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<p>All the films from all the editions through 2026, including those subsequently removed, presently totaling 1,272 films The November 2024 edition <i>1001 Filme: Die Sie sehen sollten, bevor das Leben vorbei ist</i> has only been released in German so far, but I think I've got the additions here. The most recent edition was released on October 27, 2026 and they are here as well. Some single entries in the book consist of multiple films. I've added all the films they list in the entry. I've tried to be as accurate and complete as possible, but if you spot any errors or omissions, please let me know. Currently this is listed newest to oldest, but there are options to sort lists chronologically, alphabetically, by average Letterboxd rating, etc. </p><p><a href="https://www.moviepilot.de/liste/1001-244-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die-all-editions-dazlious" rel="nofollow">www.moviepilot.de/liste/1001-244-movies-you-must-see-before-you-die-all-editions-dazlious</a></p>
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I've got the 10th edition of the German translation of "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die". It's a 960-paged book edited by Steven Jay Schneider, containing the combined knowledge of 77 internationally renowned movie ciritics, with short one to half-sided essays, movie credits, and trivia, throughout all genres and countries.
There are already a number of lists out, however, this book is reviewed every year, and as far as I can tell (I did go through a lot of these lists) non depicts the 2013 edition I possess, which ends with Life of Pi. I then thought of the ideal list being on that includes *all* movies, starting from the original list from 2003, with all the editions but non of the removals since then. Thanks to the internet, such list exists and therefore I will be adding these here, one by one. I did not "rank" them, because actually the book doesn't either - they are ordered by year and that is as meaningful as any other order I guess. Also, the "ranked lists" all have the problem that some movies are removed, which is why a number of people think about how to renumber this list probably... all things I deem unnecessary.
And yes, I intend to watch them all! If you watch one of them every week, it's just a 20 years task :D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die
http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/The_List
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<p>List made from the book <b>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die</b>. This list just from the 2026 edition, so you'll not see deleted movies as in other list.</p><p>Also my list sorted backwards, thus i think it's easier to watch this way from newer movies.</p><p>By popular demand - collections that were used in the book were switched to first entry only, e.g. Toy Story, Olympia and Fellowship of the Ring, Dune, Ivan the Terrible.</p>
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Original Edition (2003) + additions (2004-2021) in that order. http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/The_List
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<p>A cumulative list "includ[ing] all films in all editions" of the <i>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die</i> book series. Shamelessly copied from <a href="http://1001films.wikia.com/wiki/The_List" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br />Presence on this list is in no way an endorsement.</p>
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Updated with 2025 winner.
Notes:
1931: Paramount, no individual film nominated
1932: Paramount, no individual film nominated
1963-1967: Two Awards (Sound and Sound Effects)
1975: Special Award for Sound Effects
1977: Special Award for Sound Effects Editing
1979: Special Award for Sound Editing
1981: Special Award for Sound Effects Editing
1982-1999: Two Awards (Sound and Sound Effects Editing)
2000-2003: Two Awards (Sound and Sound Editing)
2004-2019: Two Awards (Sound Mixing and Sound Editing)
Best Orginal Score Winners
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The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must include a minimum of original music. This minimum since 2021 is established as 35% of the music, which is raised to 80% for sequels and franchise films. Fifteen scores are shortlisted before nominations are announced.
The Academy began awarding movies for their scores in 1935. The category was originally called Best Scoring. At the time, winners and nominees were a mix of original scores and adaptations of pre-existing material. Following the controversial win of Charles Previn for One Hundred Men and a Girl in 1938, a film without a credited composer that featured pre-existing classical music, the Academy added a Best Original Score category in 1939. In 1942, the distinction between the two Scoring categories changed slightly as they were renamed to Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. This marked the first time the category was split into separate genres. From 1942 to 1985, musical scores had their own category, with the exception of 1958, 1981, and 1982. During that time, both categories had many name changes:
1. Non-musical scores
* Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture (1942)
* Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (1943–1962)
* Best Music Score—substantially original (1963–1966)
* Best Original Music Score (1967–1968)
* Best Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical] (1969–1970)
* Best Original Score (1971, 1976–1995, 2000–present)
* Best Original Dramatic Score (1972–1975, 1996–1999)
2. Musical scores
* Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (1942–1962)
* Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment (1963–1968)
* Best Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation (1969–1970)
* Best Original Song Score (1971)
* Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score (1972–1973)
* Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation (1974–1976)
* Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score (1977–1978)
* Best Adaptation Score (1979)
* Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score (1980, 1983)
* Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score (1984)
* Best Original Song Score (1985)
* Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (1996–1999)
Following the wins of four Walt Disney Feature Animation films in six years from 1990 to 1995 (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King) during a period called the Disney Renaissance, it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As Alan Bergman, the chairman of the Academy's music branch said, "People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch didn't distinguish between the two. So when a score like The Lion King is competing against a drama like Forrest Gump, it's apples and oranges – not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There's a big difference." The category was therefore split into Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score in 1996. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as Charles Bernstein, chairman of the Academy's rules committee, noted that "no other Oscar category depended on a film's genre" and "the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama." This split was reverted in 2000.
