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Recommendations
a list of timeless, must-see films and movies 
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Non-English Films

Silent Films

Avant Garde Films

    English Language Films

  1. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
  2. Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
  3. The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
  4. The Godfather Part II (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)
  5. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
  6. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
  7. Pulp Fiction (1994 Quentin Tarantino)
  8. Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
  9. Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)
  10. Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
  11. Touch of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)
  12. All About Eve (1950, Joseph Mankiewicz)
  13. The Lady Eve (1941, Preston Sturges)
  14. Five Easy Pieces (1970, Bob Rafelson)
  15. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975 Milos Forman)
  16. The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)
  17. M (1931, Fritz Lang)
  18. Mulhulland Drive (2001 David Lynch)
  19. Blue Velvet (1986 David Lynch)
  20. Lost Highway (1999 David Lynch)
  21. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942, Orson Welles)
  22. The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
  23. Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese)
  24. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
  25. North by Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)
  26. Rear Window (1954 Alfred Hitchcock)
  27. Strangers on a Train (1951 Alfred Hitchcock)
  28. Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
  29. Laura (1944, Otto Preminger)
  30. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, William Wyler)
  31. The Big Sleep (1946, Howard Hawks)
  32. The Hours (2002, Stephen Daldry)
  33. It Happened One Night (1934, Frank Capra)
  34. It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)
  35. The Apartment (1960, Billy Wilder)
  36. A Clockwork Orange (1971, Stanley Kubrick)
  37. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick)
  38. Sunset Boulevard (1950, Billy Wilder)
  39. The Deer Hunter (1978, Michael Cimino)
  40. Dr. Strangelove (1964, Stanley Kubrick)
  41. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel)
  42. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Philip Kaufman)
  43. A Zed and Two Noughts (1985, Peter Greenaway)
  44. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway)
  45. Drowning by Numbers (1991, Peter Greenaway)
  46. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1973, John Cassavetes)
  47. Gloria (1980, John Cassavetes)
  48. Opening Night (1977, John Cassavetes)
  49. Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May)
  50. Minnie and Moskowitz (1971, John Cassavetes)
  51. Husbands (1970, John Cassavetes)
  52. A Woman Under the Influence (1974, John Cassavetes)
  53. An American In Paris (1951, Vincente Minnelli)
  54. The African Queen (1951, John Huston)
  55. The Palm Beach Story (1942, Preston Sturges)
  56. A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) (1946, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
  57. All That Heaven Allows (1956, Douglas Sirk)
  58. Gandhi (1982, Richard Attenborough)
  59. The Grapes of Wrath (1940, John Ford)
  60. The Piano (1993 Jane Campion)
  61. Performance (1970, Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell)
  62. Shoah (1985, Claude Lanzmann)
  63. Singin' in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
  64. Some Like It Hot (1959 Billy Wilder)
  65. Animal Crackers (1930, Victor Heerman)
  66. Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey)
  67. Brazil (1985 Terry Gilliam)
  68. Bonnie And Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn )
  69. The Maltese Falcon (1941 John Huston)
  70. Midnight Cowboy (1969, John Schlesinger)
  71. American Beauty (1999, Sam Mendes)
  72. Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle)
  73. My Own Private Idaho (1989, Gus Van Sant)
  74. Memento (2001, Christopher Nolan)
  75. Short Cuts (1993, Robert Altman)
  76. The Player (1992, Robert Altman)
  77. Palookaville (1995, Alan Taylor)
  78. Living in Oblivion (1995, Tom Di Cillo)
  79. The Others (2001, Alejandro Amenábar)
  80. Network (1976, Sidney Lumet)
  81. Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)
  82. Rope (1948, Alfred Hitchcock)
  83. Romeo and Juliet (Baz Luhrmann)
  84. Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
  85. Manhattan (1979 Woody Allen)
  86. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Woody Allen)
  87. Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
  88. Bullets Over Broadway (1994, Woody Allen)
  89. Bringing Up Baby (1938 Howard Hawks)
  90. His Girl Friday (1940, Howard Hawks)
  91. The Thing (1951, Howard Hawks)
  92. Scarface (1932, Howard Hawks)
  93. Gun Crazy (1949, Joseph H. Lewis)
  94. Deliverance (1972, John Boorman)
  95. Gone With The Wind (1939, Victor Fleming)
  96. Last Tango in Paris (1972, Bernardo Bertolucci)
  97. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999, Anthony Minghella)
  98. East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan)
  99. Mean Streets (1973, Martin Scorsese)
  100. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Sidney Lumet)
  101. The Wild Bunch (1969 Sam Peckinpah)
  102. 12 Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet)
  103. West Side Story (1961, Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins)
  104. The Wizard of Oz (1939, Victor Fleming)
  105. Rebel Without a Cause (1955, Nicholas Ray)
  106. Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde (1941, Victor Fleming)
  107. Unforgiven (1992, Clint Eastwood)
  108. The Searchers (1956, John Ford)
  109. The Quiet Man (1952, John Ford)
  110. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford)
  111. Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948 Max Ophuls)
  112. Barton Fink  (1991, Joel Coen)
  113. The Big Liebowski (1998, Joel Coen)
  114. Fargo (1996, Joel Coen)
  115. Raising Arizona  (1987, Joel Coen)
  116. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Steven Spielberg)
