Taschen's 100 All-Time Favorite Movies

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This list contains the 100 finest examples of 20th century filmmaking, according to Taschen. From horror to romance, noir to slapstick, adventure to tragedy, epic to musical, western to new wave, all genres are represented in this wide-ranging compendium.

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  1. 1 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
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    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
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    Sous les toits de Paris

    1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
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    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
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    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 30 -

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
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    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
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    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 38 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 39 -

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 42 -

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 46 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
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    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
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    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
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    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
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    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
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    Morte a Venezia

    1971 — a.k.a. Death in Venice, in 13 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
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    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
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    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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