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. 972 +4

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 962 +4

    Werckmeister harmóniák

    2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 953 +4

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 931 +4

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 928 +4

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 927 +4

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 926 +4

    Trois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 892 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 889 +4

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 866 +4

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 844 +4

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 843 +4

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 838 +4

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 829 +4

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 823 +4

    Sleuth

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 822 +4

    Sleepy Hollow

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 818 +4

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 807 +4

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 788 +4

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 787 +4

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 775 +4

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 773 +4

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 747 +4

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 736 +4

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 735 +4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 733 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 728 +4

    Radio On

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  30. 700 +4

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 694 +4

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 678 +4

    Parents

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 670 +4

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 655 +4

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 625 +4

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 605 +4

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 601 +4

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 575 +4

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 561 +4

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 545 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  42. 535 +4

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 529 +4

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 524 +4

    The Limey

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 503 +4

    Lantana

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 495 +4

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 489 +4

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 488 +4

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 486 +4

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 475 +4

    Keane

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
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