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. 135 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 164 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 209 new

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 158 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 235 new

    Hugo

    2011, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 236 new

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 103 new

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 116 new

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 240 new

    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 212 new

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 100 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  12. 239 new

    The Master

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 217 new

    Waking Life

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 124 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 145 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  16. 160 new

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 130 new

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 201 new

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 110 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 206 new

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 19 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 139 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 181 new

    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 112 new

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 191 new

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 96 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 168 new

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 118 new

    Wavelength

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 208 new

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 185 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 12 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  32. 81 new

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 121 new

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 35 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 47 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 77 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 127 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 115 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 108 new

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 75 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  41. 149 new

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 120 new

    Playtime

    1967, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 4 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 99 new

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 87 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 150 new

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 163 new

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 167 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 18 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 238 new

    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
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