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TCM's The Essentials Volumes 1 and 2 - Page 2

Beginning in 2001, one of the mainstays of Turner Classic Movies's programming is its Saturday evening offering called "The Essentials". Each week TCM's lead host (first the late Robert Osborne, now Ben Manckiewicz) and a noted authority and/or film lover would introduce, present, and discuss a film that TCM deemed essential viewing for a knowledgeable film buff. In 2016, TCM began publishing companion books to the series written by Jeremy Arnold. So far, there have been two volumes, each presenting 52 "Must See Movies and Why They Are Important!" Here are the 104 movies contained in the two published volumes to date.
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Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
42
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
43
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
44
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%
45
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
46
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
47
The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
48
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
49
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
50
Rocky (1976)
Rocky (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
51
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
52
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
53
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
54
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
55
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
56
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
57
Twentieth Century (1934)
Twentieth Century (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
58
Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
59
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
60
Dodsworth (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
61
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
62
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
63
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
64
The Women (1939)
The Women (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
65
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
66
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
67
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
68
Ball of Fire (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
69
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
70
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
71
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
72
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
73
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
74
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
75
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
76
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
77
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
78
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
79
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
80
A Place in the Sun (1951)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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