The A List, 100 Essential films

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

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  1. 2.
    ?
    42nd Street - 1933 - Lloyd Bacon

  2. 5.
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    Annie Hall - 1977 - Woody Allen

  3. 7.
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    L'Atalante - 1934 - Jean Vigo

  4. 8.
    All About Eve (1950)
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  5. 9.
    ?

  6. 10.
    Blow Up

  7. 12.
    Bonnie and Clyde
    by Arthur Penn

  8. 13.
    Breathless
    by Jean-Luc Godard

  9. 15.
    Casablanca (1942)
    by Michael Curtiz

  10. 16.
    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
    by Fred Schepisi

  11. 17.
    Children of Paradise (The Criterion Collection)
    by Marcel Carné

  12. 18.
    Chinatown (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Roman Polanski

  13. 19.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  14. 21.
    Closely Watched Trains (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jiri Menzel

  15. 22.
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    Close-up (1990)
    by Abbas Kiarostami

  16. 23.
    ?

  17. 24.
    The Decalogue (Special Edition Complete Set)
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

  18. 25.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  19. 26.
    Diner
    by Barry Levinson

  20. 27.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee

  21. 28.
    La Dolce Vita - 1960
    by Federico Fellini

  22. 29.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

  23. 30.
    Duck Soup

  24. 31.
    Easy Rider (Special Edition)

  25. 32.
    ?

  26. 33.
    The Entertainer

  27. 34.
    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin

  28. 35.
    Faces (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Cassavetes

  29. 36.
    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Ethan Coen

  30. 37.
    Frankenstein (1931)
    by James Whale

  31. 38.
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    by James Whale

  32. 39.
    The General (The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition)
    by Buster Keaton

  33. 40.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  34. 41.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  35. 43.
    The Graduate - 1967

  36. 44.
    Greed (1924)
    by Erich von Stroheim

  37. 45.
    Happy Together

  38. 46.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)

  39. 47.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel

  40. 48.
    Jailhouse Rock

  41. 49.
    Ju Dou
    by Zhang Yimou

  42. 50.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Zhang Yimou

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Yes, I can count... — 3 years ago

BTW I can 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.




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