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. 15 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 16 -

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 160 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 196 -

    La planète sauvage

    1973 — a.k.a. Fantastic Planet, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 246 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 331 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 373 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 375 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 386 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 389 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 391 -

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 435 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 447 -

    Superman II

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 451 -

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 452 -

    Blade II

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  16. 453 -

    X2

    2003 — a.k.a. X2: X-Men United, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 456 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 457 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  19. 458 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 459 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 460 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 461 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 462 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 463 -

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 465 -

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 466 -

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 467 -

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 469 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 471 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 473 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 475 -

    Rise of the Planet of the Apes

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 476 -

    Super 8

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 477 -

    Looper

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Mar 31, 2013; source