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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

All the films listed in the popular 1001 Movies... book series. Contains more than 1001 titles because every new edition adds new titles and removes others. Also, some single entries in the book consist of multiple titles on Letterboxd. This list covers all the films in the English language editions published from 2003 to 2021, presently totalling 1245.

This is not my personal selection of films and I have no affiliation with the books or publisher. I have just put this list on Letterboxd because the lists here are a really convenient way of seeing how many you've watched or finding films to try out. I'd recommend seeking out one of the published books if you want to read up…

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  • A Trip to the Moon

    1

  • The Great Train Robbery

    2

  • The Birth of a Nation

    3

  • The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

    4

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    5

  • Broken Blossoms

    6

  • Within Our Gates

    7

  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    8

  • Way Down East

    9

  • The Phantom Carriage

    10

  • Orphans of the Storm

    11

  • Foolish Wives

    12

  • Nosferatu

    13

  • Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

    14

  • Nanook of the North

    15

  • Häxan

    16

  • La Roue

    17

  • Our Hospitality

    18

  • The Smiling Madame Beudet

    19

  • The Thief of Bagdad

    20

  • Sherlock, Jr.

    21

  • The Great White Silence

    22

  • Greed

    23

  • The Last Laugh

    24

  • Seven Chances

    25

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    26

  • Strike

    27

  • The Gold Rush

    28

  • The Big Parade

    29

  • The Eagle

    30

  • Battleship Potemkin

    31

  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    32

  • The General

    33

  • Metropolis

    34

  • The Kid Brother

    35

  • Napoleon

    36

  • The Unknown

    37

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    38

  • The Jazz Singer

    39

  • October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    40

  • The Crowd

    41

  • Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    42

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc

    43

  • The Docks of New York

    44

  • Storm Over Asia

    45

  • Man with a Movie Camera

    46

  • Pandora's Box

    47

  • Un Chien Andalou

    48

  • Blackmail

    49

  • A Throw of Dice

    50

  • The Blue Angel

    51

  • Earth

    52

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    53

  • L'Âge d'Or

    54

  • Little Caesar

    55

  • City Lights

    56

  • Dracula

    57

  • Tabu

    58

  • Le Million

    59

  • The Public Enemy

    60

  • M

    61

  • Limite

    62

  • La Chienne

    63

  • Frankenstein

    64

  • À Nous la Liberté

    65

  • Shanghai Express

    66

  • Freaks

    67

  • Scarface

    68

  • Vampyr

    69

  • Love Me Tonight

    70

  • Trouble in Paradise

    71

  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    72

  • Boudu Saved from Drowning

    73

  • Me and My Gal

    74

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    75

  • She Done Him Wrong

    76

  • 42nd Street

    77

  • King Kong

    78

  • Zero for Conduct

    79

  • Gold Diggers of 1933

    80

  • Footlight Parade

    81

  • Duck Soup

    82

  • Land Without Bread

    83

  • Queen Christina

    84

  • Sons of the Desert

    85

  • It Happened One Night

    86

  • L'Atalante

    87

  • The Black Cat

    88

  • The Thin Man

    89

  • Judge Priest

    90

  • It's a Gift

    91

  • The Goddess

    92

  • Triumph of the Will

    93

  • Bride of Frankenstein

    94

  • The 39 Steps

    95

  • Top Hat

    96

  • Peter Ibbetson

    97

  • A Night at the Opera

    98

  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    99

  • Captain Blood

    100