The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

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An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Gorro).

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"Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.

Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies."

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  1. 919 +4

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 319 +4

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 538 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 722 +4

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  8. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  9. 698 +4

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  11. 471 +4

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 905 +4

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 801 +4

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 353 +4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 810 +4

    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 788 +4

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 818 +4

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 781 +4

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 31 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 276 +4

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 298 +4

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  23. 805 +4

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  25. 842 +4

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 575 +4

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 730 +4

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 882 +4

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 261 +4

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 241 +4

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 742 +4

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 980 +4

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  34. 459 +4

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  35. 577 +4

    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 128 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 597 +4

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 646 +4

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 97 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  42. 343 +4

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 379 +4

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 280 +4

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 302 +4

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 741 +4

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 828 +4

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  48. 660 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  49. 800 +4

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2020 by joachimt; source