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. 529 +4

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 143 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 692 +4

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 527 +4

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 545 +4

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 720 +4

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 684 +4

    Pépé le Moko

    1937, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 89 -

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 465 +4

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 552 +4

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 199 -

    Le corbeau

    1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 51 -

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 264 +4

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 511 +4

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 235 +4

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 587 +4

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 100 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 112 -

    The Blue Dahlia

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 479 +4

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 710 +4

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 207 +4

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 647 +4

    Odd Man Out

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 137 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 327 +4

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 651 +4

    Oliver Twist

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 887 +4

    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 482 +4

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 969 +4

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 53 -

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 113 -

    The Blue Lamp

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 228 +4

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 652 +4

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  33. 625 +4

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 733 +4

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 512 +4

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 855 +4

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 96 -

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 975 +4

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 657 +4

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  40. 67 -

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 95 -

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 273 +4

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 486 +4

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 500 +4

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 627 +4

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 116 -

    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob the Gambler, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 481 +4

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 52 -

    Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

    1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 917 +4

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 40 -

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
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