Before You Graduate
Created by brian_fuller.
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Digital Filmmaking students perpetually ask if I have a list of films they should see. Yes I do. This is it. You'll be a better movie maker if you have this lexicon of film language in your brain's back pocket.
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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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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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962, in 40 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Ladri di biciclette
1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
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Les quatre cents coups
1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 34 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
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Goldfinger
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Philadelphia Story
1940, in 22 top lists Check -
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Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962, in 16 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 -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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Meshes of the Afternoon
1943, in 10 top lists Check -
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Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check -
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
2001, in 8 top lists Check -
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Rabbit of Seville
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
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El mariachi
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 11 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check
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