Mark Cousins's The Story of Film: An Odyssey

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"The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a 15-part series written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.
The series provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry."

Note: "Motion Capture Mirrors Emotion (2009) dir. Jorge Ribas," a documentary about the making of Avatar, is missing because it does not appear to have an imdb page.

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  1. 448 -2

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 519 -2

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 325 -1

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 472 -2

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 437 -2

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 425 -2

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 361 -1

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  8. 393 -2

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 483 -2

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 463 -2

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 231 -1

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 453 -2

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 406 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 149 -1

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 396 -2

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 232 -1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 506 -2

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 516 -2

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 143 -1

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 454 -2

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 409 -2

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 419 -2

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  23. 226 -1

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 447 -2

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 198 -1

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  26. 411 -2

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 223 -1

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 283 -1

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 499 -2

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 327 -1

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 426 -2

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 497 -2

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 163 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 462 -2

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 318 -1

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 328 -1

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 330 -1

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 263 -1

    Bande à part

    1964 — a.k.a. Band of Outsiders, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 179 -1

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 228 -1

    Pickpocket

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 103 -1

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 239 -1

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 154 -1

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 254 -1

    Le procès

    1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 414 -2

    Krótki film o zabijaniu

    1988 — a.k.a. A Short Film About Killing, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 111 -1

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 164 -1

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 178 -1

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 175 -1

    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 424 -2

    Ah Fei jing juen

    1990 — a.k.a. Days of Being Wild, in 11 top lists Check
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