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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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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The Godfather Part II
1974, in 32 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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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
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Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 29 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 27 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
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Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 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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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Great Escape
1963, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Pinocchio
1940, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
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Ikiru
1952, in 25 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, 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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The General
1926, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
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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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Tôkyô monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check -
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1951, in 15 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 strada
1954, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 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
Last updated on Jan 19, 2012; source