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The BFI Film Classics series is a collection of short books analysing major works of world cinema. Volumes in this series have been assembled by some of the world's leading film critics. The first volumes in the series were published in 1992 and new entries continue to be added every year.

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  1. 150 -116

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 154 -45

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 45 +109

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 187 -98

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 166 -75

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 14 +114

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 97 -57

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  8. 98 +43

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  9. 176 -106

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 177 -73

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  11. 178 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 125 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  13. 39 +125

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 44 +15

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  16. 4 +136

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 57 +3

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 137 -68

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 196 -144

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 143 -10

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  21. 85 -58

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 135 +23

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 35 +40

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 46 +104

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 133 +29

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 115 +14

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 16 +135

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 146 -96

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 84 -47

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 194 -182

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 29 +79

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 49 +46

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 167 -71

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  34. 151 +6

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 18 +131

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 136 -83

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  37. 34 +27

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 19 +136

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 148 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 77 +11

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  41. 197 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  42. 107 +20

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  43. 161 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 169 -144

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 5 +13

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  46. 55 +13

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 10 +16

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 109 -31

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  49. 120 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 119 +11

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
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