Guide for the Film Fanatic

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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
A list of Peary’s “Additional Must See” titles (not reviewed in the book) is available here: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/guide+for+the+film+fanatic+addendum/red.hexapus/

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  1. 1519 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 293 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 163 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 463 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 947 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 469 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 1357 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 454 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 580 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  10. 1252 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 593 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 286 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  13. 1291 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 737 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 1195 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 1226 -

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 58 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 1605 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  19. 62 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 706 -

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    1984, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 1222 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 1337 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 461 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 413 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 153 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 433 -

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 1426 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 200 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 202 -

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 282 -

    A Christmas Story

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 1435 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  32. 201 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 83 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 726 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  35. 254 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  36. 869 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 1123 -

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 581 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  39. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 1169 -

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 598 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 1225 -

    Rocky IV

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 294 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 480 -

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 1168 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 15 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 567 -

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 378 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 950 -

    Moonraker

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 595 -

    The Goonies

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
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