  117. Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski)
  118. The Tenant (1980, Roman Polanski)
  119. To Have and Have Not (1944, Howard Hawks)
  120. The Usual Suspects (1995, Brian Singer)
  121. Dangerous Liaisons (1988, Stephen Frears)
  122. Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
  123. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee)
  124. The Ice Storm (1997, Ang Lee)
  125. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Elia Kazan)
  126. Shakespeare in Love (1999, John Madden)
  127. Shadow of a Doubt (1943, Alfred Hitchcock)
  128. The Shop Around the Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch)
  129. Doctor Zhivago (1965 David Lean)
  130. Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)
  131. Life is Sweet (1991, Mike Leigh)
  132. High Hopes (1989, Mike Leigh)
  133. Naked (1993, Mike Leigh)
  134. Secrets & Lies (1996, Mike Leigh)
  135. Gaslight (1944, George Cukor)
  136. Gentleman's Agreement (1947, Elia Kazan)
  137. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946, Tay Garnett)
  138. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, Frank Capra)
  139. Waiting for Guffman (1997, Christopher Guest)
  140. Withnail & I (1986 Bruce Robinson)
  141. Harold and Maude (1971, Hal Ashby)
  142. Being There (1979, Hal Ashby)
  143. Big Night (1996, Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott)
  144. Boogie Nights (1997, Paul Thomas Anderson)
  145. Saturday Night Fever (1977, John Badham)
  146. Singin' in the Rain (Kelly, Donen)
  147. Smoke (1995, Wayne Wang)
  148. Buffalo '66 (1997, Vincent Gallo)
  149. The Shawshank Redemption (1994 Frank Darabont)
  150. The Sweet Hereafter (1997, Atom Egoyan)
  151. Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993, Francois Girard)
  152. The Red Violin (1998, Francois Girard)
  153. The French Connection (1971, William Friedkin)
  154. The Exorcist (1973, William Friedkin)
  155. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985, William Friedkin)
  156. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Alexander Mackendrick)
  157. Sling Blade (1996, Billy Bob Thornton)
  158. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, Mike Nichols)
  159. The Graduate (1967, Mike Nichols)
  160. Dead Poets Society (1989, Peter Weir)
  161. Witness (1985, Peter Weir)
  162. Misquito Coast (1986, Peter Weir)
  163. Tender Mercies (1983, Bruce Beresford)
  164. Black Robe (1991, Bruce Beresford)
  165. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991, Hector Babenco)
  166. The Mission (1986, Roland Joffé)
  167. The Killing Fields (1984, Roland Joffé)
  168. The Dirty Dozen (1967, Robert Aldrich)
  169. Midnight Express (Alan Parker)
  170. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
  171. On the Waterfront (1954, Elia Kazan)
  172. Red Rock West (1993, John Dahl)
  173. The Last Seduction (1995, John Dahl)
  174. Slaughterhouse Five (1972, George Roy Hill)
  175. The World According to Garp (1982, George Roy Hill)
  176. Presumed Innocent (1990, Alan J. Pakula)
  177. Marty (1955, Delbert Mann)
  178. Cabaret (1972, Bob Fosse)
  179. Cool Hand Luke (1967, Stuart Rosenberg)
  180. Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone)
  181. High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann)
  182. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill)
  183. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 Sergio Leone)
  184. Once Upon a Time in America (1983 Sergio Leone)
  185. American History X (1998, Tony Kaye)
  186. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962, Robert Mulligan)
  187. A Pace in the Sun (1951, George Stevens)
  188. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967, Stanley Kramer)
  189. Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis)
  190. Nashville (1975, Robert Altman)
  191. Paris, Texas (1984 Wim Wenders)
  192. Tess (1980, Roman Polanski)
  193. Heathers (1989, Michael Lehmann)
  194. Fisher King (1991, Terry Gilliam)
  195. Frankenstein (1931, James Whale)
  196. Bride of Frankenstein (1935, James Whale)
  197. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948, Charles Barton)
  198. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, Terry Gilliam)
  199. Fight Club (1999, David Fincher)
  200. Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze)
  201. Adaptation (2002, Spike Jonze)
  202. Charade (1963, Stanley Donen)
  203. Slacker (1991, Richard Linklater)
  204. Clerks (1994, Kevin Smith)
  205. Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper )
  206. Drugstore Cowboy (1989, Gus Van Sant)
  207. Dazed and Confused (1993, Richard Linklater)
  208. Traffic (2000, Steven Soderbergh)
  209. Total Recall (1990, Paul Verhoeven)
  210. The Bank Dick (1940, Edward Cline)
  211. Bound (1996, Andy Wachowski)
  212. Bowling for Columbine (2002, Michael Moore)
  213. Barry Lyndon (1975, Stanley Kubrick)
  214. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985, Hector Babenco)
  215. This is Spinal Tap (1984, Rob Reiner)
  216. GoodFellas (1990 Martin Scorsese)
  217. Groundhog Day (1993, Harold Ramis)
  218. Grease (1978, Randal Kleiser)
  219. Amadeus (1984, Milos Foreman)
  220. American Psycho (2000, Mary Harron)
  221. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Steven Spielberg)
  222. Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielberg)
  223. Star Wars (1977, George Lucas)
  224. 12 Monkeys (1995, Terry Gilliam)
  225. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (1975, Terry Gilliam)
  226. Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (1937, David D. Hand)
  227. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988, Robert Zemeckis)
  228. Mary Poppins (1964, Robert Stevenson)
  229. Pinocchio (1940, Ben Sharpsteen)
  230. Fantasia (1940, Samuel Armstrong)
  231. Toy Story (1995, John Lasseter)
  232. Allegro Non Troppo (1979, Bruno Bozzetto)
  233. Rocky (1976, John G. Avildsen)
  234. Jailhouse Rock (1957, Richard Thorpe)
  235. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Jim Sharman)
  236. A Night at the Opera (1935, Sam Wood)
  237. The Night of the Living Dead (1968, George A. Romero)
  238. A Day at the Races (1937, Sam Wood)
  239. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Robert Wise)
  240. The Producers (1968, Mel Brooks)

