I generated a list of all the movies on IMDb with a rating of 7.0 or better and more than 750 votes. (There are about 4,500.) I cut out the ones I would never really want to watch (mostly romances and melodramas) – that left 2,778. (And I’d already seen something like 500 of them.) Went through them, prioritized them based on my own preferences (generally mysteries and comedies, though I gave bonuses to some essential films I’d never watched, like The Bicycle Thief and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and then started renting them when they were available, and borrowing them from friends here and there. I’m hoping to have about 500 done by the end of the year, including all of the "essentials" on my list, and then I may start getting pickier. Top 10 from this list (as of 12.1): 10. Seven Samurai
9. Strangers on a Train
8. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
7. Hangmen Also Die!
6. Duck You Sucker
5. Rebecca
4. Cool Hand Luke
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. High Plains Drifter
1. Picnic at Hanging Rock
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...And Justice For All
by Norman Jewison
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10 Rillington Place
by Richard Fleischer
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300 [Blu-ray]
by Zack Snyder
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 5 Fingers (Five Fingers) ~ Original Release [Import, All-regions] (Dvd)
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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8 Women
by François Ozon
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2001 - A Space Odyssey
by Stanley Kubrick
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A Man for All Seasons (Special Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
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A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) [Region 2 Import]
by Michael Powell
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A Night in Casablanca
by Archie Mayo
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Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Julie Taymor
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Akira (Special Edition)
by Katsuhiro Ôtomo
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Alfie
by Lewis Gilbert (II)
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All About Eve
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All the President's Men (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Alan J. Pakula
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All You Need Is Cash - Special Edition
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Alphaville - Criterion Collection
by Jean-Luc Godard
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American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
by George Lucas
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An American in Paris
by Vincente Minnelli
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An American Werewolf in London
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Animal Crackers
by Victor Heerman
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Animals Are Beautiful People
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The Accused
by Jonathan Kaplan
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The Awful Truth
by Leo McCarey
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The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
by Irving Reis
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Bang The Drum Slowly
by John D. Hancock
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The Bank Dick - Criterion Collection
by Edward F. Cline
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The Beguiled
by Don Siegel
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The Bicycle Thief
by Vittorio De Sica
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The Big Sleep
by Howard Hawks
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Big Trouble in Little China (Single Disc Edition)
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Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]
by Ridley Scott
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Blow Out
by Brian De Palma
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Body Heat (Deluxe Edition)
by Lawrence Kasdan
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Bound for Glory
by Hal Ashby
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The Boys From Brazil
by Franklin J. Schaffner
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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
by Charles Barton
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Bullets Over Broadway
by Woody Allen
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
by Robert Wiene
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The Caine Mutiny (Collector's Edition)
by Edward Dmytryk
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A Clockwork Orange (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
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D.O.A.
by Rudolph Maté
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Dark City (1998) (Ws Dir) [Blu-ray]
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The Dark Crystal
by Jim Henson
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Dark Passage (Keepcase)
by Delmer Daves
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
by Robert Wise
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Dead of Night
by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
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Death in Venice
by Luchino Visconti
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Delusions of Grandeur (La Folie Des Grandeurs) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
by Gerard Oury
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The Devil and Daniel Johnston
by Jeff Feuerzeig
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The Devil Rides Out
by Terence Fisher
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