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100 essential movies of the 20th century for the modern filmgoer
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The list is in chronological order by release date, starting from the earliest to the latest
Honorable Mentions:
Greed (1924) Phantom of the Opera (1925) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) The Thin Man (1934) The 39 Steps (1935) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Bringing up Baby (1938) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) The Foreign Correspondent (1939) The Philadelphia Story (1940) His Girl Friday (1940) The Sea Hawk (1940) Rebecca (1940) Suspicion (1941) Spellbound (1944) Gilda (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Red River (1948) Rope (1948) High Noon (1952) The Band Wagon (1953) Shane (1953) To Catch A Thief (1955) The Trouble With Harry (1955) Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) The Wrong Man (1957) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Rio Bravo (1959) Pickpocket (1959) The 400 Blows (1959) The Man who shot Liberty Valence (1962) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Marry Poppins (1964) Charade (1963) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) The Wild Bunch (1969) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Last Tango in Paris (1972) Cries and Whispers (1973) Chinatown (1974) Annie Hall (1977) The Dear Hunter (1978) Halloween (1978) Gates of Heaven (1978) An Unmarried Woman (1978) Heart of Glass (1978) Breaking Away (1979) My Dinner with Andre (1981) The King of Comedy (1982) Ghostbusters (1984) 28 up (1984) Amadeus (1984) Terminator 1 and 2 Shoah (1985) Ran (1985) After Hours (1985) The Color Purple (1985) Ferris Bueller's Day's Off (1986) The Fly (1986) Platoon (1986) House of Games (1987) The Princess Bride (1987) Field of Dreams (1989) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Mississippi Burning (1988) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Dekalog (1989) Unforgiven (1992) Jurassic Park (1993) Toy Story (1995) L.A. Confidental (1997) Life is Beautiful (1997) Titanic (1997) Pulp Fiction (1994) Blue (1994) Red (1994) White (1994) Braveheart (1995) Seven (1995) Casino (1995) Apollo 13 (1995) Clueless (1995) Fargo (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Breaking the Waves (1996) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Malcolm X (1992) JFK (1991) The Matrix (1999) Fight Club (1999) The Green Mile (1999)
Grand Jury Prize: (My favorite movies after 2000)
Requiem For a Dream (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Spirited Away (2001) Mullholland Drive (2001) Lost in Translation (2003) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) No Country For Old Men (2007) Synecdoche, New York (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) Inception (2010) The Tree of Life (2011) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Paddington 2 (2017) Parasite (2019)
Honorable Mentions:
Greed (1924) Phantom of the Opera (1925) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) The Thin Man (1934) The 39 Steps (1935) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Bringing up Baby (1938) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) The Foreign Correspondent (1939) The Philadelphia Story (1940) His Girl Friday (1940) The Sea Hawk (1940) Rebecca (1940) Suspicion (1941) Spellbound (1944) Gilda (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Red River (1948) Rope (1948) High Noon (1952) The Band Wagon (1953) Shane (1953) To Catch A Thief (1955) The Trouble With Harry (1955) Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) The Wrong Man (1957) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) Rio Bravo (1959) Pickpocket (1959) The 400 Blows (1959) The Man who shot Liberty Valence (1962) The Birds (1963) Marnie (1964) Marry Poppins (1964) Charade (1963) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) The Wild Bunch (1969) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Last Tango in Paris (1972) Cries and Whispers (1973) Chinatown (1974) Annie Hall (1977) The Dear Hunter (1978) Halloween (1978) Gates of Heaven (1978) An Unmarried Woman (1978) Heart of Glass (1978) Breaking Away (1979) My Dinner with Andre (1981) The King of Comedy (1982) Ghostbusters (1984) 28 up (1984) Amadeus (1984) Terminator 1 and 2 Shoah (1985) Ran (1985) After Hours (1985) The Color Purple (1985) Ferris Bueller's Day's Off (1986) The Fly (1986) Platoon (1986) House of Games (1987) The Princess Bride (1987) Field of Dreams (1989) Cinema Paradiso (1988) Mississippi Burning (1988) Grave of the Fireflies (1988) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Dekalog (1989) Unforgiven (1992) Jurassic Park (1993) Toy Story (1995) L.A. Confidental (1997) Life is Beautiful (1997) Titanic (1997) Pulp Fiction (1994) Blue (1994) Red (1994) White (1994) Braveheart (1995) Seven (1995) Casino (1995) Apollo 13 (1995) Clueless (1995) Fargo (1996) Princess Mononoke (1997) Breaking the Waves (1996) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Malcolm X (1992) JFK (1991) The Matrix (1999) Fight Club (1999) The Green Mile (1999)
Grand Jury Prize: (My favorite movies after 2000)
Requiem For a Dream (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Spirited Away (2001) Mullholland Drive (2001) Lost in Translation (2003) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) No Country For Old Men (2007) Synecdoche, New York (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) Inception (2010) The Tree of Life (2011) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Paddington 2 (2017) Parasite (2019)
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