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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. 154 -45

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 125 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 107 +20

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 77 +11

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 177 -73

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 167 -71

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 97 -57

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  9. 143 -10

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 47 -45

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 46 +104

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 120 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 147 -76

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 14 +114

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 25 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 80 +45

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 83 -29

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  18. 136 -83

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 179 -155

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 49 +46

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  21. 190 -155

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 8 +84

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  23. 131 +38

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 141 -98

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 115 +14

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  26. 98 +43

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  27. 92 -9

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  28. 5 +13

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  29. 39 +125

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  30. 18 +131

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 114 +1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 2 +143

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  33. 63 +105

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 67 +38

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 187 -98

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 100 -14

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 171 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 24 +56

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 127 +33

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 57 +3

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 85 -58

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 12 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  43. 45 +109

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 101 +38

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 4 +136

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  46. 123 +29

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 176 -106

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 55 +13

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 166 -75

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  50. 138 -96

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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