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51 Films Any Aspiring Director Must See

No matter what genre you are trying to convey, these films are one any director should see. They demonstrate filming techniques, character development good storytelling both through visuals and dialogue.
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
5
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
7
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
10
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
12
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
19
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
20
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
Persona (1966)
Persona (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
31
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
32
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
34
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
39
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
40
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
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