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How to Make a Film

If you don't have money for film school this list is maybe the seventh best thing instead. Editing, directing, writing, cinematography, set design, costume design and sound design. All the films here can teach an important lesson on how to do things or how no to do things.
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12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Adaptation. (2002)
Adaptation. (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Airplane! (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Amélie (2001)
Amélie (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
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Barton Fink (1991)
Barton Fink (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Begins (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Being There (1979)
Being There (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
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The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
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Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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Bob Le Flambeur (1956)
Bob Le Flambeur (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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Brazil (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Brick (2005)
Brick (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Burn After Reading (2008)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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The Castle (1997)
The Castle (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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Chef (2014)
Chef (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The City of Lost Children (1995)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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Collateral (2004)
Collateral (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Coraline (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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Crimson Peak (2015)
Crimson Peak (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
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Cronos (1993)
Cronos (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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