101 movies you need to see in your lifetime

Here are 101 movies everyone should watch in their lifetimes. They're a mix of movies to see when you're growing up , recent hits , stone-cold classics that'll broaden your horizons, and pop culture touchstones everyone should be familiar with.

Take some time to add these to your queue.

1. "The Godfather" (1972)

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Paramount Pictures

"The Godfather" (and its sequel) is just one of those perfect movies. The story, casting, and direction all work together to create onscreen magic.

2. "Do the Right Thing" (1989)

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Universal Pictures

With its carefully built complex narrative, Spike Lee's is a visceral movie about race in America that lends itself to new interpretations every time you watch it.

3. "Citizen Kane" (1941)

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RKO Pictures

"Citizen Kane" isn't just essential viewing because critics often agree it's the best movie of all time. It's a timeless story of greed and power.

4. "Before Sunrise" (1995)

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Columbia Pictures

Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" and its sequels, each made nine years apart are the most romantic movies ever made.

5. "Boyhood" (2014)

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"Boyhood," another Linklater film, was filmed over a period of 11 years to capture the life of a character growing up.

6. "8" (1963)

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The Criterion Collection

Fredrico Fellini's "8," a classic of arthouse cinema, is a comedy about the messy romantic and professional life of a filmmaker trying to get a movie off the ground.

7. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)

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2001

Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" came out in 1968, but its special effects and its message are just as brilliant today as they were back then.

8. "The Rules of the Game" (1939)

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The Criterion Collection

Few movies take as sharp a knife to the pettiness of class distinctions as "The Rules of the Game," Jean Renoir's hilarious yet moving satire.

9. "Toy Story" (1995)

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Disney Pixar

Of all the Pixar films, "Toy Story" is still the most essential. It's a moving tale that changed animation forever. While you're at it, watch its sequels as well.

10. "Psycho" (1960)

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Paramount Pictures

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense, and "Psycho" is one of his best works.

11. "Seven Samurai" (1954)

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It's a toss up between "Seven Samurai," "Rashomon," and "Ran" over which is legendary director Akira Kurosawa's best movie, but there's no doubt over which is the most influential.

"Seven Samurai" about a villager who convinces seven samurai to defend his town from bandits has been the template for everything from "The Magnificent Seven" to "Star Wars: Rogue One."

12. "The Muppet Movie" (1979)

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Every kid should watch "The Muppet Movie," which helped bring the charms of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang to the world.

13. "Bicycle Thieves" (1948)

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Bicycle Thieves (1948)

"Bicycle Thieves" unfolds like a fable, with emotional clarity and a powerful social justice message in a simple story about a father, a son, and a bike.

14. "Singin in the Rain" (1952)

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MGM

"Singin' in the Rain" is more than a sprightly musical comedy it doubles as a history lesson for how movies evolved from silent to sound.

15. "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)

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Disney

1991's adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" is one of Disney Animation's crown jewels. It was the first animated movieto receive a best picture nomination at the Oscars .

16. "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982)

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Universal Pictures

For kids, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" is a sweet story as well as a valuable lesson about being skeptical of authority.

17. "Jaws" (1975)

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Universal Pictures

Every kid remembers the first movie that terrorizes them. To make it a good one, watch Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" or "Jaws."

18. "Groundhog Day" (1993)

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Columbia Pictures

"Groundhog Day" is a classic not just because it's horrifyingly good at capturing the repetitive nature ofadult life, but because it knows how to shake you out of accepting it.

19. "Goodfellas" (1990)

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Warner Bros.

Of all of Martin Scorsese's films, "Goodfellas" is his most masterful. It shows what can go wrong in the life of a promising young person, and how it can go spiraling down all while being hilarious.

20. "The Shining" (1980)

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Warner Bros.

"Red Rum. Red Rum." Before today's horror thrillers, there was nothing scarier than the adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel about a couple staying at a hotel as the husband grows more and more delusional and violent while trying to write a book of his own.It's one of Jack Nicholson's best and most terrifying performances.

21. "Moonlight" (2016)

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A24

Barry Jenkins's "Moonlight" may be new but in its portrayal of neglected lives and their pitiable turns it's already essential.

