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r/TrueFilm: A Guide to Cinephilia

A 43-film slice of the 140-film cinephile starter canon by Korean critic Jung Sung-il — r/TrueFilm's all-time most-upvoted list, in the guide's own learning order.

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43 titles

The Rules of the Game

#1

The Rules of the Game

1939

Citizen Kane

#2

Citizen Kane

1941

Breathless

#3

Breathless

1960

Tokyo Story

#4

Tokyo Story

1953

Journey to Italy

#5

Journey to Italy

1954

Night and Fog

#6

Night and Fog

1956

Sherlock Jr.

#7

Sherlock Jr.

1924

Greed

#8

Greed

1924

Battleship Potemkin

#9

Battleship Potemkin

1925

Metropolis

#10

Metropolis

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

#11

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

The Passion of Joan of Arc

#12

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Un Chien Andalou

#13

Un Chien Andalou

1929

Man with a Movie Camera

#14

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

City Lights

#15

City Lights

1931

I Was Born, But...

#16

I Was Born, But...

1932

The Searchers

#17

The Searchers

1956

Vertigo

#18

Vertigo

1958

Rio Bravo

#19

Rio Bravo

1959

The Wizard of Oz

#20

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Casablanca

#21

Casablanca

1943

It's a Wonderful Life

#22

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

The Last Picture Show

#23

The Last Picture Show

1971

The Godfather

#24

The Godfather

1972

The Godfather Part II

#25

The Godfather Part II

1974

Mean Streets

#26

Mean Streets

1973

Badlands

#27

Badlands

1974

Chinatown

#28

Chinatown

1974

Nashville

#29

Nashville

1975

Barry Lyndon

#30

Barry Lyndon

1975

Annie Hall

#31

Annie Hall

1977

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

#32

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

Heaven's Gate

#33

Heaven's Gate

1980

Modern Times

#34

Modern Times

1936

Rashomon

#35

Rashomon

1950

The Seventh Seal

#36

The Seventh Seal

1957

Seven Samurai

#37

Seven Samurai

1954

#38

8½

1963

Persona

#39

Persona

1966

2001: A Space Odyssey

#40

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

Once Upon a Time in America

#41

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

Blue Velvet

#42

Blue Velvet

1986

Mulholland Drive

#43

Mulholland Drive

2001