1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Updated for 2021
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Summary
Here is everything you need to know about the movies you simply must see—all 1001 of them！ Whether you want to look up details about a film you thought you knew by heart， or if you’re simply trying to decide what to watch tonight， 1001 Movies will serve as your ultimate movie guide。 It presents everything you need to know about those magnificent， must-see films—not only the ones you shouldn’t have missed the first time around， but also the classics that are worth seeing again and again。
Open this book to any page and you’ll find a major film’s vital statistics， plus a few facts about it that might surprise you。 If you collectDVDs and VCRs， you’ll find this volume a must for your bookshelf。 But even if you’re simply a casual moviegoer， you’re sure to enjoy browsing through this big， entertaining volume。
For students of cinema， for discerning film buffs， for enthusiastic fans， and for readers who enjoy thumbing through and reminiscing over unforgettable screen memories， here’s the place to start reading。 You’ll find information and reviews covering nearly a century of memorable movies。
So read， enjoy， and relish！
Reviews
Matthew
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Sort of a cross between a box ticking exercise and obsessive list building but then I do love a list。 Each entry in this does get a really nice and interesting write-up although you would be unlikely to use this as a reference book as it's organised chronologically。 I read it cover to cover as a dip in and out book over a couple of years and as a result it's added lots of interesting films to my 'to watch' list， some of which I'd already seen and was remembered of again and others that I'd never Sort of a cross between a box ticking exercise and obsessive list building but then I do love a list。 Each entry in this does get a really nice and interesting write-up although you would be unlikely to use this as a reference book as it's organised chronologically。 I read it cover to cover as a dip in and out book over a couple of years and as a result it's added lots of interesting films to my 'to watch' list， some of which I'd already seen and was remembered of again and others that I'd never even come across。 A really worthwhile addition to the Film nerds bookshelf。 。。。more
Sam
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Been looking for something that would help me get into older movies and this is pretty comprehensive。 Sometimes a bit too verbose and without regard to spoilers （annoying） this provides a diverse set of recommendations for any cinephile。
Greg
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Are there no movies after we die？ One must ask as I AM CURIOUS （BLUE）**Not here。 Nor is I AM CURIOUS （YELLOW）。 No DEEP THROAT？ （Most famous porn film ever！） Or VANISHING POINT？ （First American existentialist film！） Or BARBARELLA？ Or VICTOR VICTORIA and MARY POPPINS？ （Someone doesn't like Julie Andrews？ Who？ I'm gonna write a strong letter！） Are there no movies after we die？ One must ask as I AM CURIOUS （BLUE）**Not here。 Nor is I AM CURIOUS （YELLOW）。 No DEEP THROAT？ （Most famous porn film ever！） Or VANISHING POINT？ （First American existentialist film！） Or BARBARELLA？ Or VICTOR VICTORIA and MARY POPPINS？ （Someone doesn't like Julie Andrews？ Who？ I'm gonna write a strong letter！） 。。。more
Laurent Reinhardt
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Read this after learning about the list on social media from a friend。 I've been working through the movies as a long-term project and recently reached 100。 All lists are arbitrary， but it has been good to re-watch some classics while seeing many more for the first time。 The selection is diverse and it's fun figuring out how to locate the movies via streaming services， online resources and the local library。 Far more highlights than lowlights so far。 Read this after learning about the list on social media from a friend。 I've been working through the movies as a long-term project and recently reached 100。 All lists are arbitrary， but it has been good to re-watch some classics while seeing many more for the first time。 The selection is diverse and it's fun figuring out how to locate the movies via streaming services， online resources and the local library。 Far more highlights than lowlights so far。 。。。more
Barney
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I like movies， what can I say？
Patricia Atkinson
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there were alot of movies in the book i never heard of but they have alot of information on them。。。
Mr Shahabi
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This has been a fun Texans， but I see a lot of movies that didn’t make the list though。。
Liam
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Great selection across 100+ years of cinema。 It's a great book to pick up when you don't know what to watch （better than endless scrolling） 。 I'd recommend going through it from front to back， really do watch all of them。 Mark them off with colour pencil， note what year you last watched it。 Come back every decade with the latest edition， watch them all again。 It loses one star for being slightly American/Englush centric， with over half coming from the USA。 Great selection across 100+ years of cinema。 It's a great book to pick up when you don't know what to watch （better than endless scrolling） 。 I'd recommend going through it from front to back， really do watch all of them。 Mark them off with colour pencil， note what year you last watched it。 Come back every decade with the latest edition， watch them all again。 It loses one star for being slightly American/Englush centric， with over half coming from the USA。 。。。more