22. "Some Like it Hot" (1959)

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United Artists

Billy Wilder has made about a dozen classics. "Some Likeit Hot" stands out as having not only one of Marilyn Monroe's finest roles, but a surprisingly progressive commentary on gender politics.

23. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)

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Focus Features

"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" combines the best elements of a mind-bending psychological thriller and an epic, unforgettable romance.

24. "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)

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Columbia Pictures

"The Shawshank Redemption" was somewhat overlooked upon its release in 1994, but it's since cemented itself as a universal favorite and it's guaranteed to make you cry.

25. "Die Hard" (1988)

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20th Century Fox

John McClane (Bruce Willis) is just an off-duty cop trying to save a bunch of hostages from a terroristnamed Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) at a Christmas party.Once you view it,you too will be able to weigh in on one of the hottest debates in pop culture: Whether or not "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie .

26. "Blazing Saddles" (1974)

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Warner Bros.

"Blazing Saddles" is Mel Brooks' boldest work, a searing satire of racism in America and the western genre starring Gene Wilder.

27. "The Lion King" (1994)

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Disney

Adapting "Hamlet" as a musical would be hard, but "The Lion King" succeeds wonderfully by turning all the characters into animals.

28. "Mulholland Drive" (2001)

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Universal Pictures

There are no other movies like "Mulholland Drive," which has a dreamlike aesthetic, cryptic narrative, and dark humor that pushes the possibilities of cinema itself.

29. "The Dark Knight" (2008)

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Warner Bros.

Christopher Nolan's second Batman film elevated the genre to new, darker heights and made it worth taking seriously. Heath Ledger gave the performance of a lifetime as the iconic Joker villain, earning an Oscar posthumously .

30. "Pulp Fiction" (1994)

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Miramax

Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" helped change the way audiences thought about cinema, putting dozens of references and genres into a blender and turning it into something effortlessly cool.

31. "Apocalypse Now" (1979)

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Francis Coppola's iconic movie is a haunting depiction of what war can do to a man. The film is a difficult one to watch and an even more difficult one to make with career performances from Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, and Marlon Brando.

32. "Gladiator" (2000)

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DreamWorks Pictures

It's heartbreaking to watch Maximus' (Russell Crowe) journey throughout the film from slave to gladiator as he seeks to gain vengeance against a power-hungry ruler (Joaquin Phoenix) who killed his family and ruined his chances at ruling Rome. Hans Zimmer's score is a must-listen as well .

33. "Tokyo Story" (1953)

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Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece "Tokyo Story" follows an aging couple and their generational conflict with their children. It's unforgettable.

34. "12 Years a Slave" (2013)

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Fox Searchlight

No other film recreates the horrors of slavery with as much visceral pain and empathy as Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave."

35. "Titanic" (1997)

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20th Century Fox

You can't go your entire life without seeing one of thehighest-grossing movies of all time. The story of two ill-fated lovers meeting on a doomed ship set to sinkis a classic romance spoiled by the buoyancy of a floating door .

36. "Within Our Gates" (1920)

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Public Domain

Skip "The Birth of a Nation." "Within Our Gates" the 1920 drama about the lynching of a black man and the challenges of mixed racial heritage by the prolific black director Oscar Micheaux is another historically significant landmark film.

You can read more about the movie here .

37. "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" (1966)

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The best American westerns were made by Italians. Sergio Leone's "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" helped turn Clint Eastwood into a star and turned its camera to the epic landscape of the west in the middle of the Civil War.

38. "Fargo" (1996)

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Gramercy Pictures

The Coen Brothers' precisely crafted style, fish-out-of-water characters, and dark sense of humor have made almost all of their movies masterpieces. "Fargo" might be the most beloved.

39. "Forrest Gump" (1994)

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Paramount Pictures

Robert Zemeckis'endearing story of a young man(Tom Hanks) with a low IQ, but a big heart.If you don't know the line about life beinglike a box of chocolates, you should watch this stat.

40. "The Piano" (1993)

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Jane Campion's "The Piano" is as exhilarating a drama about love and sex as has ever been made.

