This page is intended to contain "top movie lists" created by professionals and critics, in a checklist format so that I can make sure I have seen some of the important films that are out there.
This is an internal page. If you found it - good for you!
[x] => seen it
[o] => waiting
[ ] => nothing yet
[ ] Ace in the Hole
Wilder, Billy (1951; US; 112m)
[ ] Âge d'or, L'
Buñuel, Luis (1930; France; 63m)
[ ] Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner (1974; Germany; 94m)
[ ] All About Eve
Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (1950; US; 138m)
[o] All Quiet on the Western Front
Milestone, Lewis (1930; US; 105m)
[ ] All That Heaven Allows
Sirk, Douglas (1955; US; 89m)
[ ] American Friend, The
Wenders, Wim (1977; France-Germany-US; 127m)
[o] Anatomy of a Murder
Preminger, Otto (1959; US; 160m)
[ ] Apocalypse Now
Coppola, Francis (1979; US; 150m)
[ ] Argent, L'
Bresson, Robert (1983; France-Switzerland; 90m)
[ ] Atalante, L'
Vigo, Jean (1934; France; 89m)
[ ] Awful Truth, The
McCarey, Leo (1937; US; 92m)
[ ] Badlands
Malick, Terrence (1973; US; 95m)
[ ] Band Wagon, The
Minnelli, Vincente (1953; US; 112m)
[ ] Barefoot Contessa, The
Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (1954; US; 128m)
[x] Barton Fink
Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen (1991; US; 117m)
[ ] Best Years of Our Lives, The
Wyler, William (1946; US; 172m)
[ ] Bête humaine, La
Renoir, Jean (1938; France; 99m)
[ ] Big Combo, The
Lewis, Joseph H. (1955; US; 89m)
[o] Big Heat, The
Lang, Fritz (1953; US; 90m)
[x] Big Sleep, The
Hawks, Howard (1946; US; 114m)
[ ] Bigger Than Life
Ray, Nicholas (1956; US; 95m)
[o] Black Narcissus
Powell, Michael/Emeric Pressburger (1946; UK; 99m)
[x] Blade Runner
Scott, Ridley (1982; US; 118m)
[ ] Blood Simple
Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen (1984; US; 97m)
[ ] Blue Velvet
Lynch, David (1986; US; 120m)
[ ] Bob le flambeur
Melville, Jean-Pierre (1955; France; 102m)
[ ] Boyfriends and Girlfriends/My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Rohmer, Eric (1987; France; 102m)
[o] Breathless
Godard, Jean-Luc (1959; France; 89m)
[ ] Bride of Frankenstein
Whale, James (1935; US; 75m)
[o] Chinatown
Polanski, Roman (1974; US; 131m)
[x] Citizen Kane
Welles, Orson (1941; US; 119m)
[ ] Crime of Monsieur Lange, The
Renoir, Jean (1936; France; 90m)
[ ] Criss Cross
Siodmak, Robert (1949; US; 87m)
[ ] Crowd, The
Vidor, King (1928; US; 104m)
[ ] Day for Night
Truffaut, François (1973; France; 120m)
[ ] Days of Heaven
Malick, Terrence (1978; US; 95m)
[ ] Dekalog
Kieslowski, Krszystof (1988; Poland; 550m)
[ ] Detour
Ulmer, Edgar G. (1945; US; 69m)
[ ] Diary of a Mad Housewife
Perry, Frank (1970; US; 103m)
[o] Double Indemnity
Wilder, Billy (1944; US; 106m)
[ ] Doulos, Le
Melville, Jean-Pierre (1962; France-Italy; 108m)
[x] Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Kubrick, Stanley (1964; UK; 93m)
[ ] Duck Soup
McCarey, Leo (1933; US; 70m)
[o] Ed Wood
Burton, Tim (1994; US; 124m)
[ ] Exterminating Angel, The
Buñuel, Luis (1962; Mexico; 95m)
[ ] Eyes Without a Face
Franju, Georges (1959; France-Italy; 88m)
[ ] Fallen Angel
Preminger, Otto (1945; US; 97m)
[ ] Far from Heaven
Haynes, Todd (2002; US-France; 107m)
[ ] Farewell to Arms, A
Borzage, Frank (1932; US; 78m)
[x] Fargo
Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen (1995; US; 97m)
[ ] Femme est une femme, Une
Godard, Jean-Luc (1961; France; 83m)
