Gerald Peary's 100 Films for Film Literacy

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  1. 8 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 9 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 16 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 17 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 14 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 11 -

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 19 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
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    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 15 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 20 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 21 -

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
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    Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

    1933 — a.k.a. Zero for Conduct, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 27 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  19. 3 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
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    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 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
  25. 28 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 29 -

    Young Mr. Lincoln

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 30 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 32 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  30. 34 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 38 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  32. 35 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 41 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    1948, in 15 top lists Check
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    Adam's Rib

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 47 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 44 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 46 -

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 55 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 34 top lists Check
  45. 43 -

    La strada

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 60 -

    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 52 -

    Written on the Wind

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
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    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
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    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
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