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

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From David N. Meyer’s book of the same title. There are 101 movies because he counts Sorceror and Wages of Fear as one movie; Sorceror is a remake of Wages of Fear.

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  1. 1.
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  2. 2.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    by Werner Herzog

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  3. 3.
    The American Friend

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  4. 4.
    At Close Range

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  5. 5.
    Badlands

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  6. 6.
    Barry Lyndon
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  7. 7.
    The Battle of Algiers - Criterion Collection
    by Gillo Pontecorvo

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  8. 8.
    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

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  9. 9.
    Big Wednesday (Ws Sub)

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    Black Narcissus - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

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    A Boy & His Dog

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  14. 14.
    Cabeza de Vaca
    by Nicolás Echevarría

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  15. 15.
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    Candy Mountain
    by Robert Frank and Rudy Wurlitzer

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  16. 16.
    The Chase
    by Arthur Penn

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  17. 17.
    Clash: Rude Boy
    by Jack Hazan

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  18. 18.
    The Conformist (Extended Edition)
    by Bernardo Bertolucci

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  19. 19.
    Contempt - Criterion Collection

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  20. 20.
    Cutter's Way
    by Ivan Passer

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  21. 21.
    Deep Cover
    by Bill Duke

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  22. 22.
    Delicatessen

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  23. 23.
    The Dogs of War
    by John Irvin

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

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  25. 25.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg

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  26. 26.
    Duellists (Ws Sub)
    by Ridley Scott

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    Fearless
    by Peter Weir

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    A Flash of Green
    by Victor Nunez

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  29. 30.
    49th Parallel - Criterion Collection
    by Michael Powell

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  30. 31.
    Gates of Heaven
    by Errol Morris

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  32. 33.
    Hell Is For Heroes
    by Don Siegel

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  33. 34.
    Henry V - Criterion Collection
    by Laurence Olivier

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  34. 35.
    The Hit

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  35. 36.
    Hombre
    by Martin Ritt

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  36. 38.
    House of Games

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  37. 39.
    I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
    by Emeric Pressburger

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  38. 40.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray

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  39. 41.
    In Which We Serve
    by Noel Coward

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  40. 42.
    Jimi Hendrix (Deluxe Edition)
    by Gary Weis

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  41. 43.
    Juggernaut
    by Richard Lester

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  42. 44.
    The Killer
    by Chung Lam

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  43. 45.
    Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Hamer

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  44. 46.
    The King of Comedy

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  45. 47.
    The Lady Eve - Criterion Collection
    by Preston Sturges

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  46. 48.
    The Last Movie
    by Dennis Hopper

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  47. 49.
    Le Dernier Combat
    by Luc Besson

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  48. 50.
    Let It Ride
    by Joe Pytka

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Comments

Untitled — 5 weeks ago

Why the heck is Predator on this list? I’d hardly call that a “movie you’ve never heard of”.


Bryant
Somerville

Done! — 40 weeks ago

And completed a bit over a year later.


Bryant
Somerville

Halfway Done — 1 year ago

Added the first half of this list in order to burn off nervous energy during the Pats/Chargers game. Second half to come during the second half, I suspect.