Kayla Vermaak
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1001 films。。。 and no Truman Show smh。 I received the newest 2020 edition for Christmas and I have had the absolute best time going through the book and marking off the films I have seen。 There are many films which I had never heard of and many which have now been added to my ever-growing to watch list！ There is a fantastic range of films from all eras as well as a huge variety of international and foreign language film- thought there are not many recent additions of the last twenty years or so b 1001 films。。。 and no Truman Show smh。 I received the newest 2020 edition for Christmas and I have had the absolute best time going through the book and marking off the films I have seen。 There are many films which I had never heard of and many which have now been added to my ever-growing to watch list！ There is a fantastic range of films from all eras as well as a huge variety of international and foreign language film- thought there are not many recent additions of the last twenty years or so but I was kind of expecting that。 I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in film and its also a great way to proactively spend time during Lockdown！ 。。。more
Bobapes
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Se trata de una muy buena recopilación de películas de todos los tiempos。 Evidentemente no pueden caber todas， pero la selección es variada y bastante completa。 Es un libro perfecto para ojear de vez en cuando。 Recomendable a todos los cinéfilos。
Michael J
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I started reading this reference book almost two decades ago while working for a library while I was completing my second degrees。 I love the 1001 series as it provides so many opportunities to become a more well-rounded， worldly and sophisticated individual by accessing the best books， films， and TV shows from around the world。 This particular book opened my eyes to foreign films and directors I would never have known about otherwise （and it does include a number of classic American films from I started reading this reference book almost two decades ago while working for a library while I was completing my second degrees。 I love the 1001 series as it provides so many opportunities to become a more well-rounded， worldly and sophisticated individual by accessing the best books， films， and TV shows from around the world。 This particular book opened my eyes to foreign films and directors I would never have known about otherwise （and it does include a number of classic American films from Hollywood big budget productions to small avant garde films）。 At the time of this writing， I have watched roughly 800 of the 1001 films in the book （I keep notations stating my reactions to the films in my old and worn out copy）， and it's not going to be easy completing the list as many of the films are hard to find and some， like Abel Gance's Napoleon， have only been shown in America a handful of times （and are only available on foreign Blu Rays which require a special player to play here in the states）。 Regardless， I cannot recommend the series enough， especially for anyone who wants to broaden their cultural horizons。 。。。more
Dimitris Papastergiou
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An ok guide for films to watch， which is mostly filled with what you'd expect to see if you're watching movies。 What I did like is that it takes you chronologically from 1920s till 2010s， so that was something。 Other than that and the fact that I did find a bunch of films from early 30s to late 60s that Ive never head of before （ and going to check them out ） the rest was pretty much what it is with some films that don't deserve to be over there simply because they made it to the box office。Oh w An ok guide for films to watch， which is mostly filled with what you'd expect to see if you're watching movies。 What I did like is that it takes you chronologically from 1920s till 2010s， so that was something。 Other than that and the fact that I did find a bunch of films from early 30s to late 60s that Ive never head of before （ and going to check them out ） the rest was pretty much what it is with some films that don't deserve to be over there simply because they made it to the box office。Oh well！ I'd stay away unless you really want that cool cover。 There's tons of lists all over the internet that are much better。 。。。more
Rebecca Roth
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Ändå rätt många klassiska filmer som inte är listade i boken， och väldigt många Ingmar Bergman-förslag？ Lite trist。
Mohammed Aymen ALI TALEB
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Of course， there are movies that we like and are not included in this book。 But this book has listed the most iconic movies from 1900s to 2000s。I checked the rating of the movies listed in the book in IMDB website， and they were all well rated。 Can't wait to see them all ！ Of course， there are movies that we like and are not included in this book。 But this book has listed the most iconic movies from 1900s to 2000s。I checked the rating of the movies listed in the book in IMDB website， and they were all well rated。 Can't wait to see them all ！ 。。。more
Stefan Savić
