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. 4 -

    Abuse

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 27 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 35 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 59 -

    Annie Oakley

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    Arruza

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 110 -

    Beau James

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 128 -

    Best Boy

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 222 -

    The Buddy Holly Story

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 230 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 280 -

    Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

    1981 — a.k.a. Christiane F., in 1 top list Check
  11. 283 -

    Ciao Manhattan

    1972 — a.k.a. Edie in Ciao! Manhattan, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 290 -

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 297 -

    Coal Miner's Daughter

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 382 -

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 448 -

    Elvira Madigan

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 460 -

    The Entity

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  17. 489 -

    Fear Strikes Out

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  18. 503 -

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 555 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 565 -

    Gentleman Jim

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 596 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 635 -

    Heart Like a Wheel

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 730 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 731 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 803 -

    The Left Handed Gun

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  26. 804 -

    Lenny

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 833 -

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 919 -

    Midnight Express

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 926 -

    The Miracle Worker

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 937 -

    Mommie Dearest

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 965 -

    The Murder of Fred Hampton

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 970 -

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 972 -

    My Dinner with Andre

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 981 -

    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 988 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 1067 -

    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 1076 -

    Padre padrone

    1977 — a.k.a. Padre Padrone, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 1089 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 1144 -

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 1160 -

    Queen Christina

    1933, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 1168 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 1187 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 1208 -

    La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV

    1966 — a.k.a. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 1337 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 1340 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 1368 -

    Stevie

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  47. 1372 -

    L'histoire d'Adèle H.

    1975 — a.k.a. The Story of Adele H, in 1 top list Check
  48. 1510 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 1549 -

    Viva Zapata!

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 1622 -

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
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