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. 161 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 816 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 861 +4

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 862 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  7. 657 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  8. 360 +4

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 301 +4

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 8 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 364 +4

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 450 +4

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 46 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 298 +4

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 302 +4

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 981 +4

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 905 +4

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 150 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 639 +4

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 739 +4

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 139 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 827 +4

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 136 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 379 +4

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 389 +4

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 567 +4

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 572 +4

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 688 +4

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 104 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 141 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 293 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 407 +4

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  33. 410 +4

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  34. 469 +4

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 55 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  36. 499 +4

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 633 +4

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 928 +4

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 180 -

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 221 +4

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 294 +4

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 380 +4

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 463 +4

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  44. 643 +4

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  45. 934 +4

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 34 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 62 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 143 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 666 +4

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 677 +4

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
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