Essential movie list
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Introduction
List under construction. Here's the inspiration: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/EDI
TOR/60419010 (Roger Ebert's list of movies to see before you die)
1
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2
The 400 Blows (1959)
3
8 1/2 (1963)
4
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
5
Alien (1979)
6
All About Eve
7
Annie Hall
8
Apocalypse Now (1979)
9
Bambi (1942)
10
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
11
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
12
The Big Red One (1980)
13
The Bicycle Thief (1949)
14
The Big Sleep (1946)
15
Blade Runner (1982)
16
Blowup (1966)
17
Blue Velvet (1986)
18
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
19
Breathless (1959)
20
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
21
Carrie (1975)
22
Casablanca (1942)
23
Un Chien Andalou (1928)
24
Children of Paradise / Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
25
Chinatown (1974)
26
Citizen Kane (1941)
27
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
28
The Crying Game (1992)
29
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
30
Days of Heaven (1978)
31
Dirty Harry (1971)
32
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
33
Do the Right Thing (1989)
34
La Dolce Vita (1960)
35
Double Indemnity (1944)
36
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
37
Duck Soup (1933)
38
E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
39
Easy Rider (1969)
40
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
41
The Exorcist (1973)
42
Fargo (1995)
43
Fight Club (1999)
44
Frankenstein (1931)
45
The General (1927)
46
The Godfather (1972)
47
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
48
Gone With the Wind (1939)
49
GoodFellas (1990)
50
The Graduate (1967)
51
Halloween (1978)
52
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
53
Intolerance (1916)
54
It's a Gift (1934)
55
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
56
Jaws (1975)
57
The Lady Eve (1941)
58
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
59
M (1931)
60
Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior
61
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
62
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
63
Metropolis (1926)
64
Modern Times (1936)
65
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
66
Nashville (1975)
67
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
68
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
69
North by Northwest (1959)
70
Nosferatu (1922)
71
On the Waterfront (1954)
72
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
73
Out of the Past (1947)
74
Persona (1966)
75
Pink Flamingos (1972)
76
Psycho (1960)
77
Pulp Fiction (1994)
78
Rashomon (1950)
79
Rear Window (1954)
80
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
81
Red River (1948)
82
Repulsion (1965)
83
The Rules of the Game (1939)
84
Scarface (1932)
85
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
86
Enter List Item
87
Schindler's List (1993)
88
The Searchers (1956)
89
The Seven Samurai (1954)
90
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
91
Some Like It Hot (1959)
92
A Star Is Born (1954)
93
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
94
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
95
Taxi Driver (1976)
96
The Third Man (1949)
97
Tokyo Story (1953)
98
Touch of Evil (1958)
99
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
100
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
101
Vertigo (1958)
102
West Side Story (1961)
103
The Wild Bunch (1969)
104
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
What about Office Space? That's the essential movie for all cubical workers.
posted 421 days ago
Wow this is a really long list and I have only seen about 15 of these movies..so not even a fourth!! I like the clicks though :~)
posted 421 days ago
impressive. i'm going to have to spend good hour or so on this list. thanks for the great database!
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