A Year of Essential Cinema
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Inspired by the chronological charting of film, and the vast history of world cinema, as presented by Mark Cousin's superb 'A Story of Film: An Odyssey', I have decided to make 2012 the year where I finally get to watch those recognised classics and take a bite out of the canon.
Follow me as I take on the world of cinema from the silent era to the explosion of the talkies, through the golden age of Hollywood to the uprising of new wave cinema across Europe and worldwide, the uprising of the movie brats to the dawn of independent film making right through to the current digital boom.
This list will constantly be updated throughout the year.
January - 1895 - 1927
February - 1928 - 1936
March - 1937 - 1946
April - 1947 - 1954
May - 1955 - 1962
June - 1963 - 1967
July - 1968 - 1972
August - 1973 - 1979
September - 1980 - 1987
October - 1988 - 1995
November - 1996 - 2002
December - 2003 - Present
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
103 new
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
188 new
Ah Fei jing juen
1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
159 new
All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
212 new
Almost Famous
2000, in 9 top lists Check -
143 new
Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
238 new
Amour
2012, in 15 top lists Check -
115 new
Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
187 new
An Angel at My Table
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
148 new
Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
158 new
Apocalypse Now
1979, in 38 top lists Check -
236 new
The Artist
2011, in 8 top lists Check -
114 new
Au hasard Balthazar
1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check -
211 new
Bad ma ra khahad bord
1999 — a.k.a. The Wind Will Carry Us, in 7 top lists Check -
85 new
Le ballon rouge
1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check -
65 new
Banshun
1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check -
113 new
La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
210 new
Beau travail
1999, in 15 top lists Check -
186 new
Bei qing cheng shi
1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check -
117 new
Belle de jour
1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check -
60 new
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
164 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
172 new
Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
162 new
Blow Out
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
112 new
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
119 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
173 new
Broadway Danny Rose
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
221 new
Bu san
2003 — a.k.a. Goodbye, Dragon Inn, in 5 top lists Check -
110 new
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
109 new
Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
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A Canterbury Tale
1944, in 8 top lists Check -
74 new
Casque d'or
1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check -
147 new
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
138 new
Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie
1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
145 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
203 new
Chun gwong cha sit
1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
135 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
201 new
Crash
1996, in 9 top lists Check -
184 new
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
194 new
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
189 new
Da hong denglong gaogao gua
1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check -
163 new
Das Boot
1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 6, 2012;