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75 Essential Movies for Those Whose Goal Is to Become Film Literates

One film per director.
Movies with length over 55 minutes.
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
3
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
4
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
5
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
6
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
7
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
8
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
9
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
10
Pandora's Box (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
11
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
12
Limite (1931)
Limite (1931)
13
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
14
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
15
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
16
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
17
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
18
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Germany Year Zero (1948)
19
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
20
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
21
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
22
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
23
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
24
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
25
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
26
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
27
Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
28
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
29
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
30
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
31
Pickpocket (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
32
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
33
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
35
Pale Flower (1964)
Pale Flower (1964)
36
Black God, White Devil (1964)
Black God, White Devil (1964)
37
Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
38
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
39
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
40
Black Girl (1966)
Black Girl (1966)
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