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Jim Emerson's 102 Movies to Become Movie Literate
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Former film critic, creator of Cinemania and blogger Jim Emerson's list of the 102 movies you must see before...
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®
92%
2
The 400 Blows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
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8½ (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
4
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®
96%
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Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
6
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®
99%
7
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®
96%
8
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
9
Bambi (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®
91%
10
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
11
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
12
The Big Red One (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®
90%
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Bicycle Thieves (1948)
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98%
14
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®
97%
15
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®
89%
16
Blow-Up (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
17
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®
94%
18
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
19
Breathless (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®
97%
20
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®
94%
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Carrie (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®
93%
22
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®
99%
23
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®
100%
24
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
25
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®
99%
26
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®
99%
27
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®
87%
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The Crying Game (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®
94%
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®
95%
30
Days of Heaven (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®
92%
31
Dirty Harry (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®
88%
32
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
33
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®
93%
34
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®
96%
35
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®
97%
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®
98%
37
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®
91%
38
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®
99%
39
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®
83%
40
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®
94%
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