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    Non-English Language  Films

  1. L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo)
  2. Pather Panchali (1955, Satyajit Ray)
  3. Wings of Desire (1987 Wim Wenders)
  4. The Decalogue (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  5. The Underground (1995, Emir Kusturica)
  6. Black Cat White Cat (1998,  Emir Kusturica)
  7. Ordet (1955, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  8. Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi)
  9. Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
  10. The Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)
  11. Ikiru (1952, Akira Kurosawa)
  12. The Hidden Fortress (1958, Akira Kurosawa)
  13. L'Age d'Or (1930, Luis Bunuel)
  14. Los Olvidados (1950, Luis Bunuel)
  15. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964, Luis Bunuel)
  16. The Exterminating Angel (1962, Luis Bunuel)
  17. Viridiana (1961, Luis Bunuel)
  18. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955, Luis Bunuel)
  19. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Luis Bunuel)
  20. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977, Luis Bunuel)
  21. The Phantom of Liberty (1974, Luis Bunuel)
  22. Tristana (1970, Luis Bunuel)
  23. The Earrings of Madame de... (1953, Max Ophuls)
  24. A Man Escaped (1956, Robert Bresson)
  25. Kolya (1996, Jan Sverak)
  26. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujiro Ozu)
  27. The Bicycle Thief (1949, Vittorio DeSica)
  28. La Regle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game) (1939 Jean Renoir)
  29. La Grande Illusion (1937 Jean Renoir)
  30. The 400 Blows (1959, Francois Truffaut)
  31. Jules and Jim (1961, Francois Truffaut)
  32. Day for Night (1973, Francois Truffaut)
  33. Masculine-Feminine (1966, Jean-Luc Godard)
  34. My Life to Live (Vivre sa vie) (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)
  35. Breathless (1959 Jean-Luc Godard)
  36. Alphaville (1965, Jean-Luc Godard)
  37. Weekend (1959 Jean-Luc Godard)
  38. Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)
  39. Pierrot le Fou (1965, Jean-Luc Godard)
  40. The Wages of Fear (1952, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
  41. Belle Epoque (1993, Fernando Trueba)
  42. Les Enfants du Paradis (1945 Marcel Carne)
  43. Rififi (1954, Jules Dassin)
  44. Aguirre: the Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog)
  45. The Legend of Rita (2001, Volker Schlöndorff)
  46. The Tin Drum (1979, Volker Schlöndorff)
  47. Das Boot (1981, Wolfgang Petersen)
  48. Run Lola Run (1999, Tom Tykwer)
  49. Bob Le Flambeur (1955, Jean-Pierre Melville)
  50. The Rise of Louis XIV (1966, Roberto Rossellini)
  51. Out Of The Past (1947, Jacques Tournier)
  52. L'Avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni)
  53. The Red Desert (1964, Michelangelo Antonioni)
  54. Blow-Up  (1966, Michelangelo Antonioni)
  55. Aparajito (1958, Satyajit Ray)
  56. The World of Apu (1960, Satyajit Ray)
  57. Ashes and Diamonds (1958, Andrzej Wajda)
  58. The Man Without a Past (2003, Aki Kaurismäki)
  59. The Scent of Green Papaya (1993, Tran Anh Hung)
  60. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
  61. The Conformist (1970, Bernardo Bertolucci)
  62. Pickpocket (1959, Robert Bresson)
  63. An Actor's Revenge (1963, Kon Ichikawa)
  64. Like Water for Chocolate (1992, Alfonso Arau)
  65. Three Colors: Red (1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  66. Three Colors: Blue (1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  67. Close-Up (1990, Abbas Kiarostami)
  68. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
