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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. 49 +46

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 20 +150

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 62 +14

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 19 +136

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  6. 18 +131

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 27 +134

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 28 +46

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 24 +56

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 184 -102

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 153 new

    Babettes gæstebud

    1987 — a.k.a. Babette's Feast, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 29 +79

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 22 +36

    Bei qing cheng shi

    1989 — a.k.a. A City of Sadness, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 26 +18

    Belle de jour

    1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 114 +1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  16. 118 -115

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 166 -75

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 185 -169

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 117 -14

    The Bigamist

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 169 -144

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 133 +29

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 23 -17

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 14 +114

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 132 -68

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 13 +71

    Bombay

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 12 new

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 11 new

    Boudu sauvé des eaux

    1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 16 +135

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 15 -8

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 17 +95

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 155 -35

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 188 -160

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 7 +137

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 6 +59

    César

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 5 +13

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  37. 8 +84

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 156 -58

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 30 +102

    Il conformista

    1970 — a.k.a. The Conformist, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 10 +16

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 189 -108

    Dah

    2002 — a.k.a. Ten, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 2 +143

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 51 -13

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 186 -181

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 50 +49

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 164 +10

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 53 +34

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 157 -106

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  49. 54 +112

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 159 +16

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
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