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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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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Il gattopardo
1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
1962, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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Othello
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Topsy-Turvy
1999, in 6 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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Funny Girl
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
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Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1979 — a.k.a. Christ Stopped at Eboli, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Nun's Story
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Ikiru
1952, in 25 top lists Check -
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Sasameyuki
1983 — a.k.a. The Makioka Sisters, in 2 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Lacombe Lucien
1974, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...
1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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Trollflöjten
1975 — a.k.a. The Magic Flute, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'emploi du temps
2001 — a.k.a. Time Out, in 5 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Would Be King
1975, in 5 top lists Check -
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ultimo tango a Parigi
1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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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 -
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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 -
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Jaws
1975, in 27 top lists Check -
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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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 -
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Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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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
Last updated on Jan 19, 2012; source