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. 228 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 399 -

    Inland Empire

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 368 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 141 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 18 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 242 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 266 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 375 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 393 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 374 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 288 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 380 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 73 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 137 -

    The Game

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 473 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 10 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  17. 389 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  18. 134 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 132 -

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 159 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  21. 142 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 387 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 400 -

    Argo

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 140 -

    Collateral

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 139 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 291 -

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 128 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  28. 460 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  29. 130 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 376 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 133 -

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 262 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 381 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 315 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 138 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 465 -

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 124 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  38. 476 -

    Super 8

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 106 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 356 -

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 145 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  42. 442 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 127 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 135 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  45. 410 -

    Get Shorty

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 300 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 302 -

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 299 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 213 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 306 -

    Eastern Promises

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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