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. 992 +4

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 991 +4

    The Year My Voice Broke

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 985 +4

    Working Girl

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 982 +4

    Women in Love

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 981 +4

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 976 +4

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 966 +4

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 965 +4

    What's Up, Doc?

    1972, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 960 +4

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 949 +4

    Viaggio in Italia

    1954 — a.k.a. Journey to Italy, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  12. 935 +4

    The Unbelievable Truth

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 934 +4

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 930 +4

    Trop belle pour toi

    1989 — a.k.a. Too Beautiful for You, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 928 +4

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 915 +4

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 907 +4

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 905 +4

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 902 +4

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 896 +4

    The Thomas Crown Affair

    1968 — a.k.a. The Crown Caper, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 887 +4

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 886 +4

    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 880 +4

    Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel...

    1999 — a.k.a. Marcel Proust's Time Regained, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 865 +4

    The Sure Thing

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 862 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 861 +4

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  27. 858 +4

    Strictly Ballroom

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 846 +4

    St. Elmo's Fire

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  29. 831 +4

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 827 +4

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 820 +4

    Skrivánci na niti

    1969 — a.k.a. Larks on a String, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 816 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 812 +4

    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 802 +4

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 798 +4

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 795 +4

    Sexy Beast

    2000, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 779 +4

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    1960, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 768 +4

    Sabrina

    1954, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 762 +4

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 761 +4

    Room at the Top

    1958, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 760 +4

    Romeo + Juliet

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 759 +4

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 744 +4

    Ride the High Country

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 739 +4

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  45. 712 +4

    Pretty in Pink

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 702 +4

    Play It Again, Sam

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 691 +4

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 690 +4

    La pianiste

    2001 — a.k.a. The Piano Teacher, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 688 +4

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 687 +4

    La petite voleuse

    1988 — a.k.a. The Little Thief, in 1 top list Check
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