Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films

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In 1977, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium sent out questionnaires to film experts from 22 countries in order to compile an extensive list of important American films. 203 people participated (116 Americans and 87 non-Americans). Each participant compiled two lists, a list of the most important films (limited to 30 titles) and a list of misappreciated films (not limited in number). The final list is sorted by number of votes (including both important and misappreciated votes).

The book lists all 2327 films that received at least 1 vote. This list includes the films that received at least 5 votes.

One of the list entries is "Songs" which includes 25 films, so I included only the first one.

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  1. 1 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 29 new

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 38 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 96 new

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 172 new

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 236 new

    The Shanghai Gesture

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 285 new

    The Little Foxes

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 303 new

    All That Money Can Buy

    1941 — a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 342 new

    Meet John Doe

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 464 new

    Man Hunt

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 471 new

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source