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. 489 -1

    Berlin Alexanderplatz

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 500 -1

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 522 -1

    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 506 -1

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 608 -1

    La commune (Paris, 1871)

    2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check
  6. 656 -1

    Mistérios de Lisboa - O Filme

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 404 -1

    The Art of Vision

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 539 -1

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 502 -1

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 455 -1

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 462 -1

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 281 -1

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 463 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  15. 469 -1

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 359 -1

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 553 -1

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 599 -1

    Magnolia

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 483 -1

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 365 -1

    El Cid

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  22. 411 -1

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 562 -1

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 450 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  25. 472 -1

    Im Lauf der Zeit

    1976 — a.k.a. Kings of the Road, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 383 -1

    America America

    1963, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 353 -1

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 564 -1

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 398 -1

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 593 -1

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 633 -1

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 591 -1

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 423 -1

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  35. 524 -1

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 505 -1

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 339 -1

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 163 -

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 597 -1

    The Insider

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 481 -1

    New York, New York

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 418 -1

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 466 -1

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 504 -1

    The Color Purple

    1985, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 437 -1

    Husbands

    1970, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 579 -1

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 559 -1

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  48. 283 -1

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 414 -1

    Le deuxième souffle

    1966 — a.k.a. Second Breath, in 5 top lists Check
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