41. "Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope" (1977)

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Unless you plan to be a pop culture luddite for the rest of your life, you need to watchthe original "Star Wars."

42. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937)

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Every animated movie owes a debt to 1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the first full-length one ever and the beginning of Walt Disney's princess movies.

43. "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" (1975)

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United Artists

Milo Forman's adaptation of the 1962 novel starring Jack Nicholsonwon all five major Academy Awards for best picture, lead actors, director, and screenplay.

44. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)

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Victor Fleming managed to direct two of the most important movies of all time that were released in 1939. But between "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind," most people will agree that it's "Oz" which has aged better.

45. "Close-Up" (1990)

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"Close-Up," the knotty docu-fiction drama about a man who impersonates a filmmaker, asks hard questions about identity and whether images are ever trustworthy in the first place.

46. "Casablanca" (1942)

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"Casablanca" with its star turns from Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman is emblematic of the best of classical Hollywood cinema.

47. "Children of Men" (2006)

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Universal Pictures

"Children of Men" didn't make much of an impact upon its release in 2006. But in the past ten years, it's gained a reputation as a profoundly thoughtful science-fiction movie and one of the most brilliantly crafted films of the century.

48. "Selma" (2014)

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Paramount Pictures

It took decades to get Martin Luther King Jr.'s story on the big screen, and Ava DuVernay's "Selma" retells it with a riveting star performance by David Oyelowo.

49. "The Terminator" (1984)

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Orion Pictures

There have been many movies in the "Terminator" franchise. If you're going to watch one, make it the original whichscared everyone into what could happen if robots in the future were ever able to go bad. Plus, it gave us iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger lines like "Hasta la vista, baby" and "I'll be back."

50. "Meshes of the Afternoon" (1946)

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Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's "Meshes of the Afternoon" is a landmark of experimental film, putting its characters and viewers in a dreamlike trance.

51. "Lost in Translation" (2004)

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Focus Features

"Lost in Translation" remains one of the best movies ever made about feeling lonely in your surroundings, as well as the indescribable feeling of alienation between different people.

52. "Things to Come" (2016)

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Les Films du Losange

"Things to Come," about the life of a French philosopher going through a period of societal change, further establishes Isabelle Huppert as one of the all-time greatest actresses.

53. "Schindlers List" (1993)

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Steven Spielberg's story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a German businessman who saved the lives of hundreds of Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust is both powerful and heartbreaking. It won seven Oscars including best picture.

54. "Grease" (1978)

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Paramount Pictures

If youve never seen Olivia Newton-John and John Travoltas sing and dance through a high school graduation fair, youre missing out. Youll be singing along to " You're the One That I Want " long after the movie is over. Pro tip: Skip the sequel.

55. "Dead Poets Society" (1989)

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Touchstone Pictures

Robin Williams' English teacher John Keating will leave you wanting to seize the day and live your life to the fullest. Carpe diem, indeed.

56. "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002)

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Warner Bros.

It's tough to pick just one "Lord of the Rings" movie to watch. You should really invest in the entire trilogy about the young hobbit embarking on a perilous journey to destroy an all-powerful ring. If you only have time to watch one, go with the second movie that won two Oscars and is the best-reviewed of the trilogy .

57. "Home Alone" (1990)

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Kevin McCallister (McCauley Culkin) lived out every kids dream of getting the house to himself after his family forgot him on the way to the airport for Christmas vacation. His ensuing adventure of sabotaging two wannabe burglars in the neighborhood with pranks like hot tar and feathers is a holiday staple.

58. "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" (1991)

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Universal

Sp youve watched the Disney classics? Why not switch things up with the story of a different mouse leaving NYC for the west with his family. Still not convinced? It was produced by Steven Spielberg and has a beautiful rendition of the song "Dreams to Dream" by Cathy Cavadini.

59. "Selena" (1997)

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Warner Bros.

Before she was J. Lo, Jennifer Lopezs break-out role was as the up-and-coming Mexican singer Selena Quintanilla-Prez who was murdered at the age of 23 by the president of her fan club.

60. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)

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Buena Vista Pictures

There arent too many movies which combine live-action and animation seamlessly like the 1988 murder-mystery. Its probably the only movie where youll see Disney characters like Mickey and Donald Duck alongside Warner Bros.' beloved Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig.

