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. 97 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 267 +4

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 800 +4

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 302 +4

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 919 +4

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 597 +4

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 816 +4

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 416 +4

    Hot Fuzz

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 521 +4

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 714 +4

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 379 +4

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 343 +4

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 830 +4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 84 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 364 +4

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 996 +4

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 592 +4

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 19 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 370 +4

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 810 +4

    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 46 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 109 -

    Blazing Saddles

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 852 +4

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 894 +4

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 130 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 970 +4

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 927 +4

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 185 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 315 +4

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 5 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 450 +4

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  35. 767 +4

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 577 +4

    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 649 +4

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 258 +4

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 340 +4

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  40. 122 -

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make...

    2006, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 759 +4

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 812 +4

    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 966 +4

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 836 +4

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 222 +4

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 688 +4

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  47. 739 +4

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 571 +4

    Mean Girls

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 410 +4

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 274 +4

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
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