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'Everything you ever wanted to know about the movies you have to see - but were afraid to ask!' Steven Jay Schneider's '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' is a unique film anthology compiled by a team of cine-experts. Below is their check-list of outstanding titles for those wishing to measure their viewing history against, arguably, the finest the 7th art has to offer. If you're looking for viewing inspiration, scroll down, or better still, get yourself a copy of this highly recommended, indispensible and insightful tome - a must-have indulgence for any film aficionado.




  12 Angry Men  (1957) (G)   
Directed by: Sidney Lumet. Starring: Ed Begley, Lee J Cobb, Henry Fonda, E G Marshall, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam.
A teenage boy is accused of killing his father, and between him and capital punishment stands just o...
 
  1900  (1976) (R18)   
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring: Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Werner Bruhns, Stefania Casini, Sterling Hayden, Anna Henkel, Ellen Schwiers, Alida Valli, Romolo Valli, Stefania Sandrelli, Donald Sutherland, Burt Lancaster.
Aka "Novecento". This sweeping chronicle of 20th century Italy focuses on the sons of two contrastin...
 
  2 or 3 Things I Know About Her  (1966) (M)   
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret.
Inspired by a real article on housewife prostitution, the film examines Godard's theory that those l...
 
  2001: A Space Odyssey  (1968) (PG)   
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Douglas Rain.
Light years ahead of its time, this groundbreaking, visually stunning masterpiece grows even more wo...
 
  2001: A Space Odyssey ( Blu-ray )  (1968) (PG)   
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Leonard Rossiter, William Sylvester.
Light years ahead of its time, this groundbreaking, visually stunning masterpiece grows even more wo...
 
  42nd Street  (1933) (G)   
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon. Starring: Dick Powell, George Brent, Guy Kibbee, Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel.
The archetypical backstage musical given depth, life and power by the extravagant touch of Busby Ber...
 
  8 1/2  (1963) (PG)   
Directed by: Federico Fellini. Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee.
Perhaps Fellini's greatest achievement, "8 1/2" is subtle in its many layers of realities. The loose...
 
  A Chinese Ghost Story  (1987) (PG)   
Directed by: Tony Ching Siu-Tung. Starring: Leslie Cheung, Joi Wang, Liu Zhaoming, Wu Ma.
This delirious supernatural fantasy focuses on the relationship between a young tax collector (Lesli...
 
  A Christmas Story  (1983) (PG)   
Directed by: Bob Clark. Starring: Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Peter Billingsley.
Based on a novel by best-selling author Jean Shepherd, this slightly twisted tribute to the original...
 
  A Clockwork Orange  (1971) (R18)   
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Miriam Karlin, Patrick Magee, Malcolm McDowell, Adrienne Corri.
Stanley Kubrick's dark, dazzling, ironic tale of an ultra-violent future filled with marauding gangs...
 
  A Clockwork Orange ( Blu-ray )  (1971) (R18)   
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin.
Stanley Kubrick's dark, dazzling, ironic tale of an ultra-violent future filled with marauding gangs...
 
  A Fish Called Wanda  (1988) (PG)   
Directed by: Charles Crichton. Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin.
John Cleese wrote and stars in this hilarious crime caper film set in England. He plays a barrister ...
 
  A Hard Day's Night  (1964) (G)   
Directed by: Richard Lester. Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell.
Richard Lester meets John, Paul, George and Ringo in this exuberant film following an average day in...
 
  A Ma Soeur!  (2001) (R18)   
Directed by: Catherine Breillat. Starring: Anais Reboux, Libero de Rienzo, Roxane Mesquida, Arsinee Khanjian.
Aka "For My Sister", "Fat Girl". Disturbing, sexually graphic and violent French drama about an over...
 
  A Man Escaped  (1956) (PG)   
Directed by: Robert Bresson. Starring: Francois Letterier, Charles Le Clainche.
Director Robert Bresson totally involves the viewer in the gripping and uplifting true story of the ...
 
  A Night at the Opera  (1935) (G)   
Directed by: Sam Wood. Starring: The Marx Brothers, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones.
Considered by many to be the Marx Brothers' best film. Groucho, Harpo and Chico take on the opera wo...
 
  A Nightmare on Elm Street  (1984) (R)   
Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund.
The debut of the Ginsu-gloved dream demon Freddy Krueger. Wes Craven's chilling film of how Freddy t...
 
  A Nous La Liberte  (1931) (G)   
Directed by: Rene Clair. Starring: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand.
"A Nous La Liberte" may be most famous as Charlie Chaplin's inspiration for "Modern Times", but it i...
 
  A Passage To India  (1984) (PG)   
Directed by: David Lean. Starring: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft.
Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft and Victor Bannerjee star in this adaptation of E M Forster's celebrated ...
 
  A Place in the Sun  (1951) (PG)   
Directed by: George Stevens. Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters.
Montgomery Clift plays the poor relation of a wealthy manufacturer who falls in love with a beautifu...