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1） A star is fucking born？？？ Guess which version I'm talking about？ Yes， it's the one where I'm hanging around with 98 other people。。。。in the same room。。。 during covid。 But it's just to prove that the movie is shite and nothing we haven't seen before （srsly！ it's like the fourth time we're seeing the same movie？） 2） Some movie credits are missing。 But no worries， contributors have bios :）3） With each update， older titles get replaced by newer。 Which means movies in older versions that didn't mak 1） A star is fucking born？？？ Guess which version I'm talking about？ Yes， it's the one where I'm hanging around with 98 other people。。。。in the same room。。。 during covid。 But it's just to prove that the movie is shite and nothing we haven't seen before （srsly！ it's like the fourth time we're seeing the same movie？） 2） Some movie credits are missing。 But no worries， contributors have bios :）3） With each update， older titles get replaced by newer。 Which means movies in older versions that didn't make the cut are no longer "movies you have to see before you die"？？？4） I just wanted to make this list longer， but never mind， it might get chopped later。。。 like the classics ;） 。。。more
Casey Browne
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My face was glued to this book from the minute I got it - a great book with some great films， I'd highly recommend it if you're a movie fan or if you are just curious！ You can also pick it up at any time you want to choose a movie， which is it's the biggest plus for the book！ My face was glued to this book from the minute I got it - a great book with some great films， I'd highly recommend it if you're a movie fan or if you are just curious！ You can also pick it up at any time you want to choose a movie， which is it's the biggest plus for the book！ 。。。more
Lei
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3。5 StarsSchneider's magnificent plea in making one encyclopaedia-like book with the highly ambitious， yet always futile， aim of listing 1001 films people must see before they die。 This is， indisputably， a very subjective topic， but I will approach it from my opinion。Though the book is comprehensive， picks are rather obscure。 I am generally resentful about the cinematographic industry in letting the oldest films to be the most critically acclaimed。 That， to me， is biased。 This book does that as 3。5 StarsSchneider's magnificent plea in making one encyclopaedia-like book with the highly ambitious， yet always futile， aim of listing 1001 films people must see before they die。 This is， indisputably， a very subjective topic， but I will approach it from my opinion。Though the book is comprehensive， picks are rather obscure。 I am generally resentful about the cinematographic industry in letting the oldest films to be the most critically acclaimed。 That， to me， is biased。 This book does that as well， listing dozens of archaic films that I， as the lay reader with no film experience or a well-rounded and educated view， will never be interested in。 Yet， from an objective perspective， the picks are overall decent （except， say， The Greatest Showman）。 A good attempt making a book a pleasure to read， but ultimately not a scintillating or revolutionary book。 。。。more
Psam Ferdinand
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There is of course thousands more， other than those listed in this book， that's worth watching， but it's a good reference for what to watch next and also gives some insightful notes before you watch a particular movie。 Recommended。 - - - - Ferdinand。 There is of course thousands more， other than those listed in this book， that's worth watching， but it's a good reference for what to watch next and also gives some insightful notes before you watch a particular movie。 Recommended。 - - - - Ferdinand。 。。。more
Jesús Rosales
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Como recopilación de algunas de las mejores o más importantes películas de la historia está bastante bien。 Sus textos suelen ser interesantes y contienen anécdotas curiosas。 Su principal problema reside en estancarse en las 1001 películas para no perder su esencia e ir eliminando consecuentemente algunos clásicos para añadir peliculas actuales， sin perjuicio de la dudosa y desacertada selección contemporánea。
Mike
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A pretty good reference。 A good mix of obvious and classic films with some newer and more outside choices。 Everything is ordered chronologically and very easy to follow。 For most entries， Schneider goes beyond plot summary to offer some interesting critical insights into the film。 It's a highly subjective， as these lists always are （is it really necessary to include all three Toy Story films？） but a nice collection beautifully packaged and informational。 A pretty good reference。 A good mix of obvious and classic films with some newer and more outside choices。 Everything is ordered chronologically and very easy to follow。 For most entries， Schneider goes beyond plot summary to offer some interesting critical insights into the film。 It's a highly subjective， as these lists always are （is it really necessary to include all three Toy Story films？） but a nice collection beautifully packaged and informational。 。。。more
Diego Alejandro
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Hay películas que son imprescindibles， y los tiempos cambian drásticamente en cuánto a la percepción del cine。 A mí parecer quitaría casi 800 películas de la lista y añadiría o actualizaría la lista， porque a pesar de tener joyas del cine se queda obsoleto al ignorar inintencionadamente el cine en teoría reciente。
William Schram
