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100 Essential Movies for Those Whose Goal Is to Become Film Literates (104 Directors, 30 Countries)

One movie per director; 40min+
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1
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
Within Our Gates (1920)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
4
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
The Wind (1928)
The Wind (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
12
Pandora's Box (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
14
Limite (1931)
Limite (1931)
15
The Blood of a Poet (1932)
The Blood of a Poet (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
17
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
By the Bluest of Seas (1936)
By the Bluest of Seas (1936)
19
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
20
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
22
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
23
Ossessione (1943)
Ossessione (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
28
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
29
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
31
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
35
Cairo Station (1958)
Cairo Station (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
36
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
37
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
38
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
39
Pickpocket (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
40
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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