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. 26 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 38 -

    A Farewell to Arms

    1932, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 44 -

    The Lost Squadron

    1932, in 1 top list Check
  4. 50 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 52 -

    Okraina

    1933 — a.k.a. Outskirts, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 98 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 100 -

    The Long Voyage Home

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 110 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 114 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 116 -

    Five Graves to Cairo

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 138 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 295 -1

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 310 -1

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 321 -1

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 483 -1

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 485 -1

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 506 -1

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 514 -1

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 516 -1

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 518 -1

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 591 -1

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 593 -1

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 600 -1

    Ride with the Devil

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 608 -1

    La commune (Paris, 1871)

    2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Nov 14, 2018 by Melvelet; source