The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

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"Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.

Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies."

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  1. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 513 +4

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 161 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 184 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 790 +4

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 722 +4

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 980 +4

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  12. 47 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 264 +4

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 267 +4

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 816 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 892 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 106 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 498 +4

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 581 +4

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 804 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 861 +4

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 545 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 660 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 830 +4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 862 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  29. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 340 +4

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 627 +4

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 729 +4

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 733 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 878 +4

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 496 +4

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 452 +4

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  38. 135 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  39. 657 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  40. 177 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 276 +4

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 360 +4

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 362 +4

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  45. 735 +4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  47. 151 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 301 +4

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  49. 367 +4

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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