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. 17 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 18 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 21 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 26 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 28 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 41 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 76 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 82 -

    Becket

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 104 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 128 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 142 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 28 top lists Check
  12. 156 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 170 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 171 -

    The Charge of the Light Brigade

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 172 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 178 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 215 +4

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 238 +4

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 279 +4

    Edward II

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 282 +4

    Eight Men Out

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 286 +4

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 288 +4

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 338 +4

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 347 +4

    Il giardino dei Finzi Contini

    1970 — a.k.a. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 360 +4

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  26. 398 +4

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 438 +4

    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 443 +4

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 453 +4

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 460 +4

    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 526 +4

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 560 +4

    Marat/Sade

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  33. 565 +4

    Matewan

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 620 +4

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 680 +4

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 681 +4

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 715 +4

    Pro urodov i lyudey

    1998 — a.k.a. Of Freaks and Men, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 727 +4

    Quiz Show

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 746 +4

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 799 +4

    Shatranj Ke Khilari

    1977 — a.k.a. The Chess Players, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 806 +4

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 912 +4

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 939 +4

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 940 +4

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 942 +4

    Utomlennye solntsem

    1994 — a.k.a. Burnt by the Sun, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 946 +4

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 967 +4

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 978 +4

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 998 +4

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 1004 +4

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
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