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. 158 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 157 -

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 156 -

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 155 -

    Unfaithfully Yours

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 154 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 153 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 152 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 151 -

    The Strong Man

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 150 -

    The Scarlet Letter

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 149 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 148 -

    Pretty Poison

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 147 -

    Othello

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 146 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 145 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 144 -

    Jalsaghar

    1958 — a.k.a. The Music Room, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 143 -

    Miracolo a Milano

    1951 — a.k.a. Miracle in Milan, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 142 -

    Sasameyuki

    1983 — a.k.a. The Makioka Sisters, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 141 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 140 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 139 -

    Lacombe Lucien

    1974, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 138 -

    Hospital

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 137 -

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 136 -

    Nobi

    1959 — a.k.a. Fires on the Plain, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 135 -

    Devi

    1960 — a.k.a. The Goddess, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 134 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 133 -

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 132 -

    Charulata

    1964 — a.k.a. The Lonely Wife, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 131 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 130 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 129 -

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 128 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  32. 127 -

    L'enfant sauvage

    1970 — a.k.a. The Wild Child, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 126 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 125 -

    Way Out West

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 124 -

    Waiting for Guffman

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 123 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  37. 122 -

    Vanya on 42nd Street

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 121 -

    Umberto D.

    1952, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 120 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 119 -

    Les triplettes de Belleville

    2003 — a.k.a. The Triplets of Belleville, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 118 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 117 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 116 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 115 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 114 -

    L'emploi du temps

    2001 — a.k.a. Time Out, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 113 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 112 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 111 -

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 110 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 109 -

    L'histoire d'Adèle H.

    1975 — a.k.a. The Story of Adele H, in 1 top list Check
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