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75 Essential Movies for Those Whose Goal Is to Become Film Literates

One film per director.
Movies with length over 55 minutes.
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
7
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
9
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
Pandora's Box (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
11
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
Limite (1931)
Limite (1931)
13
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
14
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
The Rules of the Game (1939)
The Rules of the Game (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
17
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Germany Year Zero (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
20
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
21
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
22
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
The Eternal Breasts (1955)
27
Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
Rio, Zona Norte (1957)
28
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
29
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
31
Pickpocket (1959)
Pickpocket (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
34
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
35
Pale Flower (1964)
Pale Flower (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
Black God, White Devil (1964)
Black God, White Devil (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Onibaba (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
38
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (1965)
39
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
40
Black Girl (1966)
Black Girl (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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