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Darbicus's "The 1,000 Must See Films"

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1,000 Films that every self-respecting film buff must see.

This is not really considered a top 1,000 films list in the traditional sense. These are merely the first 1,000 films that every film buff should see. I’m currently working on a second list for this same topic of another 1,000 films.

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  1. 1.
    12 Angry Men
    by Sidney Lumet

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  2. 2.
    1900 / 20th century / Novecento
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  4. 5.
    21 Grams (Collector's Edition)
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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  5. 6.
    25th Hour
    by Spike Lee

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  6. 7.
    3 Women - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Altman

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  7. 8.
    32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
    by François Girard

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  10. 11.
    The 47 Ronin: Parts 1 & 2
    by Kenji Mizoguchi

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    8 1/2 - Criterion Collection

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    Accattone (by Pasolini)

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  13. 15.
    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
    by Stan Brakhage

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  14. 17.
    Adam's Rib
    by George Cukor

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  15. 18.
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  16. 19.
    An Affair to Remember
    by Leo McCarey

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  17. 21.
    After Life
    by Hirokazu Koreeda

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  18. 22.
    The Age of Innocence

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  19. 23.
    The Age of the Earth (1980)
    by Glauber Rocha

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  20. 24.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  21. 25.
    A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
    by Steven Spielberg

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  22. 26.
    Akira (Special Edition)
    by Katsuhiro Ôtomo

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  23. 27.
    Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
    by John Musker

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  24. 28.
    Alexander Nevsky
    by Sergei M. Eisenstein

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  25. 30.
    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    by Martin Scorsese

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  26. 31.
    Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition)
    by Wilfred Jackson

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  27. 32.
    Alien (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  28. 33.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron

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  29. 34.
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  30. 35.
    All About My Mother

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  31. 36.
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    by Lewis Milestone

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  32. 37.
    All That Heaven Allows - Criterion Collection
    by Douglas Sirk

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  33. 38.
    All That Jazz - Music Edition
    by Bob Fosse

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  34. 39.
    Alphaville - Criterion Collection
    by Jean-Luc Godard

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  35. 40.
    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

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  36. 41.
    Amarcord (Criterion Collection)
    by Federico Fellini

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  37. 42.
    American Beauty

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  38. 43.
    American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
    by George Lucas

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  39. 44.
    American History X
    by Tony Kaye

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  40. 45.
    American Splendor
    by Shari Springer Berman

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  41. 46.
    An American Tail
    by Don Bluth

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  42. 47.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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  43. 48.
    Anatomy of a Murder
    by Otto Preminger

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  44. 49.
    Andrei Rublev - Criterion Collection
    by Andrei Tarkovsky

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  45. 51.
    Anna Karenina (1935)
    by Clarence Brown

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  46. 52.
    Annie Hall

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    Aparajito
    by Satyajit Ray

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  48. 54.
    The Apartment

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  49. 55.
    Apocalypse Now

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  51. 57.
    The Arrival of a Train (1895)
    by Auguste Lumière & Louis Lumière

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  52. 58.
    Arsenal (Silent) (Sub B&W)
    by Aleksandr Dovzhenko

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  53. 59.
    Arsenic and Old Lace
    by Frank Capra

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  54. 60.
    As Good As It Gets
    by James L. Brooks

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  55. 61.
    Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament)
    by Andrzej Wajda

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  56. 62.
    The Asphalt Jungle
    by John Huston

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  57. 63.
    The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
    by Zacharias Kunuk

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  58. 64.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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  59. 65.
    Au Hasard Balthazar (Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

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  60. 66.
    Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
    by Takashi Miike

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  61. 67.
    Autumn Sonata - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  62. 68.
    The Awful Truth
    by Leo McCarey

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  63. 69.
    Baadasssss!

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  64. 70.
    Babe (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Chris Noonan

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  65. 71.
    Back to the Future

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  66. 72.
    The Bad and the Beautiful
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  67. 73.
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    by John Sturges

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  68. 74.
    Badlands

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  69. 75.
    Bambi (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by David Hand

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  70. 77.
    The Bank Dick - Criterion Collection
    by Edward F. Cline

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  71. 79.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  72. 80.
    Barton Fink
    by Ethan Coen

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  73. 81.
    Battle In Heaven
    by Carlos Reygadas

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  74. 82.
    The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

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  75. 83.
    Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
    by Sergei Eisenstein

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  76. 84.
    Beat the Devil
    by John Huston

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  77. 89.
    Before Sunrise
    by Richard Linklater

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  78. 90.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater

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  79. 91.
    Being John Malkovich

