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. 88 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 105 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 101 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 50 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  5. 15 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 23 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 69 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 49 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  9. 72 -

    Long Day's Journey Into Night

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 53 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 12 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 147 -

    Othello

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 58 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 117 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 71 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
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    Funny Girl

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

    1979 — a.k.a. Christ Stopped at Eboli, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 92 -

    The Nun's Story

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 126 -

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 68 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 57 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 142 -

    Sasameyuki

    1983 — a.k.a. The Makioka Sisters, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 38 -

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 139 -

    Lacombe Lucien

    1974, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 55 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 90 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 116 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 76 -

    Trollflöjten

    1975 — a.k.a. The Magic Flute, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 114 -

    L'emploi du temps

    2001 — a.k.a. Time Out, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 25 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 79 -

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 115 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 66 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 123 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  35. 78 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 118 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
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    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 107 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 61 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 85 -

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 39 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 8 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
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    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 145 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 104 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  48. 16 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 82 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
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    Campanadas a medianoche

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