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Cinema， like other artistic mediums， has a storied history。 1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die is another book in this series and it focuses on movies。 The edition I have found is from 2015 so it is slightly more recent。 The editors of this project acknowledge that producing a list that is meant to cover all great movies is daunting， to say the least， even if one has 1001 spaces to fill。 So a team of experts gathered together for this project and probably spent months determining what to leave Cinema， like other artistic mediums， has a storied history。 1001 Movies to Watch Before You Die is another book in this series and it focuses on movies。 The edition I have found is from 2015 so it is slightly more recent。 The editors of this project acknowledge that producing a list that is meant to cover all great movies is daunting， to say the least， even if one has 1001 spaces to fill。 So a team of experts gathered together for this project and probably spent months determining what to leave out and what to leave in。 Certainly， there are several movies that a list wouldn’t be the same without， but these are the ones that so many others have listed。There are many that I would have included in such a list。 Citizen Kane comes to mind but why？ I have watched that movie before， but I don’t have the overall knowledge of movies to make that decision。 That is where this book comes in。 It gives a small synopsis of the movie， includes little bits of trivia， and discusses the people who went into its production。 Take a movie that would receive a lot of raised eyebrows with the recent protests in the United States; Birth of a Nation。 I have never watched this movie， but according to the essay paired with its listing in the book， I can see why they include it。 The director introduced so many new techniques that make you disappointed that it had to be from such a movie。 It even has historical context since it was the first movie played at the White House for President Woodrow Wilson。The book also includes other little tidbits that you might have heard of before。 It’s a Wonderful Life is a holiday classic， but it wasn’t always like that。 The movie received lackluster reviews and was largely forgotten until the copyright expired and television stations showed it every year during the Christmas holidays。 Take The Ten Commandments as another example; the uncredited voice of God from the Burning Bush is done by Charlton Heston。 Don’t be fooled into thinking that the book only covers American Movies， however。 The book goes all over the world， finding respectable entries from all sorts of genres and countries。Some movies were left out， but this makes sense。 You can always make your list of movies， and this particular list just happens to be done by experts in the field。 I could even list the ones I have watched for some fun trivia。 For example， did you know that I have only watched the first Toy Story movie？ Shocking， I know， but I never got around to the sequels。The movies in the book are organized chronologically。 There is one major complaint I have with the design of the book。 On the edge of the page， it tells you what year the movie came out and has a color-coding for the decade。 The color coding is at the same level making it a bit confusing。 If it were me， I think I would have had it in steps， where the first decade is at the top and the next decade is slightly lower and so on through the decades。 This would make it so that you can easily get to a decade you want to find。So in short， if you love movies this is a good book to read; if you don’t enjoy movies I don’t know why you chose this book。 It is an unbeatable combination of informative and enjoyable。 。。。more
Liquidlasagna
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The book is fairly good into the 1980s， and then it totally falls apart。Personally i would have preferred way more 1960s film， but it's one of the few books/lists anywhere to like the Czech Film 'The Ear'。 Basically it got banned after it was completed in 1970， and came out in the 90s， but to deal with the subject matter of government wiretapping and state surveillance is as others have said 'it's amazing they got that far with it'。 It would be like the Czech version of 'The Conversation'。90% of The book is fairly good into the 1980s， and then it totally falls apart。Personally i would have preferred way more 1960s film， but it's one of the few books/lists anywhere to like the Czech Film 'The Ear'。 Basically it got banned after it was completed in 1970， and came out in the 90s， but to deal with the subject matter of government wiretapping and state surveillance is as others have said 'it's amazing they got that far with it'。 It would be like the Czech version of 'The Conversation'。90% of the film picks are pretty fine， till somewhere in the 80s to the early 2000s where they just pad it with every trendy success and radically artsy film。 Criterion Film can be trusted on making wise choices for recent cinema， Harold Bloom of Yale could be counted on picking 70s and 80s classics of Western Literature in the 1990s， but Schneider and his near half dozen henchmen， are just throwing in their pet fets， and nothing less。If you think Passion of the Christ is as good as Blade Runner or La Notte， you got to be kidding。 I almost wondered if the idea of the book was to add films appealing enough to the Gen X'ers and New-New World Cinema types， for 15% of the book， and then stitch on a fairly orthodox list of 874 classics of cinema。it's like a novel where it's a nine out of ten， and the last 50 pages get a three out of ten。Hearing that the new editions are pushing out the older films， basically makes me say， get the first edition and give the others the middle finger。 。。。more
