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. 362 +4

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 513 +4

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  3. 729 +4

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 128 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 28 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 162 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 149 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 285 +4

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 840 +4

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 119 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 939 +4

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 26 -

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 260 +4

    Donnie Brasco

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 41 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 322 +4

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 680 +4

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 377 +4

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 1001 +4

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 460 +4

    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 438 +4

    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 59 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 442 +4

    The Insider

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 397 +4

    Heavenly Creatures

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 286 +4

    Elizabeth

    1998, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 37 -

    American Splendor

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 620 +4

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 208 +4

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 946 +4

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 453 +4

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 614 +4

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    1989 — a.k.a. My Left Foot, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 612 +4

    My Dinner with Andre

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 403 +4

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 178 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 3 -

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 42 -

    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 82 -

    Becket

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 505 +4

    Last Days

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 782 +4

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 215 +4

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 815 +4

    Silkwood

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 155 -

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 609 +4

    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 610 +4

    My Childhood

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 211 +4

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 74 -

    Bandit Queen

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 156 -

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 158 -

    Caro diario

    1993 — a.k.a. Dear Diary, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 456 +4

    Jacquot de Nantes

    1991 — a.k.a. Jacquot of Nantes, in 1 top list Check
  49. 635 +4

    Nirgendwo in Afrika

    2001 — a.k.a. Nowhere in Africa, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 914 +4

    Tóngnián wangshì

    1985 — a.k.a. A Time to Live, a Time to Die, in 8 top lists Check
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