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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156 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
1 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
486 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
26 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
112 new
The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check -
168 new
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
17 new
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
210 new
12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
412 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
111 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
31 new
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
33 new
Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
144 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
181 new
The Apartment
1960, in 28 top lists Check -
374 new
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
223 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
23 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
13 new
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
66 new
All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
12 new
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
38 new
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
37 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
2 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
52 new
Paths of Glory
1957, in 26 top lists Check -
358 new
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
40 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
51 new
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
9 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
195 new
The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
121 new
The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
194 new
His Girl Friday
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
14 new
The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 24 top lists Check -
45 new
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
244 new
Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
109 new
Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
313 new
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951, in 15 top lists Check -
202 new
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
207 new
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
103 new
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 16 top lists Check -
57 new
Rio Bravo
1959, in 19 top lists Check -
341 new
Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
75 new
Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
494 new
All the President's Men
1976, in 21 top lists Check -
248 new
The Last Picture Show
1971, in 21 top lists Check -
171 new
Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
47 new
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
173 new
The Hustler
1961, in 15 top lists Check -
229 new
Cabaret
1972, in 24 top lists Check -
34 new
Nashville
1975, in 21 top lists Check -
97 new
Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source