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Cinephile 101: 10 Movies From Every Decade That All Must See

Cinephile 101 is a cinephile/film buff list series, aiming to cover a diverse range of different areas that anyone who claims this distinction should really know their stuff in.
In this entry of the series, we look at 10 movies from every decade of film history that cinephile's ought to have seen. Obviously not the 'only' 10 movies from each decade, just ten essentials picked from a treasure trove of possibilities, with no intention to shaft any classic that wasn't included. There are also five bonus 2020 movies at the end of the list, which may or may not at the end of the decade end up contenders to appear on a list like this, but as of now, they certainly are building the right kind of reputations to be candidates.
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Dante's Inferno (1911)
Dante's Inferno (1911)
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Fantômas (1913)
Fantômas (1913)
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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Intolerance (1916)
Intolerance (1916)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Judex (1916)
Judex (1916)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Les Vampires (1916)
Les Vampires (1916)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
J'accuse! (1919)
J'accuse! (1919)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
15
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
17
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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M (1931)
M (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Scarface (1932)
Scarface (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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