Will R
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I finished it。 I would not recommend a cover-to-cover read; this book， ironically， became like a movie that had overstayed its welcome。 It would be a great book for film buffs to turn into every few days and find a new movie for the evening。 I'll stick to rewatching Peep Show。 I finished it。 I would not recommend a cover-to-cover read; this book， ironically， became like a movie that had overstayed its welcome。 It would be a great book for film buffs to turn into every few days and find a new movie for the evening。 I'll stick to rewatching Peep Show。 。。。more
Brittany Smillie
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I have been checking movies off from this list for the past few years。 I can't believe how across the board the films are， some directors they over saturate （Bergman） but for someone wanting to get a proper film education this book is key。 I have been checking movies off from this list for the past few years。 I can't believe how across the board the films are， some directors they over saturate （Bergman） but for someone wanting to get a proper film education this book is key。 。。。more
Kieran McAndrew
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Some excellent pen portraits of 1001 of the defining films of all time。 Whilst there can be no argument about the inclusion of most of these films （even if you haven't seen them， you'll recognise them as masterworks）， some will make you scratch your head and some will have you reaching for the DVD for some much needed reevaluation。 Some excellent pen portraits of 1001 of the defining films of all time。 Whilst there can be no argument about the inclusion of most of these films （even if you haven't seen them， you'll recognise them as masterworks）， some will make you scratch your head and some will have you reaching for the DVD for some much needed reevaluation。 。。。more
Sladjana Kovacevic
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Quote:" Da bi bio uključen na listu filmova koji se moraju pogledati pre nego što umrete， računa se na to da takav rad mora biti onaj koji vam obogaćuje život。 Ovo je onda lista koja izaziva，provocira，zadirkuje i svetluca inrigantnim obećanjem。 Ući u nju znači ukrcati se na putovanje bez kraja， lavirintska odiseja kroz ljubav， avanturu， očajanje， trijumf， dobro， zlo， tragediju i komediju- ukratko， putašestvije kroz sve one stvari koje život čine vrednim življenja。"🇷🇸🥣ukus-kokice🍿🎧zvuk-zujanje ki Quote:" Da bi bio uključen na listu filmova koji se moraju pogledati pre nego što umrete， računa se na to da takav rad mora biti onaj koji vam obogaćuje život。 Ovo je onda lista koja izaziva，provocira，zadirkuje i svetluca inrigantnim obećanjem。 Ući u nju znači ukrcati se na putovanje bez kraja， lavirintska odiseja kroz ljubav， avanturu， očajanje， trijumf， dobro， zlo， tragediju i komediju- ukratko， putašestvije kroz sve one stvari koje život čine vrednim življenja。"🇷🇸🥣ukus-kokice🍿🎧zvuk-zujanje kinoprojektora💐miris-mešavina mirisa bioskopske sale🎨boja-kaleidoskop🐙dodir-treperavi osećaj izmeštenosti 🎭identifikacija（likovi）-1001 film，svih žanrova i svih svetskih kinematografija。 Srpske filmove je odabrao saradnik Aleksandar Šurbatović-Kad budem mrtav i beo，Dom za vešanje，Skupljači Perja i Ko to tamo peva što sa filmovima koje je autor enciklopedije već uneo Podzemlje i WR:Misterije organizma čini ukupno šest naših predstavnika🙂👻🧙🏼♀️🤓vizija（san）-autor je ispunio obećanje dato u uvodu，960 stranica vrednih čitanja。 Od filma iz 1902 La Voyage dans La Lune Georges Méliès-a do britanskog filma iz 2002 Atonnement Joe Wrighta📝ekstra-precizni podaci（zemlja/zemlje porekla，jezik，režija，producenti，scenario/ako je adaptacija navedeni su i autori izvornog teksta，fotografija，muzika，uloge，nominacije i nagrade-ako ih ima。 ✒ocena-🔟🇷🇸🥣taste-popcorn 🍿🎧sound-buzzing of a projector💐smell-mix of fragrances from movie theater🎨colour-caleidoscope🐙touch-chilled，outofplace feeling🎭identification（characters）-1001 movie，all genres and all world cinematography。 Serbian movies chosen by Aleksandar Šurbatović-Kad budem mrtav i beo，Dom za vešanje，Skupljači perja i Ko to tamo peva，with movies previously chosen by the author of encyclopedia Underground and WR:misterije organizna makes six of our representatives🙂🧙🏼♀️🤓👻vision（dream）-autor fulfilled the promise from the introduction。960 pages worth reading。 From the Voyage dans la Lune ，Georges Méliès's1902 movie to british 2002 work ，Joe Wright's Attonement 📝extra credit-precise informations（country/countries，language，director，production，screenplay/if adaptet from what original story，photography，music，roles，nominations and awards if any✒grade🔟 。。。more
Benoît Gauthier
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Ce livre est une merveille ！ Il m'a fait découvrir L'inconnu （The Unknown） de Tod Browning。 Ce livre est une merveille ！ Il m'a fait découvrir L'inconnu （The Unknown） de Tod Browning。 。。。more
Pamela
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This is a terrific collection of movies。 I like that it is updated every 2 years to accommodate new selections。 I agree with most of the entries。 There are a few that I think shouldn't be in it， but I even created a podcast to go through the movies and see which I agree and don't agree with。 This is a terrific collection of movies。 I like that it is updated every 2 years to accommodate new selections。 I agree with most of the entries。 There are a few that I think shouldn't be in it， but I even created a podcast to go through the movies and see which I agree and don't agree with。 。。。more
Stephen Chase
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