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. 127 -

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 1292 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 988 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 1017 -

    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 1336 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 410 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 593 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 1053 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 1430 -

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 640 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 125 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 725 -

    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 1274 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 581 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  15. 1365 -

    Bolwieser

    1977 — a.k.a. The Stationmaster's Wife, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 568 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 1340 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  18. 153 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 1187 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 259 -

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 1205 -

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 555 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 270 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 806 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 1498 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 1439 -

    Tess

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 1612 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 378 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 597 -

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 594 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
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    O Lucky Man!

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 580 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  33. 415 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 1337 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 129 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 973 -

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 1252 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 261 -

    César

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 1325 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 1054 -

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 1065 -

    The Other Side of Midnight

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 1087 -

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 714 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 753 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 1172 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 211 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  47. 1067 -

    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 35 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 861 -

    Lucía

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 989 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
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