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imdbgeek's "Essential Films List"

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A selection of films that I would recommend to anyone.

  1. 1.
    American Beauty

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  2. 2.
    American History X
    by Tony Kaye

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  3. 3.
    Life Is Beautiful

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  4. 4.
    Leon - The Professional (Deluxe Edition)
    by Luc Besson

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  5. 6.
    True Romance

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  6. 7.
    Seven (Single Disc Edition)
    by David Fincher

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  7. 8.
    Oldboy
    by Chan-wook Park

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  8. 9.
    The Dark Knight

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  9. 10.
    Little Miss Sunshine
    by Jonathan Dayton

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  10. 11.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer

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  12. 14.
    The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Frank Darabont

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  13. 15.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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  14. 17.
    Requiem for a Dream

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  15. 18.
    Trainspotting
    by Danny Boyle

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  16. 19.
    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George

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  17. 20.
    Die Hard
    by John McTiernan

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  18. 21.
    The Green Mile

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  19. 22.
    Saving Private Ryan (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  20. 23.
    Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)

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  21. 25.
    Fight Club

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  22. 26.
    Platoon (Special Edition)

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  23. 27.
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  24. 28.
    Pulp Fiction

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  25. 30.
    Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone Collection
    by Oliver Stone

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  26. 31.
    Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)
    by James Mangold

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  27. 32.
    Gladiator (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  28. 33.
    A Beautiful Mind

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  29. 34.
    The Truman Show (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Peter Weir

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  30. 35.
    Volver
    by Pedro Almodóvar

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  31. 36.
    The Lives of Others

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  32. 37.
    The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition)
    by Kevin Macdonald

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  33. 38.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  34. 39.
    Young Frankenstein

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  35. 40.
    Battle Royale
    by Kinji Fukasaku

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  36. 41.
    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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  37. 42.
    Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
    by Ang Lee

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  38. 43.
    Crash
    by Paul Haggis

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  40. 45.
    The Silence of the Lambs (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme

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  41. 46.
    Hannibal

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  42. 47.
    Manhunter

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  43. 48.
    Arlington Road
    by Mark Pellington

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  44. 49.
    Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)
    by Alfonso Cuarón

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  45. 50.
    Dogma (Special Edition)

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  46. 51.
    Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Mann

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  47. 52.
    Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  48. 53.
    Donnie Darko - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Richard Kelly (II)

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  49. 54.
    Pan's Labyrinth
    by Guillermo del Toro

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  50. 55.
    Misery

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  52. 57.
    William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
    by Baz Luhrmann

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  53. 59.
    White Oleander (Widescreen)
    by Peter Kosminsky

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  54. 60.
    Dangerous Liaisons
    by Stephen Frears

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  55. 61.
    Being John Malkovich

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  56. 62.
    The Fifth Element
    by Luc Besson

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  58. 64.
    Munich (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  59. 65.
    The Good Girl
    by Miguel Arteta

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  60. 66.
    Signs (Vista Series)

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  62. 69.
    Quills

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  63. 70.
    Cast Away (Widescreen Edition)
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  64. 71.
    Back to the Future
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  65. 72.
    Death Becomes Her
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  66. 73.
    Almost Famous

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  67. 74.
    This Is England

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  68. 75.
    East Is East
    by Damien O'Donnell

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  69. 76.
    Twelve Monkeys
    by Terry Gilliam

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  70. 77.
    28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
    by Danny Boyle

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  71. 78.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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  72. 79.
    Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
    by John Singleton

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  73. 80.
    Snatch (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)

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  74. 81.
    Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)
    by Guy Ritchie

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  75. 82.
    Batman Returns
    by Tim Burton

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  76. 83.
    American Psycho
    by Mary Harron

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  77. 85.
    Cloverfield
    by Matt Reeves

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  78. 86.
    The Goonies
    by Richard Donner

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  79. 87.
    Shaun of the Dead

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  80. 88.
    Good Morning, Vietnam
    by Barry Levinson

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  81. 89.
    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    by James Cameron

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  82. 91.
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)
    by Robert Zemeckis

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  83. 92.
    The Godfather, Part III (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  84. 93.
    Interview with the Vampire
    by Neil Jordan

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  85. 94.
    Magnolia
    by Paul Thomas Anderson

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  86. 96.
    Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Campbell

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  87. 97.
    E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (Widesceen)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  88. 98.
    The Matrix
    by Andy Wachowski

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  89. 99.
    Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by James Cameron

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  90. 100.
    Alien
    by Ridley Scott

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  91. 101.
    Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

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  92. 102.
    Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition)

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  93. 103.
    Memento

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  94. 104.
    Girl, Interrupted

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  95. 105.
    Withnail and I
    by Bruce Robinson

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  96. 106.
    An American Werewolf in London

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  97. 107.
    Fargo
    by Joel Coen

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  98. 108.
    Toy Story (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by John Lasseter

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  99. 109.
    Alien Resurrection
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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  100. 110.
    Milk

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  101. 111.
    Slumdog Millionaire

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  102. 112.
    Changeling
    by Clint Eastwood

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  103. 113.
    Gran Torino [Theatrical Release]
    by Clint Eastwood

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  104. 114.
    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    by Andrew Dominik

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  105. 115.
    Good Bye, Lenin!
    by Wolfgang Becker

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  106. 117.
    Garden State

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    Everybody's Fine (1990)
    by Giuseppe Tornatore

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  108. 120.
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    by Woody Allen

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  109. 121.
    Gone Baby Gone
    by Ben Affleck

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  110. 122.
    Shaun of the Dead
    by Edgar Wright

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  111. 123.
    The Butterfly Effect (Infinifilm Edition)
    by J. Mackye Gruber

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  112. 124.
    Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Mark Waters (VIII)

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  113. 126.
    The Full Monty
    by Peter Cattaneo

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  114. 127.
    Thank You for Smoking (Widescreen Edition)
    by Jason Reitman

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  115. 128.
    The Terminal (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  116. 129.
    Revolutionary Road

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  117. 130.
    A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Cronenberg

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  118. 131.
    Get Shorty

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  119. 132.
    My Cousin Vinny
    by Jonathan Lynn

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  120. 133.
    The Edukators

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  121. 134.
    Little Children
    by Todd Field

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  122. 135.
    Lady Vengeance
    by Chan-wook Park

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  123. 136.
    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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  124. 137.
    Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition)
    by Todd Phillips

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  125. 138.
    Network
    by Sidney Lumet

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  126. 139.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
    by Michel Gondry

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  127. 140.
    The Hangover [Theatrical Release]

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  128. 141.
    Pineapple Express (Single-Disc Unrated Edition)
    by David Gordon Green

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