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. 1 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 39 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 47 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  4. 51 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 53 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 61 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 79 -

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 90 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 101 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 104 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  11. 107 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 118 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 128 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jan 19, 2012; source