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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. 133 +29

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 2 +143

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 101 +38

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 40 -36

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 127 +33

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  6. 131 +38

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  7. 80 +45

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  8. 103 -94

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
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    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 164 +10

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
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    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 183 new

    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 11 new

    Boudu sauvé des eaux

    1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 108 +30

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 197 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 61 -53

    It's a Gift

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 72 +93

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 6 +59

    César

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 100 -14

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 99 -6

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 152 -142

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 67 +38

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 17 +95

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
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    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
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    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  35. 192 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 9 +117

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 140 new

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 149 -93

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
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    Went the Day Well?

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
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    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 78 new

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
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    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
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    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
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    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
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