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. 385 +4

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 655 +4

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 445 +4

    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 276 +4

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 604 +4

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 735 +4

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 845 +4

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 437 +4

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 40 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 103 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 948 +4

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  14. 855 +4

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 874 +4

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 65 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 617 +4

    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 78 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 810 +4

    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 63 -

    Babe

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 188 -

    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 985 +4

    Working Girl

    1988, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 865 +4

    The Sure Thing

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 966 +4

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 45 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 697 +4

    The Pink Panther

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 245 +4

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 846 +4

    St. Elmo's Fire

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  30. 255 +4

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 488 +4

    Klute

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 650 +4

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 577 +4

    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 559 +4

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 515 +4

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 530 +4

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 700 +4

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 842 +4

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 447 +4

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 763 +4

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 587 +4

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 676 +4

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 868 +4

    The Sweet Hereafter

    1997, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 26 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 195 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 429 +4

    The Ice Storm

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 1 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  50. 3 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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