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. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 698 +4

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

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 353 +4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 781 +4

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 842 +4

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 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
  10. 882 +4

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 241 +4

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 988 +4

    X-Men

    2000, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 78 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 318 +4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 447 +4

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 841 +4

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 915 +4

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 305 +4

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 753 +4

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 92 -

    Beverly Hills Cop

    1984, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 981 +4

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 358 +4

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 711 +4

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 864 +4

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 192 -

    Con Air

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 474 +4

    The Karate Kid

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 20 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 850 +4

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 804 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  36. 547 +4

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 879 +4

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 247 +4

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 929 +4

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 489 +4

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 295 +4

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 898 +4

    Three Kings

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 332 +4

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 951 +4

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 340 +4

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  46. 15 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 707 +4

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 938 +4

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 731 +4

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 900 +4

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
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