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They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? (Theyshootpictures.com) offers up a list of the 1000 greatest films, as generated by aggregating more than 15,000 lists. The introduction page offers a list of some of the most prominent sources. Lists are weighted although there isn’t a detailed explanation of exactly how.
1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Vertigo (1958)
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
4. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953)
5. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939)
6. The Godfather (1972)
7. 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963)
8. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
9. The Searchers (1956)
10. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954)
11. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
12. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
13. Apocalypse Now (1979)
14. The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di Biciclette) (1947)
15. Taxi Driver (1976)
16. Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966)
17. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)
18. Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959)
19. In the Mood for Love (Dut Yeung Nin Wa) (2000)
20. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925)
21. L’Atalante (aka “Le Chaland Qui Passe”) (1934)
22. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929)
23. The Mirror (Zerkalo) (1974)
24. Rashômon (1950)
25. City Lights (1931)
26. Psycho (1960)
27. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959)
28. Andrei Rublev (1996)
29. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
30. Some Like It Hot (1959)
31. The Godfather Part II (1974)
32. The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960)
33. Mulholland Drive (2001)
34. The Word (Ordet) (1954)
35. Raging Bull (1980)
36. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
37. The Adventure (L’Avventura) (1960)
38. Rear Window (1954)
39. Playtime (1967)
40. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
41. Touch of Evil (1958)
42. Casablanca (1942)
43. The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955)
44. Contempt (Le Mépris) (1963)
45. Barry Lyndon (1975)
46. Stalker (1979)
47. Blade Runner (1982)
48. Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik) (1989)
49. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
50. The General (1926)
51. Beau Travail (1999)
52. Modern Times (1936)
53. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931)
54. The Third Man (1949)
55. Late Spring (1949)
56. North by Northwest (1959)
57. Ugetsu (aka “Ugetsu Monogatari” or “Tales of a Pale Moon After the Rain”) (1953)
58. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966)
59. The Apartment (1960)
60. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937)
61. Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957)
62. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982)
63. Rio Bravo (1959)
64. Goodfellas (1990)
65. Shoah (1985)
66. Pierrot Goes Wild (or "Crazy Pete") (Pierrot le Fou) (1965)
67. Journey to Italy (1954)
68. Metropolis (1927)
69. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
70. Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta Il West) (1968)
71. Chinatown (1974)
72. La Strada (1954)
73. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945)
74. Do the Right Thing (1989)
75. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963)
76. Amarcord (1972)
77. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
78. A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) (1956)
79. The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet) (1957)
80. Pulp Fiction (1994)
81. The Wild Bunch (1969)
82. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
83. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954)
84. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1971)
85. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
86. Viridiana (1961)
87. Blue Velvet (1986)
88. Pickpocket (1959)
89. Nashville (1975)
90. The Shining (1980)
91. Gertrud (1964)
92. The Gold Rush (1925)
93. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
94. Jaws (1975)
95. The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) ()
96. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961)
97. Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
98. Sunless (Sans Soleil) (1983)
99. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
100. To Be Or Not to Be (1942)
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Originally posted 5/31/2023. | 
