TSPDT's Recommended Viewing: 189 Films You Must-See...

Created by CC Baxter.
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This page contains the 189 films (to date) that we heartily-highly-recommend above all others. They are listed in the Recommended Viewing section as HR (highly recommended) along with 400-odd other films, but these are the ones we return to and cherish most often.
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Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
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L'âge d'or
1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check -
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Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
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All About Eve
1950, in 26 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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All That Heaven Allows
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
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Der amerikanische Freund
1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check -
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Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 14 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
13 new
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
14 -1
The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
15 -1
The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
16 -1
Barton Fink
1991, in 8 top lists Check -
17 -1
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
18 -1
La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
19 -1
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
20 -1
The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
21 -1
The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
22 -1
Bigger Than Life
1956, in 11 top lists Check -
23 -1
Black Narcissus
1947, in 15 top lists Check -
24 -1
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
25 new
Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
26 -2
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
27 -2
Bob le flambeur
1956 — a.k.a. Bob the Gambler, in 13 top lists Check -
28 -2
Le bonheur
1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check -
29 -2
L'ami de mon amie
1987 — a.k.a. Boyfriends and Girlfriends, in 1 top list Check -
30 -2
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
31 -2
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 — a.k.a. Bride of Frankenstein, in 19 top lists Check -
32 -2
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
33 -2
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
34 -2
Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
35 -2
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
36 -2
The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
37 -2
La nuit américaine
1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check -
38 -2
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
39 -2
Dekalog
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
40 -2
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
41 -2
Journal d'un curé de campagne
1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check -
42 -2
Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
43 -2
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988, in 11 top lists Check -
44 -2
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
45 -2
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check -
46 -2
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
47 -2
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
48 -2
Ed Wood
1994, in 9 top lists Check -
49 -2
Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
50 -2
Él
1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 30, 2013; source