The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

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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. 400 +4

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 806 +4

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 201 new

    The Cremaster Cycle

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 620 +4

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 170 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 87 -

    La Belle Noiseuse

    1991 — a.k.a. The Beautiful Troublemaker, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 360 +4

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 380 +4

    Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian

    1991 — a.k.a. A Brighter Summer Day, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 658 +4

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 513 +4

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  11. 501 +4

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 398 +4

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 553 +4

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 88 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 804 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  16. 41 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  17. 808 +4

    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 346 +4

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  20. 987 +4

    Xia nü

    1971 — a.k.a. A Touch of Zen, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 253 +4

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 602 +4

    Mughal-E-Azam

    1960 — a.k.a. The Emperor of the Mughals, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 840 +4

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 104 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 905 +4

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  26. 164 -

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 746 +4

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 293 +4

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 310 +4

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 550 +4

    Magnolia

    1999, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 809 +4

    Short Cuts

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 338 +4

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
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    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 76 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 236 +4

    Devdas

    2002, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 191 -

    Comrades

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 230 +4

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 472 +4

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 538 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  40. 128 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 148 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  42. 162 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 257 +4

    Dogville

    2003, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  45. 357 +4

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  46. 258 +4

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 56 -

    Atanarjuat

    2001 — a.k.a. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 62 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 613 +4

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
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