The Guardian: 1000 Films to See Before You Die

• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• The Lace-maker (1977)
• Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
• The Lady Eve (1941)
• The Ladykillers (1955)
• Lagaan (2001)
• The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
• Lantana (2001)
• Larks on a String (1990)
• Last Days (2005)
• The Last Metro (1980)
• The Last Movie (1971)
• The Last Picture Show (1971)
• Last Resort (2000)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Last Tango in Paris (1972)
• Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
• Laura (1944)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Law of Desire (1987)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
• Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
• Léon (1994)
• The Leopard (1963)
• Life Is Sweet (1990)
• Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
• Light Sleeper (1992)
• Limelight (1952)
• The Limey (1999)
• Liquid Sky (1982)
• Little Big Man (1970)
• Little Caesar (1931)
• Live Flesh (1997)
• The Lives of Others (2006)
• Local Hero (1983)
• The Lodger (1927)
• Logan's Run (1976)
• Lola (1961)
• Lolita (1962)
• London (1994)
• Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
• The Long Good Friday (1980)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Lost in La Mancha (2002)
• Lost in Translation (2003)
• The Lost World (1925)
• Loulou (1980)
• Love Is the Devil (1998)
• M (1931)
• Mad Max 2 (1981)
• Made in Britain (1982)
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
• Magnolia (1999)
• Mallrats (1995)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Mamma Roma (1962)
• Man Bites Dog (1992)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
• Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
• The Man with Two Brains (1983)
• The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• Marat/Sade (1967)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
• MASH (1970)
• Matewan (1987)
• The Matrix (1999)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
• Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
• Me Without You (2001)
• Mean Girls (2004)
• Mean Streets (1973)
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
• Meet the Parents (2000)
• Memento (2000)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Mephisto (1981)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Metropolitan (1990)
• Microcosmos (1996)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• Midnight Run (1988)
• Mikey and Nicky (1976)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Mirror (1975)
• The Misfits (1961)
• Modern Times (1936)
• Mon Oncle (1958)
• Monsieur Hire (1989)
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)
• Monsoon Wedding (2001)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
• Moolaadé (2004)
• Morvern Callar (2002)
• The Mother and the Whore (1973)
• Mughal-E-Azam (1960)
• Mulholland Dr. (2001)
• Muriel's Wedding (1994)
• My Architect (2003)
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
• My Brilliant Career (1979)
• My Childhood (1972)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• My Dinner with Andre (1981)
• My Fair Lady (1964)
• My Left Foot (1989)
• My Life as a Dog (1985)
• My Night with Maud (1969)
• My Summer of Love (2004)
• Naked (1993)
• The Naked Gun (1988)
• The Nanny (1965)
• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Napoleon (1927)
• Nashville (1975)
• Near Dark (1987)
• Night and the City (1950)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Nightmare Alley (1947)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• Nikita (1990)
• Nil by Mouth (1997)
• Ninotchka (1939)
• The Ninth Configuration (1980)
• El Norte (1983)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Notorious (1946)
• Now, Voyager (1942)
• Nowhere in Africa (2001)
• Ocean's Eleven (2001)
• Odd Man Out (1947)
• Of Freaks and Men (1998)
• Office Space (1999)
• Oldboy (2003)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Los Olvidados (1950)
• Olympia (1938)
• The Omen (1976)
• On the Town (1949)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• One False Move (1992)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• One Million Years B.C. (1966)
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
• One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
• Onibaba (1964)
• Orlando (1992)
• Orpheus (1950)
• Osama (2003)
• The Others (2001)
• Out of Sight (1998)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• The Outsiders (1983)
• Pandora's Box (1929)
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
• The Parallax View (1974)
• Parents (1989)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
• Pather Panchali (1955)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• People on Sunday (1930)
• Pepe le Moko (1937)
• Performance (1970)
• La Petite Voleuse (1988)
• The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• π (1998)
• The Piano (1993)
• The Piano Teacher (2001)
• Piccadilly (1929)
• Pickpocket (1959)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• Pink Flamingos (1972)
• Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Pixote (1981)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Platoon (1986)
• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• The Player (1992)
• Playtime (1967)
• Plein Soleil (1960)
• Plein Soleil (1960)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Point Break (1991)
• Police Story (1985)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
• Predator (1987)
• Pretty in Pink (1986)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• The Producers (1968)
• Psycho (1960)
• P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982)
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Pumping Iron (1977)
• Quadrophenia (1979)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• Radio on (1980)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Ran (1985)
• Rancho Notorious (1952)
• Rashomon (1950)
• Re-Animator (1985)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
• Red Rock West (1992)
• Red Sorghum (1987)
• La Règle du Jeu (1939)
• Repentance (1984)
• Repo Man (1984)
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
• Ride the High Country (1962)
• Riff-Raff (1991)
• Rififi (1955)
• The Right Stuff (1983)
• Ring (1998)
• Rio Bravo (1959)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986)
• River's Edge (1986)
• Roberto Succo (2001)
• Robocop (1987)
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
• Roger & Me (1989)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• Rome, Open City (1945)
• Room at the Top (1959)
