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. 1 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 4 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 9 -

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 14 -

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 15 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 18 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 24 -

    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 29 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 34 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 36 -

    American Pie

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 43 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  14. 46 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 48 -

    L'appartement

    1996 — a.k.a. The Apartment, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 55 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    Atlantic City

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 62 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 83 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 91 -

    Better Off Dead...

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  21. 99 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 104 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 130 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 132 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 136 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 139 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  27. 141 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 143 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 146 -

    Bull Durham

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 150 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 161 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  32. 163 -

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 180 -

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 188 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 194 -

    Le conseguenze dell'amore

    2004 — a.k.a. The Consequences of Love, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 209 +4

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 214 +4

    Dangerous Liaisons

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 218 +4

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 221 +4

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 232 +4

    La dentellière

    1977 — a.k.a. The Lacemaker, in 1 top list Check
  41. 233 +4

    Le dernier métro

    1980 — a.k.a. The Last Metro, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 236 +4

    Devdas

    2002, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 245 +4

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 253 +4

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 280 +4

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 292 +4

    L'enfant

    2005 — a.k.a. The Child, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 293 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 294 +4

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 298 +4

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 301 +4

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
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