1,001 Movies To See Before You Die
taken from the 2005 edition, so it's a little bit behind, but I don't have the newest one yet.
guide:
* = in my Netflix queue
** = I have a note accompanying it
☨ = I should probably see it
X = I've seen it
bold = a favorite.
1. Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902) __
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903) __
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915) __
4. Les Vampires (The Vampires, 1915) __☨
5. Intolerance (1915) __
6. Das Kabinett Des Doktor Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1919) __*
7. Broken Blossoms (1919) __
8. Way Down East (1920) __
9. Within Our Gates (1920) __
10. Korkarlen (The Phantom Carriage, 1921) __
11. Orphans of the Storm (1921) __
12. La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet, 1922) __
13. Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse, parts 1 & 2, 1922) __
14. Nanook of the North (1922) __
15. Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror, 1922) __
16. Haxan (1923) __
17. Foolish Wives (1922) __
18. Our Hospitality (1923) __
19. La Roue (The Wheel, 1923) __
20. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) __
21. Stachka (Strike, 1924) __
22. Greed (1924) __
23. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) __
24. Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh, 1924) __
25. Seven Chances (1925) __
26. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) __☨
27. Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin, 1925) _X_
28. The Gold Rush (1925) _X_
29. The Big Parade (1925) __
30. Metropolis (1927) __*
31. Sunrise (1927) __
32. The General (1927) _X_
33. The Unknown (1927) __
34. Oktyabr (October, 1927) __
35. The Jazz Singer (1927) __
36. Napoleon (1927) __
37. The Kid Brother (1927) __
38. The Crowd (1928) __
39. The Docks of New York (1928) __
40. Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog, 1928) _X_ (**Anyone who knows me well knows that I will warn you away from this movie. It is incredibly traumatizing. It has one of the highest shock factors in film history [probably why it's on this list.] PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU DECIDE TO SEE IT. YOU WERE WARNED.)
41. La Passion De Jeanne D' Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928) __
42. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) __
43. Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm Over Asia, 1928) __
44. Blackmail (1929) __
45. Chelovek S Kinoapparatom (The Man With The Movie Camera, 1929) __
46. Die Buchse Der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1929) __
47. Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel, 1930) __
48. Zemlya (Earth, 1930) __
49. Little Caesar (1930) __
50. All Quiet on The Western Front (1930) __
51. A Nous La Liberte (Freedom For Us, 1931) __
52. Le Million (The Million, 1931) __
53. Tabu (1931) __
54. Dracula (1931) __*
55. Frankenstein (1931) __
56. City Lights (1931) __
57. The Public Enemy (1931) __
58. M (1931) _X_ (**this one is a bit disturbing, too. It's about a serial killer who is also a pedophile.)
59. La Chienne (The Bitch, 1931) __
60. Vampyr (The Vampire, 1932) __
61. Love Me Tonight (1932) __
62. Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved From Drowning, 1932) __
63. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) __
67. Trouble in Paradise (1932) __
68. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932) __
69. Shanghai Express (1932) __
70. Freaks (1932) __
71. Me and My Gal (1932) __
72. Zero De Conduite (Zero For Conduct, 1933) __
73. 42nd Street (1933) __☨
74. Footlight Parade (1933) __
75. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) __
76. She Done Him Wrong (1933) __
77. Duck Soup (1933) __
78. Queen Christina (1933) __
79. Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (1933) __
80. King Kong (1933) __☨
81. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) __
82. Sons of The Desert (1933) __
83. It's a Gift (1934) __
84. Triumph Des Willens (Triumph of the Will, 1934) __
85. L'Atalante (1934) __
86. The Black Cat (1934) __
87. Judge Priest (1934) __
88. It Happened One Night (1934) __☨
89. The Thin Man (1934) __☨
90. Captain Blood (1935) __
91. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) __
92. A Night at The Opera (1935) __
93. The 39 Steps (1935) __
94. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) __
95. Top Hat (1935) __
96. Une Partie de Campagne (A Day in The Country) (1936) __
97. Modern Times (1936) __
98. Swing Time (1936) __
99. My Man Godfrey (1936) __
100. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) __
101. Camille (1936) __
