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. 513 +4

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  2. 501 +4

    Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 398 +4

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 88 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 804 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 808 +4

    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 987 +4

    Xia nü

    1971 — a.k.a. A Touch of Zen, in 15 top lists Check
  9. 840 +4

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 746 +4

    The Right Stuff

    1983, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 76 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 538 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  14. 50 -

    Around the World in 80 Days

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 135 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  16. 322 +4

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 968 +4

    Where Eagles Dare

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 246 +4

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 121 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 698 +4

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 636 +4

    El Norte

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 897 +4

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines...

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 984 +4

    Wong Fei-Hung

    1991 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in China, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 772 +4

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 885 +4

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 900 +4

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 556 +4

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 912 +4

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 471 +4

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 78 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 318 +4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 922 +4

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 790 +4

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  37. 845 +4

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 459 +4

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 830 +4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 842 +4

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  42. 530 +4

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 789 +4

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 803 +4

    Shi mian mai fu

    2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 651 +4

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 730 +4

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  48. 898 +4

    Three Kings

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 700 +4

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 358 +4

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
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