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In their October 1998 issue, Premiere magazine presented its list of the 100 most daring movies ever made (also known as “Rebel Cinema” and “100 Movies That Shook the World.” The goal was to, as Filmsite.org says, celebrate films that “dared to be ridiculous, offensive, or even unpopular” but still ended up as classic films. The original list was presented in alphabetical order. It is presented here in order of the films’ rankings in Dave’s Movie Database.
1. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
2. Blade Runner (1982)
3. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
5. Metropolis (1927)
6. Nashville (1975)
7. Touch of Evil (1958)
8. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
9. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
10. Blue Velvet (1986)
11. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
12. Do the Right Thing (1989)
13. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
14. Badlands (1973)
15. Rashômon (1950)
16. The Conversation (1974)
17. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
18. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
19. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
20. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
21. The Terminator (1984)
22. Blazing Saddles (1974)
23. The Hustler (1961)
24. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
25. Brazil (1985)
26. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
27. The Last Picture Show (1971)
28. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
29. Mean Streets (1973)
30. A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
31. Airplane! (1980)
32. Trainspotting (1996)
33. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970)
34. Halloween (1978)
35. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
36. The Piano (1993)
37. Blow-Up (1966)
38. Dirty Harry (1971)
39. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
40. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
41. Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka “Nosferatu, the Vampire”) (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922)
42. Scarface (1983)
43. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
44. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
45. Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967)
46. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982)
47. Rome, Open City (Roma Città Aperta) (1945)
48. Raising Arizona (1987)
49. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
50. Freaks (1932)
51. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
52. The Birds (1963)
53. The Crowd (1928)
54. Peeping Tom (1960)
55. Repulsion (1965)
56. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
57. An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1928)
58. Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo Tango a Parigi) (1973)
59. Detour (1945)
60. The Killer (Dip Huet Seung Hung) (1989)
61. Cat People (1942)
62. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
63. The Killing (1956)
64. Johnny Guitar (1954)
65. Dumbo (1941)
66. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932)
67. Akira (1988)
68. If… (1968)
69. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
70. Faces (1968)
71. Pandora's Box (aka “Lulu”) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1929)
72. Dead Ringers (1988)
73. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
74. Don’t Look Back (1967)
75. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
76. Walkabout (1971)
77. Olympia (Parts 1 and 2) (1938)
78. Bob Le Flambeur (1955)
79. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
80. Zero for Conduct (Zero de Conduite) (1933)
81. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
82. Medium Cool (1969)
83. In the Company of Men (1997)
84. 28 Up (1984)
85. Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974)
86. Shock Corridor (1963)
87. Pink Flamingos (1972)
88. Bananas (1971)
89. Eyes Without a Face (1959)
90. Shaft (1971)
91. Ride the High Country (1962)
92. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
93. The Harder They Come (1973)
94. Seconds (1966)
95. Animal Crackers (1930)
96. My Brilliant Career (1979)
97. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)
98. The Gang’s All Here (1943)
99. Flesh (1968)
100. The Devil in Miss Jones (1973)
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Originally posted 8/10/2019; last updated 6/2/2023. | 
