501 Must-See Movies

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From a book of the same name.

The list is divided into 10 sections, each with 50 movies. (Except for the last, which has 51.)

Genre Lists

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89167 – Action/Adventure & Epic

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89168 – Comedy

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89171 – Drama

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89172 – Horror

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89175 – Musical

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89176 – Romance

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89177 – Science Fiction/Fantasy

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89174 – Mystery/Thriller

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89178 – War

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/89180 – Western

Action/Adventure & Epic (page 1)

Comedy (page 2)

Drama (page 3)

Horror (page 4)

Musical (page 5)

Romance (page 6)

Science Fiction/Fantasy (page 7)

Mystery/Thriller (page 8)

War (page 9)

Western (pages 10 and 11)

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  1. 1.
    The Iron Horse
    by John Ford
  2. 2.
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
    by Rex Ingram
  3. 3.
    Napoléon (France - 1927)
    by Abel Gance
  4. 4.
    Cleopatra (1934)
    by Cecil B. DeMille
  6. 6.
    Alexander Nevsky
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein
  7. 7.
    Gone with the Wind
    by George Cukor
  8. 8.
    The Sea Hawk
    by Michael Curtiz
  9. 9.
  10. 10.
    The African Queen
    by John Huston
  11. 11.
    The Wages of Fear (The Criterion Collection)
    by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  13. 13.
    The Ten Commandments
    by Cecil B. DeMille
  14. 14.
    War and Peace
    by King Vidor
  15. 15.
    The Vikings
    by Richard Fleischer
  16. 16.
    North By Northwest
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  17. 17.
    Ben-Hur
    by William Wyler
  18. 18.
    Spartacus
    by Stanley Kubrick
  19. 19.
    Lawrence of Arabia
    by David Lean
  20. 20.
    Zulu
    by Cy Endfield
  21. 21.
    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

  22. 22.
    The Charge of the Light Brigade
    by B. Reeves Eason
  23. 23.
    The Lion in Winter
    by Anthony Harvey
  24. 24.
    Waterloo [Region 2]
    by Sergey Bondarchuk
  25. 25.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog
  26. 26.
    The Poseidon Adventure
    by Irwin Allen
  27. 27.
    Enter the Dragon: 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Robert Clouse
  28. 28.
    Papillon
    by Franklin J. Schaffner
  29. 29.
    The Towering Inferno
    by John Guillermin
  30. 30.
    The Man Who Would Be King
    by Ed Apfel
  31. 31.
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
    by Steven Spielberg
  32. 32.
    Fitzcarraldo
    by Werner Herzog
  33. 33.
    Gandhi (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Attenborough
  34. 34.
    The Right Stuff
    by Philip Kaufman
  36. 36.
    A Passage to India
    by David Lean
  37. 37.
    Ran (The Criterion Collection)
    by Akira Kurosawa
  38. 38.
    The Mission (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Roland Joffé
  39. 39.
    Top Gun
    by Tony Scott
  40. 40.
    The Last Emperor
    by Bernardo Bertolucci
  41. 41.
    Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
    by John McTiernan
  42. 42.
    Speed (Widescreen Edition)
    by Jan de Bont
  43. 43.
    True Lies
    by James Cameron
  44. 44.
    Braveheart
    by Mel Gibson
  45. 45.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee
  46. 46.
    Gladiator (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Ridley Scott
  50. 50.
    Troy (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Wolfgang Petersen

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Hello dear, — 28 weeks ago

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Nov 28, 10:48PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Snorii

War & Peace — 4 years ago

It is #14 on the list – I changed it to the correct version from 1956.

May 08, 07:19AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

JennMarshburn

Request — 4 years ago

I was so excited when I saw this list. I was wondering if any of the contributors had started the list based on the 501 must read books list. I don’t actually have that one so I can’t contribute, but I would love to see it finished! These books are awesome and I will probably be working on both of these lists for awhile.

Sep 07, 07:40PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Jenn

Untitled — 5 years ago

Bravo! This is a great list and was glad to see someone completed it :)

Dec 20, 03:46PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

holliday

Great — 5 years ago

I’ve had this book for about a year. I thought of making a list for it, but didn’t because of how long it would take, lol. Glad to see someone else already made it.

Oct 31, 08:45PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

alyxstarr

Untitled — 6 years ago

I found a copy of the list and I’ve added most of the rest, as well as fixing some earlier ones. (A few were missed, and a few were the wrong version — e.g., the 2002 Solaris instead of the 1972 version.)

Just one section left to do.

Feb 14, 08:10PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

klagregory

345? — 6 years ago

Are there more movies for this list? The heading says ‘501’ but the list stops at 345. It is an excellent list thus far.

Feb 09, 02:57PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

maggiem

Untitled — 6 years ago

very awesome list!

Feb 03, 09:04PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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