Peter Rainer's 129 'Best' Films: Rich, Risky and Enduring
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Peter Rainer, past president of the National Society of Film Critics and a former Los Angeles Times movie critic, reviews for KPCC's "Film Week" and KCET's "Life and Times."
note: from #130 and so on are "Some missing classics"
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
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A Hard Day's Night
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
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Aleksandr Nevskiy
1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pather Panchali
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Aparajito
1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check -
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Apur Sansar
1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 19 top lists Check -
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Krótki film o zabijaniu
1988 — a.k.a. A Short Film About Killing, in 12 top lists Check -
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1951, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Band Wagon
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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La battaglia di Algeri
1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 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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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Cabaret
1972, in 24 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 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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Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
1979 — a.k.a. Christ Stopped at Eboli, in 5 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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Vredens dag
1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 13 top lists Check -
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Dead of Night
1945, in 9 top lists Check -
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Journal d'un curé de campagne
1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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La ronde
1950 — a.k.a. La Ronde, in 8 top lists Check -
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Zemlya
1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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Enemies, A Love Story
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Entertainer
1960, in 1 top list Check -
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982, in 30 top lists Check -
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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From Here to Eternity
1953, in 13 top lists Check -
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Funny Girl
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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Préparez vos mouchoirs
1978 — a.k.a. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 19, 2012; source