The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die

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Published in The Guardian as a series during the week of June 25–29, 2007.

"Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded – if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.

"Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 – those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies."

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  1. 201.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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  2. 202.
    Crocodile Dundee
    by Peter Faiman

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  3. 203.
    Cronos
    by Guillermo del Toro

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  4. 204.
    Crooklyn

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  5. 205.
    Crossfire
    by Edward Dmytryk

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  6. 206.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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  7. 207.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

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  8. 208.
    The Crying Game (Collector's Edition)
    by Neil Jordan

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  9. 210.
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    by Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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  10. 212.
    Dangerous Liaisons
    by Stephen Frears

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  11. 213.
    Danton [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Andrzej Wajda

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  12. 214.
    Dark Star
    by John Carpenter

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  13. 215.
    Darling
    by John Schlesinger

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  14. 216.
    Day for Night

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  15. 217.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

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  16. 218.
    Days of Being Wild
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  17. 219.
    Days of Heaven
    by Terrence Malick

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  18. 220.
    Dazed & Confused (Widescreen Flashback Edition)
    by Richard Linklater

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  19. 221.
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
    by Carl Reiner

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  20. 222.
    Dead of Night
    by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer

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  21. 223.
    Dead Presidents
    by Allen Hughes

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  22. 224.
    Dead Ringers

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  23. 225.
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    Dear Diary
    by Nanni Moretti

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  24. 226.
    Death in Venice
    by Luchino Visconti

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  25. 227.
    The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
    by Penelope Spheeris

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  26. 228.
    The Deer Hunter
    by Michael Cimino

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  27. 229.
    Deliverance
    by John Boorman

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  28. 230.
    Desperately Seeking Susan
    by Susan Seidelman

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  29. 231.
    Detour
    by Edgar G. Ulmer

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  30. 232.
    Devdas (2 Disc Set)
    by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

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  31. 233.
    Devil in a Blue Dress
    by Carl Franklin

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  32. 234.
    The Devils (Special Uncut Restored Edition 1971)
    by Ken Russell

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  33. 235.

  34. 236.
    Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Bresson

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  35. 237.
    Dick Tracy

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  36. 238.
    Die Hard
    by John McTiernan

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  37. 239.
    DiG!
    by Ondi Timoner

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  38. 240.
    Diner
    by Barry Levinson

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  39. 241.

  40. 242.
    The Dirty Dozen
    by Robert Aldrich

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  41. 243.
    Dirty Harry

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  42. 244.
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    by Frank Oz

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  43. 245.

  44. 246.
    Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
    by Terence Davies

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  45. 247.
    Diva
    by Jean-Jacques Beineix

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  46. 248.
    Django
    by Sergio Corbucci

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  47. 249.
    Do the Right Thing

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