The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

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"Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.

Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies."

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  1. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 722 +4

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 264 +4

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 545 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  7. 830 +4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 627 +4

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 733 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 878 +4

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 657 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  12. 362 +4

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 917 +4

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 8 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  16. 119 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 114 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 495 +4

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  19. 97 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 312 +4

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 552 +4

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 726 +4

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 742 +4

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 252 +4

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  25. 652 +4

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 801 +4

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 941 +4

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 71 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 255 +4

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 332 +4

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 517 +4

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 100 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 181 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 572 +4

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  36. 963 +4

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 149 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 482 +4

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 511 +4

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 486 +4

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 683 +4

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 693 +4

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  43. 775 +4

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 380 +4

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 658 +4

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 783 +4

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 96 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 143 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 273 +4

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 773 +4

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 18 top lists Check
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