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. 1 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  2. 4 -

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Love Me Tonight

    1932, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 13 -

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 14 -

    Dinner at Eight

    1933, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 15 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 16 -

    Gold Diggers of 1933

    1933, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 19 -

    Sons of the Desert

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 20 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 21 -

    The Merry Widow

    1934, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 22 -

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 23 -

    Twentieth Century

    1934, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 24 -

    Alice Adams

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 27 -

    A Night at the Opera

    1935, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 28 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 31 -

    Libeled Lady

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 32 -

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 33 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 35 -

    Swing Time

    1936, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 36 -

    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 40 -

    Stage Door

    1937, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 42 -

    Topper

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 44 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  25. 46 -

    You Can't Take It with You

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 51 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 52 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 54 -

    The Women

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 56 -

    The Bank Dick

    1940, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 59 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 60 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  32. 62 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 66 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 67 -

    Ball of Fire

    1941, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 69 -

    All That Money Can Buy

    1941 — a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 71 -

    Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    1941, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 73 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 75 -

    Meet John Doe

    1941, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 76 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  40. 80 -

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 82 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 84 -

    Road to Morocco

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 86 -

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 87 -

    Woman of the Year

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 90 -1

    The More the Merrier

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 91 -1

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 96 -1

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 97 -1

    The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 100 -1

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 123 -2

    Miracle on 34th Street

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 22, 2020 by MovieDearest; source