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Salon.com Presents the 43 Movies Every Film Fan Should See

"What films are essential viewing for anybody who wants to understand, & discuss, the art of movies? Importance, influence, the cultural ripples a certain pebble created after hitting the pond: the guiding principle was that movies that made the list had to simultaneously throw light on the past, present & future. The vast majority of these movies are well-established classics, but in every case they either illuminate some dark corner of the filmic past that need rediscovering, or they provide a crucial key to understanding the traditions & genres we find in movies today and where they may be going. Salon decided to do ~20 films in each of two categories: movies you'd darn well better have seen already (first 21), & movies that you might not get around to without benevolent interference & guidance (last 22 with the Apu Trilogy split out). Whatever you have to say about it is probably right. Still, these are some doggone great movies; watch any of them and you won't be sorry." -Salon
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All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
2
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
4
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
5
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
6
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
7
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
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%
10
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
11
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
12
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
15
Nashville (1975)
Nashville (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
16
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
19
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
21
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
23
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
24
Aparajito (1956)
Aparajito (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
The World of Apu (1959)
The World of Apu (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
26
Badlands (1973)
Badlands (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
29
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
31
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
33
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
34
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Fanny & Alexander (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
36
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
Persona (1966)
Persona (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
38
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
39
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
The Searchers (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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