102. Sabotage (1936) __
103. Dodsworth (1936) __
104. Things to Come (1936) __
105. Le Roman D'un Tricheur (The Story of a Cheat, 1936) __
106. Captains Courageous (1937) __
107. Ye Ban Ge Sheng (Midnight Song, 1937) __
108. La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion, 1937) __
109. Stella Dallas (1937) __
110. The Life of Emile Zola (1937) __
111. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937) __
112. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) _X_
113. The Awful Truth (1937) __
114. Pepe Le Moko (1937) __
115. Jezebel (1937) __
116. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) __
117. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) __
118. Olympia, parts 1 & 2 (1938) __
119. La Femme Du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife, 1938) __
120. Bringing Up Baby (1938) __
121. Stagecoach (1939) __
122. Zangiku Monogatari (The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, 1939) __
123. Babes In Arms (1939) __
124. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) _X_
125. The Wizard of Oz (1939) _X_
126. Destry Rides Again (1939) __
127. Only Angels Have Wings (1939) __
128. Gone With the Wind (1939) __☨
129. Le Jour Se Leve (Daybreak, 1939) __
130. Gunga Din (1939) __
131. Ninotchka (1939) __
132. La Regle Du Jeu ( The Rules of The Game, 1939) __
133. Wuthering Heights (1939) __
134. His Girl Friday (1940) __
135. Rebecca (1940) __
136. Fantasia (1940) _X_
137. The Philadelphia Story (1940) __
138. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) __☨
139. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) __
140. Pinocchio (1940) _X_
141. The Mortal Storm (1940) __
142. The Bank Dick (1940) __
143. Citizen Kane (1941) __*
144. The Lady Eve (1941) __
145. The Wolf Man (1941) __ ** I saw the remake, lol.
146. The Maltese Falcon (1941) __☨
147. Sergeant York (1941) __
148. Dumbo (1941) _X_ **the house my group stayed at in Mexico had this on and the little girl was watching. So technically I've seen it in English and parts of it in Spanish.
149. High Sierra (1941) __
150. Sullivan's Travels (1941) __
151. How Green Was My Valley (1941) __
152. The Palm Beach Story (1942) __
153. Now, Voyager (1942) __
154. Casablanca (1942) __☨
155.To Be Or Not To Be (1942) __
156. Cat People (1942) __
157. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) _X_ **highly overrated and really not that good at all.
158. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) __
159. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) __
160. Fires Were Started (1943) __
161. The Man In Grey (1943) __
162. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) __
163. I Walked With a Zombie (1943) __ **this sounds interesting.
164. The Seventh Victim (1943) __**so does this
165. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) __
166. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) __
167. Ossessione (1943) __
168. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) __ ** or 'the picture of Judy Garland from this in the book creeps me out'
169. To Have or Have Not (1944) __
170. Laura (1944) __
171. Gaslight (1944) __
172. Henry V (1944) __
173. Ivan the Terrible, parts 1 & 2 (1944) __
174. Double Indemnity (1944) __
175. Murder, My Sweet (Farewell My Lovely, 1944) __
176. The Battle of Saan Pietro (1945) __
177. Spellbound (1945) __
178. Mildred Pierce (1945) _X_ **oh god, this movie, we had to analyze it to bits for my film class. Its tagline should be 'and you thought your daughter behaved badly.' Though parts of it move slowly, I do recommend it.
179. Les Enfants Du Paradis (The Children of Paradise, 1945) __
180. Roma, Citta Aperta (Open City, 1945) __
181. The Lost Weekend (1945) __
182. Detour (1945) __
183. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) __
184. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) __
185. Brief Encounter (1946) __
186. Paisan (1946) __
187. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) __☨
188. My Darling Clementine (1946) __
189. The Stranger (1946) __
190. La Belle Et La Bete (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) __
191. The Big Sleep (1946) __
192. The Killers (1946) __
193. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) __
194. Great Expectations (1946) __
195. Notorious (1946) __☨
196. Black Narcissus (1946) __
197. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) _X_
198. Gilda (1946) __
199. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) __
200. Out of The Past (1947) __
guide:
* = in my Netflix queue
** = I have a note accompanying it
☨ = I should probably see it
X = I've seen it
bold = a favorite.
1. Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902) __
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903) __
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915) __
4. Les Vampires (The Vampires, 1915) __☨
5. Intolerance (1915) __
6. Das Kabinett Des Doktor Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, 1919) __*
7. Broken Blossoms (1919) __
8. Way Down East (1920) __
9. Within Our Gates (1920) __
10. Korkarlen (The Phantom Carriage, 1921) __
11. Orphans of the Storm (1921) __
12. La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet, 1922) __
13. Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler (Dr. Mabuse, parts 1 & 2, 1922) __
14. Nanook of the North (1922) __
15. Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror, 1922) __
16. Haxan (1923) __
17. Foolish Wives (1922) __
18. Our Hospitality (1923) __
19. La Roue (The Wheel, 1923) __
20. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) __
21. Stachka (Strike, 1924) __
22. Greed (1924) __
23. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) __
24. Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh, 1924) __
25. Seven Chances (1925) __
26. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) __☨
27. Bronenosets Potyomkin (Battleship Potemkin, 1925) _X_
28. The Gold Rush (1925) _X_
29. The Big Parade (1925) __
30. Metropolis (1927) __*
31. Sunrise (1927) __
32. The General (1927) _X_
33. The Unknown (1927) __
34. Oktyabr (October, 1927) __
35. The Jazz Singer (1927) __
36. Napoleon (1927) __
37. The Kid Brother (1927) __
38. The Crowd (1928) __
39. The Docks of New York (1928) __
40. Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog, 1928) _X_ (**Anyone who knows me well knows that I will warn you away from this movie. It is incredibly traumatizing. It has one of the highest shock factors in film history [probably why it's on this list.] PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU DECIDE TO SEE IT. YOU WERE WARNED.)
41. La Passion De Jeanne D' Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928) __
42. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) __
43. Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm Over Asia, 1928) __
44. Blackmail (1929) __
45. Chelovek S Kinoapparatom (The Man With The Movie Camera, 1929) __
46. Die Buchse Der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1929) __
47. Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel, 1930) __
48. Zemlya (Earth, 1930) __
49. Little Caesar (1930) __
50. All Quiet on The Western Front (1930) __
51. A Nous La Liberte (Freedom For Us, 1931) __
52. Le Million (The Million, 1931) __
53. Tabu (1931) __
54. Dracula (1931) __*
55. Frankenstein (1931) __
56. City Lights (1931) __
57. The Public Enemy (1931) __
58. M (1931) _X_ (**this one is a bit disturbing, too. It's about a serial killer who is also a pedophile.)
59. La Chienne (The Bitch, 1931) __
60. Vampyr (The Vampire, 1932) __
61. Love Me Tonight (1932) __
62. Boudu Sauve Des Eaux (Boudu Saved From Drowning, 1932) __
63. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) __
67. Trouble in Paradise (1932) __
68. Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (1932) __
69. Shanghai Express (1932) __
70. Freaks (1932) __
71. Me and My Gal (1932) __
72. Zero De Conduite (Zero For Conduct, 1933) __
73. 42nd Street (1933) __☨
74. Footlight Parade (1933) __
75. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) __
76. She Done Him Wrong (1933) __
77. Duck Soup (1933) __
78. Queen Christina (1933) __
79. Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (1933) __
80. King Kong (1933) __☨
81. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) __
82. Sons of The Desert (1933) __
83. It's a Gift (1934) __
84. Triumph Des Willens (Triumph of the Will, 1934) __
85. L'Atalante (1934) __
86. The Black Cat (1934) __
87. Judge Priest (1934) __
88. It Happened One Night (1934) __☨
89. The Thin Man (1934) __☨
90. Captain Blood (1935) __
91. Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) __
92. A Night at The Opera (1935) __
93. The 39 Steps (1935) __
94. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) __
95. Top Hat (1935) __
96. Une Partie de Campagne (A Day in The Country) (1936) __
97. Modern Times (1936) __
98. Swing Time (1936) __
99. My Man Godfrey (1936) __
100. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) __
101. Camille (1936) __
102. Sabotage (1936) __
