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102 movies you must see to be "movie-literate"

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1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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People who added this item 872  Average listal rating (511 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.1 
2. The 400 Blows (1959)

People who added this item 1111  Average listal rating (530 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.1 
3. 8 1/2 (1963)

People who added this item 605  Average listal rating (360 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating
4. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

People who added this item 3493  Average listal rating (2407 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.5 
5. Alien (1979)
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People who added this item 774  Average listal rating (449 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.4 
6. All About Eve (1950)

People who added this item 1741  Average listal rating (1053 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.2 
7. Annie Hall (1977)
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People who added this item 2987  Average listal rating (1760 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.6 
8. Apocalypse Now (1979)
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People who added this item 2295  Average listal rating (1425 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.4 
9. Bambi (1942)
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People who added this item 639  Average listal rating (379 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating
10. Battleship Potemkin (1925)

People who added this item 309  Average listal rating (162 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 8.2 
11. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

People who added this item 182  Average listal rating (115 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.3 
12. The Big Red One (1980)

People who added this item 867  Average listal rating (516 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.4 
13. Bicycle Thieves (1948)

People who added this item 650  Average listal rating (404 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
14. The Big Sleep (1946)

People who added this item 3383  Average listal rating (2207 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.3 
15. Blade Runner (1982)
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People who added this item 775  Average listal rating (445 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.6 
16. Blow-Up (1966)

People who added this item 1737  Average listal rating (1045 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 7.8 
17. Blue Velvet (1986)

People who added this item 1151  Average listal rating (646 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating
18. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

People who added this item 827  Average listal rating (464 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 7.9 
19. Breathless (1960)

People who added this item 531  Average listal rating (345 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating
20. Bringing Up Baby (1938)

People who added this item 2045  Average listal rating (1294 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.4 
21. Carrie (1976)

People who added this item 2544  Average listal rating (1487 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.7 
22. Casablanca (1942)
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People who added this item 891  Average listal rating (526 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.9 
23. An Andalusian Dog (1929)
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People who added this item 214  Average listal rating (109 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.1 
24. Children of Paradise (1945)

People who added this item 1628  Average listal rating (958 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.4 
25. Chinatown (1974)
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People who added this item 2044  Average listal rating (1190 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.5 
26. Citizen Kane (1941)

People who added this item 4846  Average listal rating (3123 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.4 
27. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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People who added this item 524  Average listal rating (314 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.3 
28. The Crying Game (1992)

People who added this item 631  Average listal rating (371 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.9 
29. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

People who added this item 452  Average listal rating (265 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating 7.9 
30. Days of Heaven (1978)

People who added this item 1147  Average listal rating (730 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.8 
31. Dirty Harry (1971)

People who added this item 511  Average listal rating (248 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 7.9 
32. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

People who added this item 702  Average listal rating (449 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.8 
33. Do the Right Thing (1989)

People who added this item 826  Average listal rating (382 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating
34. La Dolce Vita (1960)

People who added this item 726  Average listal rating (478 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.5 
35. Double Indemnity (1944)

People who added this item 2306  Average listal rating (1361 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.6 
36. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Wo... (1964)

People who added this item 571  Average listal rating (372 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating
37. Duck Soup (1933)
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People who added this item 5355  Average listal rating (3580 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.9 
38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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People who added this item 1011  Average listal rating (629 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating
39. Easy Rider

People who added this item 4584  Average listal rating (3099 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.8 
40. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Ba... (1980)
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People who added this item 3153  Average listal rating (2047 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating
41. The Exorcist (1973)

People who added this item 2626  Average listal rating (1737 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
42. Fargo (1996)
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People who added this item 7492  Average listal rating (4859 ratings) 8.4  IMDB Rating 8.9 
43. Fight Club (1999)
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People who added this item 768  Average listal rating (446 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating
44. Frankenstein (1931)

People who added this item 501  Average listal rating (309 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.3 
45. The General (1926)
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People who added this item 4829  Average listal rating (3066 ratings) 8.7  IMDB Rating 9.2 
46. The Godfather (1972)
For this list, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II were considered one movie.
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People who added this item 1956  Average listal rating (1140 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.2 
47. Gone with the Wind (1939)
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People who added this item 3172  Average listal rating (2040 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.8 
48. GoodFellas (1990)

People who added this item 1771  Average listal rating (1057 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.1 
49. The Graduate (1967)

People who added this item 1775  Average listal rating (1184 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.9 
50. Halloween (1978)
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Taken from Roger Ebert's website. From the website: It's not my idea of The Best Movies Ever Made...These are the movies I just kind of figure everybody ought to have seen in order to have any sort of informed discussion about movies. They're the common cultural currency of our time, the basic cinematic texts that everyone should know, at minimum, to be somewhat "movie-literate."

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Comments

Posted: 2 years, 6 months ago at Nov 19 18:56
you left out the good, the bad and the ugly, always see the title of the movie everywehre i go.
Posted: 2 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 12:07
i'd include the sting, to kill a mockingbird, the princess bride, raging bull, and unforgiven to name a few...
Posted: 2 years, 5 months ago at Nov 30 16:18
A lot of movies i sitll have to watch, someday i´ll be a movie-literate
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 2:20
Only seen 55 of them. Guess I'm movie-illiterate.
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 2:25
I have seen 73 of those. Not bad!
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 3:30
How could you forget Fantasia???
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 5:02
How could you forget to read the description guys? I have only seen 51 of these. Guess I'm in the halfway of being somewhat "movie-literate".
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 5:08
@Kankku LMAO at your comment!

I wonder where can you consider yourself 'movie-literate'... I hope it's not 100% otherwise, almost nobody is actually 'movie-literate' here on Listal...
Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Aug 30 11:02
Yeah. The Problem with this kind of strict lists of film "that you absolutely have to see to see or you don't know anything about movies" is that even the greatest film enthusiast that has seen thousands or tens of thousands of films might not have seen a number of well known films generally considered classics for whatever reason. And it would be quite ridiculous to say to someone like that that he has no right to take part in a meaningful discussion about films.

Anyway, I've seen 93 of these and own the rest, except for La Dolce Vita which I obviously am very eager to see, but have never gotten around to buying thanks to poor availability of good DVD releases.
Posted: 1 year ago at Apr 25 9:26
Roger Ebert only gave Fight Club 2/4 stars in his review.

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