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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135 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
164 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
209 new
Eyes Wide Shut
1999, in 11 top lists Check -
158 new
Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
235 new
Hugo
2011, in 6 top lists Check -
236 new
The Artist
2011, in 8 top lists Check -
103 new
8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
116 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
240 new
Moonrise Kingdom
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
212 new
Almost Famous
2000, in 9 top lists Check -
100 new
Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
239 new
The Master
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
217 new
Waking Life
2001, in 9 top lists Check -
124 new
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
145 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
160 new
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
130 new
M*A*S*H
1970, in 21 top lists Check -
201 new
Crash
1996, in 9 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 -
206 new
Lost Highway
1997, in 10 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
139 new
Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check -
181 new
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check -
112 new
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
191 new
The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
96 new
La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
168 new
Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
118 new
Wavelength
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
208 new
Ôdishon
1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check -
185 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
81 new
Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
121 new
Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
77 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
127 new
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
115 new
Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check -
108 new
Pierrot le fou
1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check -
75 new
Shane
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
149 new
Nashville
1975, in 21 top lists Check -
120 new
Playtime
1967, in 19 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
99 new
Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
87 new
Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check -
150 new
Zerkalo
1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check -
163 new
Das Boot
1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check -
167 new
Fanny och Alexander
1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
238 new
Amour
2012, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 6, 2012;