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. 6 new

    After Hours

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 12 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 14 new

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 15 new

    National Lampoon's Animal House

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 16 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 17 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 19 new

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 21 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 22 new

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 26 new

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 32 new

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 35 new

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 38 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 39 new

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 45 new

    Caddyshack

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 50 new

    A Christmas Story

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 52 new

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 54 new

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 59 new

    Coup de torchon

    1981 — a.k.a. Coup de Torchon, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 61 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 69 new

    Diner

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 72 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 75 new

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 76 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 80 new

    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 82 new

    Election

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 96 new

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 97 new

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 101 new

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 106 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  32. 112 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 116 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  34. 122 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 124 new

    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 125 new

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 126 new

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 144 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 156 new

    La cage aux folles

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 168 new

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 171 new

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 182 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 184 new

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 186 new

    My Man Godfrey

    1936, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 196 new

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 198 new

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 203 new

    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 205 new

    Pretty Woman

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 206 new

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 207 new

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
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