61. "Coco" (2017)

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Disney/Pixar

After a few less-than-stellar releases, Pixar nails it with a heartwarming story about the importance of family during the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). The story follows a young boy, Miguel, who wants to be a musician even though it goes against his familys wishes. He winds up in search of his great-great-grandfather who he believes to be a famous guitar player in a stunningly vibrant-colored Land of the Dead.

If you thought the first 15 minutes of Up made you cry, youre going to want a box of tissues for this one.

You can read our review here .

62. The Matrix (1999)

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The Matrix

If you dont know about Neo and the search for The One, you have to watch the Wachowskis sci-fi adventure starring Keanu Reeves for its visuals alone. The film received four Oscars.

63. "John Wick" (2014)

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Lionsgate

Not done with your Keanu Reeves fix? Us neither. The unexpected Lionsgate hit is a nonstop 101-minute rush of adrenaline of Reeves taking names as he seeks revenge on the men who killed his puppy. You read that right.

64. "Gremlins" (1984)

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Warner Bros.

The horror/comedy with the little terrorizing creatures made you never want to feed your pets after midnight. It also made us fall in love with the adorable mogwai, Gizmo.

65. "M" (1931)

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Paramount Pictures

Fritz Lang's thriller is about the manhunt of a serial killer who murders children. Other people hate him so much that even criminals try to catch him, teaming up with police to do so.

66. "Heathers" (1988)

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Before Rachel McAdams was leading a high school clique in Mean Girls, Winona Ryder was running with a group of popular girls all named Heather. The major difference is Ryders character Veronica teams up with a badboy, J.D. (Christian Slater), to take down the group and she eventually gets in over her head.

You can read more aboutthe moviehere .

67. "Sweet Home Alabama" (2002)

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Touchstone Pictures

If you're looking for another good rom-com, look no further. Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) is set to marry Andrew (Patrick Dempsey), the son of the New York City mayor. Theres just one catch she has to get a divorce from her high school sweetheart in Alabama finalized first. Its a bit easier said than done when she starts falling for him again.

You can read more aboutthe movie here .

68. "Train to Busan" (2016)

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Next Entertainment World

You wouldnt think that a movie about zombies on a train could be equally funny and heartbreaking, but the South Korean apocalypse thriller is just that. For the squeamish, this movie isnt scary. Think the setting of "Snowpiercer" with the fast-moving zombies from "World War Z."

69. "The Seventh Seal" (1957)

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"The Seventh Seal."

You've probably seem the image parodied somewhere: Max von Sydow, playing a knight, challenges Death himself to a chess match on the beach. The entirety of Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" is loaded with allegorical, beautifully composed images like these that will haunt you with questions about death and life.

70. "13 Going on 30" (2004)

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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

The Jennifer Garner movie about going from a teen to an adult overnight is essentially Tom Hanks' "Big" for young women.

71. "The Parent Trap" (1961)

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Disney

Were not talking about the Lindsay Lohan one. If youre going to watch one movie about separated identical twins trying to get their divorced parents back together, make it the original Disney movie that was nominated for two Oscars.

72. "Fast Five" (2011)

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Universal Studios

If you're going to watch any of the "Fast and Furious" movies, we recommend watching the fifth installment which course-corrected the franchise. It united Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and more cast members from previous movies for a giant "Oceans 11"-like heist. And lets not forget a massive brawl between Diesel and the Rock.

You can read our ranking of the "Fast and Furious" movies here .

73. "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971)

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Gene Wilder made every child want to win a golden ticket to visit a magicalcandy factory and ride down a chocolate river.

74. "I Am Sam" (2001)

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New Line Cinema

Sean Penns performance as a father with a developmental disability fighting for custody of his daughter, who's played by a young Dakota Fanning, is both heartbreaking and warming.

75. "Catch Me If You Can" (2002)

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Leonardo DiCaprio's chemistry with Tom Hanks as a youngster con man trying to evade the lawis electric. It's one of those movies you can always watch when it's on TV.

