Leonard Maltin's 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century

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A list of the 100 20th century films as chosen by the film critic Leonard Maltin. This list appears in Maltin's book titled Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2000 (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide).

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  1. 63 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  2. 29 -

    Dodsworth

    1936, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Our Hospitality

    1923, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 7 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 88 -

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 5 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 95 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 64 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 2 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 82 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 59 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 52 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 14 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 11 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 66 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 98 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 61 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 19 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 17 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 16 -

    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 13 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 87 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 73 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 54 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 51 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 67 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 43 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 65 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 85 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 53 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  31. 75 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 35 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 1 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 90 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 58 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 83 -

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 26 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 34 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 38 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 70 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 6 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 36 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 22 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 56 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 76 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 10 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  48. 15 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 94 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
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