Rotten Tomatoes' 300 Essential Movies

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  1. 159 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 242 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 114 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 173 new

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 168 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 76 new

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 236 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 277 new

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 106 new

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 22 new

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 169 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 117 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 167 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 113 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  15. 156 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 123 new

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 257 new

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 28 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 132 new

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 235 new

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 233 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 255 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 45 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 15 new

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 188 new

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 273 new

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 300 new

    Zero Dark Thirty

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 39 new

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 59 new

    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 212 new

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 218 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  32. 143 new

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 178 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 292 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 69 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 2 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  37. 142 new

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 21 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 183 new

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  40. 262 new

    Straight Outta Compton

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 247 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 118 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 294 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 34 new

    Black Hawk Down

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 55 new

    Casino Royale

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 154 new

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 139 new

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 265 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 130 new

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 246 new

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
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