The Guardian's 1000 Films to See Before You Die

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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. 92 -

    Beverly Hills Cop

    1984, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 753 +4

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 875 +4

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 963 +4

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 71 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 321 +4

    A Fish Called Wanda

    1988, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 202 +4

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 773 +4

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 411 +4

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 134 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 972 +4

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 354 +4

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 688 +4

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 370 +4

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 994 +4

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 639 +4

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 584 +4

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 679 +4

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 648 +4

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 961 +4

    Wayne's World

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 403 +4

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 19 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 617 +4

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 717 +4

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 521 +4

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 588 +4

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 420 +4

    House of Wax

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 330 +4

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 227 +4

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 251 +4

    Django

    1966, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 102 -

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 500 +4

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 46 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 611 +4

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 450 +4

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 759 +4

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 964 +4

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 855 +4

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 272 +4

    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 847 +4

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 38 -

    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 951 +4

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 857 +4

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 767 +4

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 177 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  47. 26 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 389 +4

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 323 +4

    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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