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. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  3. 27 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 32 -

    American Gigolo

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 40 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 48 -

    L'appartement

    1996 — a.k.a. The Apartment, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 61 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 77 -

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 100 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 107 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 111 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 114 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 123 -

    The Boston Strangler

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  14. 133 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 147 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 152 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 154 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 160 -

    The Cars That Ate Paris

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 168 -

    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 177 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 184 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  22. 195 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  23. 199 -

    Le corbeau

    1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 224 +4

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    1982 — a.k.a. Dead Men Wear No Plaid, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 237 +4

    Devil in a Blue Dress

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 239 +4

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 269 +4

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 296 +4

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 306 +4

    The Faculty

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 309 +4

    The Fallen Idol

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 342 +4

    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 363 +4

    Gosford Park

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 424 +4

    Hukkle

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  34. 435 +4

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  35. 437 +4

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 448 +4

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 475 +4

    Keane

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 486 +4

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 488 +4

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 489 +4

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 495 +4

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 503 +4

    Lantana

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 524 +4

    The Limey

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 529 +4

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 535 +4

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 545 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 561 +4

    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 575 +4

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 601 +4

    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 605 +4

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2020 by joachimt; source