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1001 Films to Watch in Your Lifetime
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The films from around the world and from various moments in time that one should try to see within their lives.
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required scores: 1, 155, 215, 299, 411
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(500) Days of Summer (2009)
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86%
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12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®
97%
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127 Hours (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®
93%
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13 Assassins (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®
96%
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®
96%
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21 Grams (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®
80%
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®
86%
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28 Days Later (2002)
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87%
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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®
89%
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The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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3-Iron (2004)
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87%
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
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96%
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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®
85%
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The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
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50/50 (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®
93%
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8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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About Schmidt (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®
85%
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About Time (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®
69%
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Ace in the Hole (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®
89%
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The Act of Killing (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®
95%
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Adaptation. (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®
91%
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
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The African Queen (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
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After Hours (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
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L'âge D'or (1930)
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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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Airplane! (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®
87%
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Aladdin (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®
94%
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
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Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®
97%
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Aliens (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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All About Eve (1950)
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100%
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All About My Mother (1999)
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98%
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All the President's Men (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
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97%
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All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®
93%
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All That Jazz (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
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Almost Famous (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
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