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National Society of Film Critics’ 100 Essential Films, edited by Jay Carr

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    42nd Street - 1933 - Lloyd Bacon

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    Annie Hall - 1977 - Woody Allen

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    L'Atalante - 1934 - Jean Vigo

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    All About Eve (1950)
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  6. 10.
    Blow Up
    by Michelangelo Antonioni

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  7. 12.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

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  8. 13.
    Breathless

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  9. 14.
    Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Howard Hawks

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  10. 15.
    Casablanca (1942)
    by Michael Curtiz

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  11. 16.
    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
    by Fred Schepisi

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  12. 17.
    Children of Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Marcel Carné

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  13. 18.
    Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Roman Polanski

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  14. 19.
    Citizen Kane
    by Orson Welles

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    Close-up (1990)
    by Abbas Kiarostami

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  17. 25.
    Diary of a Country Priest - Criterion Collection
    by Robert Bresson

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  18. 26.
    Diner
    by Barry Levinson

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  19. 28.
    La Dolce Vita - 1960
    by Federico Fellini

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  20. 29.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

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  21. 30.
    Duck Soup
    by Leo McCarey

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  22. 31.
    Easy Rider

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  24. 33.
    The Entertainer
    by Tony Richardson

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  25. 34.
    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin

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    Faces by John Cassavetes

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  27. 36.
    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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  28. 37.
    Frankenstein (1931)
    by James Whale

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  29. 38.
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    by James Whale

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  30. 39.
    The General (The Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) (1926)
    by Buster Keaton;Clyde Bruckman

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  31. 40.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  32. 41.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  33. 43.
    The Graduate - 1967

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  34. 44.
    Greed (1924)
    by Erich von Stroheim

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  35. 45.
    Happy Together

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  36. 46.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  37. 47.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel

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  38. 48.
    Jailhouse Rock
    by Richard Thorpe

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  39. 49.
    Ju Dou
    by Fengliang Yang

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  40. 50.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Yimou Zhang

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Lisa
Melbourne

Yes, I can count... — 29 weeks ago

BTW Ican count: Jay Carr and the National Society of Film Critics have (as I’m sure as I would have wanted to as well) slipped in a couple of extras. Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein count as one movie, The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 count as one movie; Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern and Red Sorghum count as one; Pather Panchali, Aparajito and The World of Apu count as one; and La Strada and Nights of Cabira count as one. Where I could find a version that had the additional titles as one I used it; and where I couldn’t I added them to the list as separate films. The exception to this was the Fellini films: I chose a version with 8 1/2 as well, because I think that’s a really beaut film.