You Must Remember This

A checklist of memorable films

Films remarkable for photography, acting, writing, direction, or some other aspect of cinematic technique

1926
Metropolis
1930
Animal Crackers
1931
The Front Page
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1932
Horse Feathers
1933
Dinner at Eight
Duck Soup
1934
The Thin Man
1935
A Night at the Opera
The 39 Steps
Top Hat
1936
Dodsworth
My Man Godfrey
San Francisco
Things to Come
1937
A Day at the Races
Young and Innocent
1938
Holiday
Jezebel
The Lady Vanishes
1939
Gone with the Wind
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
La Règle du Jeu
The Wizard of Oz
1940
Foreign Correspondent
His Girl Friday
The Philadelphia Story
Rebecca
1941
Citizen Kane
The Maltese Falcon
Sullivan's Travels
1942
Casablanca
The Magnificent Ambersons
Woman of the Year
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1944
Double Indemnity
Laura
Meet Me in St. Louis
1945
Les Enfants du Paradise
To Have and Have Not
1946
The Big Sleep
It's a Wonderful Life
Notorious
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
1948
The Bicycle Thief
Key Largo
Portrait of Jenny
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Third Man
1950
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
1951
An American in Paris
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Man in the White Suit
Rashomon
Strangers on a Train
1952
High Noon
Singin' in the Rain
1953
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
1954
On the Waterfront
Rear Window
1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Ladykillers
The Red Balloon
Smiles of a Summer Night
1956
The Searchers
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Seventh Seal
Twelve Angry Men
Wild Strawberries
1958
Touch of Evil
Vertigo
1959
North by Northwest
Some Like It Hot
1960
A Bout de Souffle
La Dolce Vita
Psycho
1961
The Hustler
Last Year at Marienbad
1962
Dr. No
Jules et Jim
Lawrence of Arabia
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
To Kill a Mockingbird
1963
Billy Liar
The Birds
Dr. Strangelove; or, How I learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Eight and a Half
Hud
Tom Jones
1964
Goldfinger
A Hard Day's Night
1965
The Battle of Algiers
Doctor Zhivago
The Knack
Repulsion
1966
Alfie
A Man for All Seasons
Morgan--A Suitable Case for Treatment
Persona
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967
The Accident
Belle de Jour
Bonnie and Clyde
The Graduate
In the Heat of the Night
1968
If…
2001: A Space Odyssey
Z
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Easy Rider
Midnight Cowboy
Salesman
The Wild Bunch
1970
Claire's Knee
M*A*S*H
1971
Dirty Harry
The French Connection
Klute
The Last Picture Show
1972
Cabaret
Cries and Whispers
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Godfather
1973
Amarcord
American Graffiti
Badlands
Day for Night
The Day of the Jackal
Scenes from a Marriage
The Sting
1974
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lacombe, Lucien
The Parallax View
The Phantom of Liberty
1975
Cousin, Cousine
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1976
All the President's Men
Face to Face
Network
1977
Annie Hall
Star Wars
1978
Pretty Baby
1979
All That Jazz
The China Syndrome
Manhattan
My Brilliant Career
1981
Atlantic City
Chariots of Fire
1982
La Bal
E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial
Fanny and Alexander
Parsifal
Tootsie
1984
Kaos
1985
Shoah
Witness
1986
The Decline of the American Empire
Ginger and Fred
Hannah and Her Sisters
1987
Empire of the Sun
House of Games
Pelle the Conqueror
1988
Alice
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Bagdad Café
La Lectrice
1989
Cinema Paradiso
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jesus of Montreal
When Harry Met Sally
1992
Husbands and Wives
Strictly Ballroom
Unforgiven
Visions of Light
1993
Groundhog Day
Schindler's List
Three Colours: Blue
Three Colours: White
1994
The Madness of King George
Three Colours: Blue
1995
Antonia's Line
Secrets and Lies
The Usual Suspects
1996
Kolya
1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Ulee's Gold
1998
After Life
The Dreamlife of Angels
Saving Private Ryan
Shakespeare in Love
The Truman Show
1999
All About My Mother
Being John Malkovich
The Straight Story
2000
Gladiator
 

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