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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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 141 -1

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 361 -1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 144 -1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 425 -2

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 200 -1

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 345 -1

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 503 -2

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 351 -1

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 488 -2

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 180 -1

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 340 -1

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  15. 437 -2

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 253 -1

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  17. 73 -1

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 364 -1

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 377 -2

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 500 -2

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 170 -1

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 406 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 470 -2

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 256 -1

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 134 -1

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  26. 149 -1

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 280 -1

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 241 -1

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 232 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 92 -1

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 482 -2

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 287 -1

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
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    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
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    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 177 -1

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 466 -2

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 481 -2

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 212 -1

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 372 -1

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 143 -1

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 76 -1

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  42. 193 -1

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 198 -1

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  44. 226 -1

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  45. 82 -1

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 463 -2

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 283 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  48. 393 -2

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 135 -1

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 453 -2

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
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