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. 53 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 85 new

    Scorpio Rising

    1963, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 162 new

    Dog Star Man: Part III

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 163 new

    Dog Star Man: Part IV

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 170 new

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 249 new

    Kiss Me, Stupid

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  7. 264 new

    Twice a Man

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 286 new

    Lilith

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 301 new

    The Brig

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  10. 371 new

    Song 1

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  11. 376 new

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 452 new

    The Pawnbroker

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 453 new

    The Patsy

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  14. 455 new

    Nothing But a Man

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 456 new

    The Naked Kiss

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source