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James Monaco's Film Masterpieces

These are the films Monaco cited in his 1985 edition of The Connoisseur’s Guide to the Movies as Masterpieces
1. The Big Sleep
by Howard Hawks
  
2.
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 À bout de souffle (Breathless)
by Jean-Luc Godard
  
3. Casablanca
by Michael Curtiz
  
4.
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 Citizen Kane - 1941 - Orson Welles  
5. City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Chaplin
  
6. The Court Jester
by Melvin Frank
  
7.
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 Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
by Jean Renoir
  
8.
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 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
by Stanley Kubrick
  
9.
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 8 1/2 - 1963 - Federico Fellini  
10.
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 Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) - 1959 - Francois Truffaut  
11. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
by Richard Lester
  
12. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
by Francis Ford Coppola
  
13. A Hard Day's Night
by Richard Lester
  
14. Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W)
by D.W. Griffith
  
15. It Happened One Night
by Frank Capra
  
16. It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition)
by Frank Capra
  
17. Jules and Jim - Criterion Collection
by François Truffaut
  
18. The Maltese Falcon
by John Huston
  
19. A Man and a Woman
by Claude Lelouch
  
20. Medium Cool  
21. Nashville
by Robert Altman
  
22. North By Northwest  
23. Roma, Città Aperta (Open City) in Original Italian
by Roberto Rossellini
  
24. Petulia
by Richard Lester
  
25. Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W)
by Sergei Eisenstein
  
26. Rear Window  
27. Reds (Special Collector's Edition)  
28. Richard III - Criterion Collection  
29. The Rules of the Game - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
  
30.
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 Safety Last! (1923)
by Sam Taylor & Fred C. Newmeyer
  
31. The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
by John Ford
  
32. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
  
33. The Sorrow and the Pity  
34. Stolen Kisses
by François Truffaut
  
35. La Strada - Criterion Collection
by Federico Fellini
  
36.
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 The Tree of Wooden Clogs - 1978  
37. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Jean-Luc Godard
  
38.
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 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
by Stanley Kubrick
  
39.
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by Costa-Gavras
  
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Created by Rigor on Nov 27, 2008.