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  80. 92.
    Being There

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  81. 93.
    Belle de Jour

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  82. 95.
    The Best Years of Our Lives - Special Edition
    by William Wyler

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  83. 96.
    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
    by Fritz Lang

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  84. 98.
    The Big Chill
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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  85. 99.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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  86. 100.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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  87. 102.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks

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  89. 104.
    Billy Elliot

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  90. 105.
    The Birds (Collector's Edition)

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  91. 106.
    The Birth of a Nation

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  92. 107.
    The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
    by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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  93. 108.
    Black God, White Devil
    by Glauber Rocha

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  94. 109.
    Black Hawk Down
    by Ridley Scott

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  95. 110.
    Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

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  97. 112.
    Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  99. 115.
    Blood Simple (Director's Cut)
    by Joel Coen

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  100. 116.
    Bloody Sunday
    by Paul Greengrass

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  101. 117.
    Blow Up
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  102. 118.
    The Blue Angel
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  103. 119.
    The Blue Kite
    by Zhuangzhuang Tian

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  104. 120.
    Blue Velvet (Special Edition)
    by David Lynch

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  106. 122.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

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  107. 123.
    Boogie Nights
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

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  108. 125.
    Boudu Saved from Drowning - Criterion Collection
    by Jean Renoir

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  109. 126.
    Branded to Kill - Koroshi No Rakuin - Criterion Collection
    by Seijun Suzuki

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  110. 130.
    Breaking the Waves
    by Lars von Trier

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  111. 131.
    Breathless - Criterion Collection

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  112. 132.
    The Bride of Frankenstein
    by James Whale

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  113. 133.
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    by David Lean

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  114. 134.
    Brief Encounter - Criterion Collection
    by David Lean

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  115. 136.
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
    by Sam Peckinpah

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  116. 137.
    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

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  117. 138.
    Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ang Lee

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  118. 139.
    Broken Blossoms
    by D.W. Griffith

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  119. 140.
    Buffalo '66

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  120. 141.
    Burmese Harp - Criterion Collection
    by Kon Ichikawa

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  121. 142.
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    by George Roy Hill

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  122. 143.
    Le Boucher
    by Claude Chabrol

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  123. 144.
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    by Robert Wiene

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  124. 145.
    Caddyshack - 20th Anniversary Edition
    by Harold Ramis

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  125. 146.
    Cafe Lumiere
    by Hsiao-hsien Hou

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  126. 147.
    The Caine Mutiny (Collector's Edition)
    by Edward Dmytryk

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  127. 148.
    The Cameraman (1928)
    by Buster Keaton & Edward Sedgwick

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  128. 149.
    A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  129. 150.
    Carnal Knowledge
    by Mike Nichols

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  130. 151.
    Cane Toads - An Unnatural History
    by Mark Lewis (VII)

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  131. 152.
    Carrie (Special Edition)
    by Brian De Palma

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  132. 153.
    Casablanca
    by Michael Curtiz

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  133. 154.
    Casque d'Or - Criterion Collection
    by Jacques Becker

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  134. 155.
    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Deluxe Edition)
    by Richard Brooks

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  135. 156.
    Cat People (1942)
    by Jacques Tourneur

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  136. 157.
    Celine and Julie Go Boating
    by Jacques Rivette

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  137. 158.
    Central Station
    by Walter Salles

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  138. 159.
    Charade

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  139. 160.
    Charulata
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  141. 162.
    The Children of Heaven
    by Majid Majidi

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  142. 163.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso Cuarón

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  143. 164.
    Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Marcel Carné

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  144. 165.
    Falstaff Chimes At Midnight [Import]
    by Orson Welles

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  145. 166.
    The China Syndrome (Special Edition)
    by James Bridges

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  146. 167.
    Chinatown

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  147. 168.
    Chloe in the Afternoon
    by Eric Rohmer

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    Chungking Express
    by Kar Wai Wong

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  149. 171.
    Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Wilfred Jackson

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  150. 172.
    Cinema Paradiso (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
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  151. 173.
    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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  152. 174.
    City Girl
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  153. 175.
    City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition)
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  154. 176.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  155. 177.
    The City of Lost Children
    by Marc Caro

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  156. 178.
    City of Women
    by Federico Fellini

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  157. 179.
    Claire's Knee
    by Eric Rohmer

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  158. 180.
    Cleo From 5 to 7 - Criterion Collection
    by Agnès Varda

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  159. 181.
    Cleopatra
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  160. 182.
    Clerks (Collector's Series)

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  161. 183.
    A Clockwork Orange
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  162. 185.
    Close-Up

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  164. 188.
    The Color of Pomegranates
    by Sergei Parajanov