76. "My Girl" (1991)

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Columbia Pictures

The first time you watch this movie, you think you're in for a sweet movie about two young friends who are falling in love. One of them is played by McCauley Culkin. Then the rug is ripped up from under you. Have some tissues on standby.

You can read more about the movie here ,but dont spoil the surprise.

77. "The Notebook" (2004)

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New Line Cinema

"IfI'm a bird, you're a bird."

If you havent seen Nicholas Sparks greatest love story starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling as soul mates then set this one aside for date night.

78. "The Little Rascals" (1994)

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Universal

It's adorable watching the "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends try to sabotage Alfalfa as he attempts to court his crush Darla.

79. "Lady Bird" (2017)

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A24

Movies about growing up are always difficult, but with "Lady Bird," director Greta Gerwig nailed it. Saoirse Ronan plays an unforgettable woman trying to find her place in the world , and it's now the best-reviewed movie in the history of Rotten Tomatoes .

80. "The Night of the Hunter" (1955)

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United Artists

"The Night of the Hunter" is one of those unique works of art that doesn't resemble anything else out there. The lone directorial effort from the legendary actorCharles Laughton and written by James Agee is about a couple of children who flee a corrupt minister when he hatches a plot to marry their mother and steal their dad's money. It's scary, sure, but it's shot more like an elegiac fairy tale .

81. "The Verdict" (1982)

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20th Century Fox

With a remarkable performance by Paul Newman, "The Verdict" is one of Sidney Lumet's finest and most overlooked films.

It doesn't have the same actorly fireworks as "12 Angry Men" or "Dog Day Afternoon," but it has someone everyone can root for. Newman plays an alcoholic lawyer trying to redeem his career by taking a medical malpractice case that fights against the entrenched health system. You'll find scenes that inspired everything from "Michael Clayton" to "Spotlight."

82. "Blow Out" (1981)

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A spin on the 1966 movie "Blow-Up," where a photographer discovers he accidentally captured a murder scene in the background of his photos, "Blow Out" does that withsound. It's about a movie sound effect technician, played by John Travolta in his prime, who discovers he found audio of a would-be political assassin while recording sounds in the park. It's an inventive thriller and a thrill to watch especially if you have good speakers.

83. "Margaret" (2011)

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

"Margaret" had a drawn-out legal battle surrounding its production that shamefully led to it getting a small release with almost no marketing six years after it was shot . It's definitely worth seeking out. It's about a young woman beautifully played by Anna Paquin who witnesses a bus accident and the consequences of it spiral through her life and to the people around her. You'll definitely cry.

84. "Roger & Me" (1989)

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Warner Bros.

The first of Michael Moore's scathing documentaries, "Roger & Me" is about Moore's attempt to interview General MotorsCEO Roger B. Smith about the effect he had on Moore's hometown of Flint, Michigan, after closing down several factories. Moore never gets the interview, but we learn a lot about America along the way.

85. "A Face in the Crowd" (1957)

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Warner Bros

Starring Andy Griffith, "A Face in the Crowd" is about a small-town drifter who gets a radio show and, eventually, climbs the ladder to the top of the media world. On the way, he develops a taste for ruthlessness, power, and deceit. It's impossible not to see parallels in today's world.

86. "Toni Erdmann" (2016)

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Sony Pictures Classics

"Toni Erdmann" sounds like a corny family comedy that even Adam Sandler would turn down, but it's miraculously great. It's about a father with a knack for practical jokes who tries to reconnect with his young professional daughter by wearing a hideous wig, adopting an alter ego, and pretending to be a life coach for her CEO.

87. "Get Out" (2017)

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Universal Pictures

No movie stormed America's consciousness in 2017 like "Get Out." A perfectly crafted horror movie and provocative racial parable, it immediately cemented comedian Jordan Peele as a major director and launched a bevy of memes. Welcome to the sunken place.

88. "American Psycho" (2000)

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Never has a bloody movie about a serial killer been sofunny. Christian Bale plays Wall Street yuppie Patrick Bateman with the perfect amount of roboticism and vanity, and Mary Harron's script and direction gives the movie countless lines that are delivered perfectly .

