What I've Seen of...Slant Magazine's 100 Essential Films

Submitted by RosieCotton on Wed, 07/20/2005 - 04:19
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  1. Les Vampires (1915)
  2. Broken Blossoms (1919)
  3. Foolish Wives (1922)
  4. Faust (1926, F.W. Murnau)
  5. Hindle Wakes (1927)
  6. The Cameraman (1928)
  7. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, Jean Epstein)
  8. Spies (1928)
  9. Earth (1930)
  10. An American Tragedy (1931)
  11. Que Viva Mexico (1931)
  12. Freaks (1932)
  13. Love Me Tonight (1932)
  14. The Black Cat (1934)
  15. The Crime Of Monsieur Lange (1936)
  16. Gueule D’amour (1937)
  17. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
  18. Stage Door (1937)
  19. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
  20. The Mortal Storm (1940)
  21. To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
  22. The Leopard Man (1943)
  23. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
  24. Portrait Of Jennie (1948)
  25. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
  26. In A Lonely Place (1950)
  27. Ace In The Hole (1951)
  28. The Life Of Oharu (1952)
  29. Le Plaisir (1952)
  30. I Confess (1953)
  31. Ensayo De Un Crimen (1955)
  32. Autumn Leaves (1956)
  33. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957, Frank Tashlin)
  34. Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
  35. Imitation Of Life (1959)
  36. The Ladies' Man (1961)
  37. Cléo From 5 To 7 (1962)
  38. Confessions Of An Opium Eater (1962)
  39. Winter Light (1963)
  40. Charulata (1964)
  41. Gertrud (1964)
  42. Yearning (1964)
  43. 7 Women (1966)
  44. Kill, Baby Kill! (1966)
  45. Masculin, Feminin (1966)
  46. Point Blank (1967)
  47. The Shooting (1967)
  48. Memories Of Underdevelopment (1968)
  49. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
  50. Hi Mom! (1970)
  51. The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
  52. Trash (1970)
  53. Mccabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  54. A New Leaf (1971)
  55. Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
  56. Celine And Julie Go Boating (1974)
  57. Lancelot Du Lac (1974)
  58. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
  59. Jeanne Dielman (1975)
  60. The Passenger (1975)
  61. Xala (1975)
  62. Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)
  63. F For Fake (1976)
  64. The Tenant (1976)
  65. Killer Of Sheep (1977)
  66. In A Year Of 13 Moons (1978)
  67. Stalker (1979)
  68. The Big Red One (1980)
  69. Possession (1981)
  70. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  71. Tenebre (1982)
  72. The Ballad Of Narayama (1983)
  73. Empire of the Sun (1987, Steven Spielberg)
  74. Day Of The Dead (1985)
  75. Yeelen (1987)
  76. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
  77. The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
  78. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  79. Close Up (1990)
  80. A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
  81. Hard Boiled (1992)
  82. Husbands And Wives (1992)
  83. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
  84. The Puppetmaster (1993)
  85. Satantango (1994)
  86. Dead Man (1995)
  87. Showgirls (1995)
  88. Underground (1995)
  89. Crash (1996)
  90. Fireworks [hana-bi] (1997)
  91. Mother and Son (1997)
  92. Beloved (1998)
  93. The Hole (1998)
  94. Velvet Goldmine (1998)
  95. Beau Travail (1999)
  96. Platform (2000)
  97. Fat Girl (2001)
  98. Pulse (2001)
  99. Twenty-Nine Palms (2003)
Author Comments: 

Via Slant Magazine online
Sounds like a Monty Python joke, but there are only 99 titles on the list of 100 Essential Films.

I've seen the numbered ones.