BFI Film Classics

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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. 1 +21

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 8 +84

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 13 +71

    Bombay

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 15 -8

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 17 +95

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 27 +134

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 32 +31

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    1945, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 35 +40

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 36 +123

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 39 +125

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 41 +66

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 42 +121

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 44 +15

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 45 +109

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  16. 54 +112

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 62 +14

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 63 +105

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 64 +67

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 66 +105

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  21. 72 +93

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 75 new

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 76 -62

    Les enfants du paradis

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

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 89 -43

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 92 -9

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  27. 104 +63

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 107 +20

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  29. 111 new

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 112 +24

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 114 +1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 120 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 130 -98

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 133 +29

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 140 new

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 144 new

    The Wings of the Dove

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 164 +10

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 168 -153

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 179 -155

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  41. 184 -102

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 191 new

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
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