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500 Utterly Essential Movies to Cultivate Great Taste in Cinema - Page 3

"Some professors of Film Studies at Harvard University did a great job in making a seriously impressive list of the most essential and remarkable films ever made, all of which have had a strong impact on the world of cinematography."
Bright Side website has shared that list with us. Movies 1-341 are: "Part 1. The most essential films in the history of world cinema" and movies 342-500 are: "Part 2. The very best Hollywood films." There are only 497 films on this list because there were three films in the original list that were mentioned twice and List Challenges allows you to put a film only once on a list.
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Borderline (1930)
Borderline (1930)
81
M (1931)
M (1931)
82
100%8.3
The Exile (1931)
The Exile (1931)
83
4.8
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
84
96%8.2
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
85
93%7.2
Christopher Strong (1933)
Christopher Strong (1933)
86
80%6.3
El Compadre Mendoza (1934)
El Compadre Mendoza (1934)
87
7.7
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
88
100%7.8
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
89
100%7.3
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
90
96%7.6
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
91
98%8.5
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Sisters of the Gion (1936)
92
89%7.5
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
93
97%8.1
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
94
96%7.5
Le Jour Se Lève (1939)
Le Jour Se Lève (1939)
95
92%7.7
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
96
85%8.1
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
97
96%7.9
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
98
100%7.4
Jud Süß (1940)
Jud Süß (1940)
99
5.2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
100
99%8.3
Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
101
100%8.1
Le Corbeau (1943)
Le Corbeau (1943)
102
93%7.8
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945)
103
100%7.7
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
104
98%8.4
Rome, Open City (1945)
Rome, Open City (1945)
105
100%8.0
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
106
91%8.0
Paisan (1946)
Paisan (1946)
107
100%7.6
Murderers Among Us (1946)
Murderers Among Us (1946)
108
80%7.4
La Terra Trema (1948)
La Terra Trema (1948)
109
82%7.8
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Red Shoes (1948)
110
97%8.1
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
111
99%8.3
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
112
95%7.8
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
113
99%8.1
Los Olvidados (1950)
Los Olvidados (1950)
114
91%8.3
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
115
98%8.4
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
116
98%8.2
The River (1951)
The River (1951)
117
92%7.4
Forbidden Games (1952)
Forbidden Games (1952)
118
100%8.0
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
119
97%7.9
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
120
100%8.2
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