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. 49 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 123 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 99 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 107 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 128 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  6. 33 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 34 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 102 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 113 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 13 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 101 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 38 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 75 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  14. 104 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 47 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 89 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 112 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 50 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  20. 93 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  22. 42 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  23. 12 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 52 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 84 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 90 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 10 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 18 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 51 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 61 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 17 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  32. 91 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 16 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 77 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 96 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 116 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 11 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 57 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 141 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 39 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 118 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 154 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 126 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 21 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  45. 35 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 58 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 68 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 88 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 100 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 19 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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