A Must-See Film List

This list has been compiled from numerous lists found online naming films that everyone should see.

Classics I have seen

  1. Airplane! (1980)
  2. Alien (1979)
  3. American Beauty (1999)
  4. American Graffiti (1973)
  5. Annie Hall (1977)
  6. The Apartment (1960)
  7. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  8. Apollo 13 (1995)
  9. Arthur (1981)
  10. Babe (1995)
  11. Back to the Future (1985)
  12. Bambi (1942)
  13. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  14. The Birds (1963)
  15. Blade Runner (1982)
  16. Blue Velvet (1986)
  17. Braveheart (1995)
  18. Brazil (1985)
  19. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
  20. Cabaret (1972)
  21. Casablanca (1942)
  22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
  23. Chinatown (1974)
  24. Citizen Kane (1941)
  25. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  27. The Color Purple (1985)
  28. The Crying Game (1992)
  29. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  30. Dirty Harry (1971)
  31. Do the Right Thing (1989)
  32. Dr No (1962)
  33. Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  34. Easy Rider (1969)
  35. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  36. Enter the Dragon (1973)
  37. E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
  38. The Exorcist (1973)
  39. Fantasia (1940)
  40. Fargo (1996)
  41. Forrest Gump (1994)
  42. The Full Monty (1997)
  43. Gone With The Wind (1939)
  44. Goldfinger (1964)
  45. The Graduate (1967)
  46. Groundhog Day (1993)
  47. Halloween (1978)
  48. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  49. Harvey (1950)
  50. High Noon (1952)
  51. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  52. Jaws (1975)
  53. Jurassic Park (1993)
  54. The King and I (1956)
  55. King Kong (1933)
  56. King of Comedy (1983)
  57. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  58. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  59. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  60. The Lion King (1994)
  61. Lolita (1962)
  62. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  63. Manhattan (1979)
  64. Mary Poppins (1964)
  65. The Matrix (1999)
  66. Memento (2000)
  67. Metropolis (1927)
  68. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  69. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  70. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
  71. My Fair Lady (1964)
  72. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  73. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  74. Nosferatu (1922)
  75. Oklahoma! (1955)
  76. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  77. The Piano (1993)
  78. Pinocchio (1940)
  79. The Princess Bride (1987)
  80. The Producers (1968)
  81. Psycho (1940)
  82. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  83. Raging Bull (1980)
  84. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  85. Rain Man (1988)
  86. Rear Window (1954)
  87. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  88. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  89. Rocky (1976)
  90. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  91. Roman Holiday (1953)
  92. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  93. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  94. Schindler’s List (1993)
  95. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
  96. The Shining (1980)
  97. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  98. Sin City (2005)
  99. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
  100. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  101. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  102. The Sound of Music (1965)
  103. Spartacus (1960)
  104. Star Wars (1977)
  105. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  106. Taxi Driver (1976)
  107. The Terminator (1984)
  108. Thelma and Louise (1991)
  109. Titanic (1997)
  110. Tootsie (1982)
  111. Toy Story (1995)
  112. Toy Story 2 (1999)
  113. Trainspotting (1996)
  114. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  115. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  116. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  117. Vertigo (1958)
  118. West Side Story (1961)
  119. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  120. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  121. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  122. Young Frankenstein (1974)

Classics I have not seen and definitely want to some day

  1. The African Queen (1951)
  2. Ben-Hur (1959)
  3. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
  4. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  5. Bus Stop (1956)
  6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  7. Chariots of Fire (1981)
  8. Deliverance (1972)
  9. Dial M for Murder (1954)
  10. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  11. Dinner at Eight (1933)
  12. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  13. Dracula (1931)
  14. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  15. Field of Dreams (1989)
  16. A Fish Called Wanda (1989)
  17. Frankenstein (1931)
  18. From Here to Eternity (1953)
  19. From Russia With Love (1963)
  20. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
  21. Gandhi (1982)
  22. The Godfather (1972)
  23. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  24. GoodFellas (1990)
  25. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
  26. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  27. The Great Escape (1963)
  28. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
  29. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  30. Hell’s Angels (1930)
  31. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  32. The Italian Job (1969)
  33. It Happened One Night (1934)
  34. Life is Beautiful (1997)
  35. Mad Max (1979)
  36. Magnolia (1999)
  37. My Darling Clementine (1946)
  38. My Man Godfrey (1936)
  39. North By Northwest (1959)
  40. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  41. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  42. Poltergeist (1982)
  43. Secrets and Lies (1996)
  44. Stagecoach (1939)
  45. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  46. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  47. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
  48. The Thin Man (1934)
  49. The 39 Steps (1935)
  50. To Catch A Thief (1955)
  51. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)