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. 15 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 58 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 20 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 91 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 149 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 64 -

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 51 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 47 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  9. 150 -

    The Scarlet Letter

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 151 -

    The Strong Man

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 88 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 134 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 96 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 108 -

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 37 -

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 75 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 44 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 35 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 158 -

    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 60 -

    It's a Gift

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 67 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 153 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 120 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 84 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 152 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 52 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 125 -

    Way Out West

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 3 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 19 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 145 -

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 146 -

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 100 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 128 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  35. 156 -

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 56 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 98 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 62 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 77 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 95 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 29 -

    Vredens dag

    1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 55 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 33 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  44. 137 -

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 30 -

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 23 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 11 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 12 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  49. 14 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 54 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
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