[ ] Forty Guns
Fuller, Sam (1957; US; 80m)
[ ] 400 Blows, The
Truffaut, François (1959; France; 99m)
[ ] Funny Face
Donen, Stanley (1957; US; 103m)
[ ] GoodFellas
Scorsese, Martin (1990; US; 146m)
[ ] Grapes of Wrath, The
Ford, John (1940; US; 129m)
[ ] Great Dictator, The
Chaplin, Charles (1940; US; 128m)
[ ] Greed
von Stroheim, Erich (1924; US; 140m)
[ ] Gun Crazy
Lewis, Joseph H. (1949; US; 86m)
[ ] Heat
Mann, Michael (1995; US; 174m)
[ ] Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
McNaughton, John (1986; US; 90m)
[ ] His Girl Friday
Hawks, Howard (1940; US; 92m)
[ ] Hitch-Hiker, The
Lupino, Ida (1953; US; 71m)
[ ] Holiday
Cukor, George (1938; US; 93m)
[ ] House of Strangers
Mankiewicz, Joseph L. (1949; US; 101m)
[ ] I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
LeRoy, Mervyn (1932; US; 93m)
[ ] Imitation of Life
Sirk, Douglas (1959; US; 124m)
[ ] In a Lonely Place
Ray, Nicholas (1950; US; 91m)
[ ] Intruder, The
Corman, Roger (1961; US; 80m)
[ ] Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Siegel, Don (1956; US; 80m)
[x] It's a Wonderful Life
Capra, Frank (1946; US; 129m)
[ ] Johnny Guitar
Ray, Nicholas (1954; US; 110m)
[ ] Killers, The
Siodmak, Robert (1946; US; 105m)
[ ] Killing, The
Kubrick, Stanley (1956; US; 83m)
[ ] Kiss Me Deadly
Aldrich, Robert (1955; US; 105m)
[ ] Last Picture Show, The
Bogdanovich, Peter (1971; US; 118m)
[ ] Laura
Preminger, Otto (1944; US; 85m)
[ ] Leave Her to Heaven
Stahl, John M. (1945; US; 110m)
[ ] Letter from an Unknown Woman
Ophüls, Max (1948; US; 90m)
[ ] Lone Star
Sayles, John (1995; US; 134m)
[ ] Lost Weekend, The
Wilder, Billy (1945; US; 101m)
[x] M
Lang, Fritz (1931; Germany; 99m)
[ ] Magnificent Ambersons, The
Welles, Orson (1942; US; 88m)
[ ] Magnificent Obsession
Sirk, Douglas (1954; US; 108m)
[ ] Man Escaped, A
Bresson, Robert (1956; France; 102m)
[o] Manhattan
Allen, Woody (1979; US; 96m)
[ ] Man's Castle
Borzage, Frank (1933; US; 66m)
[ ] Matter of Life and Death, A
Powell, Michael/Emeric Pressburger (1946; UK; 104m)
[ ] Mean Streets
Scorsese, Martin (1973; US; 110m)
[ ] Meshes of the Afternoon
Deren, Maya (1943; US; 15m)
[ ] Mildred Pierce
Curtiz, Michael (1945; US; 109m)
[o] Miller's Crossing
Coen, Joel and Ethan Coen (1990; US; 115m)
[ ] Modern Times
Chaplin, Charles (1936; US; 89m)
[ ] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Capra, Frank (1939; US; 129m)
[ ] My Darling Clementine
Ford, John (1946; US; 97m)
[ ] Naked Kiss, The
Fuller, Sam (1964; US; 93m)
[ ] Naked Spur, The
Mann, Anthony (1953; US; 91m)
[ ] Night of the Hunter, The
Laughton, Charles (1955; US; 93m)
[o] North by Northwest
Hitchcock, Alfred (1959; US; 136m)
[ ] Olvidados, Los
Buñuel, Luis (1950; Mexico; 88m)
[ ] Once Upon a Time in America
Leone, Sergio (1984; US; 227m)
[ ] Once Upon a Time in the West
Leone, Sergio (1968; Italy-US; 165m)
[ ] Out of the Past
Tourneur, Jacques (1947; US; 97m)
[ ] Palm Beach Story, The
Sturges, Preston (1942; US; 90m)
[o] Paths of Glory
Kubrick, Stanley (1957; US; 86m)
[ ] Peeping Tom
Powell, Michael (1960; UK; 109m)
[ ] Philadelphia Story, The
Cukor, George (1940; US; 112m)
[ ] Pickpocket
Bresson, Robert (1959; France; 75m)
[x] Pierrot le fou
Godard, Jean-Luc (1965; France-Italy; 110m)
[ ] Player, The
Altman, Robert (1992; US; 123m)
[x] Psycho
Hitchcock, Alfred (1960; US; 109m)
[ ] Public Enemy, The
Wellman, William (1931; US; 84m)
[x] Pulp Fiction
Tarantino, Quentin (1994; US; 154m)
[ ] Pursued
