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1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) read review
2. The Godfather (1972) read review
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994) read review
6. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
7. Schindler’s List (1993)
8. 12 Angry Men (1957)
9. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
10. Fight Club (1999)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
12. Interstellar (2014) read review
13. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
14. Inception (2010) read review
15. Forest Gump (1994)
16. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
18. Goodfellas (1990)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
21. Seven Samurai (1954)
22. City of God (2002)
23. Se7en (1995) read review
24. The Usual Suspects (1995)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) read review
26. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) read review
27. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
28. Léon: The Professional (1994)
29. Life is Beautiful (1997) read review
30. Casablanca (1942)
31. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) read review
32. American History X (1998) read review
33. Psycho (1960) read review
34. City Lights (1931)
35. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
36. Rear Window (1954)
37. Spirited Away (2001)
38. The Intouchables (2011)
39. Modern Times (1936)
40. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
41. Memento (2000)
42. The Pianist (2002)
43. The Green Mile (1999)
44. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
45. Apocalypse Now (1979)
46. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
47. The Departed (2006)
48. Gladiator (2000)
49. Back to the Future (1985)
50. Alien (1979) read review
51. The Prestige (2006)
52. The Great Dictator (1940)
53. The Lives of Others (2006)
54. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
55. Django Unchained (2012) read review
56. The Lion King (1994)
57. The Shining (1980) read review
58. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
59. Paths of Glory (1957)
60. American Beauty (1999) read review
61. WALL·E (2008)
62. North by Northwest (1959)
63. Aliens (1986)
64. Citizen Kane (1941) read review
65. Amélie (2001)
66. Vertigo (1958)
67. Boyhood (2014)
68. M (1931)
69. Toy Story 3 (2010)
70. Das Boot (1981)
71. Oldboy (2003)
72. Princess Mononoke (1997)
73. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) read review
74. Star Wars: Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi (1983)
75. A Clockwork Orange (1971) read review
76. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
77. Taxi Driver (1976) read review
78. Double Indemnity (1944)
79. Reservoir Dogs (1992) read review
80. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
81. Braveheart (1995)
82. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
83. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
84. Gone Girl (2014)
85. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
86. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
87. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
88. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
89. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
90. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
91. The Sting (1973)
92. Amadeus (1984) read review
93. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) read review
94. Snatch. (2000)
95. Rashomon (1950)
96. All About Eve (1950)
97. L.A. Confidential (1997)
98. The Apartment (1960)
99. For a Few Dollars More (1965)
100. Some Like It Hot (1959)
101. The Kid (1921)
102. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) read review
103. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
104. The Third Man (1949)
105. Inglorious Basterds (2009) read review
106. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
107. A Separation read review
108. Yojimbo (1961)
109. Batman Begins (2005)
110. Toy Story (1995)
111. Metropolis (1927)
112. Unforgiven (1992)
113. Raging Bull (1980)
114. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
115. Scarface (1983)
116. Chinatown (1974)
117. Up (2009)
118. Downfall (2004)
119. Die Hard (1988) read review
120. The Great Escape (1963)
121. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
122. On the Waterfront (1954)
123. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
124. 3 Idiots (2009)
125. Heat (1995)
126. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
127. The Hunt (2012)
128. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) read review
129. Good Will Hunting (1997)
130. The Seventh Seal (1957)
131. My Neighbor Totoro (1988(
132. Ikiru (1952)
134. The Gold Rush (1925)
135. The Elephant Man (1980)
136. Ran (1985)
137. The General (1926)
138. Blade Runner (1982)
139. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
140. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
141. Gran Torino (2008)
142. Casino (1995)
143. The Big Lebowski (1998)
144. Rebecca (1940)
145. Warrior (2011)
146. V for Vendetta (20050
147. Howl’s Movie Castle (2004)
148. The Deer Hunter (1978) read review
149. It Happened One Night (1934)
150. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
151. Rang De Basanti (2006)
152. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
153. Fargo (1996) read review
154. Rush (2013) read review
155. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
156. Trainspotting (1996)
157. Judgement at Nuremburg (1961)
158. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
159. Gone with the Wind (1939)
160. Into the Wild (2007)
161. The Wages of Fear (1953)
162. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
163. Dial M for Murder (1954)
164. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
165. The Sixth Sense (1999)
166. The Thing (1982) read review
167. Finding Nemo (2003)
168. No Country for Old Men (2007)
169. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
170. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
171. Platoon (1986)
172. Mary and Max (2009)
173. 12 Years a Slave (2013) read review
174. Life of Brian (1979) read review
175. Incendies (2010)
176. Network (1976)
177. Touch of Evil (1958)
178. Annie Hall (1977)
179. Diabolique (1955)
180. Sin City (2005) read review
181. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) read review
182. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) read review
183. The Princess Bride (1987) read review
184. Stand by Me (1986) read review
185. There Will Be Blood (2007)
186. Ben-Hur (1959)
187. Amores Perros (2000)
188. The 400 Blows (1959)
189. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
190. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
191. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
192. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
193. In the Name of the Father (1993)
194. The Avengers (2010)
195. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
196. Persona (1966)
197. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
198. 8 1/2 (1963)
199. Donnie Darko (2001) read review
200. Ghandi (1982)
201. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
202. Strangers on a Train (1951)
203. Internal Affairs (2002)
204. Jaws (1975) read review
205. High Noon (1952)
206. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
207. Stalker (1979)
208. Notorious (1946)
209. The King’s Speech (2010)
210. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
211. The Terminator (1984)
212. Shutter Island (2010)
213. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
214. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
215. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
216. Groundhog Day (1993)
217. Ip Man (2008)
218. Before Sunrise (1995)
219. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
220. Rocky (1976)
221. La Strada (1954)
222. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
223. La Haine (1995)
224. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
225. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
226. Barry Lyndon (1975)
227. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
228. Memoirs of Murder (2003)
229. The Big Sleep (1946)
230. For a Fistful of Dollars (1964)
231. Castle in the Sky (1986)
232. The Truman Show (1998)
233. The Help (2011)
234. Roman Holiday (1953)
235. The Graduate (1967)
236. The Hustler (1961)
237. Her (2013) read review
238. The Celebration (1998)
239. Jurassic Park (1993)
240. Swades (2004)
241. In the Mood for Love (2000)
242. Stalag 17 (1953)
243. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
244. Underground (1995)
245. Rope (1948)
246. Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
247. Papillon (1973)
248. The Killing (1956)
249. La Dolce Vita (1960)
250. Before Sunset (2004)