Peter Rainer's 129 'Best' Films: Rich, Risky and Enduring

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Peter Rainer, past president of the National Society of Film Critics and a former Los Angeles Times movie critic, reviews for KPCC's "Film Week" and KCET's "Life and Times."
note: from #130 and so on are "Some missing classics"

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  1. 38 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 1 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 6 -

    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 131 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 9 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 10 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 11 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 12 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 14 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 15 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 16 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 17 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 18 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 19 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 20 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 21 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 22 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 105 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 132 -

    Charulata

    1964 — a.k.a. The Lonely Wife, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 25 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 55 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 133 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 26 -

    Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

    1979 — a.k.a. Christ Stopped at Eboli, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 134 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 28 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 63 -

    Dama s sobachkoy

    1960 — a.k.a. The Lady with the Dog, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 30 -

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 135 -

    Devi

    1960 — a.k.a. The Goddess, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 32 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 33 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  35. 34 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  36. 35 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 42 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 40 -

    Enemies, A Love Story

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 23 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    The Entertainer

    1960, in 1 top list Check
  41. 43 -

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 44 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 45 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 46 -

    Funny Girl

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 69 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 47 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  47. 49 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  48. 50 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  49. 51 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 52 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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