TCM Presents: The Essentials

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Every movie featured on the Turner Classic Movies series "The Essentials".

Movies are listed chronologically.

Last updated April 22, 2020. Now up to date through January 2021.

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  1. 212 -6

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 77 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 163 -4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 150 -3

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 302 -15

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 48 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 222 -7

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 8 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 269 -10

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 3 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  11. 174 -4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  12. 223 -7

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  13. 20 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  14. 133 -2

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 60 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 111 -1

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 117 -2

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 44 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 62 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 101 -1

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  21. 110 -1

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 168 -4

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 43 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 229 -7

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 115 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 260 -9

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 132 -2

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 73 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 239 -7

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 79 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 154 -4

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 165 -4

    From Here to Eternity

    1953, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 315 -19

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 28 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 153 -4

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 66 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 52 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 36 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 114 -1

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 179 -4

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 164 -4

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 155 -4

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 100 -1

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 193 -6

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 162 -4

    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 5 -

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 35 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 216 -7

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 81 -

    Now, Voyager

    1942, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 159 -4

    The Bad and the Beautiful

    1952, in 9 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 22, 2020 by MovieDearest; source