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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. 97 -57

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 125 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 154 -45

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 177 -73

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 137 -68

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 18 +131

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 178 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 187 -98

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 4 +136

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 166 -75

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 14 +114

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 85 -58

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 136 -83

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 29 +79

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 46 +104

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 45 +109

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 115 +14

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 98 +43

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  19. 107 +20

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  20. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  21. 151 +6

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 146 -96

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 167 -71

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  24. 83 -29

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  25. 77 +11

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  26. 39 +125

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 55 +13

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 169 -144

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 143 -10

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  30. 5 +13

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 57 +3

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  32. 120 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 196 -144

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 194 -182

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 148 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 150 -116

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 80 +45

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 109 -31

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 35 +40

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 190 -155

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 147 -76

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  42. 44 +15

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 176 -106

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 34 +27

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 49 +46

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  46. 47 -45

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  47. 186 -181

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 16 +135

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 88 new

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  50. 92 -9

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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