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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  1. 103 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 188 new

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 42 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 159 new

    All That Jazz

    1979, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 212 new

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 143 new

    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 238 new

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 115 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 187 new

    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 148 new

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 158 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 236 new

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 114 new

    Au hasard Balthazar

    1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 211 new

    Bad ma ra khahad bord

    1999 — a.k.a. The Wind Will Carry Us, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 65 new

    Banshun

    1949 — a.k.a. Late Spring, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 113 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 210 new

    Beau travail

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 186 new

    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 117 new

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 60 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  21. 17 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 112 new

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 119 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 5 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 221 new

    Bu san

    2003 — a.k.a. Goodbye, Dragon Inn, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 109 new

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 55 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 74 new

    Casque d'or

    1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 147 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 138 new

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 145 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 203 new

    Chun gwong cha sit

    1997 — a.k.a. Happy Together, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 30 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 135 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  35. 201 new

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 184 new

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 22 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 189 new

    Da hong denglong gaogao gua

    1991 — a.k.a. Raise the Red Lantern, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 163 new

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 178 new

    The Dead

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 104 new

    Il deserto rosso

    1964 — a.k.a. Red Desert, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 140 new

    Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant

    1972 — a.k.a. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 25 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 166 new

    Diner

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 185 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 96 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 183 new

    Dom za vesanje

    1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 141 new

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 216 new

    Éloge de l'amour

    2001 — a.k.a. In Praise of Love, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 57 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
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