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. 12 -

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 77 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 97 -

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 164 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 167 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 170 -

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 171 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 176 -

    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 177 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 180 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 181 -

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 182 -

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 227 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 233 -

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 234 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 244 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 254 -

    A Night to Remember

    1958, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 257 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 274 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 278 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 281 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 282 -

    The Dam Busters

    1955, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 283 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 284 -

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 314 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 316 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 400 -

    Argo

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 479 new

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 485 new

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 492 new

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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Last updated on Mar 31, 2013; source