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. 13 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 14 -

    Air Force

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 27 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 35 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 40 -

    American Hot Wax

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 97 -

    The Baron of Arizona

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  8. 153 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 241 -

    Caligola

    1979 — a.k.a. Caligula, in 1 top list Check
  10. 290 -

    Cleopatra

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 319 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 392 -

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 405 -

    D.O.A.

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 448 -

    Elvira Madigan

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 490 -

    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 553 -

    Gallipoli

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 555 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 557 -

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 559 -

    Jigokumon

    1953 — a.k.a. Gate of Hell, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 593 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 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. 640 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 687 -

    I Shot Jesse James

    1949, in 1 top list Check
  24. 702 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 703 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 714 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 730 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 731 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 753 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 766 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 788 -

    Land of the Pharaohs

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 806 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 820 -

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 840 -

    The Long Riders

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 865 -

    Macbeth

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  36. 866 -

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 928 -

    Missing

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 946 -

    Monterey Pop

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 968 -

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 981 -

    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 988 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 991 -

    Native Land

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 1011 -

    La notte di San Lorenzo

    1982 — a.k.a. Night of the Shooting Stars, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 1032 -

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  45. 1037 -

    La historia oficial

    1985 — a.k.a. The Official Story, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 1063 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 1087 -

    A Passage to India

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 1089 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 1136 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 1141 -

    Yôkihi

    1955 — a.k.a. Princess Yang Kwei-fei, in 4 top lists Check
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