The Telegraph 500 Must-See Films

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The Telegraph newspaper (UK) published this list over 2nd and 3rd March 2013. It is framed as a mix of individual top lists and genre specific top lists. Due to a mistake, Out of the Past appeared twice within the same subcategory meaning there are only 499 films.

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  1. 227 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 237 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 238 -

    The Sheik

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 239 -

    Blood and Sand

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  5. 228 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 240 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 241 -

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 229 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 242 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 243 -

    The Iron Horse

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 244 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 245 -

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 230 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  14. 246 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 1 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 232 -

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 233 -

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 234 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 478 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 231 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 235 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 249 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 247 -

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 248 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 122 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 289 -

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 2 -

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 42 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 402 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 43 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 357 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 123 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 435 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 52 -

    A Night at the Opera

    1935, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 466 -

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 279 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 185 -

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 369 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 217 -

    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 44 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 278 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 80 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 22 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  45. 174 -

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 3 -

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 53 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 63 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  49. 186 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 347 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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