Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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"The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a 15-part series written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.
The series provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry."

Note: "Motion Capture Mirrors Emotion (2009) dir. Jorge Ribas," a documentary about the making of Avatar, is missing because it does not appear to have an imdb page.

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  1. 291 -1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 325 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 225 -1

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 253 -1

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 367 -1

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 144 -1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 141 -1

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 238 -1

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 448 -2

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 138 -1

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 149 -1

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 186 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 176 -1

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 385 -2

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 170 -1

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 73 -1

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 200 -1

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 76 -1

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 256 -1

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 351 -1

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 231 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 180 -1

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 364 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 92 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 72 -1

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 500 -2

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 377 -2

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 361 -1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 198 -1

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  30. 340 -1

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 134 -1

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 425 -2

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  33. 162 -1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 41 -1

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 482 -2

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 125 -1

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 479 -2

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 223 -1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  39. 276 -1

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 226 -1

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 287 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 345 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 241 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 283 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 293 -1

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 503 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 470 -2

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  48. 382 -2

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  49. 406 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 66 -1

    Bronenosets Potemkin

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