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. 15 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 20 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 21 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 54 -

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 78 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 92 -

    Beverly Hills Cop

    1984, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 138 -

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 147 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 192 -

    Con Air

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 196 -

    Coogan's Bluff

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 223 +4

    De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté

    2005 — a.k.a. The Beat That My Heart Skipped, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 240 +4

    Dick Tracy

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 241 +4

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 244 +4

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 246 +4

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 247 +4

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 295 +4

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 305 +4

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 307 +4

    Fah talai jone

    2000 — a.k.a. Tears of the Black Tiger, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 314 +4

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 318 +4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 332 +4

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 340 +4

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 344 +4

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 351 +4

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 353 +4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 358 +4

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 390 +4

    Harper

    1966 — a.k.a. The Moving Target, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 447 +4

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 451 +4

    The Italian Job

    1969, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 468 +4

    Jui kuen

    1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 474 +4

    The Karate Kid

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 489 +4

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 491 +4

    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 510 +4

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 530 +4

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 547 +4

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 556 +4

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 585 +4

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 631 +4

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  49. 698 +4

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

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 707 +4

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2020 by joachimt; source