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. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 892 +4

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 106 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 177 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 735 +4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 917 +4

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 459 +4

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 772 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 788 +4

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 575 +4

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 312 +4

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 605 +4

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 742 +4

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 941 +4

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 195 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 332 +4

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 471 +4

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 517 +4

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 860 +4

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 241 +4

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 261 +4

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 373 +4

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 111 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 515 +4

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 818 +4

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 96 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  31. 273 +4

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 406 +4

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 39 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 247 +4

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 263 +4

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 855 +4

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 5 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 673 +4

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 152 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 121 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 231 +4

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 358 +4

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 536 +4

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 559 +4

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 706 +4

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 964 +4

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 844 +4

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 931 +4

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 116 -

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob the Gambler, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 547 +4

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
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