100 Movies You Need to Watch (Book: 10K Things You Need to Know)

From the book 10,000 things to know - a full listing of 100 movies (some removed due to them not being on list challenge) which are considered must-see. I'd include the matrix and so many other movies but this is a great list

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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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The General (1926)

The General (1926)

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

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Metropolis (1927)

Metropolis (1927)

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L'atalante (1934)

L'atalante (1934)

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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

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Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

Man With a Movie Camera (1929)

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Gone With the Wind (1939)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

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City Lights (1931)

City Lights (1931)

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M (1931)

M (1931)

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It Happened One Night (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

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Grand Illusion (1937)

Grand Illusion (1937)

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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

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Citizen Kane (1941)

Citizen Kane (1941)

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

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Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

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The Rules of the Game (1939)

The Rules of the Game (1939)

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Casablanca (1942)

Casablanca (1942)

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

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Double Indemnity (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)

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Rome, Open City (1945)

Rome, Open City (1945)

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Children of Paradise (1945)

Children of Paradise (1945)

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26

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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Red River (1948)

Red River (1948)

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Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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The Third Man (1949)

The Third Man (1949)

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Late Spring (1949)

Late Spring (1949)

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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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Rashomon (1950)

Rashomon (1950)

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All About Eve (1950)

All About Eve (1950)

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

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Tokyo Story (1953)

Tokyo Story (1953)

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Ugetsu (1953)

Ugetsu (1953)

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Seven Samurai (1954)

Seven Samurai (1954)

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