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A very special series of films screened on a repertory basis, the Essential Cinema Repertory collection consists of programs of shorts and hundreds of features assembled in 1970-75 by Anthology’s Film Selection Committee – James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, P. Adams Sitney, and Jonas Mekas. It was an ambitious attempt to define the art of cinema. The project was never completed but even in its unfinished state the series provides an uncompromising critical overview of cinema’s history. The titles are still being screened under the brand of "Essential Cinema". Now and then additional titles are added to the collection.

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  1. 210 +2

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 154 +1

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 235 +1

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 332 -3

    Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau

    1896, in 1 top list Check
  5. 225 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 155 -10

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 443 -6

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 215 +1

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 140 -1

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 10 -

    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 159 +1

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 463 -8

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 191 -2

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 192 -6

    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 190 +2

    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 158 -1

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 448 -6

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  18. 457 -7

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 189 +2

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 139 -1

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 462 -5

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 224 +2

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 188 +2

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 527 -6

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 472 -6

    Number 1

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  26. 8 -3

    Invocation of My Demon Brother

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 287 +43

    Alger: rue Bab-Azoun

    1896, in 1 top list Check
  28. 277 +106

    Barque sortant du port

    1895 — a.k.a. La sortie du port, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 195 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 18 -1

    Allures

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 2 +1

    Fireworks

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 248 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  33. 440 -6

    Go! Go! Go!

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  34. 529 -7

    Blow Job

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 133 +2

    This Is It

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 161 -

    A Movie

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 16 -

    Valentin de las Sierras

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 402 -5

    Trade Tattoo

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 39 +54

    Thigh Line Lyre Triangular

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  40. 13 -2

    All My Life

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 5 -3

    Eaux d'artifice

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 3 +4

    Puce Moment

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  43. 4 +4

    Rabbit's Moon

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 283 +39

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 281 +40

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 7 +2

    Scorpio Rising

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 14 -2

    Castro Street

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 118 -

    Fuji

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 108 +5

    Jamestown Baloos

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 110 -3

    Blazes

    1961, in 2 top lists Check
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