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. 804 +4

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 808 +4

    Sholay

    1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 539 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 537 +4

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 395 +4

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 781 +4

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 731 +4

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 968 +4

    Where Eagles Dare

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 353 +4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 246 +4

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 440 +4

    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 698 +4

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

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 864 +4

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 748 +4

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 305 +4

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 881 +4

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 566 +4

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 637 +4

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 984 +4

    Wong Fei-Hung

    1991 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in China, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 115 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 920 +4

    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 241 +4

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 334 +4

    The Fugitive

    1993, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 900 +4

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 556 +4

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 850 +4

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 510 +4

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 78 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 318 +4

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 474 +4

    The Karate Kid

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 585 +4

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 756 +4

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 845 +4

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 20 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 707 +4

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 390 +4

    Harper

    1966 — a.k.a. The Moving Target, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 842 +4

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 849 +4

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  39. 981 +4

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 530 +4

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 803 +4

    Shi mian mai fu

    2004 — a.k.a. House of Flying Daggers, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 631 +4

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 344 +4

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 841 +4

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 999 +4

    Zatôichi

    2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 192 -

    Con Air

    1997, in 3 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. 147 -

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 898 +4

    Three Kings

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 21 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
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