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. 319 +4

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 722 +4

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 801 +4

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 298 +4

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 788 +4

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 575 +4

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 538 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 302 +4

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 97 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 31 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  18. 742 +4

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 261 +4

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 813 +4

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 805 +4

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 790 +4

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 517 +4

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 362 +4

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  25. 660 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 496 +4

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  27. 741 +4

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  29. 919 +4

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 597 +4

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 353 +4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 941 +4

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 106 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 878 +4

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  36. 921 +4

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 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
  38. 148 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  39. 800 +4

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 181 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 312 +4

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 781 +4

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  43. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 47 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  45. 471 +4

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  46. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  47. 267 +4

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  48. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 379 +4

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 161 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
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