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  165. 189.
    The Color Purple (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  166. 190.
    Come and See
    by Elem Klimov

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  167. 191.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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  168. 192.
    Contempt - Criterion Collection

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  169. 193.
    The Conversation

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  170. 194.
    Cool Hand Luke
    by Stuart Rosenberg

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  171. 195.
    Cops (short, 1922)
    by Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline

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  172. 196.
    A Corner in Wheat (1909 Short)
    by D.W. Griffith

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  173. 197.
    Cowards Bend the Knee
    by Guy Maddin

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  174. 198.
    The Cranes are Flying - Criterion Collection
    by Mikheil Kalatozishvili

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  175. 199.
    Crash
    by David Cronenberg

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  176. 200.
    Cries & Whispers - Criterion Collection
    by Ingmar Bergman

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  177. 201.
    The Crime of Monsieur Lange
    by Jean Renoir

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  178. 202.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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  179. 204.
    Crimson Gold
    by Jafar Panahi

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  180. 205.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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  181. 206.
    The Crowd (1928)
    by King Vidor

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  182. 207.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

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  183. 208.
    The Dante Quartet
    by Stan Brakhage

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  184. 209.
    Dark City (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Alex Proyas

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  185. 210.
    Dark Victory (Restored and Remastered Edition)
    by Edmund Goulding

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  186. 211.
    Das Boot - The Director's Cut
    by Wolfgang Petersen

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  187. 212.
    Dave
    by Ivan Reitman

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  188. 213.
    A Day at the Races
    by Sam Wood

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  189. 214.
    Day for Night

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  190. 216.
    Day of Wrath - Criterion Collection
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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  191. 217.
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    by Robert Wise

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  192. 218.
    Days of Being Wild
    by Kar Wai Wong

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    Days of Wine and Roses
    by Blake Edwards

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  195. 221.
    Dazed & Confused (Widescreen Flashback Edition)
    by Richard Linklater

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  196. 222.
    Dead Man
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  197. 223.
    Dead Man Walking
    by Tim Robbins

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  198. 224.
    Dead Poets Society
    by Peter Weir

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  199. 225.
    Dead Ringers

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  200. 226.
    The Dead [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by John Huston

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  201. 227.
    Death in Venice
    by Luchino Visconti

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  202. 228.
    Death Takes a Holiday

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  203. 230.
    Deconstructing Harry

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  204. 231.
    The Deer Hunter
    by Michael Cimino

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  205. 232.
    The Defiant Ones
    by Stanley Kramer

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  206. 233.
    Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
    by John Boorman

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  207. 234.
    Demonlover (Unrated Director's Cut)
    by Olivier Assayas

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  208. 235.
    The Departed (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  209. 236.
    Dersu Uzala
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  210. 237.
    Detour
    by Edgar G. Ulmer

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  211. 238.
    Devi
    by Satyajit Ray

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  212. 239.
    The Devil & Daniel Webster - Criterion Collection
    by William Dieterle

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  213. 240.
    The Devils
    by Ken Russell

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  214. 241.
    The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)
    by Guillermo del Toro

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  215. 242.
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    Dial M For Murder

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  216. 243.
    Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Bresson

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  217. 244.
    Die Hard
    by John McTiernan

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  218. 245.
    Diner
    by Barry Levinson

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  219. 246.
    The Dirty Dozen
    by Robert Aldrich

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  220. 247.
    The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
    by Luis Buñuel

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  221. 248.
    Do the Right Thing

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  222. 249.
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    The Docks of New York (1928)
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  223. 250.
    Dog Day Afternoon
    by Sidney Lumet

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  224. 251.
    Dog Star Man
    by Stan Brakhage

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  225. 252.
    Dogma

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  226. 253.
    Dogville
    by Lars von Trier

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  227. 254.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  228. 255.
    Donnie Darko
    by Richard Kelly (II)

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  229. 256.
    Double Indemnity [Barbara Stanwyck & Fred Macmurray]
    by Billy Wilder

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  230. 257.
    The Double Life of Veronique - Criterion Collection
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

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  231. 258.
    Downfall
    by Oliver Hirschbiegel

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  232. 259.
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
    by Rouben Mamoulian

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  233. 260.
    Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler
    by Fritz Lang

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  234. 261.
    Dr. No
    by Terence Young

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  235. 263.
    Dracula (1931)
    by Tod Browning

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  236. 264.
    Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (Sub)
    by Akira Kurosawa

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  237. 265.
    Duck Amuck (1953 Short)
    by Chuck Jones

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  238. 266.
    Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (1953)
    by Chuck Jones

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