The 100 Best Films to Rent That You've Never Heard Of

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This list comes from a book of the same name by David N. Meyer, published in 1997 by St. Martin’s Press. Of course, we’re all familiar with some of them. Nevertheless, it’s a welcome list that strays away from some of the typical choices. There are 101 entries because Meyer lists both Wages of Fear and Sorcerer as one entry.

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  1. 2.
    Thief of Bagdad (1940)

  2. 4.
    49th Parallel (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michael Powell

  3. 5.
    In Which We Serve
    by Noel Coward

  4. 6.
    Henry V (The Criterion Collection)
    by Laurence Olivier

  5. 7.
    The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
    by Preston Sturges

  6. 8.
    I Know Where I'm Going! (The Criterion Collection)
    by Emeric Pressburger

  7. 9.
    My Darling Clementine

  8. 10.
    Black Narcissus (The Criterion Collection)
    by Emeric Pressburger

  9. 11.
    Out of the Past

  10. 12.
    Red River
    by Arthur Rosson

  11. 13.
    Kind Hearts and Coronets
    by Robert Hamer

  12. 14.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray

  13. 16.
    Bob le Flambeur (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville

  14. 17.

  15. 18.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

  16. 19.
    Sweet Smell of Success
    by Alexander Mackendrick

  17. 20.
    Peeping Tom (The Criterion Collection)
    by Michael Powell

  18. 21.
    Lolita
    by Stanley Kubrick

  19. 22.
    Hell is for Heroes
    by Don Siegel

  20. 23.

  21. 24.
    The Battle of Algiers (The Criterion Collection)
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

  22. 25.
    The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
    by Martin Ritt

  23. 26.
    The Chase
    by Arthur Penn

  24. 27.
    Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
    by D.A. Pennebaker

  25. 28.
    Hombre
    by Martin Ritt

  26. 29.
    The Wild Angels
    by Roger Corman

  27. 30.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

  28. 31.
    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
    by Russ Meyer

  29. 32.
    Putney Swope
    by Robert Downey Sr.

  30. 33.
    Performance
    by Nicolas Roeg

  31. 35.
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    The Last Movie
    by Dennis Hopper

  32. 36.
    Macbeth

  33. 37.
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller
    by Robert Altman

  34. 38.
    Two Lane Blacktop
    by Monte Hellman

  35. 39.
    Vanishing Point
    by Richard C. Sarafian

  36. 40.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

  37. 41.
    Badlands
    by Terrence Malick

  38. 42.
    Jimi Hendrix (Deluxe Edition)
    by Gary Weis

  39. 43.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Robert Altman

  40. 44.
    Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Sam Peckinpah

  41. 45.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

  42. 46.
    Rancho Deluxe
    by Frank Perry

  43. 47.
    Juggernaut

  44. 48.
    The Man Who Would Be King
    by Ed Apfel

  45. 49.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

  46. 50.
    A Boy & His Dog
    by LQ Jones

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Created by fish_beauty on Apr 21, 2007.
 

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Just saw Suture — 3 years ago

It was awesome.


Untitled — 4 years ago

Someone made this same list last month.

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/26118




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