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. 1398 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 1460 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 1009 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 419 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 881 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 1494 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 1181 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 1383 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 1027 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 144 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 802 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 1070 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 1405 -

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 1586 -

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 765 -

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 138 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 773 -

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 701 -

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 395 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 921 -

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 67 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 141 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 785 -

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 681 -

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 762 -

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 613 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 570 -

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 388 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 558 -

    Gaslight

    1944, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 1034 -

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 1256 -

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 56 -

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 549 -

    Fury

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 821 -

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 1617 -

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 527 -

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 130 -

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 964 -

    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 1268 -

    The Set-Up

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 1215 -

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 1380 -

    The Stranger

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 1607 -

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 1013 -

    Nightmare Alley

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 930 -

    Mr. Arkadin

    1955 — a.k.a. Confidential Report, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 1046 -

    On Dangerous Ground

    1951, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 810 -

    The Letter

    1940, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 185 -

    Body and Soul

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 404 -

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 1102 -

    The Petrified Forest

    1936, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 1462 -

    This Gun for Hire

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
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