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. 559 -1

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 450 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 475 -1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 544 -1

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 531 -1

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 463 -1

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  7. 560 -1

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 571 -1

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 543 -1

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 647 -1

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 32 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 344 -1

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 215 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 508 -1

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 296 -1

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  16. 122 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 342 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 108 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 337 -1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 352 -1

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 277 -1

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 581 -1

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 416 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 564 -1

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 528 -1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 467 -1

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 502 -1

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 230 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 139 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 452 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 562 -1

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 420 -1

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 123 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 355 -1

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 408 -1

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 202 -

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 309 -1

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 300 -1

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 339 -1

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 454 -1

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 293 -1

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 213 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  43. 346 -1

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 519 -1

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 135 -

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 579 -1

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 431 -1

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 534 -1

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 200 -

    Le trou

    1960 — a.k.a. Le Trou, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 642 -1

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
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