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. 10 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 13 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 18 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 64 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 66 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 73 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 106 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 109 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 123 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 124 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 127 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 128 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 130 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 132 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 133 -

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 134 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 135 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 136 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 137 -

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 138 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 139 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 140 -

    Collateral

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 141 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 142 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 145 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  26. 157 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 159 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 211 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 213 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 214 -

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 225 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 226 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 228 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 229 -

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 242 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 262 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 266 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 268 -

    Went the Day Well?

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 288 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 291 -

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 299 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 300 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 302 -

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 306 -

    Eastern Promises

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 315 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 353 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 355 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 356 -

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 368 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 374 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
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