The Spectator Magazine's 50 Essential Films

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The Spectator magazine's official 50 essential films as chosen by Peter Hoskin and Matthew D'Ancona
(NOTE: The original list groups "Parts 1 & 2" of the Godfather, hence 51 titles where there should be 50)

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  1. 40 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 12 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 18 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 38 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 2 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 19 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  8. 15 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 33 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 49 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 29 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 31 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 42 -

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 27 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 8 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 44 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 50 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 39 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 1 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  21. 3 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 30 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 13 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 48 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 17 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 21 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  27. 45 -

    Pinocchio

    1940, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 6 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  29. 37 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  30. 28 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 14 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 41 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 10 -

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 5 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 43 -

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 51 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 25 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 4 -

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 47 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 9 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 23 -

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 7 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 20 -

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 46 -

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 36 -

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 22 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  47. 24 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 35 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 32 -

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 16 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
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