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. 9 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 12 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 15 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 18 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 19 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 20 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 21 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 23 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 36 -

    La ronde

    1950 — a.k.a. La Ronde, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 40 -

    Enemies, A Love Story

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 45 -

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 48 -

    Préparez vos mouchoirs

    1978 — a.k.a. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 54 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 56 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 62 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 63 -

    Dama s sobachkoy

    1960 — a.k.a. The Lady with the Dog, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 66 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 67 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 70 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 71 -

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 80 -

    The Man with Two Brains

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  24. 83 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 93 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  26. 94 -

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 95 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 97 -

    Pennies from Heaven

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  29. 100 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 102 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  31. 103 -

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 122 -

    Vanya on 42nd Street

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 123 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  34. 130 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 132 -

    Charulata

    1964 — a.k.a. The Lonely Wife, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 134 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 140 -

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 142 -

    Sasameyuki

    1983 — a.k.a. The Makioka Sisters, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 147 -

    Othello

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 148 -

    Pretty Poison

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 152 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 153 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
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