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The BFI Film Classics series is a collection of short books analysing major works of world cinema. Volumes in this series have been assembled by some of the world's leading film critics. The first volumes in the series were published in 1992 and new entries continue to be added every year.

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  1. 97 -57

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 125 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 154 -45

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 4 +136

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 14 +114

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 177 -73

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 115 +14

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 18 +131

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 107 +20

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  11. 136 -83

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 187 -98

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 167 -71

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 178 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 46 +104

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 83 -29

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 29 +79

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 57 +3

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 45 +109

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 137 -68

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 120 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  22. 85 -58

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 5 +13

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 98 +43

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  25. 77 +11

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  26. 143 -10

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 80 +45

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  28. 147 -76

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 190 -155

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 148 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 166 -75

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  32. 151 +6

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 25 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 176 -106

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 49 +46

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  36. 141 -98

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  37. 194 -182

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 39 +125

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 47 -45

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  40. 63 +105

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 8 +84

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  42. 161 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  43. 146 -96

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 100 -14

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 186 -181

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 101 +38

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 35 +40

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 150 -116

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 138 -96

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 109 -31

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
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