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Top 100 Essential Movies Every Serious Film Fan Should See

If you need a baseline of cinematic knowledge, this is a good place to start.
Collider's List of 100 Essential Movies Every Serious Film Fan Should See.
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8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
2
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
4
Airplane! (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
All About My Mother (1999)
All About My Mother (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
8
Amadeus (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
12
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
15
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
16
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
17
Blow-Up (1966)
Blow-Up (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
18
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
21
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
22
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
24
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
25
Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
Cléo From 5 to 7 (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
26
Clueless (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
27
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
28
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
Days of Heaven (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
32
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
33
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
34
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%
35
Drunken Master (1978)
Drunken Master (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
36
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
37
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
38
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
39
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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