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Roger Ebert's 102 Movies You Must See Before...

EXCERPT FROM INTRO: This isn't like Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" series. It's not my idea of The Best Movies Ever Made (that would be a different list, though there's some overlap here), or limited to my personal favorites or my estimation of the most important or influential films. These are the movies I just kind of figure everybody ought to have seen in order to have any sort of informed discussion about movies. They're the common cultural currency of our time, the basic cinematic texts that everyone should know, at minimum, to be somewhat "movie-literate." I hope these movies are experiences we can all assume we share. - Ebert
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
2
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
8 1/2 (1963, Federico Fellini)
8 1/2 (1963, Federico Fellini)
4
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Alien (1979, Ridley Scott)
Alien (1979, Ridley Scott)
6
All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
7
Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
8
Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
9
Bambi (1942, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand)
Bambi (1942, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand)
10
Battleship Potemkin, the (1925 - Sergei Eisenstein)
Battleship Potemkin, the (1925 - Sergei Eisenstein)
11
Best Years of Our Lives, the (1946, William Wyler)
Best Years of Our Lives, the (1946, William Wyler)
12
The Big Red One (1980, Samuel Fuller)
The Big Red One (1980, Samuel Fuller)
13
The Bicycle Thief (1949)
The Bicycle Thief (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
The Big Sleep (1946, Howard Hawks)
The Big Sleep (1946, Howard Hawks)
15
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Blowup (1966 - Michelangelo Antonioni)
Blowup (1966 - Michelangelo Antonioni)
17
Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
Blue Velvet (1986, David Lynch)
18
Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Arthur Penn)
19
Breathless (1959, Jean-Luc Godard)
Breathless (1959, Jean-Luc Godard)
20
Bringing Up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks)
Bringing Up Baby (1938, Howard Hawks)
21
Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma)
Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma)
22
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
23
Un Chien Andalou (1929 - Luis Buñuel)
Un Chien Andalou (1929 - Luis Buñuel)
24
Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carné)
Children of Paradise (1945, Marcel Carné)
25
Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
Chinatown (1974, Roman Polanski)
26
Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
27
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
28
The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)
The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)
29
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Robert Wise)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Robert Wise)
30
Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick)
Days of Heaven (1978, Terrence Malick)
31
Dirty Harry (1971, Don Siegel)
Dirty Harry (1971, Don Siegel)
32
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Luis Bunuel)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Luis Bunuel)
33
Do the Right Thing (1989 - Spike Lee)
Do the Right Thing (1989 - Spike Lee)
34
La Dolce Vita (1960, Federico Fellini)
La Dolce Vita (1960, Federico Fellini)
35
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
Double Indemnity (1944, Billy Wilder)
36
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey)
Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey)
38
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Steven Spielberg)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Steven Spielberg)
39
Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper)
Easy Rider (1969, Dennis Hopper)
40
The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kershner)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kershner)
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