103. Dodsworth (1936) __
104. Things to Come (1936) __
105. Le Roman D'un Tricheur (The Story of a Cheat, 1936) __
106. Captains Courageous (1937) __
107. Ye Ban Ge Sheng (Midnight Song, 1937) __
108. La Grande Illusion (Grand Illusion, 1937) __
109. Stella Dallas (1937) __
110. The Life of Emile Zola (1937) __
111. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937) __
112. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937) _X_
113. The Awful Truth (1937) __
114. Pepe Le Moko (1937) __
115. Jezebel (1937) __
116. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) __
117. Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) __
118. Olympia, parts 1 & 2 (1938) __
119. La Femme Du Boulanger (The Baker's Wife, 1938) __
120. Bringing Up Baby (1938) __
121. Stagecoach (1939) __
122. Zangiku Monogatari (The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, 1939) __
123. Babes In Arms (1939) __
124. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) _X_
125. The Wizard of Oz (1939) _X_
126. Destry Rides Again (1939) __
127. Only Angels Have Wings (1939) __
128. Gone With the Wind (1939) __☨
129. Le Jour Se Leve (Daybreak, 1939) __
130. Gunga Din (1939) __
131. Ninotchka (1939) __
132. La Regle Du Jeu ( The Rules of The Game, 1939) __
133. Wuthering Heights (1939) __
134. His Girl Friday (1940) __
135. Rebecca (1940) __
136. Fantasia (1940) _X_
137. The Philadelphia Story (1940) __
138. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) __☨
139. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) __
140. Pinocchio (1940) _X_
141. The Mortal Storm (1940) __
142. The Bank Dick (1940) __
143. Citizen Kane (1941) __*
144. The Lady Eve (1941) __
145. The Wolf Man (1941) __ ** I saw the remake, lol.
146. The Maltese Falcon (1941) __☨
147. Sergeant York (1941) __
148. Dumbo (1941) _X_ **the house my group stayed at in Mexico had this on and the little girl was watching. So technically I've seen it in English and parts of it in Spanish.
149. High Sierra (1941) __
150. Sullivan's Travels (1941) __
151. How Green Was My Valley (1941) __
152. The Palm Beach Story (1942) __
153. Now, Voyager (1942) __
154. Casablanca (1942) __☨
155.To Be Or Not To Be (1942) __
156. Cat People (1942) __
157. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) _X_ **highly overrated and really not that good at all.
158. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) __
159. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) __
160. Fires Were Started (1943) __
161. The Man In Grey (1943) __
162. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) __
163. I Walked With a Zombie (1943) __ **this sounds interesting.
164. The Seventh Victim (1943) __**so does this
165. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) __
166. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) __
167. Ossessione (1943) __
168. Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) __ ** or 'the picture of Judy Garland from this in the book creeps me out'
169. To Have or Have Not (1944) __
170. Laura (1944) __
171. Gaslight (1944) __
172. Henry V (1944) __
173. Ivan the Terrible, parts 1 & 2 (1944) __
174. Double Indemnity (1944) __
175. Murder, My Sweet (Farewell My Lovely, 1944) __
176. The Battle of Saan Pietro (1945) __
177. Spellbound (1945) __
178. Mildred Pierce (1945) _X_ **oh god, this movie, we had to analyze it to bits for my film class. Its tagline should be 'and you thought your daughter behaved badly.' Though parts of it move slowly, I do recommend it.
179. Les Enfants Du Paradis (The Children of Paradise, 1945) __
180. Roma, Citta Aperta (Open City, 1945) __
181. The Lost Weekend (1945) __
182. Detour (1945) __
183. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) __
184. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) __
185. Brief Encounter (1946) __
186. Paisan (1946) __
187. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) __☨
188. My Darling Clementine (1946) __
189. The Stranger (1946) __
190. La Belle Et La Bete (Beauty and the Beast, 1946) __
191. The Big Sleep (1946) __
192. The Killers (1946) __
193. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) __
194. Great Expectations (1946) __
195. Notorious (1946) __☨
196. Black Narcissus (1946) __
197. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) _X_
198. Gilda (1946) __
199. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) __
200. Out of The Past (1947) __