In 2020, rules were changed to require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music. Franchise films and sequels must include a minimum of 80% new music. In 2021, the rules were changed again, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60% to 35% of the total music in the film.
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The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design and sound editing and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers, re-recording mixers and supervising sound editors of the winning film. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Prior to the 93rd Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[1]
For the second and third years of this category (the 4th Academy Awards, 5th Academy Awards) only the names of the film companies were listed. Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department won both years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound
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Includes all the films of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Book, including films culled to make way for newer releases, up to the 2021 edition.
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<p>Any suggestions, please comment below. I will always update this list.</p><p>NOT INCLUDED: documentaries, shorts, musicals on stage or music movies</p>
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<p>This list comes from the New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films To See (2019)</p><p>If you see any errors, please let me know. I already got Black Rain incorrect once.</p>
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<p>RIP 05/17/22 <br />[<b>disclaimer</b>: she had no top 4 & rated/reviewed none of these — besides 5 stars for <i>deliverance</i>.]</p><blockquote><p>the <i>babylon</i> and <i>barbie</i> watchlists are included as follows:</p></blockquote><p><b>babylon</b> is <i>the</i> <i>passion of</i> <i>joan of arc</i> — <i>safety last</i>, <b>barbie</b> is <i>the</i> <i>young girls of rochefort</i> — <i>playtime</i>.<br />more of <a href="https://boxd.it/nwwuY" rel="nofollow">greta gerwig’s barbie recs</a> are able to be found further down, chronologically in original logged order within the rest of unrelated films.</p><p><i>if she mentions seeing any other films in the future i’ll add them on to this list as well.</i></p>
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<p>To celebrate the theatrical release of <i><a href="https://boxd.it/bCLK" rel="nofollow">Barbie</a></i>—Letterboxd’s most anticipated movie of 2023—filmmaker and cinephile Greta Gerwig produced with a watchlist of films that influenced the look and script of her blockbusting fantasy-comedy-kind-of-musical. </p><p>Gerwig gave us a comprehensive list of 29 films that inspired <i>Barbie</i>, and the number rose to 33 by the end of her interview with Mia Lee Vicino, which you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2rNnOGfmv0" rel="nofollow">watch</a> or <a href="https://boxd.it/1BU" rel="nofollow">read</a> in full. </p><p>“Yay, space!”</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/littleraeoflight/gilmore-girls-movie-list-1q5mu?utm_term=.fgNBAO8NLX#.ytg28jQ3zx" rel="nofollow">www.buzzfeed.com/littleraeoflight/gilmore-girls-movie-list-1q5mu?utm_term=.fgNBAO8NLX#.ytg28jQ3zx</a></p>
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<p>All the films listed in the popular <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die" rel="nofollow">1001 Movies...</a> 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.</p><p>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 on the reasoning behind any particular film's inclusion or find out more about the list.</p><p>I've tried to be as accurate and complete as possible, but if you spot any errors or omissions, please, do let me know.<br />Currently in chronological order of release.</p><p>RIP Chip Lary <a href="https://letterboxd.com/tipsfromchip/" rel="nofollow">@tipsfromchip</a>. Thanks for all the help, encouragement and enthusiasm in putting this list on Letterboxd.</p>
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<p>**Last updated January 2026; complete through 2025**</p><p><b>Titles Currently Missing</b></p><p>Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1934-1950)</p><p>You can find the official National Film Registry, and essays on many titles, here <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/." rel="nofollow">www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/.</a> Since I began this list, occasionally people have let me know when a film is missing, when it is an incorrect version, when a missing film becomes available, etc. I greatly appreciate this, so do not hesitate to let me know if something is wrong!</p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p>1) Films that are part of a larger collection have a note as to which collection it was added as a part of. That is why there are more entries on this list than the film registry; I try to include all of the films rather than just a single placeholder, if possible.</p><p>2) The Zapruder Film keeps getting added and disappearing. I have no idea what the problem with it is; other home movies are included, maybe it's because technically it's a snuff film? Makes no sense to me, but I add it when people bring it to my attention that it is back. Maybe someday it will be permanent.</p><p>3) Let's All Go to the Lobby has been removed. If it reappears, I will add it again.</p>
