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. 380 +4

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 658 +4

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 162 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  5. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 783 +4

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 40 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 455 +4

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 722 +4

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 963 +4

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 362 +4

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 259 +4

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 801 +4

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 213 +4

    Dancer in the Dark

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 335 +4

    Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari

    1979 — a.k.a. Vengeance Is Mine, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 305 +4

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 495 +4

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 773 +4

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 181 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 885 +4

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 900 +4

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 852 +4

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 908 +4

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 510 +4

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 699 +4

    Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

    1980 — a.k.a. Pixote, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 203 +4

    Crna macka, beli macor

    1998 — a.k.a. Black Cat, White Cat, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 260 +4

    Donnie Brasco

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 998 +4

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 585 +4

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 956 +4

    Wall Street

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 255 +4

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 561 +4

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 845 +4

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 947 +4

    Vera Drake

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 197 -

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 704 +4

    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 752 +4

    Roberto Succo

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  42. 355 +4

    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 672 +4

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 707 +4

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 390 +4

    Harper

    1966 — a.k.a. The Moving Target, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 830 +4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 114 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 252 +4

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 725 +4

    Quadrophenia

    1979, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 74 -

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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