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The Toronto Film Festival's Essential 100 Movies

It seems like only yesterday that the American Film Institute released their 100 Years…100 Movies list. Actually though, it was over 10 years ago when we first got our look at that "definitive" list of the 100 best American movies. They then did a ten year anniversary of it in 2007 with only minor adjustments and both years Citizen Kane held the number one place as the best American movie. Of course, the problem with those lists is that they only list American films. While Hollywood might be considered the epicenter of film, the art form itself spans the globe, way beyond American borders.
That's why the Toronto International Film Festival came up with their Essential 100 movies. Created by merging lists made by Festival supporters along with another made by their programmers, these are supposed to be the 100 essential movies every cinephile must see.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
L'avventura (1960)
L'avventura (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
4
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
Pickpocket (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
6
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
9
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
11
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
21
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
22
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
Persona (1966)
Persona (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
24
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
25
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
27
Journey to Italy (1954)
Journey to Italy (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
Amélie (2001)
Amélie (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
29
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
The Leopard (1963)
The Leopard (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
35
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
36
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
38
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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