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. 12 -

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 38 -

    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 90 -

    La bête

    1975 — a.k.a. The Beast, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 103 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  6. 107 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 134 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 151 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 160 -

    The Cars That Ate Paris

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 190 -

    The Company of Wolves

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 201 new

    The Cremaster Cycle

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 205 +4

    Cronos

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 212 +4

    The Damned

    1962 — a.k.a. These Are the Damned, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 225 +4

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 227 +4

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 239 +4

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 263 +4

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 268 +4

    Dracula

    1958 — a.k.a. Horror of Dracula, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 296 +4

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 299 +4

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 300 +4

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 306 +4

    The Faculty

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 326 +4

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 330 +4

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 331 +4

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 336 +4

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 352 +4

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 359 +4

    Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

    1920 — a.k.a. The Golem, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 385 +4

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 391 +4

    The Haunting

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 392 +4

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 420 +4

    House of Wax

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 427 +4

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 441 +4

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 444 +4

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 472 +4

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 483 +4

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 563 +4

    La maschera del demonio

    1960 — a.k.a. Black Sunday, in 8 top lists Check
  39. 618 +4

    The Nanny

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 622 +4

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 628 +4

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 630 +4

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 638 +4

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 648 +4

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 655 +4

    The Omen

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 664 +4

    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 670 +4

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 678 +4

    Parents

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 683 +4

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 695 +4

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2020 by joachimt; source