Guide for the Film Fanatic

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In his Guide for the Film Fanatic (1986), Danny Peary provides short reviews for over 1600 “Must See” films.
A list of Peary’s “Additional Must See” titles (not reviewed in the book) is available here: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/guide+for+the+film+fanatic+addendum/red.hexapus/

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  1. 163 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 737 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 869 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 1171 -

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 1542 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 276 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 1591 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 870 -

    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  9. 1099 -

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 176 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 1149 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 1180 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  13. 1214 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 418 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 1473 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 999 -

    Never Say Never Again

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 396 -

    Diamonds Are Forever

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 1033 -

    Octopussy

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 829 -

    Live and Let Die

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 1460 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 499 -

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 592 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 379 -

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 1384 -

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 343 -

    Cujo

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  26. 1190 -

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 360 -

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 191 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 541 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 1494 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  31. 894 -

    The Man with the Golden Gun

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  32. 648 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 321 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 1406 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 1631 -

    You Only Live Twice

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 166 -

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 900 -

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 156 -

    Black Christmas

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 1626 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  40. 173 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 1576 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 1232 -

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 1552 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  44. 1561 -

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 225 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 1575 -

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 426 -

    The Driller Killer

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 1383 -

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 395 -

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 1560 -

    WarGames

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
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