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. 50 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 39 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 34 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 99 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 112 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 123 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  8. 107 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 101 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 90 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 128 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  12. 25 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 61 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  14. 102 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 113 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 104 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 38 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 33 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  20. 42 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 77 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 93 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  23. 16 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 89 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 115 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 71 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 84 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 13 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  30. 110 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 17 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  32. 53 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 32 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 14 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 51 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 98 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 118 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 126 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 57 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 91 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 18 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 47 -

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 78 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 1 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 116 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 8 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 10 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 65 -

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 111 -

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 11 -

    La belle et la bête

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