100 Movies (Not in IMDb's Top 250) You Must See Before You Die

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Hand-picked selection of movies by the IMDb staff that you MUST see in your lifetime, but are not currently included in IMDb's Top 250 list of highest-voted movies by registered users.

This list is not ranked in order of importance, popularity or anything, except regular ol' randomness. Please use the "sort by" option below to re-arrange the list by release date, alphabetical order, etc.

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  1. 1 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Goonies

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Pursuit of Happyness

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
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    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
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    Moon

    2009, in 5 top lists Check
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    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
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    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Four Lions

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Once

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Room

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
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    Life of Pi

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
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    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 17 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    Limitless

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
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    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
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    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
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    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
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    Starbuck

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
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    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    2009, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
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    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
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    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
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    Wet Hot American Summer

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    National Lampoon's Animal House

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
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    Un prophète

    2009 — a.k.a. A Prophet, in 10 top lists Check
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    Dogma

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
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    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
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    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
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    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
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    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 16 top lists Check
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    Seconds

    1966, in 10 top lists Check
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    Beginners

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
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    The World's End

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Io non ho paura

    2003 — a.k.a. I'm Not Scared, in 1 top list Check
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    Bacheha-Ye aseman

    1997 — a.k.a. Children of Heaven, in 10 top lists Check
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