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Jim Emerson's 102 Movies to Become Movie Literate

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)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
1
92%8.3
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
2
99%8.1
8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
3
98%8.0
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
4
96%7.8
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
5
98%8.4
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
6
99%8.2
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
7
96%8.0
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
8
98%8.4
Bambi (1942)
Bambi (1942)
9
91%7.3
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
10
100%8.0
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
11
98%8.1
The Big Red One (1980)
The Big Red One (1980)
12
90%7.1
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
13
99%8.3
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
14
97%7.9
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
15
89%8.1
Blow-Up (1966)
Blow-Up (1966)
16
88%7.6
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
17
94%7.7
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
18
88%7.8
Breathless (1960)
Breathless (1960)
19
96%7.7
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
20
94%7.9
Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976)
21
93%7.4
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
22
99%8.5
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
23
100%7.7
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
24
98%8.4
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
25
99%8.2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
26
99%8.3
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
27
87%8.3
The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game (1992)
28
94%7.3
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
29
95%7.8
Days of Heaven (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
30
92%7.8
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
31
88%7.7
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
32
98%7.9
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
33
93%8.0
La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
34
96%8.0
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
35
97%8.3
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)
36
98%8.4
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
37
91%7.8
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
38
99%7.8
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
39
83%7.3
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
40
94%8.7
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