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. 35 -

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 125 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 155 -

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 170 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 174 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 189 -

    Cocksucker Blues

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 208 +4

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 229 +4

    The Decline of Western Civilization Part II:...

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  9. 242 +4

    Dig!

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 256 +4

    Dogtown and Z-Boys

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 262 +4

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 290 +4

    End of the Century

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  13. 291 +4

    The Endless Summer

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 308 +4

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 350 +4

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 375 +4

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 377 +4

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 392 +4

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 394 +4

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 492 +4

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 533 +4

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 540 +4

    Lost in La Mancha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  23. 583 +4

    Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe

    1996 — a.k.a. Microcosmos, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 607 +4

    My Architect

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 619 +4

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 653 +4

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 654 +4

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 723 +4

    Pumping Iron

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  29. 755 +4

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 777 +4

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 806 +4

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 835 +4

    South

    1919, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 889 +4

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 918 +4

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 925 +4

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 967 +4

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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