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<p>This is a comprehensive listing of all films selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry since 1989. Not surprisingly, due to the fact that the Registry goes beyond just popular feature films to include the widest variety of culturally significant documentaries, animation, experimental films and short subjects, that some more obscure titles often don't appear in the TCMb database until added later.</p><p>A new list of 25 selections to be added to the National Film Registry for that year is announced by the end of December. To nominate films to be added to the National Film Registry for the next round, visit <a href="https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/" rel="nofollow">www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/</a><br />_______________________________________________________<br /><i>List updated 2026-02-02 with the 25 latest selections for the National Film Registry (announced Jan. 29, 2026, delayed due to government shutdown from December 2025).</i></p><p><b>LIST FOREVER INCOMPLETE</b> <i>[Updated 2025-12-27] See comments below for the reason why the Zapruder Film keeps dropping off this list. Nothing I can do about it, except to say that those who do it on here and TMDb continue to be IDIOTS. (You are aware that standards and rules should constantly be reviewed and possibly amended to fit the needs of the current situation, don't you? Whatever your personal opinions of the film, the Zapruder footage is a significant piece of not just American culture but also history, and its inclusion on the NFR list speaks to that. Maybe expand your standards just enough to include it?) </i></p><p><i> [Updated 2025-12-27] "Zora Lathan Student Films" has been added to the list, but we shall see how long that lasts.</i></p><p><b>LIST INCOMPLETE</b> <i>[Updated 2024-12-25] Despite user "pattp's' best efforts, Letterboxd keeps removing the entry for the Zapruder film from the site. The Zapruder film has come and gone a few times now since creating this list. Don't know who keeps removing it, but they are an idiot. It's a legit, existing film, even if seemingly homemade, and evidence of a terrible crime.</i></p>
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<p>building a master list of all the filmed musicals, musical movies, musicals made into movies, movies that were later made into musicals....</p>
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<p>Buzzfeed once published a list of all the movies referenced in Gilmore Girls, which was great, but also not entirely correct. Because the person who made the list included movies that weren't actually referenced because they misunderstood dialogue or assumed the reference made was about a movie when it was actually about a book or play of the same title. They also just left some out.</p><p>I am here to rectify this. </p><p>If the reference made could be about either a movie or some other art form of the same name (like To Kill a Mockingbird) and it isn't clear which one they're referencing, I included it. If the reference is clearly not about the movie, I didn't include it.</p><p>Films are listed in the order in which they are originally referenced.</p>
Best Sound/Sound Effects Editing/Sound editting Winners
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The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians, the first of which were Murray Spivack and Jack Solomon for Hello, Dolly!. It is generally awarded to the production sound mixers, re-recording mixers, and supervising sound editors of the winning film. Before the 93rd Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.
For the second and third years of this category (i.e., the 4th Academy Awards and the 5th Academy Awards) only the names of the film companies were listed. Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department won in both years.
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A bunch of films with White people in them, and can involve White culture. They have to show them in a positive light, that's really it. This is built off Yggdrasil's pro-White list and many others from forums/greentext boards. These are what I'd consider great films, most of which teach good morals, that feature predominantly White casts. Given the extreme anti-White rhetoric plaguing American mainstream right now, it's nice to have a reliable list of watchable films. This list encompasses all genres, that's why it's a mess.
If you have a problem with this list existing, move on. There are plenty of racial pride lists for other ethnicities on Letterboxd, including black nationalism. This is just to catalog the best of cinema featuring Europeans.
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<p>basically every single movie musical that was released between 1930-1970</p>
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<p>I'm a simple woman: if greta gerwig recommends it, I'll watch it. (references on notes!)<br />I only included movies she worked on if they were not as popular.</p><p>also greta if you by any means see this, please don't file a restraining order against me, i swear i'm not a creep <3</p><p><i>being constantly updated</i></p>
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<p>According to Susan Sontag in <i>Notes on Camp</i>, camp is a ‘sensibility that revels in artifice, stylization, theatricalization, irony, playfulness, and exaggeration rather than content’</p><p>(Note: Emilia Perez is on here begrudgingly)</p>
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<p>Official list of all films covered on the podcast. This list used to be ranked by rating but due to volume of films it has been updated to chronological episode order. Hit "read notes" for links to individual episodes for films below as well as official ratings for each… </p><p><a href="https://www.sleazoidspodcast.com/" rel="nofollow">www.sleazoidspodcast.com/</a></p><p>For weekly updates follow the official letterboxd account:<br /><a href="https://letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/" rel="nofollow">letterboxd.com/SLEAZOIDS/</a></p><p>Listen to all the free episodes on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sleazoids" rel="nofollow">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/sleazoids-podcast/id1332200363?mt=2" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3hLptemGzoALxT1XNcyMJT" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a>!!!<br />For access to our back catalog of bonus episodes (over 190 now) and all future bonus episodes (2 more every month), subscribe on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/sleazoidspodcast" rel="nofollow">Patreon</a>!!!<br />Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/sleazoidspod" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>!!!<br />Like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sleazoidspod/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>!!!</p><p><a href="https://blackbeltcinema.ca/products/sleazoids-podcast-t-shirt-pre-order" rel="nofollow">BUY THE 'SLEAZOIDS' SHIRT</a>.</p><p><a href="https://blackbeltcinema.ca/products/sleazoids-podcast-cap-pre-order" rel="nofollow">BUY THE 'SLEAZOIDS' HAT</a>.</p>