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

  12. 19.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  13. 21.
    Closely Watched Trains (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jiri Menzel

  14. 22.
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    Close-up (1990)
    by Abbas Kiarostami

  15. 23.
    ?

  16. 24.
    The Decalogue (Special Edition Complete Set)
    by Krzysztof Kieslowski

  17. 25.
    Diary of a Country Priest (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert Bresson

  18. 26.
    Diner
    by Barry Levinson

  19. 27.
    Do the Right Thing: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by Spike Lee

  20. 28.
    La Dolce Vita - 1960
    by Federico Fellini

  21. 29.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder

  22. 30.
    Duck Soup

  23. 31.
    Easy Rider (Special Edition)

  24. 32.
    ?

  25. 33.
    The Entertainer

  26. 34.
    The Exorcist
    by William Friedkin

  27. 35.
    Faces (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Cassavetes

  28. 36.
    Fargo (Special Edition)

  29. 37.
    Frankenstein (1931)
    by James Whale

  30. 38.
    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    by James Whale

  31. 39.
    The General (The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition)
    by Buster Keaton

  32. 40.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  33. 41.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  34. 43.
    The Graduate - 1967

  35. 44.
    Greed (1924)
    by Erich von Stroheim

  36. 45.
    Happy Together

  37. 46.
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)

  38. 47.
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers
    by Don Siegel

  39. 48.
    Jailhouse Rock

  40. 49.
    Ju Dou
    by Zhang Yimou

  41. 50.
    Raise the Red Lantern
    by Zhang Yimou

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Yes, I can count... — 2 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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