TSPDT's Recommended Viewing: 189 Films You Must-See...

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This page contains the 189 films (to date) that we heartily-highly-recommend above all others. They are listed in the Recommended Viewing section as HR (highly recommended) along with 400-odd other films, but these are the ones we return to and cherish most often.

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  1. 1 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
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    L'âge d'or

    1930 — a.k.a. L'Age d'Or, in 16 top lists Check
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    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
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    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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    All That Heaven Allows

    1955, in 11 top lists Check
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    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
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    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    L'argent

    1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Awful Truth

    1937, in 15 top lists Check
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    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 14 -1

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 15 -1

    The Barefoot Contessa

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 16 -1

    Barton Fink

    1991, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 18 -1

    La bête humaine

    1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 19 -1

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 20 -1

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 21 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 22 -1

    Bigger Than Life

    1956, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 23 -1

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 24 -1

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 26 -2

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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    Bob le flambeur

    1956 — a.k.a. Bob le Flambeur, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 28 -2

    Le bonheur

    1965 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 8 top lists Check
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    L'ami de mon amie

    1987 — a.k.a. Boyfriends and Girlfriends, in 1 top list Check
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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Le crime de Monsieur Lange

    1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check
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    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
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    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
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    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
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    Dekalog

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
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    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
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    Journal d'un curé de campagne

    1951 — a.k.a. Diary of a Country Priest, in 14 top lists Check
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    Diary of a Mad Housewife

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
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    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
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    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
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    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
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    Él

    1953 — a.k.a. El, in 8 top lists Check
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