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. 20 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 27 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 60 -

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 102 -

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 106 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 129 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 134 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 187 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 217 +4

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 220 +4

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 261 +4

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 276 +4

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 298 +4

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  18. 305 +4

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 306 +4

    The Faculty

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 318 +4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 326 +4

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 330 +4

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 343 +4

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 444 +4

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 463 +4

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 471 +4

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 525 +4

    Liquid Sky

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 530 +4

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 558 +4

    The Man with Two Brains

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  31. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 577 +4

    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 581 +4

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  34. 689 +4

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 700 +4

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 711 +4

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 734 +4

    Re-Animator

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 740 +4

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 753 +4

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 756 +4

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 814 +4

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 829 +4

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 838 +4

    Soylent Green

    1973, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 850 +4

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 864 +4

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 882 +4

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 883 +4

    Tetsuo

    1989 — a.k.a. Tetsuo, the Iron Man, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 890 +4

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 891 +4

    Things to Come

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jun 9, 2020 by joachimt; source