TCM Presents: The Essentials

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Every movie featured on the Turner Classic Movies series "The Essentials".

Movies are listed chronologically.

Last updated April 22, 2020. Now up to date through January 2021.

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  1. 277 -10

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 212 -6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 238 -7

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  4. 77 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 68 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 227 -7

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 92 -1

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 255 -8

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 163 -4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 142 -2

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 125 -2

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 2 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 178 -4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 3 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 298 -14

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 221 -7

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 150 -3

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 302 -15

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  19. 8 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 187 -5

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 149 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 1 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  23. 198 -6

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 174 -4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  25. 48 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  26. 175 -4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 211 -6

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 111 -1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 38 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 33 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 218 -7

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 261 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 223 -7

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  34. 269 -10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 20 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 222 -7

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  37. 266 -10

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  38. 276 -10

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 296 -14

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 74 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  41. 133 -2

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 110 -1

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 17 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 201 -6

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 195 -6

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 144 -2

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  47. 59 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 136 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 280 -10

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 15 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 22, 2020 by MovieDearest; source