89. "Punch-Drunk Love"(2002)

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Columbia Pictures

Some die-hard Paul Thomas Anderson fans might pick one of the director's grander efforts, like "There Will Be Blood" or "Boogie Nights."

But "Punch-Drunk Love" about a shy man trying to strike up a romance while he's being "extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding," in the words of IMDb is one of the most incisive movies about introversion you'll ever see. It's also really funny and has one of Adam Sandler's rare great performances.

90. "Suspiria" (1977)

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Produzioni Atlas Consorziate

A classic bloody horror film, "Suspiria" is a rollicking movie about a young woman who joins a prestigious ballet school only to discover that something much more sinister is going on.

91. "Carol" (2015)

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The Weinstein Company

About an affair between a young salesgirl and an older woman, "Carol" is a lushly shot period piece set in 1950s New York with deeply intimate performances from Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett.

92. "No" (2012)

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Sony Pictures Classics

Based on a true story, Pablo Larran's "No" starsGael Garca Bernal as an advertising manager in Chile. He takes a job leading the advertisements for the "No" campaign in the country's 1988 plebiscite, a referendum that effectively ended the country's dictatorship. It's a bizarre historical situation that feels like a dystopia, butLarran makes it feel like you're actually there.

93. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)

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Universal International Pictures

A close adaptation of Harper Lee's seminal novel , "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a clear-eyed movie about race and justice in Alabama, and how adults teach us about the moral values that make up our lives.

94. "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

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Orion Pictures

A cultural touchstone since its release, "Silence of the Lambs" is about an F.B.I. agent who teams up with a a manipulative cannibal killer to understand and help catch a serial killer.

95. "Grizzly Man" (2005)

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Lionsgate

Werner Herzog's documentary tries to answer a seldom-asked but essential question: Why would someone try to befriend grizzly bears?

The more the movie looks into the life and soul of Timothy Treadwell a man who did just that, before he was eaten by a bear the more fascinating and horrifying the answers become.

96. "Z" (1969)

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Cinema V

A thinly fictionalized drama based on the assassination of Greece's politicianGrigoris Lambrakis in 1963, "Z" is a political conspiracy thriller about the killing of a prominent political activist and the government cover-up that follows.

The movie, directed byCosta-Gavras, has a knotty plot, but it also has a dark sense of humor and delivers a satire of the military dictatorship of Greece that resonated through Europe at the time.

97. "Clueless" (1995)

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Paramount

High school movies have a long tradition of updating classic British literature. "10 Things I Hate About You" updates Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," "She's the Man" is a take on "Twelfth Night," and "Clueless" perhaps the most influential of them all is an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma." It's about a wealthy high-schooler who tries to make a new student popular, but love gets in the way.

98. "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)

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Warner Bros.

Aside from making James Dean the coolest person of the 1950s, "Rebel Without a Cause" struck a chord about the struggles and contradictions of suburbia in a time when they were exploding in growth. Few movies have shown how sharply different generations can be.

99. "The Tree of Life" (2011)

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Fox Searchlight Pictures

More of a visual poem than a narrative film, "The Tree of Life" starts at the beginning of the universe and traverses over to a young boy growing up in 1950s Texas. Director Terrence Malick intersperses ideas about faith and one's role in the world while grappling with the conflicting teachings of different parents.

But most importantly: It's just beautiful to look at.

100: "Black Panther" (2018)

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Disney

"Black Panther" represents the pinnacle of superhero movies. Its hero has an impossible moral quandary. The villain dominates each scene he's in. And the action scenes are just really freaking cool.

But most importantly, "Black Panther" transcends the genre by being about something deeper than just the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Directed by Ryan Coogler, the movie creates a vision of an African nation untouched by colonialism, grappling with its own history instead of the problems other countries foisted upon it. It's a clear-eyed, fully fledged world that you could only see at the movies.

101. "The Room" (2003)

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We're not saying "The Room" is a good movie, and that's exactly why you need to watch it. It may be the best worst movie that was ever made with some of the most quotable lines of dialogue around.

It inspired midnight showings across the country where millennials throw plastic spoons at the screen and yell out quotes such as "You are tearing me apart." There's nothing else like it.