Christopher Null's 300 Essential Films

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List of 300 essential films for new, modern film critics. List is complied by film critic Christopher Null. This list appears in Nulls' book "Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Great Job."

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  1. 2 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 110 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 286 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 160 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 257 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 47 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 51 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 209 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 255 new

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 210 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 18 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 55 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 74 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 75 new

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 247 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 299 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 30 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 27 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 178 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 237 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 246 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 4 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  23. 167 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 193 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 233 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 252 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 16 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 211 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 213 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 265 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 106 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  32. 111 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  33. 49 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  34. 113 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 115 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 163 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 215 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  38. 281 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  39. 8 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 44 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 78 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 118 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 175 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 182 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 190 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 40 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 114 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 112 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  49. 116 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 144 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
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