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. 995 +4

    Young Adam

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  2. 986 +4

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 975 +4

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 972 +4

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 964 +4

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 959 +4

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 958 +4

    WarGames

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  9. 941 +4

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 938 +4

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 931 +4

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 920 +4

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 917 +4

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 904 +4

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 901 +4

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 892 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 875 +4

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 874 +4

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 870 +4

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 867 +4

    Suture

    1993, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 860 +4

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 856 +4

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 855 +4

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 844 +4

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 843 +4

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 841 +4

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 838 +4

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 823 +4

    Sleuth

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 818 +4

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 815 +4

    Silkwood

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  33. 797 +4

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 791 +4

    Serial Mom

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 788 +4

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 786 +4

    La scorta

    1993 — a.k.a. The Bodyguards, in 1 top list Check
  37. 772 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 742 +4

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 738 +4

    Red Rock West

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 735 +4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  42. 707 +4

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 706 +4

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 705 +4

    Plein soleil

    1960 — a.k.a. Purple Noon, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 689 +4

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 676 +4

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 673 +4

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 648 +4

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 646 +4

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
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