Walsh, Raoul (1947; US; 101m)
[ ] Quiet Man, The
Ford, John (1952; US; 129m)
[ ] Raging Bull
Scorsese, Martin (1980; US; 128m)
[ ] Raw Deal
Mann, Anthony (1948; US; 79m)
[o] Rear Window
Hitchcock, Alfred (1954; US; 112m)
[ ] Rebecca
Hitchcock, Alfred (1940; US; 130m)
[ ] Rebel Without a Cause
Ray, Nicholas (1955; US; 111m)
[ ] Red Circle, The/Le Cercle Rouge
Melville, Jean-Pierre (1970; France-Italy; 150m)
[ ] Red House, The
Daves, Delmer (1947; US; 100m)
[ ] Red River
Hawks, Howard (1948; US; 133m)
[o] Red Shoes, The
Powell, Michael/Emeric Pressburger (1948; UK; 133m)
[ ] Red Sorghum
Zhang Yimou (1987; China; 91m)
[x] Reservoir Dogs
Tarantino, Quentin (1991; US; 99m)
[ ] Rio Bravo
Hawks, Howard (1959; US; 141m)
[x] Rules of the Game, The
Renoir, Jean (1939; France; 113m)
[x] Sansho the Bailiff
Mizoguchi, Kenji (1954; Japan; 125m)
[ ] Scarface
Hawks, Howard (1932; US; 90m)
[ ] Scarlet Empress, The
von Sternberg, Josef (1934; US; 110m)
[ ] Scarlet Street
Lang, Fritz (1945; US; 103m)
[ ] Searchers, The
Ford, John (1956; US; 119m)
[ ] Secret Beyond the Door
Lang, Fritz (1948; US; 98m)
[ ] Secrets & Lies
Leigh, Mike (1995; UK; 142m)
[ ] Senso
Visconti, Luchino (1954; Italy; 115m)
[ ] Shadow of a Doubt
Hitchcock, Alfred (1943; US; 108m)
[ ] Sherlock Jr.
Keaton, Buster (1924; US; 44m)
[ ] Shock Corridor
Fuller, Sam (1963; US; 101m)
[ ] Shop Around the Corner, The
Lubitsch, Ernst (1940; US; 97m)
[ ] Short Film About Love, A
Kieslowski, Krszystof (1988; Poland; 87m)
[ ] Singin' in the Rain
Donen, Stanley/Gene Kelly (1952; US; 102m)
[ ] Some Came Running
Minnelli, Vincente (1958; US; 136m)
[ ] Star is Born, A
Cukor, George (1954; US; 154m)
[o] Strangers on a Train
Hitchcock, Alfred (1951; US; 101m)
[ ] Sunrise
Murnau, F.W. (1927; US; 110m)
[ ] Sunset Blvd.
Wilder, Billy (1950; US; 110m)
[ ] Suture
McGehee, Scott/David Siegel (1993; US; 93m)
[ ] Sweet Smell of Success
Mackendrick, Alexander (1957; US; 96m)
[ ] Taking Off
Forman, Milos (1971; US; 93m)
[ ] Tarnished Angels, The
Sirk, Douglas (1958; US; 91m)
[ ] Taxi Driver
Scorsese, Martin (1976; US; 113m)
[ ] There's Always Tomorrow
Sirk, Douglas (1956; US; 84m)
[ ] They Live by Night
Ray, Nicholas (1948; US; 95m)
[ ] Thin Red Line, The
Malick, Terrence (1998; US; 170m)
[x] Third Man, The
Reed, Carol (1949; UK; 104m)
[ ] Three Colours: Red
Kieslowski, Krszystof (1994; France-Switzerland-Poland; 99m)
[ ] T-Men
Mann, Anthony (1947; US; 96m)
[ ] To Be or Not to Be
Lubitsch, Ernst (1942; US; 99m)
[x] Tokyo Story
Ozu, Yasujiro (1953; Japan; 134m)
[ ] Touch of Evil
Welles, Orson (1958; US; 108m)
[ ] Touchez pas au Grisbi/Grisbi
Becker, Jacques (1953; France; 94m)
[ ] Trou, Le
Becker, Jacques (1959; France-Italy; 140m)
[ ] 12 Angry Men
Lumet, Sidney (1957; US; 95m)
[x] 2001: A Space Odyssey
Kubrick, Stanley (1968; UK; 139m)
[o] Ulee's Gold
Nunez, Victor (1997; US; 111m)
[o] Vertigo
Hitchcock, Alfred (1958; US; 128m)
[ ] Voyage in Italy
Rossellini, Roberto (1953; Italy; 97m)
[x] Wild Strawberries
Bergman, Ingmar (1957; Sweden; 90m)
[ ] Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Tashlin, Frank (1957; US; 94m)
[ ] Woman in the Window, The
Lang, Fritz (1944; US; 99m)
[ ] Written on the Wind
Sirk, Douglas (1956; US; 99m)
[ ] You Only Live Once
Lang, Fritz (1937; US; 86m)
[ ] Young Girls of Rochefort, The
Demy, Jacques (1967; France; 124m)
[ ] Zero for Conduct
Vigo, Jean (1933; France; 41m)
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