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. 6 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  2. 8 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 34 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 41 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 49 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 51 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 58 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  9. 67 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 82 -

    Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand

    2004 — a.k.a. Turtles Can Fly, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 85 -

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 119 -

    Biruma no tategoto

    1956 — a.k.a. The Burmese Harp, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 126 -

    Huo zhe

    1994 — a.k.a. To Live, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 149 -

    Voskhozhdenie

    1977 — a.k.a. The Ascent, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 161 -

    The Pianist

    2002, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 183 -

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 210 -

    Ningen no jôken

    1959 — a.k.a. The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 239 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 244 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 245 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 260 -

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 261 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 274 -

    Trzecia czesc nocy

    1971 — a.k.a. The Third Part of the Night, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 293 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 297 -

    Johnny Got His Gun

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 298 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 299 -

    Ivanovo detstvo

    1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 311 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 314 -

    Incendies

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 323 -

    Ballada o soldate

    1959 — a.k.a. Ballad of a Soldier, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 326 -

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 341 -

    Zamani barayé masti asbha

    2000 — a.k.a. A Time for Drunken Horses, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 361 -

    Le silence de la mer

    1949 — a.k.a. Le Silence de la Mer, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 392 -

    Nobi

    1959 — a.k.a. Fires on the Plain, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 401 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 409 -

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 416 -

    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 463 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 467 -

    Äideistä parhain

    2005 — a.k.a. Mother of Mine, in 1 top list Check
  40. 487 new

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 488 new

    Le chagrin et la pitié

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