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Rotten Tomatoes staff presents 300 essential movies to watch now, whether you're a film buff or just starting your journey into cinema!
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey. 1968 2h 29m G. 8.3 (729K) Rate. 84 Metascore. After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000. Director Stanley Kubrick Stars Keir Dullea Gary Lockwood William Sylvester.
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- The 400 Blows
- A Space Odyssey
- Airplane!
- Alien
- All About My Mother
- All That Jazz
- Amadeus
- The Apartment
- Apocalypse Now
Director: Federico Fellini Writer: Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, & Brunello Rondi Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, and Sandra Milo Why It's Essential: A giant of Italian cinema, it’s difficult to know where to begin, especially with Federico Fellini, who also directed Amarcord, La Dolce Vita, and La Str...
Director: François Truffaut Writers: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier Why It’s Essential: The directorial debut critic turned auteur François Truffaut also just happens to be one of the most achingly human films ever made and a distinct starting block for the French New Wave movement of the 1950s...
Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack, Robert Beatty, Sean Sullivan, Douglas Rain Two words: Stanley Kubrick. You could pick just about any title in the acclaimed filmmaker’s catalog and you’d have yourself a veritab...
Writers/Directors: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack Why It’s Essential: Surely, the screwball to end all screwballs, Airplane!, is an influential comedy and you’d be well within your rights to be salty about it. A lot of bad movies have resulted from the Airplane! formula, mostl...
Director: Ridley Scott Writer:Dan O'Bannon Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Ian Holm, and John Hurt Why It's Essential: Ridley Scott sophomore feature, Alien is one of the best horror movies of all time, one of the best sci-fi movies of all time, and one of the best movies of all time, no ...
Writer/Director:Pedro Almodóvar Cast: Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Penelope Cruz, Antonia San Juan Why It’s Essential: You could arguably label Pedro Almodóvar as the finest filmmaker to come out of Spain, but the thesis behind his most decorated film, All About My Mother, might dispute the idea of labels in the first place. Winner of [deep breath...
Director:Bob Fosse Writers:Bob Fosse and Robert Alan Aurthur Cast:Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, and Ann Reinking Why It’s Essential: Not just one of the best musicals ever made, All That Jazz is also one of the most groundbreaking autobiographical films in history. Legendary choreographer, director, and dancer Bob Fosseturns the camer...
Director: Milos Forman Writer: Peter Shaffer Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge Why It's Essential: Peter Shaffer’s original stage play is an ingenious way to tell the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) while actually telling the story of Antonio Saleri’s (F. Murray Abraham) jealousy and envy. But Milos Formanmade ...
Director/Writer:Billy Wilder Cast:Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and Jack Kruschen Why It’s Essential: Just one year after he made one of the greatest farces ever with Some Like It Hot, filmmaker Billy Wilder created one of the best romantic comedies ever made: The Apartment. The 1960 masterpiece stars Jack Lemmon as an insurance cl...
Director: Francis Ford Coppola Writer: John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, and Robert Duvall Why It's Essential: There are plenty of movies that deal with the psychological toll of the Vietnam War, but none are as surreal and unhinged as Apocalypse Now, a movie that almost killed its director as re...
Welcome to the 300 highest-rated best movies of all time, as reviewed and selected by Tomatometer-approved critics and Rotten Tomatoes users. How did we select and rank the movies? First, every...
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Welcome to our updated guide to the 300 Essential Movies To Watch Now, which features incredible must-watch movies from the 1920s to today!
