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. 517 +4

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 300 +4

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 296 +4

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  4. 299 +4

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 660 +4

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 91 -

    Better Off Dead...

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  7. 220 +4

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 352 +4

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 186 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 866 +4

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 824 +4

    Slums of Beverly Hills

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  12. 444 +4

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 846 +4

    St. Elmo's Fire

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  14. 461 +4

    The Jerk

    1979, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 894 +4

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  16. 885 +4

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 33 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 691 +4

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 396 +4

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 68 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 672 +4

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 366 +4

    La grande bouffe

    1973 — a.k.a. La Grande Bouffe, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 622 +4

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 11 -

    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 711 +4

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 1 -

    10 Things I Hate About You

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 103 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 571 +4

    Mean Girls

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 701 +4

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 200 -

    Crash

    1996, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 628 +4

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 330 +4

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 125 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 106 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  35. 2 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  36. 19 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 547 +4

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 718 +4

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  39. 345 +4

    Ghost World

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 248 +4

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  41. 153 -

    La cage aux folles

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 187 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 538 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 301 +4

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 285 +4

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 385 +4

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 938 +4

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 790 +4

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  49. 175 -

    Chicken Run

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 280 +4

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
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