The top 25 must-see films

10 April 2012

The Radio Times has drawn up a list of celluloid masterpieces designed as a "crash course" for the aspiring film buff. Here are the films that made the top 25, in no particular order..

1 Casablanca (1942)
2 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919)
3 Blade Runner (1982)
4 A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
5 Build My Gallows High (1947)
6 La Dolce Vita (1960)
7 High Noon (1952)
8 Rear Window (1954)
9 The Hidden Fortress (1958)
10 Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
11 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
12 The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
13 Un Chien Andalou (1928)
14 Armageddon (1998)
15 Heaven's Gate (1980)
16 Annie Hall (1977)
17 Singin' In The Rain (1952)
18 Paths of Glory (1957)
19 Performance (1970)
20 Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
21 Blackboards (2000)
22 The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
23 Pulp Fiction (1994)
24 Shoah (1985)
25 Winter Light (1962)

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