TimeOut's 100 Best Movies of All Time

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Everyone has their favorites – that’s why any debate over what makes the best movies of all time can take hours (or, in our cases, a lifetime). Can there ever be one list to rule them all? A canon, as critics like to call it, updated with today’s game changers, that would glance upon all tastes, all genres, all countries, all eras, balancing impact with importance, brains with heart? The challenge was daunting. We just couldn't resist. Our list includes some of the most recognized action, feminist and foreign films. Please let us know how wrong we got it.

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  1. 1 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 20 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 37 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 30 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 3 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 38 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 46 new

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 35 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 60 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 28 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 51 new

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 10 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 53 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 79 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 7 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 52 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 78 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  20. 77 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 16 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 88 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 25 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 45 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 68 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 42 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 11 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 33 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 98 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 8 new

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 17 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 49 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 12 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 40 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 50 new

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 32 new

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 29 top lists Check
  38. 82 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 27 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 5 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 89 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 101 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  43. 69 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 56 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 73 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 48 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 15 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 31 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
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    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
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