500 existential films

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A mubi list containing films with existential themes. Credit goes to mubi user pvt joker (http://mubi.com/users/4743285).

Fanny och Alexander is the theatrical version.
Scener ur ett äktenskap is the television version.

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  1. 31 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
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    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    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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    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
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    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
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    Taki no shiraito

    1933 — a.k.a. Cascading White Threads, in 1 top list Check
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    Shen nu

    1934, in 10 top lists Check
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    Hitori musuko

    1936 — a.k.a. The Only Son, in 6 top lists Check
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    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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    Naniwa erejî

    1936 — a.k.a. Osaka Elegy, in 4 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    Ninjô kami fûsen

    1937 — a.k.a. Humanity and Paper Balloons, in 4 top lists Check
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    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
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    La règle du jeu

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

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 268 -

    Chichi ariki

    1942 — a.k.a. There Was a Father, in 3 top lists Check
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    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Ox-Bow Incident

    1943, in 14 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
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    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Sciuscià

    1946 — a.k.a. Shoeshine, in 10 top lists Check
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    Anjô-ke no butôkai

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
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    Germania anno zero

    1948 — a.k.a. Germany Year Zero, in 11 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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    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
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    Le silence de la mer

    1949 — a.k.a. Le Silence de la Mer, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Bakushû

    1951 — a.k.a. Early Summer, in 9 top lists Check
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    Hard, Fast and Beautiful

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check
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    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
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    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
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    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
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