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Films that have been strongly recommended by critics and filmmakers. The bulk come from all-time best movie lists and major movie award lists (with around 7000 ranked). New movie releases and new DVD releases are added regularly when picked by selected critics. Care has been taken to include as many foreign film releases as possible, making this a truly international movie list.

Note: A few films are tied for their ranking: #42 and #43; #98 and #99.

(Last update: November 3, 2009)

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  1. 51.
    It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
    by Frank Capra

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  2. 52.
    L'Avventura - Criterion Collection
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  3. 53.
    Ugetsu - Criterion Collection
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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  4. 54.
    Ikiru - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  5. 55.
    The Graduate (Special Edition)
    by Mike Nichols

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  6. 56.
    Ran - Criterion Collection
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  7. 57.
    L.A. Confidential
    by Curtis Hanson

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  8. 58.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by John Huston

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  9. 59.
    Nosferatu - Special Edition
    by F.W. Murnau

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  10. 60.
    Wings of Desire

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  11. 61.
    Unforgiven
    by Clint Eastwood

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  12. 62.
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    by Milos Forman

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  13. 63.
    L' Atalante
    by Jean Vigo

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  14. 64.
    King Kong (Collector's Edition)
    by Ernest B. Schoedsack

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  15. 65.
    Do the Right Thing

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  16. 66.
    Sansho the Bailiff
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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  17. 67.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean

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  18. 69.
    North By Northwest

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  19. 70.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  20. 71.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Full Screen Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme

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  21. 73.
    It Happened One Night
    by Frank Capra

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  22. 74.
    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

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  23. 75.
    Saving Private Ryan
    by Steven Spielberg

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  24. 76.
    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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  25. 77.
    Playtime - Criterion Collection

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  26. 78.
    The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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  27. 80.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  28. 81.
    West Side Story (Special Edition DVD Collector's Set)
    by Jerome Robbins

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  29. 82.
    Touch of Evil

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  30. 83.
    Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Bresson

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  31. 84.
    Contempt - Criterion Collection

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  32. 85.
    The Best Years of Our Lives
    by William Wyler

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  34. 87.
    A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Director's Version)
    by Elia Kazan

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  35. 89.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)

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  36. 90.
    Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)

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  37. 91.
    The Conversation

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  38. 92.
    Forbidden Games - Criterion Collection
    by René Clément

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  39. 93.
    Duck Soup [Chico Marx and Zeppo Marx]
    by Leo McCarey

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  40. 94.
    Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament)
    by Andrzej Wajda

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  41. 95.
    The Apartment

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  42. 96.
    Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  43. 97.
    The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition)
    by John Frankenheimer

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  44. 98.
    Diabolique - Criterion Collection
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot

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  45. 99.
    The Gospel According to St. Matthew
    by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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