• A Room with a View (1985)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Rude Boy (1980)
• Rumble Fish (1983)
• The Runner (1985)
• Running on Empty (1988)
• Rushmore (1998)
• Sabrina (1954)
• Safe (1995)
• Salaam Bombay! (1988)
• Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
• Le Samourai (1967)
• Sans Soleil (1983)
• Sansho Dayu (1954)
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
• Saturday Night Fever (1977)
• Savage Nights (1992)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Scarface (1983)
• The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
• The Science of Sleep (2006)
• Scorpio Rising (1964)
• La Scorta (1993)
• Scream (1996)
• Se7en (1995)
• The Searchers (1956)
• A Self-Made Hero (1996)
• Serial Mom (1994)
• The Servant (1963)
• The Set-Up (1949)
• Seven Samurai (1954)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
• Sexy Beast (2000)
• Shadows (1959)
• Shaft (1971)
• Shane (1953)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• She's Gotta Have It (1986)
• The Shining (1980)
• Shoah (1985)
• Shock Corridor (1963)
• Sholay (1975)
• Shoot the Pianist (1960)
• Short Cuts (1993)
• A Short Film About Killing (1988)
• Shrek (2001)
• Sideways (2004)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Silent Running (1972)
• Silkwood (1983)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Slacker (1991)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• Sleuth (1972)
• Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
• Small Faces (1996)
• The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
• Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Solaris (1972)
• Some Like It Hot (1959)
• Sonatine (1993)
• Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
• Sons and Lovers (1960)
• The Son's Room (2001)
• The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
• South (1919)
• South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
• Soylent Green (1973)
• Spanking the Monkey (1994)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Speed (1994)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• The Spiral Staircase (1945)
• The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
• The Sting (1973)
• The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966)
• La Strada (1954)
• Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• Straw Dogs (1971)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Strictly Ballroom (1992)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• Sunrise (1927)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Super Fly (1972)
• Superman (1978)
• The Sure Thing (1985)
• Suspiria (1977)
• Suture (1993)
• The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
• The Swimmer (1968)
• Swingers (1996)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
• The Tale of the Fox (1930)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Tampopo (1985)
• Taste of Cherry (1997)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Team America: World Police (2004)
• Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)
• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Tetsuo (1989)
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
• Thelma & Louise (1991)
• There's Something About Mary (1998)
• They Live by Night (1948)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• The Thin Blue Line (1988)
• The Thing from Another World (1951)
• Things to Come (1936)
• The Third Man (1949)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
• This is Spinal Tap (1984)
• This Sporting Life (1963)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
• Three Colours: Blue (1993)
• Three Colours: Red (1994)
• Three Colours: White (1994)
• Three Kings (1999)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• Throne of Blood (1957)
• Thunderball (1965)
• THX 1138 (1971)
• Time of the Gypsies (1988)
• Time Out (2001)
• Time Regained (1999)
• A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1963)
• Timecode (2000)
• The Tin Drum (1979)
• Titanic (1997)
• To Be or Not to Be (1942)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Together (2000)
• Tokyo Drifter (1966)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• Tom Jones (1963)
• Tommy (1975)
• Top Gun (1986)
• El Topo (1970)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• A Touch of Zen (1969)
• Touching the Void (2003)
• Toy Story (1995)
• The Train (1964)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• The Trial (1962)
• Triumph of the Will (1935)
• Tron (1982)
• Trop Belle pour Toi (1989)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995)
• 24 Hour Party People (2002)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
• Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
• The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
• Under the Skin (1997)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• United 93 (2006)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Uzak (2002)
• The Vanishing (1988)
• Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
• Vera Drake (2004)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Viaggio in Italia (1954)
• Victim (1961)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Village of the Damned (1960)
• Violent Cop (1989)
• Viridiana (1961)
• Vivre sa Vie (1962)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• Wall Street (1987)
• The War Game (1965)
• WarGames (1983)
• The Warriors (1979)
• Way Down East (1920)
• Wayne's World (1992)
• Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
• West Side Story (1961)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• What's Up, Doc? (1972)
• When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
• When Harry Met Sally (1989)
• When We Were Kings (1996)
• Where Eagles Dare (1968)
• The White Balloon (1995)
• White Heat (1949)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• The Wild Angels (1966)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• The Wind (1928)
• Wings of Desire (1987)
• Wise Blood (1979)
• Witchfinder General (1968)
• Withnail & I (1987)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Woman of the Dunes (1964)
• The Women (1939)
• Women in Love (1969)
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
• Working Girl (1988)
• X-Men (2000)
• Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
• Yaaba (1989)
• The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
• The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
• Yellow Earth (1984)
• Yellow Submarine (1968)
• Young Adam (2003)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Z (1969)
• Zatoichi (2003)
• Zazie dans le Métro (1960)
• Zéro de Conduite (1933)
• Zoolander (2001)
• Zulu (1964)

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