Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films

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In 1977, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium sent out questionnaires to film experts from 22 countries in order to compile an extensive list of important American films. 203 people participated (116 Americans and 87 non-Americans). Each participant compiled two lists, a list of the most important films (limited to 30 titles) and a list of misappreciated films (not limited in number). The final list is sorted by number of votes (including both important and misappreciated votes).

The book lists all 2327 films that received at least 1 vote. This list includes the films that received at least 5 votes.

One of the list entries is "Songs" which includes 25 films, so I included only the first one.

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  1. 63 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 35 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 194 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 57 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 58 new

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 15 new

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 99 new

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 102 new

    Only Angels Have Wings

    1939, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 491 new

    The Big Sky

    1952, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 147 new

    Twentieth Century

    1934, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 467 new

    Land of the Pharaohs

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 401 new

    Hatari!

    1962, in 3 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source