 436 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 848 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check