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. 254 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 1542 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 598 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 593 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 1308 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 58 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 201 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 1398 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  9. 895 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 287 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 1051 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  12. 1489 -

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 834 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 485 -

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 205 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 629 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 1027 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 723 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 7 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 233 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 909 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 1597 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 10 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 1106 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 655 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 1067 -

    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 214 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 1311 -

    Sixteen Candles

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 362 -

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 1397 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 566 -

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1953, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 153 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 1154 -

    The Purple Rose of Cairo

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 1186 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 749 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 112 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 41 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 1603 -

    Witness

    1985, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 212 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 1239 -

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 129 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 1236 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 1283 -

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 798 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 654 -

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 1111 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 545 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 1036 -

    An Officer and a Gentleman

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 1018 -

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 1523 -

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
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