  69. La Jetee (1961, Chris Marker)
  70. Seven Beauties (1976, Lina Wertmuller)
  71. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  72. The Stationmaster's Wife (1977, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  73. Diabolique (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
  74. Paisan (1946, Roberto Rossellini)
  75. Jour De Fete (1948, Jacques Tati)
  76. Playtime (1967, Jacques Tati)
  77. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953, Jacques Tati)
  78. Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1966, Godard)
  79. Umberto D (1952, Vittorio De Sica)
  80. Les Vampires (1915-16, Louis Feuillade)
  81. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  82. Fox and His Friends (1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
  83. Ashes and Diamonds (1958, Andrzej Wajda)
  84. La terra trema (1948, Luchino Visconti)
  85. The Golden Coach (1952, Jean Renoir)
  86. Salo (1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini)
  87. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974, Jacques Rivette)
  88. The Colour of Paradise (1999, Majid Majidi)
  89. Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carne)
  90. Le Jour se leve (1948, Marcel Carne)
  91. Decline of the American Empire (, Denys Arcand)
  92. Jesus of Montreal (1989, Denys Arcand)
  93. Landscape in the Mist (1988, Theo Angelopoulos)
  94. Eternity and a Day (1998, Theo Angelopoulos)
  95. City of God  (2003, Katia Lund)
  96. 8 1/2 (1963 Federico Fellini)
  97. La Strada (1956, Federico Fellini)
  98. La Dolce Vita (1960, Federico Fellini)
  99. The Nights of Cabiria (1957 Federico Fellini)
  100. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
  101. Bread and Chocolate
  102. Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento)
  103. Ju Dou (1990, Zhang Yimou)
  104. Raise the Red Lantern (1991, Zhang Yimou)
  105. Red Sorghum (1987, Zhang Yimou)
  106. Farewell, My Concubine
  107. Ugetsu Monogatori (1953, Mizoguchi)
  108. El Mariachi (1992, Robert Rodriguez)
  109. Solaris (1972, Andrei Tarkovsky)
  110. Last Year in Marienbad (1961 Alain Resnais )
  111. The Seventh Seal (1956, Ingmar Bergman)

    Silent Films

  1. The Man With a Movie Camera (1929, Dziga Vertov)
  2. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
  3. Sunrise (1927, F.W. Murnau)
  4. Greed (1924, Erich von Stroheim)
  5. Metropolis (1926, Fritz Lang)
  6. October (1927, Sergei Eisenstein)
  7. Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein)
  8. A Trip to the Moon (1902, Georges Melies)
  9. Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau)
  10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919, Robert Wiene)
  11. The General (1927, Buster Keaton)
  12. Sherlock Jr. (1924, Buster Keaton)
  13. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928, Buster Keaton)
  14. Safety Last (1923, Sam Taylor, Fred Newmeyer)
  15. City Lights (1931, Charles Chaplin)
  16. The Gold Rush (1925, Charles Chaplin)
  17. Modern Times (1936, Charles Chaplin)
  18. King Kong (1933, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)
  1. Un Chien Andalou (1928, Luis Bunel, Salvador Dali)
  2. Meshes in the Afternoon (1943, Maya Deren)
  3. Ballet Mechanique (1924, Fernan Leger)
  4. Dog Star Man (Stan Brackage)
  5. Wavelength (1967, Michael Snow)
  6. 21-87 (Arthur Lipsett)   
  7. Triumph of the Will  (Leni Riefenstahl)
  8. Retour a la Raison (1923, Man Ray)
  9. A Propos de Nice ( Jean Vigo)
  10. The Hearts of Age (1934, Orson Welles)
  11. Alphabet (David Lynch)  
  12. Eraserhead (1976, David Lynch)
  13. Baraka (1992, Ron Fricke)

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