TSPDT's Recommended Viewing - Highly Recommended

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Includes only the movies that are "Highly Recommended" by They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?

"We classify 'highly recommended' films as being superb cinematic achievements. These films are either flawless or near-flawless entertainments and/or artistic triumphs that occupy a special place in our lives. This is our pantheon, it is our canon, call it what you like. These films shouldn't be missed."

Introduction can be read here: http://theyshootpictures.com/recommendedviewing.htm

Notes:
- Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl ist listed as 1 on the website but as 2 on IMdB

Every year starting from 1922 has a HR movie - except 2006

Additions by new Director's pages: Twin Peaks [TV Series], Amour, Equinox Flowers, Symphony in Slang
Removed by new Director's pages: Bei qing cheng shi, Liebe ist kälter als der Tod, Zangiku monogatari, Cape Fear (1991)

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  1. 647 -1

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 493 -1

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 618 -1

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  4. 571 -1

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 565 -1

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 543 -1

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 544 -1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 632 -1

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 642 -1

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 338 -1

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  11. 460 -1

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 579 -1

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 357 -1

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 641 -1

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 278 -1

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  16. 199 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 448 -1

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 644 -1

    Eastern Promises

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 337 -1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  20. 241 -1

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 461 -1

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 380 -1

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 396 -1

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 597 -1

    The Insider

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 534 -1

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 499 -1

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 255 -1

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 532 -1

    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 230 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 61 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 491 -1

    Blow Out

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 120 -

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 526 -1

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 419 -1

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 592 -1

    A Simple Plan

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 6 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 440 -1

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 570 -1

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 495 -1

    White Dog

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 266 -1

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 310 -1

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 358 -1

    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 438 -1

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 258 -1

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 289 -1

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 476 -1

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 160 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 316 -1

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 133 -

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 300 -1

    Du rififi chez les hommes

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