BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project

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An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Kasparius).

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Deciding that Londoners should have the opportunity to view a film masterpiece approximately every day during the course of the year, BFI film archivist David Meeker approached the board of directors at the BFI in 1982 with his idea of compiling a list of 360 of the world’s cinema masterpieces, collect brand new, state-of-the-art prints of each film and issue a companion book for each movie. This list of films, referred to as the 360 Classic Feature Films project, was published in Sight and Sound's June 1998 issue.

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  1. 342 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 349 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 355 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 362 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 155 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 145 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 359 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 235 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 212 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  10. 347 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 364 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 298 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  13. 31 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 75 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 111 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 77 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  17. 166 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 191 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 213 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  20. 253 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 258 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 306 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 244 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 147 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 358 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 279 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 237 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  28. 255 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 222 new

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 323 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 42 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  32. 47 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 320 new

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 24 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 230 new

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 194 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 293 new

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 248 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 313 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 171 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 141 new

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 319 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 314 new

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 121 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 292 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 269 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 274 new

    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 324 new

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 137 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 180 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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