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. 854 -1

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 121 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 439 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 24 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 39 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 587 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 5 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 33 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 710 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 969 -

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 605 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 4 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 882 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 167 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 538 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 394 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 731 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 302 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 499 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 604 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 685 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 325 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 670 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 403 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 950 -

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 416 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 829 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 635 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 706 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 516 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 171 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 528 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 716 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 34 -

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  35. 270 +1

    Senso

    1954, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 425 -

    Tini zabutykh predkiv

    1965 — a.k.a. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 494 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 598 -

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 491 -

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 505 -

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 507 -

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 464 -

    Marketa Lazarová

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 568 -

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 676 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 942 -

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 771 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 40 -

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 78 -

    She Done Him Wrong

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 10 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 751 -

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
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