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25 Most Important Movies of All Time, Ranked by MovieWeb

"What makes a film important? While an important movie doesn't necessarily need to comply with all of these rules, nailing several of them helps assure a film's lasting importance. It has to be more than mere entertainment. It has to: innovate or influence the craft itself in technical and artistic ways; capture or reflect a cultural or historical moment; open your mind or imagination to new ideas or ways of seeing the world. Its same effect wouldn't exist if it was a book or a play. Of course, while recent movies can be important to the medium, it's much more likely for older films to take the mantle. After all, they did it first. While later pictures may be more entertaining or aesthetically pleasing, there's a discernible difference between 'the best' and 'the most important.' As such, these aren't exactly popcorn flicks, and that's totally okay; movies don't have to be important. No, these are films for filmmakers, cinema for cinephiles." - movieweb.com
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In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
2
Intolerance (1916)
Intolerance (1916)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Within Our Gates (1920)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
12
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
21
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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