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50 Most Important Movies Ever Made

There have been millions and millions of movies made since the format's inception so to choose just 50 from cinema's entire history is a difficult process as personal feelings have to be mostly swept aside in favour of objectivity. There are of course numerous brilliant movies missing from the list that there simply wasn't room for and the importance of more recent movies is a lot harder to judge without any historical context.
Films were selected for this list on a criteria of importance to the development of cinema, influence upon other filmmakers, cultural importance, historical importance and societal importance.
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Exiting the Factory (1901)
Exiting the Factory (1901)
2
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
3
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
5
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
10
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
12
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
14
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
16
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
19
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
25
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
27
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
29
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
31
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
33
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
34
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
36
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
37
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
38
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
39
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
40
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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