1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

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The 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list is actually a film reference book compiled by various critics worldwide and edited by Steven Jay Schneider. The list spans movies from as early as 1902 up to recent releases.

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  1. 785 -

    Hôtel Terminus

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 637 -

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    1978, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 833 -

    Ruan Ling Yu

    1991 — a.k.a. Center Stage, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 859 -1

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 737 -

    Tóngnián wangshì

    1985 — a.k.a. A Time to Live, a Time to Die, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 857 -1

    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 652 -

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 730 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 849 -

    Caro diario

    1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 740 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 171 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 77 -

    Queen Christina

    1933, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 110 -

    The Life of Emile Zola

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 283 -

    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 325 -

    Ivan Groznyy. Skaz vtoroy: Boyarskiy zagovor

    1958 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 33 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 497 -

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 725 -

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 416 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 167 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 144 -

    Sergeant York

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 676 -

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 589 -

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 157 -

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 863 -1

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 747 -

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 603 -

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 439 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 903 -

    Shine

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 757 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 684 -

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 805 -

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    1989 — a.k.a. My Left Foot, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 866 -1

    Heavenly Creatures

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 39 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 569 -

    Serpico

    1973, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 726 -

    Out of Africa

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 567 -

    Papillon

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 510 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 605 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 359 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 456 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 685 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 489 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 969 -

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 666 -

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 379 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  47. 950 -

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 663 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 710 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 436 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
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