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. 1 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  2. 17 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 26 -

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 37 -

    Captains Courageous

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 39 -

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 43 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 47 -

    The Four Feathers

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  8. 49 -

    Gunga Din

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 53 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 65 -

    The Sea Hawk

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 76 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 84 -

    Road to Morocco

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 100 -1

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 132 -2

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 136 -2

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 154 -4

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 167 -4

    Mogambo

    1953, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 178 -4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 195 -6

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 198 -6

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  21. 213 -6

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 218 -7

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 221 -7

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 228 -7

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 231 -7

    The Guns of Navarone

    1961, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 238 -7

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  27. 244 -8

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1962, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 245 -8

    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 249 -8

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 252 -8

    It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 254 -8

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 256 -8

    Fail Safe

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 268 -10

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 294 -13

    The Sugarland Express

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 296 -14

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  36. 297 -14

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 307 -16

    The Black Stallion

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 322 -19

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 22, 2020 by MovieDearest; source