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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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ossessione
1943, in 12 top lists Check -
61 new
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
62 new
Monsieur Verdoux
1947, in 11 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
66 new
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
68 new
Los olvidados
1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check -
74 new
Casque d'or
1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check -
77 new
On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
92 new
Pickpocket
1959, in 20 top lists Check -
95 new
Tirez sur le pianiste
1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check -
102 new
Tengoku to jigoku
1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check -
108 new
Pierrot le fou
1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check -
119 new
Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
134 new
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
135 new
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
169 new
L'argent
1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
172 new
Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
182 new
Midnight Run
1988, in 4 top lists Check -
183 new
Dom za vesanje
1988 — a.k.a. Time of the Gypsies, in 8 top lists Check -
185 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
188 new
Ah Fei jing juen
1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check -
202 new
Hana-bi
1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 6, 2012;